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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-26

SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN FOR ANY STYLE OF SUIT ON EXHIBITION.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-26
No Ressmblanee,

sm No RessmbIanes.
 Hwoman and cats" said the youth fnl boarder. "are alike"
 Wrong. young man." said the cheer fuI idiot. "A woman can't run up telegraph pole. and . cat can't run up . millinery bill"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-26
POLI'S
FROM SING SING TO LIBERTY. "

From Sing Sing to Liberty" is the name of the stirring melodrama which Charles B. Blaney has writ ten, and which will be presented at Polls theater this afternoon and evening. Popular prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Among the Wanhashi.

There is a queer town on Lake Victoria
belonging to the Germans, which 1 have
not mentioned In my previous letters. L
called there during my tour around the
lake. 1t is known as Shirati and it lies
near the boundary of British East Africa.
The country about is beautifully rolling.
The hills slope gently up from the lake
and upon them stand hundreds of
matched huts, an Indian business section
and a fort beonging to the Germans. The
people are somewhat like the Kavirondo
and a little like the Nasal. They are
dark brown in color, are well formed and
of a good height. 1 talked with one chief
who was fully seven feet tall, standing
like a giant above his fellows who aver
aged, l judge, about five feet six.
The Washashi, like the Kavirondo, do
not worry over their wardrobes. Those
/ saw were almost naked. Many Of the
women had only a string of beads about
them and some wore fringes OF beads
two or three incnes long hanging from
their waist belts. The men were often
clad in a single goatskin, which was
shifted so that 1t covered now the back
and now the front of the person. All
wore jewelry. 1 saw many dandies who
had on great coils Of wire, and one whose
arms and legs were wrapped with brass
wire the size of a lead pencil. Another
man had coils of thin wire upon his upper
arm and that so tight the flesh seemed
to be growing over them. I counted the
strands on one woman's calf. 1t had
eighteen parallel strands of the thick
ness Of a lead pencil, from where the
swelling began to the knees. Otherwise
the woman was bare to the fringe apron
which ran around her waist.
Many Of these natives had shields of
enormous size made of skins fastened to
a framework and painted in bright colors,
and they had head dresses of ostrich
feathers which looked odd in contrast
with their nude bodies beneath. They all
carried spears and were celebrating a war
dance.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

of Central Africa. The old slave route
began at Viii, on Lake T~anganyika, and
came across German East Africa to Bogo-
moyo, and thence by boat to Zanzibar.
The slave traders loaded their slaves with
ivory tusks and made them carry them
across country. When they got them here
they sold both slaves and ivory to the
Zanzibar merchants. In such cases many
Of the slaves were females, and were
used to supply the harems of ARABIA,
Syria and Turkey, as well as Egypt and
other Mohammedan countries Of North
Africa. Such merchandise was known as
black ivory, in contradistinct;on to the ele-
plants tusks, called white ivory.
Since Germany has gotten possession Of
the mainland opposite here the ivory trade
has been diverted to Oar es Salaam, and
a large part of the product now goes there.
This trade will increase with the build ng
of the railroad, which is now being pushed
on toward Lake Ta~nganyika. 1t will go
to Tabora, and from there probably on to
Ujiji, with a branch to the Victoria Nyanza.
The shipping of Oar es Salaam is rapidly
increasing. That port has a good harbor,
and the largest steamer are now calling
there.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Nebraska Pioneers
Continued from Page one)


cheerful old age than that which the Ne
braska pioneers are living. In fact they
don't know they are old. They are not old.
"Old Time Is a liar I" as oliver Wendell
Holmes exclaims is his poem. 1.-THE Boys"
Nothing can express better the spirit of the
pioneers than that poem written by
Holmes at just such IN anniversary as
the one to take place at Milford. except
that 1t lacked q feminine element:
Has there any old fellow got mixed up
with the boys2
If there has take him out without maxi
ing a noise;
Hang the almanac's cheat and the cata-
logue's spite
Old Time Is a liarl We're twenty tonight
We're twenty! we're twenty! Who says
we are more2
He's ~tipsyi1jyOung jackanapes!-show him
Gray temples at twenty2" yes white. II
we please;
Where the snowflakes fall thickest
there's nothing can freeze.
Yes, we're boys4-always playing with
tongue and with ZEN
And I sometimes have asked, shall we
ever be men?
Shall we always be youthful and laugh
ing and gay,
Till the last dear companion drops EmTl-
ing away?
Then, here's to our boyhood. itN gold and
its gray!
The stars OF its winter, the deyvs Of its
May!
And when we nave done our life~lastina
toys,
Dear Father, take care of Thy children.
the boys!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Queer African Natives.

The Germans are rapidly exploring their
colonies, and they are finding eorrc o'-@-g e
things away out here in the African Wilda
They have altogether i,oyo.yy. ,.yy,-
900 of these natives in their part of the
white mans burden, and they are divided
up into many nations and tribes. Some
Of the most intelligent are about Tabora,
and it is from there that the colony ex-
poets to get the labor to cultivate the
plantations along the seacoast. The ma
tives Of that region have a king and
subordinate chiefs, and women are SO
highly regarded that they are sometimes
elected as the chief of their respective
villages. These people believe In spirits.
and they think that the dead live again
as spirits. Every chief has a hut in which
the spirits are supposed to dwell.
They have medicine men and witch
tors. and they think that a good medicine
man can change himself into a wild ami
NAL at will and thus torment his enc
mics.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

The Germans are ruling these people to
extent through their chiefs, and
they are establishing schools to teach
them. The missionaries are also at work
in different parts of German East Africa,
the government has high schools and
manual training schools with European
teachers, who use colored assistants. Thfs
work is just in the beginning, but 1t
promises to grow. Fifty-two colored
teachers are already employed and the
schools have several thousand pupils.
There are but few whites in the interior
of that colony and almost none excepting
officials. In Tabora there are eight for
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

form an ivory monopoly. A great part OF
the elephants still living are in the valley
OF the Kongo, and so many have died that
1t is expected that ivory will grow more
valuable from year to year. As 1t is now
the amount sold brings in millions Of dol
lars, and most of this comes from the auc-
tions at Antwerp. In that city there are
several hundred thousand pounds of ivory
on hand, and sales are made about four
times a year. These sales are duly adver-
tised and buyers from everywhere come
1 nto attend them. The other chief markets
are Liverpool and London.
During a recent visit to the Colonial
museum at Brussels, 1 saw one OF the
heaviest elephant tusks ever found. 1t
weighs over zoo pounds, and as 1 stood be-
side 1t, It reached high above my head.
The largest ivory tusk ever discovered was
brought to Tabora in German East Africa
in 1886 and was shipped from there to Ham
burg. 1t was almost ten feet in length.
The ivory dealers here tell me that the
best of the ivory goes to America, and that
the second and third class tusks are con-
sumed in Europe. The fourth grade ivory
Is sent to East India for fila work,
and the poorest of all goes to China where
it is used for inlaying furniture and boxes.
The very best quality of ivory Is employed
In making piano keys and fan sticks, and
also for the little statuettes cut out by the
Japanese. Much Of the product goes into
billiard balls. knife handles, combs and
fancy articles. During a visit l once paid to
Sheffield, England, I was shown about
100000 worth of ivory which had been
brought there to be used for knife handles
strips for this purpose. In such work every
scrap of the material is saved, the shaw
and I saw them saving up the tusks into
ings and dust being valuable for making
ivory black or artists pigments.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Elephant Meat.

1 met the other night an old elephant
hunter who has made many thousands Of
dollars in ivory. He has not only shot
elephants, but eaten them, and he tells
me the meat is not at all bad. A good
sized animal often weighs as much as Five
tons, and when one is killed the natives
come In for miles around and have a
great feast. They cut up the huge beast
with axes and knives and tear the meat
off in strips and smoke 1t as we smoke
beef. They make elephant steaks and
roasts, and they cook the trunks and feet
In holes in the ground. The foot is con-
sidered a delicacy. 1t is prepared by
making a fire in a hole and laying the
foot on the burning Goals. Some sticks
are then placed over the mouth Of the
hole and a layer OF green leaves Is spread
upon them. A thick deposit of earth is
placed on top and the meat is allowed to
cook and steam for several hours. After
1t Is taken out the skin Is removed, when
the jelly-like interior is ready for eating.
/ am told that 1t Is go tender that It can
be scooped up with a spoon. The ordinary
elephant steak Is black in color, and when
cooked 1t looks and tastes a little like
corned beef.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Mammoth Ivory.

Some of the most remarkable ivory used
within recent years is that which came
from the mammoths found in the 'tundras
OF Siberia. This is from huge animals
which lived ages ago. but whose bones
protected by the frozen soil Of northern
Asia, are as good today as when the ami
mails died. 1t is even said that in some
cases the entire carcasses of the NAM
moths AVE been found. their frozen flesh,
skin and hair having been thus kept for
these thousands of years. The first OF
this frozen ivory was found over 800
years ago, and about seventy years since
the annual output was estimated at over
100000 pounds. 1t is said that more than
1000 mammoth turks we're sold In the
year 1879. At present the greater part
of sale ivory is going to China. 1t does
not compare in quality with our elephant
ivory, the greater part of 1t being poor,
while some is absolutely worthless.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
the Omaha Retail Grocers' and Butchers Annua.

stands idle, while the horse munches his
feed at his leisure and sleeps away the day,
while the clerks and the cutters and the
delivery boys and the butchers and grocers
all have an unlimited deal OF FUN. Their
friends join with them, and wife and
child and sweetheart go along, ana business
and all its cares and troubles are for
gotten in the dance, the ball game. the foot
race and similar diversions.
In past years the grocers and butchers
have won the name OF being the champion
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

rainmakers Of the west. Not a date has
been set for their annual outing that was
not attended by a d%ownpour of rain. Some
years as many as three dates nave been
tried. But this year the event was held
at Krug park, and the weather man smiled
as he thought of the merrymakers, who
were patronizing home industry, and held
out only the brightest OF days. Tho
pictures show some OF the jolly groups
that spent the day among the trees and
flowers of the popular resort.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Great Ivory Market.

Zanzibar has for years been one Of the
chief ivory markets of the world. There
are companies here which have their
buyers and traders securing German and
British East Africa, as we'll as the Por-
tuguese possessions. farther south. These
men take beads, cottons and other mer-
chandise to trade with the natives, and
when they have accumulated a cargo they
send 1t on the heads Of porters down to
the seacoast. Much is now coming to Lake
Victoria and over the Uuganda railroad to
hombasa- A great deal goes to Tabora, in
tho center of German East Africa, and
thence on east to Bogomoye, on the coast
opposite Zanzibar, while other caravans
bring ivory to Mogroro and It Is sent
thence by railroad to Oar es Salaam.
There are herds Of elephants about the
slopes OF Mount Kilimanjaro, and the hunt
ing goes on in the forests OF the Great
Rift valley. In British East Africa it
costs $3.50 for the right to shoot elephants.
and a hunter dares not kill more than two
during a season. It is against the law to
Kill the baby elephants or COW elephants
there, and the same regulations prevail
in Uganda. In the British Sudan a Ii
cense Is required to shoot any kind Of
big game. and this is also true Of British
Central Africa. In German East Africa
hunters are charged a few rupees for their
elephant shooting licenses, but they must
pay a royalty to the government on all
the tvor they get. As II is. there is con
siderable profit in the business, and in the
German colonies a fairly good hunter often
makes big money. A single elephant may
give tusks worth $1,000 and upward, and
an old bull may produce 800 or 400 pounds
OF the choicest ivory.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
About the Home.

The houses Of Shirati are round huts
with matched roofs and walls of upright
sticks chinked with mud. The interior Of
each house is divided into two compart-
ments, one for the men and the other for
the cattle. The cooking fire is made in
the center of the hut, the blaze being usu-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

purpose OF rusticating amid sylvan sur
roundings, and for that day they simply
go out OF business. The Omaha housewife
has learned that this is one day on which
there's nothing doing at the grocer's or
butchers. The store is closed the market
stall Is shut up, and the delivery wagon
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

deed! How did she come to say thatf
Little Elmer-Oh, she didn't say 1t just
that way, but 1 heard her tell papa you
were a quack.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

stockades of ivory tusks about their
dwellings. During recent years some Of
such ivory has been gathered together,
but there Is said to be much buried yet to
be unearthed. In addition to this is the
ivory Of elephants which have died nat
ural deaths. This is composed Of the
enormous tusks Of aged elephants which
have dropped in their tracks or have
been killed by lions and other wild
beasts. Their bones lie where the huge
animals fell, and the earth and caves
have covered them so hat they are fire.
quently hidden from view. I am told
that the pygmies have killed many ele-
plants with poisoned arrows, but, not
knowing the value OF the tusks, have left
them lie idle where they fell. Some Of
this dead ivory has been injured by the
forest fires, but that imbedded in the
mud or covered witt vegetation Is still
of great value.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

The European nations which have colonies
in Africa are trying to keep the elephants
from being destroyed This is especially
SO of Belgium. which hopes some day to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Prattle of the Youngsters

lIzABETH'S mother did not
teach her little daughter much
that she should have learned
about religion; nor did the
father.
The other day a guest said to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

eigners, of whom six are military off,
GERS. In Ujiji, on Lake Ta~nganyika, there
are. only four white men, two are civilians.
one being a doctor and the other a trader.
At Usamburu, at the head Of the lake,
there are -four Europeans, and at BIS
marckburg, on the southern end, there are
only two. both Of whom are officials. I
Mwanza, on Lake Victoria, 1 found about
twenty Europeans, equally divided be-
tween the military and civil branches of
the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Groups Caught at the o

Ne of the fixed events of the
year in Omaha Is the picnic by
the retail grocers and butchers
of the city, For many years
the members of the association
have taken one day off for the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

tho little girl: Elizabeth, does your
father say grace at the table2'
What grace?" returned the girl inno-
Gently.
why. thanks for what you have to
eat"
Oh replied Elizabeth, now enlightened.
I'VE don't have to thank anyone for what
we have-we always pay cash."
D 1t sting you. Aunt Jane7" asked
the precocious child OF the rich but cranky
old relative of whim the family had ex-
peotations.
old lady, irascibly.
bonnet"
Harry's father was bald and one day the
little fellow said: Papa, 1t wouldn't do
for you to fall asleep in the desert, would
it?"
why not?' asked the father.
"'Cause an ostrich might sit on your
head and hatch It out" explained Harry.
%
Mamma-Margie, 1 thought 1 told you not
to eat your candy till after dinner.
Margie-I'm not eating It. mamma; I'm
only sucking the Juice.
.
A clergyman made an unusually long call
at the home OF a parishioner recently. He
talked and talked, until finally little Edna,
who was present, whispered. Mamma, did
the preacher forget to bring his amen
with him?' o
Little mmer-Mamma says you are a
duck OF a doctor.
Pompous M. d. Greatly pleased)-In-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Zanzibar Versus Oar es SaIaam.
The are now competing with
the British for the ranscontinental trade
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

This AFRICAN ivory brings the highest
prices in the market. It is superior to any
other in the size OF tusks. I have seen
some which were nine feet long. and there
are some which weigh as much as 200
pounds each. The average weight OF a tusk
Is much less than this. and one Of 100
pounds Is quite valuable. In India the
average tusk does not weigh fifty pounds.
but that OF the African elephant is much
heavier Many OF the tusks are broken
when they are brought into the market.
The elephants use them for blowing IN
roots and tearing down trees. and also
for fighting their enemies. The average
tusk is strong and elastic: but II can be
broken, and the ends are sometimes snapped
or. Ivory tusks are always sold by weight,
and the traders tell me that in buying them
Of the natives they have to be careful TO
see that pieces OF iron or bits OF stone have
not been driven into the hollows Of the
horns to make them weigh more.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

shipped off to Europe. OF this fully one
third came from Zanzibar, another third
was from Portuguese East and West Africa
and a large part of the balance was from
the valley Of the Congo. Cape Colony fur
nished 100000 pounds, Egypt 100000 pounds
and a large part came from the Niger
territories and Lagos. During the last six
months l have been travelling through the
lands of ivory and elephants. I saw tusks
for sale in the Egyptian Sudan. At Nom
basa / was shown $4,000 worth of ivory
In one pile, and during my travels through
Uganda and German East Africa 1 passed
many long lines Of porters carrying ele-
plants tusks on their heads or tied to
long poles, which rested on their shoulders,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
PaIIing an Elephnnt's room.

ruling an Elephants Tooth.
Many OF you have been in the hands
Of a dentist and have seen how he almost
breaks your jaw in pulling a molar with
a long root. The tusks are really elephants
teeth and it is difficult to get them out Of
a dead elephant. They are fitted into a
bony socket, and the roots go almost up
to the eyes. A tusk eight feet long may
have two feet OF It's root lmbedded in the
skull and II II is taken away at once the
head has to be chopped to pieces to get
It out.
In addition to the tusks the elephant has
six great teeth inside its mouth on each
side its Jaw above and below, and these
are almost as firmly Embedded as the tusks
themselves. The tusks are hollow about half
way up. The smallest forms a big load
for a man. while one weighing $50 pounds
requires four porters to carry It. Such men
are paid from 5 to S cents q day for their
labor. so that the cost OF transportation
IL not heavy.
Have you ever heard OF dead ivoryY
There IL a vast quantity OF II stin left in
Africa. and thousands OF pounds Are
shipped TO the ports every year. Dead
ivory comes from animals which have
died a natural death. OF from tusks which
have been gathered by the chiefs OF the
villages and stored away. Ivory has al
ways been an evidence OF wealth IN Africa
and some OF the petty African kings have
piled up ivory as our misers hoard money
AZ home. Some OF them have buried Il
near their villages. and others have mads
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

.NZIBAR-(Special Correspond
ence OF The Bee.)-Sixty-five
thousand elephants we're killed
in Africa last year, and more
than 10000 pounds Of ivory
Mern tnknn frnn1 thnm md
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Little Hmer-Mamma says you are a
OF a doctor.
Pompous NJ. d. Greatly pleased)-In-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Mamma-Margie, 1 thought 1 told you not
to eat your candy till after dinner.
Margie-Tm not eating It. mamma; I'm
only sucking the Juice.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-21
THE CHARLOTTE News makes the following timely observe
nrnhhitian tuh;c

THE CHARLOTTE NEWS makes the following timely observa
ton concerning the prohibition campagn 'The fight which
. c,,.oo. .. Du is reaching it's last stage, and it's
'~"'' "a Ds"'' intense, has been of the
notable conflicts the people have been engaged Being
partisan ISSUE Of all political
have taken and entered the field against the liquor traffic
The sweep of the prohibition throughout the Unite States
unparalleled Scarcely fight has been lost Whether the
decision the far North, the South
West election have recorded victories of gigantic
portions for the advocates Of prohibition No longer the
hibonist looked long haired fanatic for the
the fighting ranks of statesmen Of national and
influence governors, senators and whose
weight the business world has brought the personnel to that
where respect commanded. Since the fight for white
State has witnessed such battle that
which has been and being wagd The leaders of the prohi
bition the prominent and officials of
State of all parties. The good too, have done
moulding sentiment In fact every influence
been oxer.ed uptnrned of time
the result that almost with accord the people
demanding State prohibition.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-21
all good for believing that
they will carry the for prohibition May 26th The

prohbtonsts have all good for believing that
they will carry the State for prohibition May 26h The
~ liquor people have idea of defeating
mdhc IL Ld'sc' prohibition. Their leaders and workers
that the people of the State have made their
prohibition The evils of the liquor traffic have
great and grinding that the people
reached the conclusion that they cannot stand it
longer nothing will satisfy them but trial Of prohibition
all the false reports about it's failure in the States
have tried it. This the liquor people perfectly we'll un
destand they have idea of carrying the election
against prohibition they do hope muster all their forces
the prohibition majority down wherever
they can the election has been carried and the
under the prohibition law they may say
that the majority small for the prohibons to claim
sentiment sufficiently strong make the law effect
Now hen it behooves every friend OF pro-
bon it that nothing is left undone within pos
sible radius of his which enlarge the proh
hilton single We the majority large,
that that the people of North Car
ona loudly spoken this question by their ballots
we have thought majority will be twenty five thousand
lis reoube energies and make forty thousand; we
have counted majority of fifty usand let US improve
make it seventy thousand; IL we nave
thouph that with good work all along the line
prohibition majority be eighty thousand let us make one
GRAND effort during days the of freedom
bound with the shackles OF strong drink ana
make the majority up hundred thousand Yes what
NAV have estimates and hopes for the majority
it that it Is larger than we nave
While there is certainty that the
will the election need make the majority as large
nossble victory all the decisive nov" ana
foresta the liquor people after the eecton
that the in the State is not altogether
to enforce the law of the contest is
and urged all along the lines 10 this END let
every pohbitonst the State be alert from now until eec
ton dav bring to the polls ana oe douo "o
ul until the polls are insure vote possible