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personify. The Filipinos are no excep-


personify. The Filipinos are no excep-
ton to this rule.
The following, according to a recent
traveller in the islands, are some of the
many animal myths prevalent among
them. Here is their v1e1ton of Noah
and the flood, a tradition, by the way
which in some form or other is found in
every part of the world:
When Noah, his family and pair of
every species of animal were safe in their
box, great rain came on and speedily
covered the earth. ALI low life was de-
stroyed. OF the human race, those who
sought to escape drowning by fleeing to
the mountain tops were changed into
monkeys, while those who, in despair,
threw themselves into the sea became
fish.
Another myth is reading of Darwin
backward. 1t credits the monkey with
once having been a man. The special
man who caused the transformation hap
pened to be very lazy, while his mate
was extremely Industrious. AS he sat
one day with his face in his hands, idly
watching her plant rice, she became an
CRY, and, catching up a cudgel, threw 1t
at him. Though he ran quickly away. II
struck him, entered his spine and be-
came his tail; result, monkey
The dove Is credited with understand
ing human speech. According to tradt-
dition, this bird was once a child, who,
angry because its mother refused to give
it some rice she was pounding for pana-
pig, ran from the house, and gathering
shoulders as wings. 1t then flew into
tree, being transformed during its flight
from a child to a dove. The dove still
cries for panapig.
The Filipinos have many animal gods,
but the one they particularly fear is Cal
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SOME FILIPINO MYTHS.

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The lion had possession of ne car platform.

on the rear platform OF ore Of the cars
and was growing ominously. He was
quite prepared to tackle ali coEaers. guns
or no guns. but the white men fired quick
and true.
ut was on this line of railway. too. that
one of the most awful adventures with a
lion that ever happened in. Africa took
place. Five Iatiye laborers had deserted
and, taking their guns with them. started
back toward the coast. One night. while
sleeping under a tree. they were set
upon by several lions and promptly made
the best of their way up into the low
hanging branches. Accordingly the lions
waited patiently until one by one the
sat themselves down under the tree and
waited patiently until one by one the
miserable men above. exhausted or dis-
couraged by weakness and hunger. let
60 their hold and fell to the ground, there
to be torn to pieces and eaten One man
only was able to stick 1t out until the
lions grew tired of waiting.
Most of the lions along the Uganda Rail
way are maneless. They are getting quite
accustomed to the rush Of trains and the
screams of the locomotive. and it Is no un-
common sight for engineers to see one or
two of the beasts calmly discussing dead
zebra or gemsbok only a few rods from the
line.
Their fayorite haunt Is in the great
tracts of high grass. and when the natives
are obliged to cross these they join in a
most internal and blood-curdling yell. with
the object of frightening off any lions that
may be out in search of a meal. In such
parties the native who is in the lead car
ries a long staff. or the branch of tree.
which he holds aloft, SO that the members
of the party. by keeping an eye upon it.
can avoid straying from the main group.
THE native tribes in the country through
which the railway runs gave trouble from
the first, and 1t was necessary that every
company Of engineers and porters should be
accompanied by a strong guard to beat of
their attacks
at had been expected that the tribes
along the route would be depended upon to
furnish men who would be willing to work
as porters for pay. but this proved to have
been delusion. The natives declined the
proffered employment Their food, chiefly
in the shape of bananas. grew wild about
them; they had women to do all that was
necessary; why should they work? The Ell
gineers found that even in districsts where
famine prevailed they could get practically
no help from the natives.
"They are odd folk. these natives OF
Uganda. no less in their ideas than in cos
tune. This generally consists of a breech-
clout and a short cloak dangling down their
backs. while from the Sits Of their ears de-
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so far as Abraham is concerned. for he has
now separated himself from even Isaac. at
Gods command.
ABRAHAM. Abraham voice arrests
the death stroke. The upfaiSed hand drops
at his side In surprise he msekly recognizes
the divine voice.
Here am l."
Lay not thy hand upon the lad. neither
do thou anything unto him. for now know
that thou fearest God. seeing that thou hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son. from
me"
God knew all along. but Abraham needed
to be revealed to himself. and Isaac
needed such discipline. God. indeed. pro-
vides, and Abraham does well to call the
place Jehovah -jireh,' Jehovah will pro-
vide.
And then the blessing Is reiterated. and
so-in the light and joy Of that blessing
so Abraham returned unto his young men
and they rose up and went together to
Beersheba-"
And the flowers were welcome home. the
cattle and the herds act as II sharing The
general joy. the trees make grateful shAdA
laughter fills the tent. the fatted calf ID
killed and dressed for the happy hoDo.
coming feast. and sadness and signing are
utterly banished
Surely, we have not for the time bean
living in VAN with Abraham. 1t may be
that the divine voice has spoken to us
again and again, but our ears were not at-
tent and our heart not ready to respond
lovingly. Here am L. for obedience and
service
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thirty men have been killed by these ami
| mails to say nothing Of those injured.
Two lions in particular bagged so many
victims that at one time the whole con-
struction force struck" work until the
pair OF man-eaters were killed Off. This
task was taken in hand by two of the en-
gineers who already had become famed for
their prowess as lion slayers. One OF them
was especially eager for the fray. his fav-
orite servant having fallen victim to these
! lions only few days before. The beast
had waylaid the servant and 1eaped on him
from behind. completely crushing the bones
Of his right leg and gnawing and worrying
Elm 80 fiercely that he died soon afterward.
"A few days later. one Of the officials OF
! the East African Protectorate and a soldier
were walking along the line when suddenly
lion pounced on them from the brush be-
side the track. The officer hastily ducked
ard escaped with an ugly scratch but while
he was making his escape the beast killed
the soldier outright.
vowed vengeance. and after lying in ambush
for several nights they bagged both the
beasts.
at was not long after this, that Ryall,
an official of the railroad. was attacked by
lion that entered the compartment. In
side-tracked railroad carriage where the Of
fetal was sleeping and in spite OF his cries
the Jungle and there devoured him. A few
nights later. while the excitement at the sta
ton where this happened was at its height,
the cause of it returned. jumped upon tie
roof of the station. where the railway hands
we're sleeping. and tried to get in by tearing
off the corrugated iron sheets.
During the night his roars OF baffled
rage could be heard only too plainly by
the scared inmates. and in the morning
the roof was wet with the blood from the
animals paws. Finding his efforts there
fruitless. Leo had crouched for the rest of
the night close outside the station door.
where he occupied himself by gnawing into
small pieces the stations whole stock Of
red and green signal flags
'It was only short time ago that still
another lion. not satisfied with hunting
along the railroad. boarded one OF the
trains.
1.-The train In question had been held up
at the station over night. and soon after
the train hands were sent down to get it
ready to go on yells Of unmistakable terror
were heard. and several of the white men
hastily snatched their guns and started to
the rescue.
"They found the hands drawn up in n
little trembling crowd. staring at ma
jestic looking lion. who squatted calmly
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Half People Killed by Wild Beasts While Construct
ing a Through East African Junges-Elephants and
Hppopotam Join the King of the Forest in Dispung
the White Mans Title to the Right of Way

trestle work done by elephants and hippo
potami. has greatly retarded work on the
line; and whereas it should now. accord
ing to the original plans. be completed. the
work is barely three-ffths done.
Writers have freely told of the difficulties
encountered by the builders Of the great
Western roads in Amerlca-of the eternal
vigilance against Indians that was neces.
sary. OF herds OF wild buffalo stampeding
across the tracks and wreaking havoc, and
all that sort of tlIing-~cut the American
builders never had to organize lion hunting
parties or to call all hands off from work
and start them after an elephant or a
hippopotamus. And these things. according
to an Englishman. are what have to be
done almost daily along the line of this
African railroad.
ut is necessary every once in while. "
he says, ''for the entire engineering force
to drop work and go off on lion hunt.
repel an attack on the part of some savage
native tribe or head of an invasion by ele-
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Hippopotamus on the track.

| plants. Likewise the service on the COM
! pleted part Of the line would now be more
perfect were II not incumbent upon the
| engineers to bring their trains to halt
| every now and then and summon the entire
| train force to drag a rhinoceros or hippo
| potamus OF the track.
Building a railroad across Uganda would
have been the biggest kind Of a job. even
| II the natural difficulties OF the country
most of 1t an utterly unknown region a
comparatively short time ago-had been the
| only ones with which the constructors had
| TO grapple, for its forests and jungles are al
most impenetrable. malaria stalks abroad In
It's swamps. the sides Of many Of the noun
tains which 1t has been necessary to cross
are almost perpendicular and in some sec
tens roaring torrents innumerasle dispute
the progress of the engineer.
But as II oil Of this were not enough
Uganda is also tho native heath of the
tsetse fly. deadly enemy Of beasts OF bur-
Gen, horse and OK alike. and also of the
"tigger," the no less Unsuitable insect tor
turer OF man.
1.-The activity Of the first pest made 1t
necessary TO transport all the materials
used in building the first go miles of the
line on the backs of native Carriers" but
the attacks OF the j.ggers' upon these men
were so fierce. especially on the soles of
their feet that hundreds of the carriers
forced to have one or more of their toes
amputated
I'm this part Of the country, too. mile
after mile stretches away in which no wa
ter is to be found. and all that was used by
the thousands Of men employed in laying
the line had to be carried inland from the
coast and doled out in rations.
"At different times fever RACED in the
construction camp. and once so per cent of
the men were on the sick list: rivers, sud-
denly swollen by great rains. washed away
the track soon after 1t was laid; savage
tribes descended upon the laborers and had
to be driven off.
Probably. however. IL 1t could have
been arranged. almost every member Of the
expedition would have agreed to bear all
these hardships If they might have been
spared the visitations OF lions. The king
OF beasts has played havoc with the build
ers of the Uganda Railway from the first,
and since the work was commenced. over
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I couch, and he thinks: $50 shall thy seed
| be-" He is ready for the voice: "Abra-
ham,"
He Is not quite sure: perhaps the cattle
| are lowing in the fields. and his fancy gives
an unwarranted Interpretation. The voice
| again: "Abraham!" No mistake this time.
Every nber OF his being II attent. and rev.
erently he rises to . sitting posture on his
couch. Here am l."
A TR0UBL0Us NIGHT.
Now an exceedingly explicit direction:
| ''Take now thy son, thine only son, whom
thou lowest. even Isaac. and get thee into
the land Of Moriah: and offer him there for
| . burnt Offering upon one Of the mountains
which I will tell thee Of" There cannot be
mistake. It II not a voice from within.
Il robs him Of al that he had hoped
through that son. Then the shafts, how
piercing; they are doubiy barbed and ranl.ls
in his heart Of hearts. "thy SON. upon
whom 30 much is centered: 'thine only
son." not IshI4ael, Of the bondwoman, and
there is no light in any other direction:
whom thou lowest" aye. better than SILVER
and gold and focks and herds and all else
In the world; "even Isaac" with agony he
recalls 1t as 80 definite that escape IS i'm
possible: "a burnt Offering" and he, the
loving, tender father, to do the deed! The
hours are long until morning. for sleep, na-
ture'S boon, does not come TO Abraham.
SAD JOURNEY.
1t is morning again. Only God and Abra
ham know of the terrible experience Of tho
night. 1t is early morning. At dawn the
herdsnen seek their nocks. the whole
family are astir. breakfast is served, and
before sunrise the usual daily routine is we'll
advanced The patriarch gives orders for n
tourney, taking Isaac and two others. No
one nsks his purpose or his goal. Except in
q general way, Abraham himself cannot
tell where his Journey viii terminate;
-. -. spoken in unmistak-
able. terms. and that he must cheerfully
obey without questioning, though his heart
b breaking
Nirht falls. Abraham has 3ourneyed all
the day in silence. contrary to his wont: his
>rrand u known now to be for sacrifice, for
he takes wood and IRE for that purpose.
On the way the flowers Of the fisld nod to
him. but he sees them not; voices Of those
accompanying him fau upon his ear. but
he hears them not; the weight Of the di-
vine command bears him down. Yet he
ausstions not Why shou,1 Il, n xis1 6
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where IS DA VlNCPS
"vIRGIN OF THE ROCKS?

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There are two copies Of Leonardo da
vinci's famous painting. THE Virgin Of the
Rocks" one in Paris and the other In Lon
don. and for some time there has been q
warm discussion as to which of the two =
the original work. each city claiming that it
has the original, and that the other city has
only copy.
Until few days ago oil that was known
about this painting was that it first ap-
pearet. in the Church Of the Conception, at
Milan. A document signed by Leonardo
and by Ambrosio Preda, another artist, in
forms US that the painter, after, he had
finished ''Ths Virgin Of the RockS." exc
cuted another work. in conjunction with
Preda, and that he demanded from the fra
ternity which had bought them either
prompt payment for the two works or their
immediate restitution.
The question then was. Did the fraternity
restore 'sThe Virgin Of the Rocks to the
painter? Some say that it did: moreover.
they add that Leonardo subsequently sold
the painting to Francis !. and for this rea-
son they claim that the original work can
only be in Paris. Others. ON the contrary.
maintain that the painting was not given
back by the fraternity, but remained In the
Church Of the Conception until the close Of
the Eighteenth Century. when 1t was taken
to London.
An apparently decisive answer to this
question is now given by Francesca Mala-
guzxi, . weil-known authority on art. While
recently searching In the Church OF the Com
ception he found an inventory dating back
to the year 17S1. and In 1t mention was made
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PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPuBILc.
PUT YOURSELF. IN HIS PLACE.
To be rightly understood and appreciated
all facts whether historical or biographi-
cal, must be Viewed from the point Of their
occurrence and must be Judged in large de-
gree with respect to their environment.
Leave the Twentieth Century. II you will.
and 60 back with me from 5000 to Aooo
years. Forget present environment and
progress for the time. and sit with Abra-
ham in his tent or other habitation. hear
his voice. note his emotions. read his very
thoughts; then be one Of his companions
in journeying and witness his devotion and
his magnificent, unswerving faith. Then.
and only then, shall you be able to under
stand the motive and the deed OF this sep
arated man whom God had especially
chosen for great purpose. the influence
Of which has come down through all the
ages since.
AT EvENTIDE.
Abraham u an old man. as We Sea him at
sunset hour Of beautiful Syrian day. He
has preserved his patriarchial simplicity
and Is head Of his large household. His
word IL law, from which there Is no ap-
peal The long and oft-promised heir has
como In to show due respect and make
obeisance as q dutiful son. We measure
Isaac's age at from Is to 70 years. A
comely lad. worthy Of such a father. Upon
him has been centered all OF hope and faith
by both father and mother. No other can
succeed him: he was first, and will be last.
When he came the mold was in all human
probability. forever broken. There was a
deep meaning and Significance in his desig-
nation Of laughter: what had been deemed
utterly impossible by his mother had came
to pass: the divine promise had been ful-
filled: the future was as certain a. the
past or present
THE DIVINE VOICE.
It IL . quiet hour. and you are sleeping
90 soundly In your tent that attendants
might come near enough to touch you. yet
not be heard, for the ground and the soft
rugs give back no sound. But Abraham II
wide awake Perhaps he is recalling the
the promises and the blessings that were M
cluded in the beloved son OF his old age.
He knows no fear Of Intrusion. Beyond the
tent dape he gases to the stars. which sssm
90 near that they pear down eaoss "a his
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bod. comfortable cry over Imaginary peo-

good, comfortable cry over imaginary peo-
pie.
"Of course. this is not true Of the class OF
women called geisha, and who are much
looked down upon by nice women In Japan
The geishas would rather have q merry
time than anything else. and would rather
go to shows that make them shrek and
laugh. And they think nothing of display
ing affection in public. and Of dresg.ng thrm-
selves up as attractively as possib.a.'
But you don't think there is anything
wrong about making oneself attractive, do
your inquired.
well, in Japan 1t Is not customary for
women Of the better class to try to make
themselves especially attractive in the eyes
of men. It is not at all necessary. We think
that our girls should win the love Of their
husbands by reason Of their own inherent
virtues and by their modesty and chastity.
The new women and the club movement
have strengthened rather than weakened
that feeling among japanese mothers"
How does the new woman Of Japan re-
gard the European dress?"
I'VE try to discourage 1t all we possibly
can. and I believe We are In measure
succeeding said Nine. Hatoyama. Jap
anese women do not look well in European
costume"
..How do you account for that3'
"Oh. their figures" was the quick reply.
| 1--WE are q race Of small. slight women, and
the smooth, close-ftting tailor made cloth
ing Is. generally speaking, far from becom-
ing to us. Our forms are unsuited to tight
clothing. We look best in our soft, cling
ing robes and our flowing kimonas."
Nine Hatoyama smoothed the wide
sleeves of her own soft gray gown, and con.
tinued:
Japanese women fnd It very hard to
manage the European skirt. It will take
probably generations Of training for US to
| accomplish that feat as European and
American women do"
"But do you think II II really worth the
accomplishment
'"That ID exactly the important point. No.
Il Is not worth our while trying to learn
/ to wear clothes for which We are not de-
signed BY nature. to the neglect OF the
beautiful garments that are ours by tradi.
tion and heredity. Az It is. We confine the
wearing Of European costumes chiefly to
ceremonial occasions, such ~ receptions
and entertainments where We arc brought
| In contact with Europeans. Three or four
times q year u a. often - I wear Euro
pean costume when IA my own country,
Many japanese women have adopted Euro
pean dress for wearing at the imperial
garden parties as matter Of economy.
They can get that dress much more cheaply
, for such occasions, a. the japanese cere-
monial dress is 4 very expensive affair, and
absolutely useless for any other purpose. At
what IL the most radical effect Of the
new woman idea In Japan. or has theirs
thus far been any such e1ect?
'Oh. yes. indeed, very great effect We
are beginning to have old maids. Such 4
thing lens than . g1nsr1t1oo ago Was uu-
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They are building n railroad over IN
Africa-from Mombasa. on the Eastern
Coast, to Port Florence. some SU mlies
hack In the interior, and on the eastern
coast of Lake Victoria Nayanza.
This railroad is not such great engin-
eering feat-although 1t is being built
through mountains and tungles But II mas
the distinction of traversing that section
of Africa in which lions. elephants and hip
popotami most abound.
And the extent to which these beasts Of
the jungle have disouted the right-of-w way
over which this road is running may be
guessed from the relation of the fact that
to date, when only 200 miles of the road
have been completed. no less than thirty of
the railroad workers have been killed by
lions alone.
1t IS an appalling record.
The necessity for repelling the attacks
of wild beasts. and also for repairing the
damage to tracks and embankments and
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heard of, but now We are recruiting moro
and more old maids each year. The wom-
ems clubs are making our girls much more
particular as to their husbands. The more
education a girl gets the harder she Is to
please in the way OF husband When she
gets a knowledge OF algebra and geometry
and chemistry. and poetry and drama, 'she
begins to have ideals. and is not contented
to marry the first man. or even the second
or third, that she has chance to marry.
and because frequently the fourth does not
turn up at all or is no better than the pre-
ceding three she prefers to remain single"
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CLEoN AND L

CIeon hath a million acres,
Meier a one have /:
Cleon dwelleth in palace.
In a cottage 1;
Cleon hath dozen fortunes.
Not a penny 1:
Yet the poorer Of the twain II
Cleon. and not /.
CIeon, true, possesSeth acres.
But the landscape /;
Half the charms to me It yisldeth
Money cannot buy.
Cleon harbors sloth and dullnsss.
Freshening vigor i:
He In velvet. in fusttans
Richer man am L
Cleon is a slave to grandeur.
FREQ as thought am /:
Cleon fees a score Of doctors.
Need OF none have 1;
wealth-surrounded, care-environo6
Cleon fears to die;
Death may come, he'1 IND me rsady.
Happy man am L
CIeon sees no charm In nature
In daisy I;
Cleon hears no anthems ringing
In the sea and sky:
Nature sings to me forever.
Earnest listener 1;
State for state, with al attsada10
Who would changef Not I!