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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-30
RAINIER BEACH,

EASY TO REACH EASY TO'BfTY.
Beautiful location on ahcre Of Lake
Washington. short ridu on h-eeut
electric cars from firtt and Wash
are selling faat AZ ST. 81 ana 100
at 3 and 80 down and = month ig3
already cold. everybody likes Rainier
property On market for homo and In
teatmsnt. schools. churches, stores
fire garden soil (. cleared and grade a
Eeatfsfg hatblrg fi.bfres tt,t 49,
heaffhfut. plenty wood and city
heaithful. plenty wood and city wa
ter al Goc month lumber on tefma or
nj Rainier Beach, or e.. X StuTte-
want. owner. 80 Boston block.
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Real r.lale-cenlInusd

ENfitA 0oOlS nAtdAiNa.
500 for four acres N land glaHa tn
var aud SCHOOL on fine canutq faHd
Nuq cash. balance 90 suit pufehahurs
500 fur two AGREE uf nno land on eieaz
THO tRf ana twenty minutes tide b.
the city ~ cash. balance q per
month.
q ii Nichois sii wanhlngtuu building.
CunAf1 Two large tracts of land aud
f.gtoft house only $40 IL sold ~ once,
esa eNnge Nrplg ~ Qflnin aafden
ton ear. lst and iuchspg. 1t.
eHtfAf Tote at So upi at hlllWan city
emily n minutrr. tide on old HHHtHh
car line on Washington street iermH
down. y mnnthlYi come today .
large warm office on Hroundh
9 y nEnyEH. aib Arcade building.
Nill care fuf Your property hua col
iept rents best ~ frfefrhcta Lat
your houses with him
3 GOOD timber claim ACCOMPLISHMENTS
can be bought cheap. II taken al
once ohio Real iistatr Co 1878 nd
tIhua
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He Wo Chinese Medicine Co.

cure all chronic
diseases Of men
and women with
cut o cratic n.
Cured by power
full Chinese roots.
herbs, harks. buds
and vegetables.
These wonderful
Chinese remedies
have cured hun
dreds of cases
that have been
given up TO die.
We q u A n A N =
I i l. to cure
T h e u m atism .
asthma. catarrh.
stomach, kidney.
liver, fe m a ] q
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weakness ana all private diseases.
Can and see this wonderful Chinese
medicine. Have talk with Hee
Wo before giving up your case az
hopeless. Consultation FREE.
Office 2ioM. Washington ST.. Seattle
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PETIT Is SON.
The Hest uuyn ~ To-day.
= 70 fiHH h-rsum cottage lot err "a
~ llth ave- nsar Denny May. EasT
g lon rem house. aesth - Mercer.
Heaf EFuadNHv, with street ims
rfnkrurnta nt in and paid. cement
water $40 cash, small monthly pa
8 ata .raafn house ga ieth ave = ;
sfsad NisN one block from car. 80
3 Na@asroom cottage. new hath and
toilet on &th ave near Nadiagn 81
g ~ Saw t-fnnm cottage Harvard
ave y iat Wsian, grand view usaE
school and ear $50 cash.
q 10 s.rpamm cor ON Frrmnnt ave
farEe int fhia o. a grrF cheap place
with murh more but owner must
eel. 80 sash.
80 4 new a-rpofu house. on ard ave
g tat asia. uNrer iiVinE Seattle
must sell. iso cash. balance s PEI
cent
VACANT lots
O. as-t lots. one a corner on Queen
ANNE hifIi they las VrfY anad Nifh
rnuInut walks un both streets enc
hiaek fraus car, viii seii ore or mugs
oNssf must ssli 90 sacrifice.
tsza ae'nrnsr. sxts0. one block from
car. broadway district y fhsNs lets
Hfe Nety cheap. unil few left II
cash.
g. Beautiful lots on car line. flne
view levri rcady 10 build on. ftfp.sas
wav dtstFieL
~ Flns taxin e losus isvsi. on
htfadNaF ana fiSe caF TIE. Tie
cash.
Nsa salua. good lot two hlochs from
Jaessen ear and four from fsslsF
TIA leauufui la, SKIS On nfaad.
az y. fine view. taraain.
PETIT a SON.
Arcade nulidins.
EMAIL. PROPERTIES
EACH uaassssinx TistiucuNHiF aftfaes
tiee feAtmFth. Al urEcd u sails ~
sslhnE END who are rsady o. sntsfs
tatu anything ngrfaachtns reakeuAtas
pFafnHs = from prompt buyers
EAAff4AkE Az E-sFrusm h9nss on
s ~ ne Z ss no. s e g rel "a = X
avenue EKfeilsnf 81 hHifaEHH
alfs. II Improved ihin property sesiai
afford Enoal incnmr Price = 80
EteliY iesa ihan tie value q tie
ground
PROSPECT Er No better situation.
Lot ttNt9n with q modern aua COIN
plste cottsEe houre. Gsrdeu and
taun. a n3ast attfaftsVs title ka,ae
ard At the price. q. 80 Il should
sell
SEAn WOODLAND PARK 4 uies
little hamn reaiY tuiit kHmar. masis
sTns aaod Dot AND cncrei AZ q 80
a reduced price. on easy monthly
rs NassHHfa
| MAR WOODLAND Park ard ear
line. uem aud modern cnftaef net
yet occupied. on a nice ints e9xtin feet
far 81 Hu
We Aanf % show these ur1peFtfsMs
CHARLES SOMEnS a co
md ave and Marion 81 Both phones
Mes. Ga
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For sal.-pssi Es,ss.

8 ss1-5 acres good soil. partially clear
ed at KaNeuna Park
g. ataz@ssFaom cottage. close 70 two car
lines neat ttrd.
E00- New house vol finished. rooms :.
let F0rtf6 near Waifn Wniia school
S. e. tifoefs0ta on 10Th and zint
nyeA &. Charles
500 each two fac lots. Denny station.
Green Lake.
Large lat IL lots houses and ranches
IN AL locations. Zee mo before buy
ing Il will save you money.
VIII show property any day or time
A. g. JOHNSTON
Real Estate Je Downs Block
phones 8 s. Main 1ai. Ind. Azf7B.
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Marriage license,

=. joe Romsr 81. Black Diamond
Mesh Seat h0rfmaster. 81 Hack nis.
JaY J DEAN a. Rrcoklyn. Wash
h<tc Thomson. =, fracu puchur
isaac Matlsuu. 81 SEATTLE. Wilhelm.
ma = Hyndriekson. ~ Aattio.
NuttN. 81 Denver Colo
ANAL MaruNama. ~ Fresno. Loo
ehtmadas - knmamutp. iaaan
A Phillips. s. Seattle. Mae Col
bern. q Seattle.
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A nAHgAfN- ~ acres good level land.
mostly second bolton. ~ uiirs from
the lntcfurhan, tract faces country
faad close 90 school and Heighbafs.
Price Tot few days o. go
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- n 4 IN Atithh. az railroad Htas
ton rich level land. partially IN.
proved. small house. B minutes walk
from depot Hinrvt. postofilcs aud
Robert Mslthy 40 New York nleek
A HARGAfN- ~ acres good level land.
mostly second bolton. "a uiies from
the lntcfurhan, tract faces country
foad close - school and uelghnorH
Price fof few days tloso
NORTH on GREEN LAKE iIaif a
mile from ear iiue. 40 acres u Eaad
land 1 acres Eruhhen aud planted In
stras hfrtignj balance CLEARED AID
Heeded all feucrd. small house aud
several uuthuildinEr,
Robert Mai,by, 80 New York Block.
DAIRY FARM leo acres nearly all
bottom lend. O. acres la cultivation
HaFuum house. large hHfu. close "a
school end nsighbern. Jersey caaa
iIebsrt asiie, 80 Nsw York Block.
FORTY ACRrs. half bottom land. bal.
sHes seod gplana. al s nearly 49,, ,sssl.
cleared plenty aprluE water hgnat
hsfn. several puthuiidinsa frhafl
81 Iaa tfsss in hrafinE All kinds u
hutali fruit, ~ miles from sgattin .
elnaa Is urhaol and neirhhaFs q ~
Robert Maitby, 40 New fotk hleek.
80 . Aerss fine upland good timber.
Nmall improvements near tqwu And
tutrflfhan risttric hnc
So ia sores u Kent, fine fruit and
afEIfENdnEN q ARNgLt.
Room u. hpkwrll hlpek
Acreage ter Safe
Acnf TnAt.ra foh aAtH
n6fth q drsen lake chsausr lfan
the cheapest ard on terms - sail
PRANK r HUNTER Owner.
81 "a Uiohs tiaek
A aSAf. q acrcs bottom laad. miiss
from ID H stafiun 40
FISHER a SMITH
fn.W Arcade
Business Chances
Only ii 66o.
.1.roam brick with lease All elsHsnsiY
furnished new HrWaacta and Neis q
rarpefs frnt onii - y per NINTH
al fuli frrrinfs nRuWt Is ~. NfFAffs
p FIRST class 4. 90 g0 Enquire haana
= Union hluoh
MODERN money maker. ten rautns
- very close iui rrnt - tss s4sh
required Rogers. ~ Denny bQka.
vi HAVE rons Eaod rnomina houses.
cta#f stands nnd tnaNF Wefr $50
hafs hfan A CO. lioom - lsit
hEfHHd ave
l. = RoafSnAtfw. iavser. setzfY
puhilc - New rofk block corne-
Fatiuns ofzariEeii patents pensions
ron aAi.R on EXCHANGE pasI.
hesa LOT faf Efncert stock 20 slst
thIna riae Nrap Seattle Real kas
tate 60 Is riiues hids
Personals
shaH}r ceirR. wanicuFiuE ttaifdfses.
fHx. aesip ana fheial TFeatrnsut
viii TIE Nlhro, NassaKe Mafhlrs. 4
Mcdonald ftinck Phone hsak ia
VIZ g. 81 ~ i.s S.. rFsa {.
yannr baths. Ninrarsass. message fef
fags. scalp aud hedT. fhene. Back
MARRIAGE dlrrctnri free g. ait fHY
Whfm married. New plan Hafaa 90
muHeY Fur rartiqHierF sfdfras u
4 Horton. bept -. Iss9naha. VII
HHNNNA falaArf hrenant tsasstI
Nasne - - Ufhha iasias e front
enFer tabsfAi reward N frlufaed tn
itis asmnut ave
Lost Martin gciarutfe ThurMaA )
NtFHE hatWFrn ArfuufS and e4h Ard
ussfsef agd. Nstnfm 10 80 eth a4s.
and receive reward
psir,ls
An Hfsfn. fiATE CoSNN hnf4
Why aFa Mafanv Iafaa ada AID ter
Kiss Contest iihe deep rsa sxpiefa
tone Because thef bfiAE diver ztsi
Firsneisi
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so q Arrrs fine upland good timber
hmal fmprus rfuFutn near tewu AID
tutffufhAn rigNtric line
saN in Hcrsa ~ Kent fine fruit and
hefft land
RLEITENaWEN a ARNEtt.
tlaom ~ tiukwrll hluek
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Fer sale-rarm. Dad Id

sENENfHFN ACHES. al railroad eta.
ton rich level land, partially IIuz
proved small house. minutes walk
from depot HtnfrU. poatnftles and
good school 500
Robsrt Msltby' 40 New York niaeh
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NORTH Oh DnEEN LAKE Halt q
mile from ear Hue. 40 acres u Eaod
land. acres Eruuhen aud planted In
straw berries, balance cleared ard
seeded ail fenced. small house AID
several uuthuNdinKr
Mohert Manby. 40 New York Block.
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FORTY ACRES. haif bottom Land. be !.
aHer Euud upland. hil nearly level
h acres Cirifrd. rs acres partly
harm several onthuiidinsas orchard
OF 80 tfHsa iu hrafluE All kinds q
hmali fruit. n miles from asaitio.
elnEn 60 SCHOOL ana nrfEhhuFs q 80.
Robert Maiiby, ip New fotk Heck,
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Architects
y. w no0dliroN ntilf coina.


NJ y WAlkEll central aHetloncer.
phones James 7di ana A faai.
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DAIRY FANM l61 acres. nearly all
bottom lend O. acres la cultivation.
Izfaum house large hHfn close to
school aud neighbora ) Jersey cuNa
So with place. q. ila
| Robert Maitht. 40 New York Hlaek.
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fhe Hest uuyn ~ To-day.
= 20 iiHe b-rsum cottage lot tA0l e
uH llth ave- near bcnuY WAY. Easf
fsfua
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hIhi methods ANA teuehuna Acme
business College. Second ana rlke
fnQr MQiulNa daY and niaht
school Fourth and YsHgSf.
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II yoa want cJrfect pelEhis and
Sesf CO ss'i ins w 'i' sh Nan i -
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& I'm rnem house aesth - Mercer
HeaF HFoadNHYi with street i'm.
rfnkFusrhta hi in and paid cement
water $40 cash, SNAIL monthly pa
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fHfN fSfWoRTHN YOUNG man. Is
wants position az clerk IN hotel of
ladElua house. can give best &c les
fereuees Adfras. A A. Morse. osn-
sBsral Delivery
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. 90 raefn house. GA 10th ave \ !
sfaad visS one block from car. 80
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9 sALESMEN are required TO handle
the crowds at Hiiimnu City buying
acre tracts People are surprised 10
get them 70 cheap and on nueh EASY
teftna scent fare on Washington VI
IaFus fUNaW
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
FIXING FOR THE DOG SHOW.
Great FussfnG and Infinite Pains
Taken in Preparing Animals q
for Exhibition.

To put sleeping socks On a dog and
do up his hair in curling papers would
seem a pretty enough pastime for child
dren, but hardly what the average adult
could call work. Nevertheless, in pre-
pairing dogs for such a show as the az
hibition of the Ladies Kennel Associ-
alton of America men are employed in
giving dogs even more elaborate toilets
than these. More time is doubtless
spent in combing and brushing the hail
Of some dogs than in arranging the
pompadours of their mistresses, says the
New York Tribune.
When dogs come from all parts Of the
country for a show various breeds stand
the journey in various ways. Terriers,
because Of their highly nervous tenn
peraments, are likely to lose consider
able flesh, and need to be fed well just
before thu exhibition. Bulldogs, st.
Bernards and other large, l~ong-haired
dogs are good travellers, and sometimes
gain so much weight by a change that
they have to be exercised sharply to
reduce their weight. When exercise
does not bring off the flesh, a still quick
or Q of shrinking them" is mas
sage. The keeper rubs and rubs and
rub his dog until his extra flesh, like
the smoke of Sir Walter Raleigh's pipe.
cannot be weighed.
The longer hair a dog has, the more
work to Condition him" for an exhi-
bition. For example. after a Yorkshire
terrier recover from his journey, he is
bathed and his hair brushed. This kind
Of a dog should be put up for exhibit az
near out of the tub" as possible. The
man who brushes his hair must have an
arm of iron, for he must keep brushing
for hours. Often two men alternate at
the task, and after Il has thoroughly
exhausted both arms his relay takes up
the task. A special kind of brush is en-
ployed, which resembles a brush for the
human hair, but the bristles are about
twice as long. After the hair has been
brushed until it waves like the tabled
fleece which Jason sought, 1t is tied up in
curl papers. Should the dog care to
take a rap, socks are put on his feet, lest
in scratching his ear he hould disheVeI
his toilet, and his ear placed just so that
the weight of his head will not crumple
it.
In the preparation of a French poodle
a man must be a carpenter as well as
a landscape gardener. The wooolly hail
of this breed of poodle is not only
cropped skintight about his loins and
legs, but tufts are left here and there to
represent bracelets, rosettes and ear
rings. Some dog artists use merely an
ordinary pair of highly sharpened scis-
sors for the task, and they spend hours
cutting the hair Of one leg so that the
bracelet of hair which sticks out around
the ankle will be perfectly symmet-
rical. To insure results that will be-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
Doer Leader For Mexico.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1G.-Prospects for
the rehabilitation Of the Boer country
are very poor, according TO the reports
brought here by General Ben j. Vii
ioen, one of the Transvaal leaders in
the fight with Great Britain, who was
a passenger on the Umbria. lie is now
on his way TO Mexico. where he hopes
to engage in agricultural interests, for
his home is wrecked, and many of the
people of his native land are unable to
recover from the effects of the wal
which devastated their lands.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
Graft.

The spirit of graft exhibits itself in
many ways. When the rain was pour
.pg Its hardest recently a man walk
ing up Broadway suddenly discovered
hat he was sharing his umbrella with
| very small messenger boy. The man
sept silent, but as ne caught the up
turned eye Of the boy, the latter said,
paively: Good graft. I've been I'M
Ter an umbrella all the way from Wall
street." The youngsters clothes had
aot a drop of water on them, and, aft
ar walking a few blocks, he said a
pleasant THANK you" and darted into
| doorway.-N. Y. Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
Social Duties of Presidents Wife.

That the position of presidents wife
is nc sinecure. any one ALL be con-
WINGED after reading the clever article
which Mrs. Abby G. Baker has con-
tributed to PcarSon's, detailing some
of the cares and responsibilities which
fall TO her lot. She is hedged about
with a wall of presidents as high as
heaven. and bound by a social code
whose ethics n hundred years of USAGE
has made as immutable as the laws Uf
the Modes and Persians. A tactless
woman can do much to jeopardize her
husbands interests in the white house,
while a 'tactful wife may be of inesti-
mable assistance. Mrs. Baker gives an
Interesting account of Mrs. Roosevelt's
charming hospitality as mistress Of the
white house, and of the close cooper
alton between her and the ladies of the
cabinet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
Poisoned with Mercury.

Some mysterious deaths of cattle in
Alderney have been traced to a curious
source. Mercury was found in the dead
animals, and also in many meadows and
gardens, and the presence of the poison
Is attributed to a recent explosion OF a
factory for illuminate of mercury. The
Tunes from the explosion were carried
to a distance by a strong gale. AS a re-
suit of the inquiry, the manufacture OF
explosives in the island has been pro-
hibited.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
RECORD SCORE FOR
A FIVE MAN TEAM.
BIOodgOod's Best EOWIers Make
Great Scores at Practice
Last Night.

Last night Bloodgood' Best Bowl.
ers broke the record for team work on
the alleys. They rolled 972 in one
game, averaging 1874 per man. This
is bowling almost perfect. The Three
BIS have a reputation as good hands at
the game but last nights game places
them in a sphere of their own.
The scores were: B~loodgood, 1872
Holzworth, 1872; Graham, 1871 Koch,
203; Waring, 2l3.
Waring is the anchor man. His
bowling is never cratic. In every
match game played this year he has
done good work. All the players are
strong bowlers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
NEW TRIBE is FOUND
Strange Race of People Discovered
in Australia.
Peacefully Disposed and Exceedingly
Simple in Cust0nls-Reeeiye
White Explorers or
daily.

The days OF Australian exploration are
cot yet at an end, for a couple Of sci
lntists from queensland and New South
Wales respectively have just a~scertained
lhe existence in the lar north CT a peo-
pie who had never previously seen q
white man. The discoveries, reports the
London Globe, were DR.. Roth, the
Queensland protector OF northern abo-
u.ines, who is, perhaps, more familiar
with aboriginal lie and character thai
S any other individual in the common
wealth, and Charles Hedley, the con-
biologist of the Sydney museum. Ihey
were making a scientific tour of the Gulf
Of Carpentaria and of the Wellesley
archipelago at the southern end OF the
lulf. Mornington island, which has an
Urea of ten by 40 miles, was discovered
by Capt. Matthew Flinders in 1902 while
surveying and mapping out the gulf,
but he does not appear to have landed
IN it. Since that time the island has
Teen known only by name. 1t is not an
Inviting place for the settler, the soil
being poor, with extensive tracts Of
marshy country. There is plenty Of
bush and coarse forest, and this affords
rhelter to large numbers of kangaroos
end other animals, which furnish a
plentiful supply Of food for the island
trs.
DR.. Roth and Mr.. He6ley experienced
no difficulty in effecting a landing, and
found the islanders, scientifically
Fpeaking, an interesting people, their
modes of living and general character
lstics showing that they had been sepa'
rated from the mainland natives foI
many generations. With one exception,
an aboriginal who had visited the
shores of the gulf. none of the islanders
had ever seen a white man, and the use
of clothing, however scanty, was I'M
known to both sexes alike. The visitors,
together with some tame blacks
that is, natives who have been educated
at the mission station in northern
Queensland and Observation-Disclosures
On the island three days. employing the
tame" blacks as guides and scouts, and
1t was speedily discovered that the latter
could converse in q fashion with the
islanders. whose language was a dia-
%lectical version Of that of the gulf ma
tives. Great caution had 10 be observed
by the visitors. who were always armed,
The islanders having spears and a few
boomerangs, but always running away
MS the white men advanced. At last,
however, a couple Of the islanders were
induced to make friends with the two
explorers, whom they regarded with a
stolid gaze, as if their unexpected ap-
rearancc was an every day occurrence.
This seeming indifference is an aborig-
hal characteristic. Their assumed
apathy vanished the moment that Dr.,
Roth and Mr.. Hedley lighted their pipes.
They stared in bewilderment and. &C
eording to the tame" boys, declared
that the white men were burning their
mouths.
They were equally astonished when
match was used for lighting a fire and z
chilly" employed for Boiling water
Mr. Hedley distributed among them
pumber of penny whistles which he hat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16

geometrically correct, the most scientific
artists use .c~alipers, Just as does a car
penter in turning a block of wood.
The bracelet of enc leg must, Of
course, correspond exactly with the
bracelets of all the other legs, and often
hours of patient toll are wasted by a
slip Of the scissors and the gouging of an
Immediately rounded circle.
Though the average spectator at a
dog show may not know it, there is a
great deal of taking" in preparing
dogs for the bench, which his untutored
eye cannot discern. in an Irish, Welsh
or Airedale terrier which are the breeds
now paramount in "swell' dog society,
a great deal of attention is given to the
shape of the head. The ideally shaped
head for these breeds of dog is that Of
a rat, which is straight all the way from
the forehead to the tip of the nose. The
everyday dog, which gets lost and ends
up in the pound, has what is called a
stop" about level with his eyes. The
stop" consists of a depression, which
makes the forehead bulge. These ter
riers, however. shGElld not have a stop"
if they want to claim distinguished ped
igrecs. If such a dog does have a stop
naturally, its owner crops its hair close
on his forehead and leaves it long be-
tween his eyes, and so his head is ION
the level" 1t is also by the clever manip-
ulation of shears that a dog can be made
to look broad chested when. in fact. his
chest is narrow or his legs fashioned
straight when the bones are crooked.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16

brought from Sydney, and soon the bush
began to be filled with sounds to which
It had previously been a stranger.
The islanders. who form a race new
- ethnologists, are supposed to be a
|~tetrograde type. or else a more primitive
type than the ORDINARY Australian abo-
riginal. They do
the natives on the mainland.
collect heaps of grass and sleep on the
bare ground to the leeward of them. Ar
ticles which have to be carried from
place to another are wrapped in bark,
The use of baskets being unknown, as is
that of canoes, the water craft employed
being rudely constructed RATS, consist
ing each of a couple of logs with some
light weed, propelled by branches as
paddles. Compared with the natives
on the mainland, the islands seemed far
behind in a knowledge of even the rudest
aboriginal appliances. They have, how
ever, a stringent system of tribal CLASH
~ication. intended to represent different
degrees of relationship and to assist in
preventing too close intermarriage. The
origin of this system, so prevalent
among all classes of Australian aborig-
Inals, remains an unsolved mystery. Its
existence on Mornington island was dis
covered by DR.. Roth when one of the
islanders refused to speak to one of the
tame" boys because he was his father
ln-law."
Only members of the tribe belonging
% the same class are allowed to marry,
and much to the amusement of the two
explorers, they found an island woman
dirting with n of the tame" blacks,
she having ascertained that both be-
longed to the same class and that she,
therefore,, could marry him if he were
willing. Notwithstanding the rough
nature of life among the islanders, they
looked strong and healthy, although
somewhat understood, and were appar-
ent of a peaceful disposition. They were.
ignorant of the arts Of cultivation, their
food consisting of wild fruits, fish and
meat, fire being obtained by rubbing o
couple of sticks together. Except theif
weapons and a few cooking appliance
there is no personal property, almos.
everything being shared in common
1t is probable that a second visit may b
paid to the island a few months hence.
when some further information respect
ing the islanders will be procurable,
there being an opinion that further in
v~estigation will assist in throwing some
light on the character of Australian abb
original life in the past.