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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29
Strange Legends Among the ZuLuS

-.un6 dislike i9r the chameleon. II IS
KILLED whenever seen and used ss ID
medicine Among other things the
maize gardens ere docJored with II TO
keep the birds from spelling the corn.
The chameleon may he an object of
dislike. but the lizard is ioathcd ana
doteSJed and when ZUlus xiii IL they
shout -Tnis il the very piece of de-
iJfmity which ran i'm The beginning TO
-oy that men should DIE
The Zulus pray to the Amatongo, WhO
are the spirits OF the dead entered into
the bodies or snakes The most com
mon snake ancestor Is the large green
run-poiscnous serpent . frequenter Of
trees Il has q, habit OF entering huts,
and consequently the presumption is
that the visitor is an sncestcr I'm search
OF something tosBat A bullock IS gen
orally slaughtered and portions placed
~ the nut and keep watch over the
heat: and I'm the morning. after the
ancestral appetite has oeeu satisfied,
the meat is boiled and consumed by the
tribesmen.
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and eleven hands % each rope. Then
came the knitting of a new platform 10
the old. on lEe top Of which were
LACED blocks Of Istrian stone. nine
feet nine inches 10y four feet seven
inches. cemented together. Thus the
10 Hndauons were completed
The outside Of the tower ss an a,-. ,t
Feproduction Of the origiuaI. while In
side il has been so changed as 10 re-
duce the weight from 5000 TONS 10 ex-
aetiy one-nalf- The bricks are an
specially hand made, according to an
cient IN aasurements-old ones found
intact in the debris after the fan serr-
as models-and baked with a wood
IRE. which makes them stronger
Each OF the 100000 bricks required IS
tested before used and. If the slight
est flaw is found. is rejected. MI the
stone used comes from Istria. while
the Logsia hi san Sovino. trimmings.
bells, weathervsne, etc. are the orig
mails restored 10 their one-time beauty.
The work has now arrived at its
most interesting point. as the belfry
is being added. and the Loggia di San
SOWING at the foot. is almost ready 10
he put in place. TIE belfry in a few
weeks viii be surmCdnted by the gold
on angel. known to all lovers OF We
nice. which is 81 feet high. and COM
posed Of gilded copper. with the ex-
trer,ifies i'm bronze and which. when
the tower collapsed. seemed 10 use its
powerful wings and fly 10 earth land
ing so gently as 70 be but slightly
damaged.
The bells Jared worse. The largest
and most modern known as the Mar
angona was not even cracked but the
others which were very ancient. were
ruined and have been recast The
Venetians will have the same har-
monv from them as. by a fortunate
chance. only q few days before the
-atastrorhe Able Perosi. composing
his TIE Deum. 10 be given In the
cathedral. Just acros the way. wrote
down the harmony in musical notes,
nov svaila BILE
Last. but not least. comes the much
discussed Loggia III San Sovino. II.
OF course. suffered most through the
collapse, It being thought at first
that it was a hopeless ruin; but pa
tience and deft fingers have worked
miracles. and much OF IL has been re-
constructed What before was one
piece is now a mosaic of thousands Of
irregular fragments. This is particu-
larry wonderful in the case Of a terra
Gotta Madonna and Chile. thousands
Of pieces being collected from the
ruins and pieced together like a Chi
nese puzzle
The next spring Venice viii have
her completed toVs-r. which will speak
TO future generations Of the greatness
OF the twentieth century engineers
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What ADVANCE Man Does.

you take it now, and all the rout-
ing, caring for the baggage, railroad
ing. and in fact nearly all the bust
ness end Of it is done right from View
York So al the present the advances
man is practically go-between for
the company and the newspapers.
Today the best advance man is the
practiesi newspaper man VINO has a
nsrzanaIttv that will make HIN, friends
on the s-ars ~ the napcrs he comes
in contaet with. and Won viii md tbat
The his r,stort,v of ad,snr9 men ar.
-. z.u--,.-.r man
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Now that so much attention is ai-
iecIcd toward The situation IN Natal
many readers Will be interested tu
Know that the Zuius ore race OF am
oestor worship,rs WHO believe in the
uansmigraUou OF souls from the Ha-
man body 10 snakes 4 Narike, re-
mantle and picturesque race, their
theory Of the creation ~ guaiutness IL
self Their trba, legends presume the
existence of the first man. known as
tHkuluul<ulu lths Old-old-one), and OF
him they say. we no longer know
him We do not know his wife, and
the ancients dc not tell MS that ne had
a wife"
This prImeval Zulu is credited with
having broken of the nations Of The
universe from reed which typihes
the source OF being. The UtManga or
reed really represents father from
whom the children are broken or Their
explanation Of what brought death H.
to tin, world and -sn its woe is weird
and intensely interesting Lnkulunkulu
sent this message 10y the chameleon:
Go Chameleon. go and say: Let not
men die"
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and il was another round Of lunches
and conferences. And then again with
AR Hall who wrote the urusie,
Al! this time I was practically
working day and night. There are so
many little things cropping up that
upset plans and make it necessary for
nearly all the work TO be done over
again. For instance, Potter would go
ahead with the writing Of the book,
end plan certain scenes 10 follow one
another. and then when BE- came 10
building ana Installing the scenery We
would md that each required a fun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29
HEAVY INSURANCE
FOR ROYAL LIVES

~ EOPLE who regard "a policy Of
- assurance for few THOUSAND
/ podnGs as a big transaction
would be astonished 10 hear
~ some Of the huge assurances UNI
dcrtaken by the life offices.
The crowned heads of Europe lead
the way. Tie Gar is insured for
l,D9.G05 pounds; the Emperor William
for 1,cJ0.501 pounds. our own sover-
eign for So00c0 pounGs. The Inflated
King Of Portugal was insured for So
600 pounds. The President OF the
United states holds very large poll
cies, which he constantly increases.
The impending falling in Of a mon
ster policy leaves the life offices quite
undismayed. To begin with, even If
the contract Of any company provides
for payment OF I000O00 pounds on the
des II Of an individual. only q fraction
say, l0,o0J or l5,005 pounds-is re-
tanned az the risk Of any one office
The rest is faFmed out in reinsurance
policies with other companies. who
give the contracting office a guarantee
10 pay their share when the policy
becomes a claim
Now, there are eighty or ninety life
Offices doing business i'm this country,
and, as We say, ther restrict their OBJ
Hsations in aspect Of one life 70 about
1900 pounds
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HEAT GIVES RELIEF
FROM MANY AILMENTS

II was hard to realize last summer
that heat could have anv good qualities,
but the mother of toothachv Joe or
Pegsy. who has the falling down habit
knows better
There is no family comforter like the
hot water bottle, and heat, whether in
liquid or dry form, in poulticos, former
tations. or baked flannel, Is a house
hold friend.
There are few home ailments that can
not be eased by heat. For carache or
toothsche nothing is better than The lot
water bottle. or lying on bags OF hat
bran, or holding 2 moui iI Of s9t
"itchhazel and Swinging 20 car with
warm water.
Bruises and sprains are relieved by
putting them at once in water as Hat az
can be borne. Sleeplessness is often
routed by cloths WrUng out OF hot water
placed on the forehead and base ~ tie
brain.
A hot foot bath and glass Of not
water has been known 20 drive away
a bad sick headache. while nervousness
is frequently allayed b. a cup OF hot
water with half teaspoonful Of salt Ia
f.
II one feels that she is taking cold It
can often be cured By sitting with the
back to hot register. or taking a hot
drink and going 10 bed between heated
blankets
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SAXSs

/ sent for him. He told me that ne
had bright idea. and shat was 70
show the Paris underworld. had
lived in Paris long time, and could
readily appreciate how good Fotters
idea was. After that there were many
lunches together at which We had oar
conferences and discussed all the de
sails Of the plot
VIXEN did all this hgppen7" 1 81
quired.
About seve3 on eight months be-
fore it was produced" promptly re-
Piled Mr.. Ryley Then IL was up TO
me 20 set some ore TO write the lyrics.
Mr.. Bryan mas . reputation for being
q funny man, and a friend of mine
suggested that ger MIN. Well. I did.
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i"uS taken, that everything should be
without . flaw. The work has been
intensely interesting from the begin
ring. II was obvious when the OLD
foundations were uncovered that they
had been quite Inadequate for the
enormous weight they were required
10 hold. However. examination proved
that they were quite mlnjuTed, in
deed. some Of the piles showed signs
of pctrthcation. while there was no
trace az decay. II was decided TO
use them. and keep to the original
method OF piles. platforms. ehamped
stones. and free stones arranged step
wise TO the level Of the piazza. A
ditch. sixteen feet deep. and twelve
wide. was dug All round the old foun-
cations and carefully bratticed. Into
this 3.076 new larch piles, fresh cut
and full Of rOsiu. thirteen feet long
and eight and half in diameter. were
driven They were one by one bat
tened down. until. using tremendous
force, they were found rot to yield
hairs breadth The foundations, il is
estimated. viii weigh only 10000 tons
The driving was done by hand. rope
and pulley, ana weight, eleven ropes
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and then wher they are all through
viii take a turn. and between the
rour OF US = think We will be able 70
get a production that will make a 60
in New York"
3oth the artist and I assured him
Ihat we thought il would
You never can teil,' objected ar
Eyiey. Audiences are peculiar things
and they are all different as you get
into the different sections or The
world Paris is different from Lon
don; London different from New
York. and New York in turn different
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29
How He Got His Men.

The way 7 did with this last ven
ture Of mine. first decided that I
wanted TO put on a musical show and
looked around for some one TO write
the book. who would possibly get away
from the old beaten track.
Some one suggested auI Potter and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29
Ate the Fruit

This chameleon accordingly set forth,
but unfortunately it loitered on the
vay and ate the fatal purple fruit Of
Ubukweb ezane. Then the Old-old-oue
dispatched a lizard after the chameleon.
Thes lizard ran exceedingly fast and
made great haste, for it bore the mes
sage. Let men die" And it accom-
plished its mission and returned to the
Old-old-one before the chameleon reach
ed its destination and shouted: Let not
men de- II was too late. for men
answered. "Oh. we have heard the word
of the lizard. ard through its word men
viii die
TO his dav the ZMus entertain q pro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29
Scares Evil Spirits

Often on the lonely hillsides Of Natai
one hears a Kafhr singing as he fares
on his way, and the reason for his song
is the dispersion OF any evil spirits thar
may be lurking in the grass. The Kaf-
frs frequently attribute disaster to the
influence of the Amatongo, and pre-
vious 10 embarSing on any raid or foray
the chief Of the tribe usually offers
bullock to the spirit Of his immediate
ancestor. The idea OF a Supreme Being
in tho skies is common 20 nearly all
their traditions. and he IS referred to
as the Chief OF Chiefs
IF percnaree cattle are destroyed by
lightning in any kraaI the report goes
round that the Lord has taken the cat
tie from such a village and when It
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lhunderS their comment is The Lord
IS playing. A very old Zulu woman,
interviewed many years ago, gave the
following picturesque Information about
Jhe AmazuIu. Their ancient name IA
AmaEeba which means tne shadow
reUsrI by the departing sun They re-
cline oE tuc mountains. Amageba IS
tile )jd-oid-uue nf the Amazulu. and his
..rt f--TaudsoH WAS Chaka the FIyeua
Nau. Wbo was known TO his subjects
as the Great Eleph-nl from his i'm
meusc size. LONDON Standard
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? E' H. ms arc now eNperieQc-
the JOY Of seeing an old
y cod with unchanged face,
% Ie al the same time know
i0- fh- has .akeu new lease oi
-e new compatible Is not
l..a-o'g COPY 40 the old. 70 is the
.- 81 udch as In the essential
r.iRrs r. ancient materials have
h.s.f -a use Of.
mpauTe fell uU The morning
af 1872. throwing tne city into
ag and then into paToNysms Of
r. iAe loss oI their - -urer.
s.s Disagreement OF their pride
t.- zs di san Marco. tt was de-
cdeG most al once. 10 rebuild. and
tFey. about 100000 WAS gath
lhoUt difficulty. SO that now.
sls AS later. b. is aI.AosC COM
iIv.. and thuse Ncuetians VINO have
H.l urued 10 the city during that
CON raJiyeiy short period. could
cas- persuade themselves that the
JUa had never fallen
i-ners have been surprised at
b. has taken 20 rebuild. as
Save uot known, or have not
coE ,.ted. Tie extraordinary precau-
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The Flnishing TOuehes.

Nov that have got it on az last,
1 am having Potter. Bryan. and Hall
take turns with me company in full
dress rehearsal so that they can pol
ish up and trim the production into
an Al success. When they have the
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WHAT DOES " hAEAN
THIS IS HINT
TON RILEY
SAYS

stage. It requires time TO SHIFT seen
cry. and We had 70 put our heads to-
gether and arrange something that
would be logical and still could be
confined 10 the front Of the stage,
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from Chicago. What Chicago might
ike would fairly take the Londouers
breath away.
land another thing. They % things
more deliberately on the other side
than they do here. For instance, over
there. II a man decides TO take IN
thester, he does it methodically. rs
viii ask his friend to go with him and
plan for Friday week ana often Is
much as two weeks ahead.
I'm this country couple Of EEL
lows will go out TO dinner together ana
all OF a sudden about a quarter Of 8
one OF them will suggest going TO the
theater. Then the other viii say:
Where shall We go? Very likely the
reply vii be so and so was telling
me that such and such was pretty
good.
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ovember %, 1908
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THE PROGRESS.


In reply to the questions, DO Tam
worth hogs ever vary in color from a
red? Do they ever have any spots on
them" the secretary of the American
Tamworth association says:
From the best information that l
can obtain Tamworths in England
some years ago almost invariably had
a black spot or spots upon them. The
standard of excellence adopted by the
Animal Pig Breeders Association OF
Great Britain now gives black spots
as an objection. but no indication OF
impurity of blood. The American
Tamworth association also adopts the
same ruling. Black spots are an OBJ
lection, but no indication Of impurity
of blood or no bar to registration. 1t
is considered that the animal OF solid
red is a better looking animal and
more to be desired from fancy stand
point than one with spots. Some OF
the very best Tamworths of late years
have had small black spots upon them
but they are fast being bred off. and
| a great many do not wish any tenden-
cy to anything but solid color in red.
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get their full share of the good
things distributed on the occa-
sion. Our ambitious children will
not fail to make the exhibition a
grand success.
Winter is surely here, if the
character of the weather is con-
sidered, but before the frigid
temperature materialized tn e
needed rain came and washed
the dust from the landscape,
which improved the appearance
largely. A snow of considerable
depth fell last week, which also
added largely to the quantity Of
water and helped to replenish the
empty cisterns and cheer the
housewife in the supply of soft
water for household needs.
Congress meets today and the
annual message will be matter
of interest. Large expectations
will doubtless be realized from
the short session just beginning.
Tariff revision may be accomp-
lished and thus avoid the neces-
sity of an extra session for that
purpose.
Tomorrow two more counties
vote under the Rose local option
law, and without doubt, they
will array themselves in the dry
column, and which, if done, tif-
tytwo counties will be in the dry
column by vote under the Rose
law, eight counties wet by vote
under the same law, and four
counties dry under vote of other
laws, making a total of fiftyslx
dry counties, eight wet, and
twentyfour unvoted, a large num-
ber of which, under elections to
be held, will doubtless take their
places in the dry column.
A few of our Masonic fratern-
ity visited the city yesterday to
take part in the work of Green
vile Chapter, and improve them
selves in Masonry.
Dec. 7. AOB
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Benefits of the Gyroscope.

Further details regarding the cleo
trical driven gyroscOpe used on the
Lochiel in trips along the Scottish
coast show that when the apparatus
was out of action the vessel rolled to
angles Of sixteen degrees on each side
that is, the total angle or roll was
not less than thirty-two degrees. When
the apparatus was put into action the
rolling was prevented and decreased
to total angle roll of from two to
four degrees. an amount which Is
barely perceptible to a passenger
Boston Herald
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Gettysburg.

We are here in the last month
of this leap year, and presuma-
bly, it will not be necessary to re-
mind the maiden of mature years
that her privilege Of leap year is
fast drawing to a close. How
many may have availed them
selves of their privilege during
the year is not known to the wri-
ter, but likely, of the many mat
ches made during the year, the
fair actors did their full share in
bringing about the result. Let
them answer who may so desire
to do, and let the small fraction
of time unexpired be diligently
improved.
The bunny may now enjoy a
season of exemption from the
pursuit of nimrods. The open
season closed with last Friday.
I doubt not the army Of rabbits
was largely diminished and l
suppose the average hunter ac-
quired savory meat enough to
tide him we'll over the winter,
besides supplying himself with a
large amount of valuable fur.
For the loss of hunting the rab-
bit, we have a high class vaude-
vile this week to compensate us
and let us down to routine in Or
dinary life.
We now have a full fledged
Business Mems Association or.
ganized in this place, with about
thirty members, and room for g
good many more of our stalwart
business men. That they will bt
Forthcoming goes without saying
Large expectations are enter
tanned, and that they will be re
allied is assured. Lookout TO
what will happen. Already SOM
good has resulted, and very mucl
more is anxiously awaited.
Our M. E. Sunday school ha
already begun a Xmas entertain
ment, consisting of a cantata an
a treat of good things. Let ev
erybody be there on Christina
Eve and enjoy the occasion an
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THE SEPARATOR.
Life Of the Machine Depends Upon the
Care It Receives.


By EDWARD H. WEBSTER.
If the separator shakes while it is
skimming there will be some intermix-
ing of the milk and cream. and the re-
suit is poor work. The operator should
aim to secure two things if he expects
perfectly true motion of bowl, and, (2)
a sufficient speed (Which must be uni
FORM to create force for separating.
In order to have the perfect motion
Of the bowl the machine must be set
level and he kept clean and we'll oiled.
The oil should be thin, or light, so that
1t will not gum the wearing parts. A
heavy oil will make the machine run
hard and will gum quickly on small
high speed bearings. All the bearings
Of the machine should be frequently
flushed with coal OIL 1t Is we'll to make
run about once in two or three
weeks, using coal oil on all the bear
ings. This keeps the parts free from
gum and washes out grit or sand that
may have blown into them.
1t is an excellent plan to have a cover
Of closely woven cloth or oilcloth that
can be kept over the machine while it
is not in operation. This will keep out
dust and sand and will add materially
to the lasting powers of the machine
The separator should be set up on a
good solid floor, so that it will not
move or sway as the operator turns the
crank
The life Of separator depends main
ly upon the factors just pointed out.
my or dirty may wear out in year
If kept free from dirt and well oiled it
will last number Of years.
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not been for the skill of a Mrs.
Wilcox, whose thoughtfulness
stopped the flow of blood.
Upon our roll of honor today
we can place the following named
patrons:
John Cook,
L. B. Lesher,
DIR. P. Dickes,
S. ]. Baker,
Emanuel Miller,
Noah Fourman,
H. C. Croft.
All ladies appreciate sugges-
tions for recipes, patterns, and
formulas by other ladies, because
the ideas are practical. The
Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer
prints seven columns of such in
formation each week. This pa
per is $1.OO a year, but by sub
scribing through the Journal, the
two papers will cost only $3.50.
VIM. K. Bookwalter, a former
resident of this county, died at
his home in Millersburg, Pa, on
last Thursday morning, as a re-
suit of a paralytic stroke sus-
tained several weeks ago. His
remains were inferred in West
Branch cemetery Sunday morn
ing. The deceased was aged a.
bout 76 years and is survived by
a wife and several grown child
ren. a-
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Italian RoxaI sunerstition.

1t is believed in Italy that dire mis-
fortune will befall the present mon
arch if the chamber of the dead king
be interfered with till at least two
generations have passed. Therefore
the room Of the late King Humbert at
the Quirinal is shut, no one except
members of the royal family being
permitted to enter it. Thus it will re-
main, silent and unused. like the apart
ment of King Victor Emmanuel, King
Humberts father. which is just as it
was at the time of his death. some
thirty years ago.
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Why They Want Old Bibles.

An extraordinary demand has arisen
in the eastern counties of England for
secondhand Bibles-the older and dir
tier the better Copies which former
ly realized fourpence are now readily
bought for half a crown. They are
being used to manufacture evidence Of
age in the case of old age pensions. A
woman who produced Bible to prove
her age as seventy-siX from an entry
on the fly leaf had unfortunately omit,
ted TO tear out the title page. which
showed the Bible was printed in 1895.