The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

by describing the widespread custom Of
imposing silence on widows In many un-
civilized parts OF the world for d certain
period after the husbands death.
A certain tribe on the Congo imposed
three months silence. while IN Madagascar
eight months was imposed. In edition
the widows had 10 refrain from washing
their .hands or faces and covered thsfn-
selves with white clay. :
Among the North American Indians
the widows had ia remain quite motion
less for four days with. their knees glued
TO their chins. After thattime they might.
stretch their legs but not their hands.
In central Australia q similar practice
obtained. In certain tribes In northwest
America widows kept silent FOR two or
three years, but they kept on talking by
gesture. In q certain camp q woman kept
silent for twenty-five years. The fear Of
speaking was lest they should attract the
attention Of the husbands ghost.
Napoleon Bonaparte. oonqueroe OF
Europe, was as q boy an incorrigible.
GOOD for nothing little rascal. That is,
In brief, thu opinion Of his uncle. Michael
Durazzo, who wrote sofne notes on the
escapades OF sNabullo,' the childish pro-
nunciation OF Napoleone. when he was a
little boy. These notes have Just been
discovered by chance in an old house at
~Campomoro. Corsica, and are now pub
lished In the literary supplement- of the
Paris Fie,ro, &
It appears that Durazzo. having no
children Of his own, occupied himself q
great deal with those Of his brothcr-in-
Law, Charles Bonaparte, and especially
with little Nabulio, whose mystical. ven
~turesofne and mostly taciturn nature
seems 70 appeal to the uncle.
sNabulio was a hot tempered. passionate
little boy he writes. .He had ITS Of
fury amounting to frenzy. and his father
found himself unable to break his stubborn
will.
From his earliest youth Nabulio liked
solitude, when he could give free play to
his extravngant fancies and unbounded
pride, which procured him many q sound
thrashing from his schoolfeilovs,
MANY q time.s Duraxzo writes. Il have
seen him with black eyes and a scratched
face he had got in a school iight. He was
a most unsatisfactory pupil, i~nattentivs
and impatient Of control to q degree. M
different TO religious teaching. he loved
nothing better than 70 roam alone about
the hills.
.One night Eabulio was staying with
me- the uncle relates. when a large
tract OF bush o far from the house was
found TO be In flames. causing general
alarm. The servant, who had some ex-
perience Of the ~youngster. came running
down. calling out that Master Nabulio
could not be found.
"A neighbor shouted that he had seen
some one at the top Of an old stone tower
that stood In the centre OF the confiagra-
ton. Il was Nabuiio. OF course. After
the fre had burned itself out he came
down and calmly said he had set fro to
the bushes and gons up the tower to enjoy
the sight.
He ssesued surprised and hurt whom
7 rcproved him. concludes Uncle Michael.
'and scnt him straishtway home to his
father
Another attempt at municipal socialism
has gone wrong at BellinEona. In the
Swiss canton Of Ticino. and as a conse-
quence the sick OF that town are having
a pretty had time Of II. all the municipal
doctors having gone out on strike.
Curing the sick has been for some time
a municipal enterprise, doctors receiving
fixed salaries ranging from 500 TO 81 900
annually. in return for which they were
10 render assistance gratis to all Glasses
Continued on Trcifh Paes.