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common proceeding for the Zulue Of
the city to send a formal challenge to
the Basutos, or for the natives Of. say
the Robinson mine, to challenge those
Of the Driefontein to combat on the
succeeding Sunday. All Saturday
night the rival warriors soak them.
selves with rum. until the vile potato
alcohol has reduced them to a state
bordering on insanity. In the morn
ing, half dazed and Infatuated, they
take their knobkerries--a species Of
shillelagh-and assegais. and sally
out to the battle. The opposing party
is equally intoxicated, and furious
combat ensues, several deaths and
scores Of casualties constantly 90.
curing. The white overseers, know
ing that In the condition of their en-
ployes their own lives would be prao
tically valueless should they interfere,
remain spectators Of the fight until
both sides are exhausted; then up
come the police and separate the -.
batants. Baltimore Americas. w
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South Africa II not an especially
law-abiding country. and the punish
ment OF the opium smuggler Is usually
summary. He is offered the choice
between q Jogging and q period OF
imprisonment. and, Of course, chooses
the former. Thereupon he is strapped
tightly to wagon wheel and receives
so lashes from whip of hippopotamus
hide, welded by half-castes. These
men, delighted at taking their revenge
upon one of the white race. do not
spare the victim. His back Is literally
cut to pieces, and. at the end, half
dead and streaming with blood, he 10
flung out of the compound.
Tho Market Square.
OF course In johannesburg there Is
the great market square, feature
common to all South African cities.
which are built about them. When
one of the frequent tornadoes comes
along It becomes a reservoir Of dust,
which invades every corner Of the
town, compelling the housewife to en-
gage In an additional Spring clean
ing" Every morning the square is
filled with great, ponderous OK wagons,
something like the old prairie schooner
of the type which has been used In
South Africa for the past century,
and has protected many little settle
ment from massacre. When, during
one Of the continuous native risings,
hostile army of tribesmen menaces
town, the inhabitants at once go
into 'laager," forming an encampment
behind bulwark of wagons fastened
| together, the duesselboom, or center
pole Of each, against which the oxen
are fastened In pairs, being locked
jacent, and the spaces between the
wheels being piled high with sacks Of
maize. Seldom or never has such a
barricade been overwhelmed. It was
in such wise that, early in the last
century, the Beers overcame the
hordes Of the treacherous Dingaan, the
Zulu king, the men firing from behind
these defenses with their elephant
guns, while the women, in the inside
of the square loaded and passed up
the rifles. These wagons are more
like caravans. The produce Is stacked
upon the front portion, behind which
there is sitting room, covered with a
white, waterproof canvas, stretched
upon hoops, beneath which Is the
kartel, or family bedstead, a wooden
frame interlaced with strips of hippo.
potamus hide, on which the entire
family sleep In their clothes.
At Night In the Square.
The farmer, arriving at Johannes
burg about midnight, after long days
trek, "outspans" in the great market
square. and goes to sleep beside his
wagon, while the native boys" hav
ing fed and watered the animals, kin
die a fire in the square. round which
they crouch In their blankets unit
the morning, chanting and twangins
upon their one-stringed Tyres, or play
ing some cheap Swiss accordion. Al
break of day coffee is made, and break
fast prepared-the latter haphazart
mixture Of hare, steimbok ant
partridge, or whatever else may have
fallen to the farmers rife during his
journey, stewed in the ubiquitous POI
and eaten with a coarse porridge made
from ground maize. Soon the square
will be filled with chattering GROVE
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farmers with vegetables and sacks
OF produce, anxious to dispose Of them
and to return; auctioneers holding
forth with the ingenious patter of their
tribe the world over, trying to dis
pose of secondhand furniture or worn
out 'shorses," which they vainly guar
antee to be "salted"--that is, immune
against horse sickness. There are
Syrian women. with shawls across
their faces. Offering laces to the In
spection Of the voluble vrouws who
have accompanied their husbands up
on their journey, to take charge Of
the receipts, in fear that Hans. or Jan,
or Paulus may happen to fall In with
jolly companions; and, passing deity
among these, are the native attend
ants, leading horses to water. or herd
ing oxen.
Tho RIckshaw "Boy.v
One Of the most picturesque sights
In Johannesburg Is the Zulu 'rickshaw
boy" one Of whom 10 shown in the
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illustration.

accompanying illustration. These
'boys"A-grown men. In fact-have'
tramped hundreds Of miles northward
from their kraals on the southeast
coast of the continent to seek work In
the City Of Gold. Yet, so firmly bound
are they to theiI tribal chiefs that
a call to arms, as In the recent Zulu
rebellion, will send them hurrying In
hot haste homeward to enroll In their
In their smiling faces the descendants
of the fierce warriors who made the
Zulu name q nightmare throughout
South Africa for nearly q century.
They hire their 'rickshaws from tho
owners. paying at the rate of about
three shillings, or rs cents, day,
and receiving all their earnings. The
'rickshaw Is In general request in Jo-
hannesburg, being cheap, comfortable
and just adaptable to two persons sit
ting rather closely together. Hence
1t plays leading part in bringing
about firtations, and Is requisitioned
in dozens on moonlit nights In winter,
when the band is scheduled to play at
the Wanderers club grounds, and the
sitting heat and the dust storms are
nullified by brisk canter through the
empty streets. The Zulu 'rickshaw
boy would consider himself dishonorcd
in the eyes of his brethren II he did
not attire himself In garments of an
esthetic value. The specimen shown
In the illustration appears to have
combined the horns OF the Evil One
with the wings of the seraphim. It
is probable, however. that this COM
bination possesses some weird, secret
symbolism of its own, known only to
the wearer. AS he flies swiftly along
the road toward his destination, utter
ing an occasional whoop of salutation
to a passing comrade, or a shout OF
warning to pedestrians, his chocolate
skin glistens with Precipitation and the
copperbanglets round his knees and
ankles glitter in the moonlight. He
does not stop-usually-unti he has
deposited his fare, tilted down the
vehicle and assisted the lady to alight;
then, hopping his brow, he holds out
his right hand for his legal fare, and
his left-instinctive hackman that he
| is-for his extra "bosella."
Zulu as Serving Maid.
The Zulu Is one Of the mainstays OF
the housewife in South Africa. The
maid of the up-country Boer woman
is usually yellow Hottentot girl; but
the Zulu takes In the towns, the place
filled in Northern countries by the
serving maid. He is the housemaid,
nursemaid, errand boy, good cook
and fair coachman. To take care of
the baby Is, however, the chief pleas
ure of his existence. When he reaches
this acme Of confidence his life is one
series OF capacious smiles. II is an
amusing sight to see small children
in Joubert park, carefully tricked out
In white sunbonnets and finery, at.
tended by some stalwart Zulu of six
feet and more, who, almost unoouth In
the clothes, or rather, half-clothes Of
civilization, stalks proudly along, al.
most overcome by sense Of his I'M
portance, wheeling the go-cart or hold.
ing the tiny hand In his enormous.
ebony fist.
ReveI In Drunken Conflict
From Saturday afternoon till Tues
day morning work Is practically at .
standstill upon the Rand. 1t is a
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THE STORY.

THE STORY.
TT WAS a perilous undertaking, but
! the heart of David, chatting under
the cruel and bitter prosecutions he
had suffered at Saul's hands, had
grown desperate, and when his re-
lentless enemy had followed him
into the wilderness Of Ziph he
had suddenly resolved that he would
not be hunted down like dog, but
would seek his enemy face to face,
and that 1t should be either Saul's
life or his own in a hand-to-hand
encounter. That evening his spies
had returned with the report that
King Saul himself had come with
his soldiers, and was encamped in
the hill of Hachilah, and he had de-
termined to hazard a journey thither
and started at once with Abishai.
1t was hard and perilous jour.
ney. The night was dark and II
was with difficulty that a passage
was found through the dense under
growth. David had established his
stronghold In one Of the most mac
cessiblc portions of the wild region
and the passage from 1t to the poin,
where Saul was encamped would
have been a difiicult one even In the
day time. But In the dead of might
with only the starlight to give but
feeble and uncertain light progress
was slow, 30 that ere they came II
tho repton wharo gau1 md hfu a mn
men lay encamped the morning wal
almost ready to break.
As David realized his nearness Il
the camp of his enemy the bitterness
Of his lot forced itself afresh upor
his heart. Here he was Q fugitive
and. q wanderer all because Of thu
unreasoning hatred of one man. AL
the things which he had suffered dur
Ing the long years IN which Saul ha<
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sERMoNETTE.


me and thee, and the Lord
avenge me OF thee: but mine
hand shall not be upon thee
The words Of David to Saul fol-
lowing his remarkable expert
ence In tho cave when King
Saul came into his power, and
when he withstood the strong
temptation to kill him. II was
most remarkable exhibition
Of self-controi, Of noble.hearted
magnanimity, Of faith In God.
About year later a similar OPP
portunlty Of taking Saul's life
came to David, but as on the
first occasion he wlthstood the
pleading Of his companion, az
we'll as tho temptation Of his
own heart.
Here was one Of the supreme
testing times which was to prove
his worthiness for klneshlp. He
must rule his own spirit before
he could rule kingdom. In
the. strict terms Of Justice no
could rightfulIy have taken
Saul's life. The natural desire
and the sense Of seIf-preservs-
tion dictated such q course. II
seemed as though II must be
either Saui's life or his own life,
and when seemingly by provi-
DENTAL intervention his enemy
had been placed within hls pow
er, why should he not be
avenged Of the bitter wrongs
and prosecutions which he had
been forced to suffer, mas
much also az God had spoken
good concerning him and had
promised him the kingdom2
But no, with marvellous self
control, he held himself In
check, refusing to give reign to
the unworthy impulses which
sought for qualification.
Thus was the noble, large
heartedness Of his nature called
into expression. BY the check
ing of the lower, the higher had
opportunity Of expansion and
growth. And this 10 one Of the
important laws governing the
development Of character. The
suppression Of unworthy I'm
pulses works not only a mega
tive but a positive good. II not
only roots out the bad but II
puts new life and vigor into the
good. Try II In your own life
and SEQ.
But the supreme and the sub
lime motive governing David In
this instance was his faith In
God. HIS vision was fixed above
the mere human circumstances
and conditions. He had come
to realize that interviewer with
the warp Of human endeavor
was the wool Of the divine plan.
He knew that behind the human
judgment was the judgment Of
God. He knew that all that
life had that was worth gaining
was not to be desired except the
Lord gave, even though II were
riches, honor and a kingdom.
He knew he could safely trust
with God his all. That II he
were wronged God would uItl-
mately vindicate him. That II
kingdom was to be his God
would give II. And as we con-
slider the subsequent events Of
David's life we see how COM
pIeteIy such faith In God was
justified. And will he not do
even more abundantIy for you
and me?
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THE
AVENGER
STORY BY THE HIGHWAY
AND BYWAY" PREACHER

Scripture Authority:-1 Samuel.
chapters "a and 26.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Cced of a Gallant Nobody

It is not always the information car ried by the recognized aids-de-comp to and from the commanding officer in battle which is of highest value. There was a supreme moment during the bat tie of Waterloo when the Duke of Wellington was left absolutely alone, and that not when he was running the risk of capture by sailing through the enemy's lines. It simply meant that every gailoper had gone his way. each with his message. At this moment q stranger rode up to the duke and quiet ly asked. Can I be of any use. sirT' The duke took one glance at him and unhesitatinsiy answered, Yes. take this pencil rote to the commanding of- icer." po.ntigg to e regiment in the heat of the lattle. The stranger tool. the note and galloped away with 1t through the thick of the fight. He de- liveTed it. but what happened to him no man knows. The duke always de- clared that to be one of the most gall lant deeds that had ever come under his notice. It was done without pros pet of acknowledgment or reward. and neither attended it's successful ac- colpiishment.-LOn Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
General Markets.

New York, Nov. %. FLOCR-Steady. but dull: Minnesota patents. s5.s5a5.6O; winter patents. 34S5a 5.35; winter straights. sL5Os475: winter ex- tras. S3.Sa4I0.
 RYE FLOUR-FIrm; fair to good. sISsa SIS: choice to fancy. s5 3Oa5.50.
 WHEAT-Further moderate declines ap- peared in wheat this morning. impelled b. unfsvorable Wall street reports. liqui- dation and a lack of confidence among buyers; December. s1.oZ7sal.O5is: May. q .O9s. 10 s-1s-
 BUTTER Creamery. special. per pound. zizc.: extras. sc: firsts. zIaz7Izc. {: held. fair to choice. z5azSc.: state dairy tubs. fresh. fair to choice. 2IaZ7c.: process. specials. zsizaz4e.: extras. I5c.: ladies. good to choice. a0a1i4c.; packing stock. No. 1. aOasolzc
 CHEEsE-state full cream. small. col ored and white. September. 15isc.; fine. colored and white. October. 11c.: small. good to prime. siaa1Iizc-: large. coloTed and white. September. fine. I5c.: fine Oc- tober. IIGc: skins. fine. salec.
 EGGS-Eresh gathered. extras. sSas4c : dirties. csuntry candled- i7a1sc.: uncan- dled. 15aIsc-: checked eEEs. country can dled. 1safsc.: refrigerator. early packed prime to choice. 1saIsizc-
 HAT-stesdy: good Co choice. r.1oa1-1s. STRAw-Quiet at ssa7sc-
 BEANS-stsady: msTrOv- Ezsz7 75sss medium. tZzlzazso; peas. SzS; red kid nsy. fzEsZA
 wOOL-Firm: domestic fleece. szaEc-
 HOPS-Quiss. ssate. common to choice. fe17. Isz1Ts- 1Es. sssc-
 POTATOES Steady. Pennsylvania. choice per bushet save. do- fair to good. d. ease. New York and western choice. slasacs 6o-. fair to god sszssc- LIVE POCLTRT-DuII. fowls. 11zIzlte : old roo<re-z. ac-. spring ehl1ksnS. Ioa I--zc. ducEs. IzzIsc-. geese. 1zz14c-. tur- keys. EsaEsc-
 DRESSED POULTRY - Firm ard fn good 5e-srz: fresh Killed fowls fIsze : do. fair to god. Isz1z14c-s cd roosters. 1sc- ro7s1i.E c1icke-S. resr1y. 1ss17c . Sa- western Iszfse. h-oI5e-z. rsarbT- IS zEc-. 5o- western. 1szEsc-= tzrEsys. zezr- by chs5os to fancy. zzzze. so-- fair to z1o5- IzzIsc. D. wes-e-z- cEcscs. Ez-zc ; as. fair ao rsoz rns1<
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21

-uV ITtNus Utu tt Htcb tU tuO ttOusuHU
 pretty SOOn." not a alarmed pound of Ice was left in Boston We'll. what q V think my old man does? He rents the fastest coast steamer he can find. Then he goes way up north fin the Atlantic and lays to with his weather eye open. Day or two long comes a iceberg big as a house. and. by -, he hitches to it. and Boston gifts ice"'
 And now. like a ponderous bobcat descending upon :ts prey. Braden stole soft footed across the room. Nick: he said. His jaws came together with tine click of a steel trap.
 Matthews lowered his heels. Jump in buffllor' he cried in amazement. Al Rraden. Where 'd you come frOm?' He took the others hand, at the same time pulling him slowly to- ward the door Away from the crowd, they brought up.
 Well. you're nice One.' was Bra den's answer. You're a nice one. "Lettin' that bend slip through your fingers
 All the interpreters cOcksureness was ggne. He threw the cigar into the sand box under the stove and looked on the verge of following it.
 Say. you talk If feecin' tauHted Braden. 'Why.y been skinned clean E a whistle: And by a Oll fool dufrsr from Texas
 T was at DodEc when he come.- snzrleI Matthews. finding his voice.
 What yoa zo streakin' oT 10 Dodge for after the tip giveg-
 Well. no one here was taIkIa' rail- road. so I-vell. r.
 B-zdea addressed the ceiling. his fat hands 0GfsT1Tsad- 'No one here was taIkfn' rsflroad: ID one here was taIkin' rlIIrosd-~ he mimeked
 -so I diIn-t put uurh stoek in your letter
 Tea dila-t ehg- Brz6sz sezrrhed a o0at p9cket found a zsuspap.er clip ping and thrust it u1fsr Mathews noze- ~WeE. rs-d tat
 Read fl ygzrxelf.- said Nztthexs Yea knST hzaued veI-
 Bradea interrupted hEz by beEn- z5zE He Bowered hzs vosoe and Ea-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21

 6he - low Woman ] By ELEANOR GATES, Author "The Biography of a Prairie Girl" COPYRIGHT l'o'' BY MCGUIRE PHILIPS s .0r'pAsr
COPYRIGHT. 1906. BY MCGUIRE PHILLIPS C. COMPANY.

Author of "The Biography of Prairie Girl. :"

pretty soon," he warned, and arose. Better take five hundered and fifty when it's offered" He flung out his hands as If he were feeding hens.
 Lancaster got up with him, right eously angry. Say, you ain't no south 'ner!" he cried. "Jes slick Tank. An c'n see through you like winaa pate"
 Braden laughed again, tapping the shoulder of the section boss. You ain't wise," he conflded "Farmin' out here with COWS around means fences. But hang on if you want to. It's your land" He ended this with iovial slap and made for the door. Eb'm it he could see the girls. He gave them a magnificent bow. "Mornin', mornin'," he said and walked out.
 Lancaster went back to the hearth, fairly weak with delight. Dallas and Marylyn joined him. Wat d. y thinkw gurgled their father. Say, he ain't got tn sense he ought "a been born withr'
 Don't like him." Dallas declared. Pig eyes," suggested Marylyn. At that the section boss calmed. "Waal," he said, Ines as good anyhow as slopOver soldiers"
 Meanwhile Braden was on his way to the Troopers Delight, his face glum, his step quick, his arms cutting the air like propellers. When he lumber ed into it he creaked up to the plank bar and helped himself to a finger of whisky Then he propped himself on an elbow and stood scowling into the rear of the room.
 From the gaming table sounded the railery of dozen men. Matthews was there, heels up, hat tipped back a cigar set between his little teeth.
 What y givin' us:" cried one of his companions. You're drunk, Nick plumb drunk"
 Braden listened, turning away. An advertisement of brandy hung from a shelf on the far side of the bar. He toyed with his goblet, his eyes fixed on the gaudy, fly specked picture.
 II aint drunk" Matthews declared. q never been drunk. My stomick ain't big 'nough to hold the reequissit amount"
 There was more laughter. The in- terpreter. well pleased with himself, surveyed his audience, pointing the cigar, now up, now down, so that it's glowing end threatened to burn his shirt collar or, tilting skyward, all but singed what there was of tow eyebrow.
 And that ain't the best part of the story" he went on AS I was sayin',
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
4 Frost DesoIated Land.

I learned from an eyewitness some thing about Spitzbergen. that desert arctic island 500 miles north of the North cape of Norway and within 7OO miles of the north pole: frost desOIai- ed land. where the grass grows longer than the trees and huge glaciers in the ice bridEed valleys amid the jagged mountains move maieStically down fin tO thr sea until mighty iceberg<. a uo1struus birth. break of and rise to the surface amid thunderuus reports -once the only sound that broke the profound silence os those awful soIi- tudeS. SYitzberge1 is the only spot Of earth that Is positively known as No Mans land It Is the possession of n cO1ztry and has nothing even rs- seEl1Tzz a specfssd government The iSlszI seeas Hkely t0 rem1f1 " Mans LsnL thouzh if Es said that za sTs-t has teea made by NoEvaT b es-abEisA s1ze so-t of pr0tscto-ste ever E-NarEs-zI Mzzzxi1e-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Speaker Cannon In Railroad Wreck.

Danville, H., Nov. 21.-Speaker Can non was in a railroad wreck at Bis marck, H.. near here. He escaped injury, although his life was in great danger. Train No. IA of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad ran into an open switch. derailing two cars, in one of which Mir. Cannon was riding. The speakers car turned squarely across the track, but miraculously did not overturn. Beyond being badly shaken up none of the passengers or trainmen was injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Chester Gillette Gets More Della,

. Albany, x. r., Nov. 21.-The court of appeals has postponed the hearing of arguments 9h the appeal of Chester Gillette, convicted of killing Grace, or Billy" Brown of otselic at Big Moose lake in the Adirondacks In the early summer of 1906. The case was put over on motion of Gillette's counsel un- til the January term of court.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
UphsIds Puhse Utilities Law.

AIbzny. \. r. Nov. 21--By a divtd- ed court the appellate division. third department. uphO5ds the right of the legislature to delegate it's power to fx a tariff of rates for q public service corporation to a commission The co7- stitutio1ality of the new pablie servic7 commissions act was involved and Et hsld ia this case
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Cadets to Graduate In February

Washington. Nov. 21.-A final deci- sion was reached at the war depart merit to graduate the first class at the West Point Military academy some time between Feb. 1 and Ia next ln- stead Of waiting for the regular time of examination in June. A shortage of officers in the army made this step imperative.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Apoo,erv Take. ceneraI pong

Winston Salem. \. C., Nov. 21.- Brigadier General George E. POnd- Q. s. A.. retired. was stricken with apo plexy here and died in a few hours.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Five Burned In Pow5er ExpIos;or.

NS ~W"~~ aas NNf ~NPt~Sh~tss
 GreensbuTg. Pa. No-. 2j.--One maa was fatally injured and four others severely burned when a keg of pow der exploded in a hogse near here.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21

woald yOa be without what yoz want when a 2sc ad night get it-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21
Ho~ Brown Was Shot.

T don't know what he said. if any. thing He just rushed at me. and did not know anything more until a sho, seemed to arouse me. I don't know fl shot him had no thought of shoot ing him and never entertained re venge. After the shot Brown walked the floor and swore. and then he sank down. Men cane into the room. and I did not know what they meant wber they said had killed Brown
 Mrs Bradley said she could give nl reason why she shot Brown and thez she was given into the hands of ths district att0-ney for crUss examination TEe first steF WAS the iatroI1efl01 Q. the Adams letter. and the pr0secat0s iziI emphasis upon the 0pe1fng para gTzph. Uk5ch hs heId referred to Mrs BE1dlsy. The letter follows.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-21

MIDWAY of the even, broad ex-
 MI panse between shack and gap E~T@S stood an A tent very new, &s9sN very white and very generous