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In Troubled Africa

Germany is meeting with some diff
sulty in its colony in southwest AZ
dca, one of the native tribes, the
Ovampos, being strongly opposed to
Teuton rule. Sud-west, as the colony
is generally called, is a country of
magnificent distances tits area is
about 100000 square miles,, and much
of it is practically desert. Along the
whole coast (some 500 miles) and for
about 100 miles inland it is bowling
wilderneSs-first of sand and then of
stones.
Within this belt the country i'm
proves somewhat, but the continued
drouths are sore trial to farmers.
The fertile areas are generally dried
up. The country in the southern half
of the colony is covered with scrub,
and wide stretches of undulating coun-
try alternate with high ridges. 1t is
country adapted to guerrilla war
fare.
There are several tribes living in
the territory DamaraA,
Ovampos, Hottentots and Bushmen.
The Herreros, Damaras and Ovampos
are of the same blood as the Zulus,
Basutos and Cape Kaffirs. The two
former, who live chiefly in the central
zone, have given little trouble to the
Germans, but the Ovampos, who live
In the far north, are still uncon-
quered, and are defiant and inso1ent
to the Germans, who for several
years past have planned expeditions
which so far have had to be post
poned. The Ovampos, if fully mus
tered, could show IA 1000 fighting men,
some of them armed with rifles, and
the expedition which Germany is now
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A monument to American valor on
foreign soil, erected by the ancient foes
of the Republic, is the stirring spec
tacle soon to mark the scene of the
blcodiest battle field of the War OF
1912. 1t will commemorate in one
common epitaph the desperate courage
of those who persisted fighting for
their respective countries at the old
fort in the suburbs of Toronto, Can
sda.
By a singular fatality a calamity
overlook the Republics soldiers on
what is now the site of Ontarios me-
tropolis, though confronted by inferior
numbers. Moved by the spirit of re-
venge which the catastrophe provoked,
the capital was destroyed, and events
followed that led to more bitterness
than all other features of the great
conflict, concluding with the burning
of Washington by British forces. 1t
is significant that the coming tribute
to brave Americans comes from peo-
pie but few generations removed
from the period when these invaders
were regarded as vandals-
Things have changed much down on
the lake front, were the magazine of
the old fort engulfed two hundred and
fifty warriors of Gen. Pike with that
brave American officer. Still, there is
much to remind American tourists.
who frequent the vicinity in large
numbers, of the tremendous on
slaughts of the Republics forces on
the fort before the final calamity.
There are rusty guns, the abattis with
its sharpened logs pointing outward
and upward, and the great grave where
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TO Am ericdn VaIOr

formerly stood a bastion and where
British and American dead lie in one
mass just as they were cast from diff
ferent parts of the bloody field. Over
this common grave broad minded Ca
nadians think it fitting. that common
granite shaft, telling its simple story
of brave men dying each for his own
country, should mark this bit of
flames eternal camping ground"
The threshold of the magazine which
proved the funeral pyre of Gen. Pike
ard many of his men still stands,
marked by a huge tablet, and is the
curiosity sought by all American tour
lists Just within stood the American
commander, talking to a captive Brit
on. when the explosion came. History
has failed to determine just how the
magazine happened to explode. Per-
haps q desperate Britisher thought to
destroy his country's foes even though
in his dying agony Another version is
accident.
The course OF events has brought
the old fort for which the British and
Americans fought that day into pos
session of the city of Toronto The
municipality has just acquired the site
for 100000. It will be turned into a
park The old scars of the tragic
conflict will be wiped out, and Ameri-
can tourists who visit the city next
summer will see the old relic trans
formed into a playground for chill
dren. The bastion, where lie the VIC
Tins of that engagement, in the south
west corner of the fort, will be the
point from which will rise a granite
shat
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their purpose well. The working wom-
en- usually battle after dark, and sell
dom venture out into deep water, but
remain huddled together close to the
sh ore, muttering in unison prayers to
the Virgin to preserve them from the
perils of the deep.
The religious festivals chiefly cele-
brated on the Island occur in the sum-
mer months, and are days of general
rejoicing. On the evening of these
giOrni di festa," the Piazza, or paved
square, is brilliantly illuminated, fes-
ICONS of flowers and colored lights are
hung around, a gorgeous display of
fireworks and deafening discharges of
giant firecrackers are interspersed
with music of the band; gayly dressed
people throng the terraces and bal
comics, and the cafes entertain crowds
at their little tables; altogether the eff
feet is most spectacular.
The amount of money spent in fire
works and gunpowder by this pleasure
loving people would add materially to
their comfort, although, owing to the
prosperity brought them by tourists
and resident foreigners, they are much
better conditioned than most of the
peasantry of Italy, and one is not pain
ed by the importunate and miserable
beggars that infest other parts of that
country.
In the early autumn the islanders
are all occupied with the vintage. most
Important of all the industries here.
When one is told that the juice is ex-
tracted from the grapes by the maid
ems treading them with their bare feet,
one imagines that this must be a very
beautiful sight, suggesting the ancient
pictures of the festivals in praise of
Bacchus. But, alas! The reality is
far from attractive. To see lot of
Cntidy girls, their skirts spattered and
feet streaming with purple juice, mash
ing down a mass of grapes in huge
shallow watts, and to notice that they
frequently jump out of the watts and
rim down the dusty path for a drink
from the water jar, returning to the
grape treading with the dust and grav-
ell sticking to their feet, does not in
crease ones desire to drink the wine,
which, however, is excellent, in spite OF
the primitive method of production.
At this season of the year large
f1ocks of quail pass over the island on
their long flight to their winter home
il Africa, and the manner in which
they are caught is most cruel and I'M
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sending against them will have to be
a strong one.
The Hottentots are of various clans.
scattered about, chiefly in the south
ern half of the colony. They are,
usually small and yellow skinned, and
their wool grows in patches. Their
language consists largely of clicks and
gurgles and is not pleasant to listen
to.
They are lazy, treacherous, thiev-
ish and untruthfu1. They work when
they cannot help it, and when there is
a chance of hunting, off they go, and
leave their employer in the 1urch.
They will live where a white man
would starve, and find water where he
would die of thirst. Their cunning is
proverbial, and as crackers of game
they rank high. They have. never
been thoroughly thrashed and are not
well disposed toward the Germans.
The pure Bushmen are probably the
lowest type of human being in the
world. Queer little, understood, nerv-
ously grinning blacks, they cannot be
tanned, and now are approaching ex-
tinction. They live now, as they al
ways did, widely scattered. Their
language is practically a succession OF
clicks, and as a rule their intellects
cannot grasp any number higher than
five. Anything beyond that is "a
great many"
The Bushman has apparently no
moral sense. He will live where even
a Hottentot would starve, and as a
hunter he is hard to beat. He will fol-
low a buck until it drops from ex-
haustion, and his poisoned arrows are
things to be avoided
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"They always carry off the wreck"
I'll have better luck this time, she
doesn't look very Formidable
Man, now won't you be sensible?
You know 1 don't care two straws for
that girl; she's homely as a mud
fence"
The pretty girl turned around sud-
denly. The lurking little smile had
fed. Jack Trenton. 1 hate you. You
are a perfect hypocrite. Didn't you
say you loved her?"
1t was Trenton's turn to look seri-
Gus now. Nan, what do you mean?"
Mean? You know what I mean.
I heard every word you said that
night in the car. Margaret and I sat
right behind you, and you never even
saw us. We heard your conversation
| that is, we heard almost all Of it.
We heard you say that you never
| loved any one as you loved"
Her brother, Marshal" he inter
rupted. That's what 1 said. We
| were talking over old times when
Marshal and 1 were at Yale.
met her that day by accident. Simply
| happened to get into the same car, and
| took the only empty seat beside her.
| You wouldn't have me ride on the
| there happened to be a girl / knew
| on the train? And naturally as Marsh
and were such old friends we talked
| of him. We didn't have anything else
| to talk about knew her only slight
| ly, but we had a subject of mutual
| interest in Mash. Now that's all there
was too it, Nan, believe it or not, rs
| you wish. If you call it fair to throw
| a fellow over and break our engage
ment just because he happened to
say half a dozen words to his chum's
sister, all right, go ahead. break it.
won't trouble you any more. Well,
guess I had better be going. Good
night, Nan, and-good bye"
The pretty girl had turned again to
the window and was gazing at a lovely
fluffy white ostrich feather boa The
lurking little smile had crept back to
the corners of her mouth.
"Jacki"
Trenton had gone a few steps, but
he stopped and came back She
turned around from the window, and
looked down demurely at her tori
| umbrella Then she put up her hand
to her head. gave her hat q little tug
and shake, pulled her veil down
closer over her chin, and said:
Jack, do you know what they u
ways do after head-on co1lision?''
mo: what?" e
-They always carry on the wreck
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Uncle Sam has seven women in
spectors at the port of New York to
make things disagreeable for women
who would smuggle. Whenever a pas
senger ship arrives there is a woman
inspector at the gangplank. If the YES
sci is one of the big. popular lines
there are two or three The women
inspectors do their work as quietly as
POSSIBLE. Sometimes tearful1y, but
oftener in a state of indignation, the
woman who is suspected of trying to
smuggle follows the inspector up the
gangplank to the-steamer that has just
arrived and into stateroom, where
the thorough search of her clothing
usually brings to light valuable
articles that are dutiable- 1t is usual
ly found that the women smugglers
are connected in some way with whole
sele milliners and fancy goods dealers.
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end the sirens resolve themselves into
a group of vigorous peasant women
eagerly clamoring to carry the travel
er's baggage, which they balance on
their heads with the fine poise pecu-
liar to people who make a practice
OF carrying loads in this manner. And
such loadsi A large trunk seems to
them a mere bagatelle. For a wage
that in America would be deemed
scarcely sufficient for one hour. they
will trudge all day long up and down
the steep, stony path leading from the
landing place to the village nesting
on the side of the cliff, nearly five
hundred feet above the water, bearing
great baskets of lemons and oranges,
casks of wine, and even bales of hay,
chatting meanwhile to each other in
cheerful manner, and seldom is 1t that
one sees a carewOrn or discontinued
face. Their placid countenances and
strong, 1.-THE figures give to them an
especial charm; some possess real
beauty, suggestive of the ancient
Green type, a heritage from their Hell
!enic ancestors. The little girls, de-
sirous of initiating their elders. play
at carrying loads on the head and
seemingly derive great pleasure in
walking about in a sedate manner with
several good-sized stones balanced on
their round little pates. These young
sters never need dolls, for the babies,
of which every family has a continu-
Gus supply, are left almost entirely to
their care, and the patience and good
nature they display in guarding their
small charges is highly creditable.
The picturesque effect of scenery
and brilliant color tones, so distinctive
of Capri, prove especially seductive
to artists of all nationalities. Here
they come, many to remain for years,
end occasionally one marries a Capri
maiden who has served as his model.
Indeed the artists have made such an
Impression on this susceptible people
that the Roman Catholic priests have
INTERVIEWED and prohibited the girls
TO pose for the painters, which on the
whole is a wise measure, as the Cap
riotes are of a jealous, suspicious ma
ture, and the maid who poses for the
foreigner will win no lover among her
countrymen.
Unfortunately but few American
travellers see Capri in the summer
time, kept away, probably, by the ac-
counts one hears of the excessive heat
ir Southern Italy. The writer re-
mained here from May to October, and
only on the occasional days when the
''s;rocco'' blew was the temperature
decidedly unpleasant. They sky was
never obscured by cloud or fog, and
though at times the suns rays beat
down somewhat too fiercely, the air
was generally famed by a sea breeze.
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The Straying Desire

ANY value in aught that they have,
But what others have got and what they
have not
Is that which they eagerly crave.
II their neighbors have less they are fain
to confess
That riches are only a care:
But If others have more there's terri
BILE roar
Because it's very unfair.
If q lass has a bonnet with feathers
upon it
If 2 lad has a marble some comrade Will
MARBLE,
"Oh. come, let's play marbles for keeps"
Too oft it's the same with the beautiful
Who stares at the world through her
lorgnous
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
A Cheering Word.

It ought to be cheering to the
fathers of many unsuccessful crea-
lions that the names they revere so
much were unheard of while their
owners lived. Take Gainsborough's
case. He had during his lifetime only
limited market for his portraits. But
those same pictures are worth fabu-
lous sums to-day. One which he paint
ed for carrier who had obliged him
was sold lately for $4,000. More en-
couraging still, Trith lived to see his
Dinner Party at Boswell's Lodgings
change hands for $22,S35, and Rey-
nolds was asked to place a value on
one of his own early works which he
failed to recognize. Millais, when a
young man, accepted a task which all
his brother artists had refused-the
painting of lady who fancied herself
refused admission to heaven because
her earthly work was unfinished. He
did not have to wait long before all
the town was asking to see the pic
tire.
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@ a. ROM NCE, @6
M Bound in Morocco M6

Within the gates of Taxa, the Morescan
maiden Zaza,
On terrace in the twilight softly
strummed her light guitar,
While her lover, Abd-el-Alla, young
Arab, dark and sallow,
Was fighting meath his Sultan with
his troops from Alcazar.
From a Fondak there adjacent a con-
valescent patient
Caught her warm and lustrous
glances as she languidly looked
down,
And this young Americana swept the
keys of a piano
AS his look of admiration, with a
smile, chased way her frown.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
A Head-on Collision
BY HELEN FARR HUNTER
Copyrtghted by The AUTHORS Publishing Company

scrutinizing intently the lovely crea-
tons of silk and lace behind the
plate glass. Trenton remembered.
too, with a groan-remembered the
quarrel they had had three weeks be-
fore, and their parting.
He stole a sldelong glance at her
profile and took courage. The saucy
little nose was tilted up just trif1e,
but he fancied there was a tiny smile
lurking in the corner Of her month.
'I'll try it again." he thought. "Hepe
goes for my second apology; perhaps
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Trenton was half an hour late. A
woman dropped a bundle of curtain
sticks on the live rail at Sullivan
Square and tied-up the L for thirty
minutes.
Trenton had an appointment at six
with 'a man from out of town." Mar
shall Dix, an old college crony, and
now a business associate, and as he
dove out of the car at Boy1ston street
the clock in the station stood $50 to
a fraction
Hang it! Just my luck! I'll miss
that DEAL" was his mental comment,
as he dashed through the turnstile,
banging it around until it whirled like
top, and the next wayfarer had to
forcibly stop it. He was up the stairs
in one second, across fremont street
in another, and down to the corner OF
BOylStOn in another.
Now, as every one knows, who
knows Boston, it's erratic climate, and
the strength and vigor of its proverb-
ial east wind, there is always an in
FAINT tornado sweeping and swirling
around the corner of Boylston and
fremont streets. 1t was stormy
night, the rain was coming down in
torrents. Trenton had his umbrella
up, pulled down over his head and
shoulders, and as he rounded the cor
ner he bent almost double, bracing
against the gust of wind that met him.
OF course he couldn't see in front
of him, and the pretty girl in tweed
walking suit, and white beaver hat
and black veil, who just then turned
the corner on to fremont street, could
not see him, for she had her UNI
brella pulled down over her face.
lighting the same gust of wind and
naturally they collided.
Trenton's umbrella clashed into her
small silk one, and the ferrule on the
end of his poked a hole directly
through it. The ribs of both umbrel-
las became entanSled, and there was
general mix-up.
So engrossed were they in extri-
eating the umbrellas, that neither no
ticed the other until Trenton spoke.
MY, what a beastly shame. l am
awfully sorry, don't you know
Then the pretty girl looked up.
by Jovei" was all Trenton could
say.
By this time they had gotten the
umbrellas disentangled. But just
tIen another gust of wind fiercer than
tic first tore across the common. This
time it dislocated the pretty girls hat
and toppled it down rakily over one
ear. She put up both hands to straight
en- it, and dropped her umbrella and
purse.
Trenton stopped to pick them up
and the wind took his hat off and
swept it up against a show window
Then the pretty girl laughed.
Trenton laughed, too. and grabbed
the hat back before it could fly any
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Especial Correspondence

The rocky islands of Capri and
Ischia seem like giant portals placed
10 guard entrance to the charming
Bay of Naples. 1t is claimed that
Capri is the ancient island of the si-
rens, being the first land that Ulysses
would have passed after leaving Gree
at Ischia on his voyage to Sicily. On
its southern shore the white lime
stone rocks, still called lie Sirene,"
represent the human bones that
whiten all the ground" of the poor
sailors who were lured to destruction
by the song of the sirens.
To-day the song one hears on ap-
preaching the island is less a1luring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

She ceased to sigh or bother as the
strains of 'sHiawatha"
Came in ripping repetition through
the perfume-ladened air.
And forgot her bold defender, who
was fighting the Pretender,
While her fancy rewove warp and
wool of romance then and there.
But as the day was dying, in wild
haste the news came flying
OF Abd-eIA11a having fallen, and
now the rumor says,
Zaza sits among the queen1y, content
ed and serenely,
The favorite of the Sultan, in his
palace back in Fee.
Justin Frivole. in Philadelphia Led
ger.
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srortsmanlike. In the first place, a
few are shared, and their sight de
stroyed by soaring their eyes with a
red-hot wire. They are then put in
cages placed under large nets,
stretched between trees, where, be
cause of their blindness, they keep
constantly giving their call, which at
tracts the other quail, who become en-
tangled in the meshes of the net, and
are killed in great numbers.
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Builds Church for Italians
Adrian Iselin, a member of one OF
New York's wealthy families, Is build
ing q church for poor Italian Catho-
lies at New Rochelle.
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squire, =
Is what she has just set her heart ON.
How many hearts ache and how many
break -" -AA1A1S I
With desires that elsewhere do roam.
the sky oa1 -
Would find more satisfaction at home.
should greatly enhance @
T Inc worth OF what one may possess;
highly prizes oAie eisS
And wants, more than words can ex-
press --- -
To use well all ones got in his own nttle
WIN furnish joys quite unexpected.
10 mine ones own field will FREQUENTLY
A wealth hitherto unsupported.
-Eugenfa Elsie Rlafn
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~6y Jove! was all trenton could say.
further, and pulled it down onto his
head. Then he recovered the UNI
brella and purse and restored them to
her, and in the shelter of the building
out of the rain, they both leaned
against the brass rod in front of the
window and looked at each other
"Of all the ridiculous thi1gs-" the
pretty girl began Then she remem-
pered and drew herself up haughtily
and turned her back and began
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

Biography Of Arthur Sullivan.
B. W. Ffndon. q nephew of the com
poser, is writing a new biography OF
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

Indian Practices Medicine.
Dr. Alexander Eastman, of Min.
neapolis, is an Indian, being q great
GRANDSON OF Chief Cloudman- He IN
prominent physician.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-11-19
Japanese Advertising.

AS an illustration of the Japa-
nese advance in the art of adver-
Using can anything be more COM
plete than this? Our wrapping
paper is as strong as The hide Ct
an elephant. Goods forwarded
with the speed of a cannon ball.
Our silks and satins are as soft
as the cheeks of a pretty woman,
as beautiful as a rainbow. Our
parcels are packed with as much
care as young married woman
takes OF her husband"
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-11-19
WHAT CLARK SAYS,
Declares Stay-a Home Vote Defeated
Parker In Missouri.

Atlanta. Nov. 16.-Hon. Champ Clark
the Missouri congressman arrived
at ATLANTA to deliver a lecture before
the Atlanta Lecture association. In an
interview he said of the recent cleo
ton:
Like every good Democrat, I was
both surprised and disappointed by the
result of the recent election. l was
surprised at the overwhelming major
ity given Mr. Roosevelt, especially at
the result In my home state. We lost
the state to the Republicans for presi-
dent. but elected a Democratic govern
or. I don't regard 1t as signifying that
Missouri has been lost forever by the
Democrats. I think the party will turn
the tables at the next election. ! at
tribute the success of the Republic
ans in Missouri to the lack Of interest
manifested by the Democrats. The
stay at-homes lost the state for Park
err and defeated a number of congress-
men. Parker was not popular can
didate in Missouri, Bryan had a very
strong following there, and that gold
telegram sent by Parker to the St.
Louis convention did not help the cause
In Missouri. Indeed, ! believe It cost
him the state, and from appearances
II did not help him any in the east"