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had come, and in a moment, standing clear
the tangle on higher ground, | caught gmp
of the powerful head of a lion a rambl
Thereafter, when needed water, and reec
INTERVIEWED hunted about till 1 found hippopo
anus trail, where had easy going, because the:
beats are to depth of five or six feet in tt
clay, and have sides made smooth and hard b
contact with the wet bodies of the big animals {
they go to and from their grazing grounds.
From rise of ground after we had broken cam
the next morning ahead of us near til
river Kafir village and for the first time Fiftee
showed fear, explaining that he had heard tt
old men of his tribe talk of a people in tn
country who their enemies, and who at
those they captured.
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his tail. Neither OF us having had
any sleep during the night, Fifteen
and | forgot our troubles till we'll
past noon, and then decided to wait
until the next morning before moving
on.
Toward evening, with Our water
bag in one hand and my rifle in the
other, | started down to the river
through the reeds to get some water.
In many places, in order to avoid
the thorns, was compelled to crawl,
and was in this defenseless position
when near at hand sound rose of
some big animal crashing through the
underbrush. Closed in by the reeds,
which grew high above my head, l
realized wildly that 1 would have
little chance in an encounter here,
and at once began to make strenuous
efforts to get out. STOPPING low,
tearing my clothing and skin on the
thorns, l forced a path back the way
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sue CESS A AMONG ME My Emil Reich
SEz5as SILENCE NOT ALWAYS GOLDEN 5:es2s&s

A MOTHER means of recti-
~ flying the shortcomings and
mistakes of public educa-
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and so we cut our way laboriously
through the tangle of underbrush, while
the rhino, never moving from his posi-
ton, watched us narrowly. 1t was not
until we were we'll in his rear that he
numbered on again, expressing his an
noyance at the fact that we had got
past by angrily horning the bark of
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But on the Contlnent or IN the States, they
are neither SO numerous nor so expensive.
From the inveterate habit of refraining
from talk and verbal discussion, the aver
age Englishman, rather than settle diff
Guilty with a competitor, neighbor, Gus
toner, or any other man by means Of an
animated talk, will at once have recourse
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to the solicitor. The truth is that
EngllshTnen, averSe to talking,
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S t ing F u q S in E

rected to a comfortable hotel, from the veranda
of which he was able to see English women
amusing themselves at lawn tennis and Euro
pean children taking their afternoon airing un-
der the charge of their Chinese nurses
1t probably would not have conduced to the
greenhorn's peace of mind had he known that
the dapper little Dyak policeman doing street
duty in the road below, with no more deadly
weapon than a truncheon, cherished a long,
keen knife whose handle bore little row Of
notches. 1t was merely valued relic of the
policeman's younger days before he left his
faraway jungle village to enlist in the white
mans service, but each notch could have told
its tale of the swift and deadly blow that added
yet one more to the number of jungle tragedies
and one more to the grim line of trophies hang
ing in the village longhouse.
HEADHUNTING DYING OUT
Headhunting, as tribal custom, is rapidly dy-
ing out as the sphere of influence of the govern
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portion to the amount of money spent upon her.
She should not reward ga soda water treat"
with curt "1hank you," perhaps with no
acknowledgment at all, and trip to the theatre
with such lavish gratitude that the contrast only
disgusts her admirer with her. He likes to feel
that his attentions are received in the spirit in
which they are given, and this spirit is the same
for both the soda water and the theatre treat.
She should show her appreciation in other ways
than by merely saying, "Thank you," and some
times these other ways, being more delicate, are
more calculated to please her suitor. For instance
if when he calls he brings her a box of candy she
should open it right then and there and offer
him some, at the same time making some little
remark about being lawfully fond of choco-
lates," or chow did he guess that she had felt
like having some candyE" Again, if he sends
her flowers she should wear them in her belt
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equally suspicious, and the white man, sitting
cool and collected, opens the palaver.
WHITE MAN NEEDS PATIENCE
First the score is counted up on both sides
and his heart sinks as he hears that there is
difference of opinion. A claims that Il owes
three heads; B admits only two. Voices are
raised and the political" anxiously watches the
shades of expression playing like ripples wa
tie signs of feeling invisible to the eye of
the inexperienced onlooker and keeps the peace
with joke here, proverb there and rarely,
very rarely, with a few words of stern rebule.
At last the score is settled; B owes two heads
and will he content to square matters with
two slaves. 1t is explained gently that the gov
ernment lin Malay parentah, an expressive
world will not countenance the barter of slaves
and the suggestion that the value of the heads
should be paid over in buffaloes, gongs or cloth
is received somewhat obviously by both sides.
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when he calls, for this will fatter his vanity
more than by having them in vase on the par
lor table.
Moreover, girl should not expect too much
in the way of attentions, for if she does, the
man will think her frivolous and extravagant,
and decide not to propose. She should not ex-
pect to go out all the time, nor to get candy
every time he calls for she must remember that
the average young man has not much money to
spend on a girl, and that when he marries he
wants quiet, sensible girl who cares more about
keeping his home nice than about gadding the
streets. He will propose to the girl who accepts
gratefully and gracefully few attentions and
who does not expect to be always on the go.
Suppose, however, that he is making big
money, and that he is generously inclined, and
very much in love. Even under these circum-
stances a girl should not expect whole lot; she
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compensation for two heads paid in brassware
and cloth, amounted according to the valuation
of coast native who present, to the sum
or $50, or e. In other words, the value of a
human life in that part of Borneo estimat-
ed at exactly $15.
Thus are feuds settled and the day is not
far distant when headhunting in Borneo will
be thing of the past. Even now, under the
civilizng influence of white in their
midst, tribes are burying their heads who in re-
addition to their collection and the political
notes with quiet pride that the roof-beams of
houses long accustomed to bear their ghastly
fruit barred at his coming.
1t is not to be supposed that headhunters are
the sole inhabitants of the country. A new
arrival who landed few years ago at the prin-
cipal port, armed to the teeth with two load
ed revovers and large bowie knife and ready
to fight for his head at any moment, was dis
armed by a courteous customs official and di-
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3 O r n g O

ment slowly but steadily extends farther and
farther into the interior. As each tribe comes
into contact with the British political officers
picked men who have spent years dwelling alone
in distant jungle stations, often carrying their
lives in their hands, sometimes even sacrificing
them, but always watching and studying the
wild folk among whom their lot is cast, vii
age by village chief by chief come in and ac-
knowledge the sway of the white mans rule
The principal reasons for which heads are
taken may be summed up in few words--hrst,
as sign of vaor and token of manhood, and
secondly, a ready method of keeping the score
in blood feud. Some few readers may be
surprised that | stop short at two reasons, for
it is a common belief in England that the wild
Dyak of Borneo is in the habit of prowling
around with large knife, like the lion of
Scripture Seeking whom he may devour," and
also that he collects heads in much the same
way his white brother collects postage stamps
or butterflies. This, however, is far from be-
ing the case, and the native of the far interior
is in reality very mild savage, whose principal
vice is the habit of becoming extremely intoxi-
Gated on fermented drink which he makes
from far too large portion of his rice crop.
We will briefly analyze the first of the two
reasons given above for which the young "buck"
sallies forth on headhunt.
Undoubtedly in days gone by the possession
of head implied that the owner, rather
the new owner, had successfully met and con-
uuered an enemy. The young brave staggered
home with his newly acquired trophy, feeling
that he had at last donned the toga virilis and
was entitled to marry a wife and join in the
councils of the men. Festivities were held,
large quantities of tapai (rice wine) were
sumed and the hero of the hour, having taken
possession of room in the married portion of
the long house that shelters the whole of a Dyal
village and found damsel to share it, would
proceed to hang up his head proudly as his
English brother hangs up his first sporting tro-
ply.
Times have deteriorated since these good old
days and it is not hard to find the reason.
The young matron whose husband had three
heads hanging before his room would
at the woman whose spouse could boast but
two, and the latter was probably nagged at
and badgered (for women alike the world
over) till he went out and procured another
And so by slow degrees the first question asked
by prospective father in law of suitor for his
daughters hand came to be not "How much
brassware have you?" but How many heads
have you" and no selfrespecting girl would look
at man who could not boast his two or three
Well knowing this, the ardent lover would take
good care to provide himself with the necessary
number. As time went successive genera
tions became less particular to the way the
heads were procured till at the present day
head is merely head no matter what the
age or sex of the original owner.
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Now the weakness of the Oriental for a bar
gain asserts itself and more heated argument
cnsres; finally the price is settled and all that
remains is formally to seal the contract. a buf-
falo is killed, stone planted by each tribe
and the blood of the beast poured over the
stones, fearsome oaths being sworn the while.
ONE LIFE WORTH SIS
The ceremony over the beast is cooked, tapa
is produced and the tired political" leaving
the newly made friends to make merry togeth
er, goes off to his hut, conscious of days
work being done and with the prospect of a
good dinner before him, for was not his or
derly very prominent at the killing, lowering
around to get tender joint for his master and
incidentally for himself? And good buffalo
meat is not to be despised in the jungle as
rare change from the everlasting native fowl.
1t may not be out of place to mention here
that at recent settling of blood feud the
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rassment by the exercise of little tact; she
should try to make the evenings spent at home
bright and as entertaining possible, so that
he will realize that the monotony of married life
promises to be rather pleasant than otherwise
She should make him see that it isn't only the
flowers and candy for which she likes him, but
rather the thought of her which prompted these
attentions, and which remains the same even
when they are forced for time to cease.
But girl has often to deal not with gener-
Gus mans money, but with stingy mans
money. This kind of man never gets on with
women for they do not care for him as friend
and they would be afraid to take him as hus-
band For if the generous lover makes more
careful husband, what kind of a husband would
the stingy lover become? The metamorphosis
is truly awful to contemplate. The reason for
the selfish mans unpopularityis not the fact that
he doesn't spend bis money, but rather the dis
position which prevents him from doing
woman doesn't care whether shows her
good time not What she does care about
is whether or not he has the inclination to do
So She takes the will for the deed always, but
she always makes that the will is there.
And as women in common with animals are pos
sessed of instinct, it is very hard for mere
man to deceive them.
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In A YiERE some OF the ponClcal Objects III
" Borneo to write the histories OF all
b=SGsEg;.=s=S the blood feuds with which they have
lsaszeAy dealt they would fill many and large
volumes for never a tribe but has Its
two or three. Some of these are OF fairly mod
ern origin and their story as told over the
campfire at night by the "old man OF the
tribe takes but a few minutes to relate, every
head lost or gained being carefully tucked OIL on
the fingers, the teller being conscious OF score
of Younger men squatting round, each of whom
would consider the omission of his share IN the
matter as a personal insult. Others again are
of such long standing that their origin is los'
in the mists of time and no man of Ielocusan
can tell why his village is at feud with the
people of Panawan.
Various causes contribute to give rise TO
these blood feuds Perhaps during a cattle
reaving expedition by the young bloods OF VIZ
lage A a man of Village will be killed and MS
head taken to adorn the long house at a. Inc
villages of B, biding their time flor these are
Jungle folk and not courageous), Will take d
party of A people at disadvantage and the
roofbeam of the long house of has heavier
weight to carry Then blood feud Is declared
and It becomes the bounden duty of every
man mote the emphasis) to collect the head OF
every person that he can manage to fall upon
without much risk to himself, and vice versa.
ROWS OF SKULLS TREASURED
Each village keeps count of its score by the
simple expedient of hanging up the tangible evi-
dence of every point in the CHASTITY contest so
as to be constantly before its eyes.
And so the game goes on from year to year,
and the row of skulls in each village grows long
er and longer, till there comes day when the
political officer, having felt his way for months
quietly suggests to the chief of A that it might
be an advantage to settle matters and make
friends with B. The chief laughs at the idea,
but all the same it sinks in and the old man
finds himself thinking how good it would be
to be able to trade and search for gutta and
rotan in the rich country round his rivals vii
lage.
No more is said, but the white man finds him
self shortly in Village and the process is re-
peated The next step is a meeting between
the two tribes, step only gained by almost
superhuman patience and tireless diplomacy on
the part of the political officer. First A will
turn up in full force, but the omens are bad
for b and the meeting falls through. Next
time it is who comes up to the scratch and
A finds an objection. Finally after lengthy ne
aotiations they meet, both sides fully armed and
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PETROFF DEFENSE

(a) In a game Janowski VS.. Schlechter the former
now played Q Kt-Q2, move inferior to that
in the text.
(b) So far the game is the same as Lasker VS..
Pilsbury at st. Petersburg, but now Lasker
played IL. Obj 4 and the game was continued
IL. QBxKt; 12. Kt PIX B; 12. Kt-Kt 4; 13.
K-Kt 2; 13. QQ2, and black ultimately won, and
in a game Lipschutz VS.. Showalter the game
was continued IL. Q Kt-Q2, -Rsq; 12 OK
KIP, Kt-B3; 13. Q-Kt8, Q R-Kt and again
black was uccessful. White in a game NJ Nor
gan VS. c. F. Huch the following neat continua-
ton was played;
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TICKLING HIS VANITY.

She should not, however, receive his attentions
in an entirely passive manner. Men are pos
sessed of goodly share of vanity and if they
have spent little money on girl, it tickles
their vanity to have her show her appreciation.
1t is, therefore, the part of wise girl always
to say Thank you;" to remark that she enjoy
ed the play even if she really considered it very
poor; to tell him how much she enjoyed the
dance even if she had not known anybody there
and had in consequence been compelled to sit
out most of the dances. She should show graft
tude for his generosity, for his kindness and
thought for her pleasure, and not for the atten-
ton itself.
Moreover, her gratitude should not be in pro-
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C II E C. x f r s

"A. OBJ, R-K 3; To- B-K2, Q-Q3; 16.
Pc 4, B-R 6; II. Blk B so, RHP ch and
white, Mr. Morgan resigned.
Cc) If 13. K-B, 10. BxR, IA. KxB, OR 3
ch etc.
(d) If IA. K-Kt2, PIP; 15. PxP-Qo3, etc.,
or if IA. K-Kt So, PIP; 10. PIX RS, BxP;
16. Blk 4, P-Kt Z, etc.
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White.
White to play. Can White win?
White 3 pieces.
Black pieces.
END GAME STUDY NO, 6.
By. S. r. Barrett.
p1ooH

The following instructive study in the Petroff
Defense is abbreviated from an article in the
Deutsche Schachzeitung with few notes and
comments of our own. The analysis was the re-
suit of criticism by S. Alapin on game played
by Janowski VS.. Schlechter. Herr Alapin con-
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fancy, and the girl who asks man to take her
to see a certain play, for instance, will find that
not permit him to refuse herr, she will not
be invited to go again. 1t is the girl who re-
ceives her suitor's attentions modestly, who
never asks hints or suggests, that finally lands
her fish
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sdered white should have obtained the superior
game by 10, Q-Kt 3 followed by II. X ht-Q .
but he failed to point out blacks best reply, as
the article in the above magazine forcibly IL
lustrates
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WHEN HE is "BROKE."

On the other hand. if he should happen to be
hard up at any time, and unable to show her a
good time, she should not become impatient be-
cause she has to sit at home every evening She
should bear in mind that he is probably i'll at
ease and embarrassed because he is compelled
to forego the flowers and the candy, because he
feels that she is not being treated as she de-
serves. 1t is the girls duty to allay this embar
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a girl entirely by her apparent dispo-
siticn or non-dsposition to have them show her
expensive good time, and it is the girl who
can dispense with the good time who wins out.
1t is only for little while that the fascinating,
pretty girl who has been spoiled at home, and
courted abroad, can demand her good time as a
right. In time her admirers come to discover
her selfshness and leave her to an unlovely old
maidenhood.
So, before a man has proposed girl should
pay particular attention to the way in which
she receives his attentions. ] say receives be-
cause her attitude should always be passive.
She should certainly never ask him to take her
anywhere, nor suggest that she would like GER
tain things, even such insignificant pleasures as
ice cream or soda water.
A man naturally feels that his money is his
own to spend or to hoard up according to his
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White.
White to play and mate in three moves.
White pieces
Black 4 pieces.
The end game study No. embodies unique
idea by Philadelphian, Mr. S. R. Barrett.
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should not let him squander money on her when
they go out nor should she permit him to make
her any very expensive presents. If he does not
seem to know what to do with his money, she
should encourage him to put it in some safe in
vestment perhaps in building association, for
every young man who thinks of getting married
should try to own a house
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HE attitude a girl adopts towards a
mans money is often the determining
factor in her relations with the man.
For there are many men who judge
n crirl nntirnIrr hu her annarent disnO.
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ERE some of the political officers in
Borneo to write the histories of all
the blood feuds with which they have
dealt they would fill many and large
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80 lHE following three move problem Was
published many years ago and was
:-.s9-= then considered the most celebrated
sess9sssgI problem of modern Europe. II was
called
"THE TOPAZ"
PROBLEM NO. 6.
By Chocholous and Dobrusky'
Black
The weekly messenger., 1906-03-03
Grip Quickly Knocked Out.

"SOme weeks ago during the severe
winter weather both my wife and my
self contracted severe colds which speed
lily developed into the worst kind of Ia
grippe with all its miserable symptoms, q
says Mr.. j. S. Egleston Of Maple Land
ing. Iowa. Knees and joints aching,
muscles sore, head stopped, eyes and nose
running. with alternate spells Of chills
and fever. We began using Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy, aiding the same
with dose of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets, and by its liberal use
soon completely knocked out the grip
1t Is good plan to take ado,e of the
Tablets when you have cold. They
promote healthy action of the bowels.
liver and kidneys which is always bene-
fetal when the system is congpste6 by a
cold or attack Of the grip. For sale by
T. j Liable.
The weekly messenger., 1906-03-03
The r1asOns' Day.

On Tuesday the sixth. the Ma
sons will have here the grandest
celebration of this kind ever held
in st. Martinville. The Masonic
lodge of this town has grown in a
NEST wonderful manner, in a very
short time, the growth of this
lodge was surprising even to the
promoters. and today the Albert
Rousseau lodge in fine one and
promises much future develop
ment.
The lodges of New Iberia, La
fayette and st. Martinville will be
present, and also distinguished
Masons from New Orleans, Abbe-
vile, Opelousas, Jeanerette and
other places will be present. and
also the officers of the grand lodge.
The Masons will meet al the
lodge room and march in process
sion to the cemetery where a cere-
mony will be held at the grave of
the late Albert Rousseau, where
addresses will be made by Judge
Allen of Franklin, Mr.. Drew of
New Orleans. a prominent Mason,
and Rev. Kramer of New Iberia.
After the ceremony at the GENE.
terry the Masons will proceed to
the Court house where a public
meeting will be held and where
ali are invited to be present AT
this public meeting prominent and
distinguished Masons will address
the audience on Masonery.
After this meeting the Masons
will proceed to their lodge room
for the transaction of business.
At night the local lodge will Ell.
tertain their guests at banquet
at the Tertrou hotel.