The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29

Stretched almost fiat in their sneak
boxes. the two duck hunters shivered
with the cold. IT was a gray day.
There was ice on the lowlying meadows
of coarse grass and the black water
that tapped the little boats had here
and there a scum of ice
Toward them, high in the gray sky,
great blank triangle swept swiftly.
Now there was excitement among the
chilled hunters, cramped and hurried
movements. and, finally, four loud
reports.
But the ducks wept on None dropped
in the gloomy water of the bay.
The two men, as soon as they had
gotten over their disappointment, -
gan TO converse in low tones.
Charlie" said the youngster, why
do ducks fly in a triangle?'
Why" said the other, lis a ships
bow pointed? So it can slip along the
ducks fly in triangles. They make bet
ter time so and the work is easier.
Here is remarkable fact. The
duck that flies ahead in the point or
apex of the triangle is always the
strongest and the most skilled. 1t is
hard work, though, TO fly at the point
and no duck can stay there very long.
As soon as he gets tired he drops back
and another strong and skilled bird
takes his place.
ITO each triangle of wild ducks there
is always force of a half-dOzen splen-
did flyers that. in regular rotation
lead the flight at the triangle's apex
There is in Brazil a race of people
with two mouths, the Botocudos," said
a South American. The Botocudos are
only one of the wonders of the rich
and the little known country in which
1 live
The Botocudos dwell on the banks
of the Rio Doce. Their second mouths
are artifcial-slits cut lengthwise in
the lower lip They don't look artifi-
ciaI, though. and il is very horrify-
ing to see Botocudo show his teeth
in fierce grin, and at the same time,
as his habit is. stick his tongue out
at you through his lower lips slit.
Some of the Botocudos have their
lower lips developed TO an incredible
young woman who could. with a sin
gle effort put up ner lower lip so that.
like shield, it covered here face to
the eyes"
\ Japanese diplomat spoke with a
smile about the odd portrait of the
japanese emperor that has appeared
at intervals in the newspapers and
weeklies since the war began.
You think it strange" he said. that
the emperOr'S portrait is always the
same-the face Of a. grave and stolid
mad. rather young. with thick black
hair and a thick black beard. You
know that this is an old portrait and
you wonder why your editors do not
give you a later one-a lot Of later
ones-the emperor in various uniforms
and poses, and so on.
Well I will tell you why there is
only one photograph of the emperor
extant.
When photography first came into
fashion I'm Japan the emperor was one
of the first to sit for his portrait. He
was as pleased as child with the
novel picture-taking machine. its de-
tails had all 10 be explained and he
could hardly wait till the next day to
see the proofs.
But when the proofs came to the
palace and the emperor opened them
he frowned. He looked al them long
time Then with sigh ne put them
down and he said IN a sad voice:
III / am as uglytas this ] will never
be photographed again
THE emperor has never been photo
Eraphed again. 1t is forbidden in ia
pan TO circulate pictures of him and il
is forbidden to all the japanese iega-
ton 10 give out for publication any
picture of the renowned and modest
Mutsuhito.
Journalist resurrected these old photo
graphs of the emperor. taken when he
was a young man. and circulated them
among the worlds newspapers when
the demand for them arose. thus max
ing a good deal of money No other
photographs u Mutsuhito will ever be
circulated. The emperor says gravely
that he does, not wish the world te
know that an island so beautiful As
Japan is ruled over by one SO, ugly as
Mutsuhito-