The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
Stories From Afar

IW a native an old single barreled gun,
and the fellow was delighted. He
- put in small handful Of powder,
and about quarter Of . newspaper
on top OF 1t, and finally a ball, and then
rammed the whole charge down. Then he
dep'r In the evening he returned, with
his face battered and swollen almost beyond
recognition. What have you been doing"
asked the Englishman, in amazement- The ma
tive sat down on the ground and said, sor-
rowfully, "a little after noon found the
track of Glands, and I followed it until l
foun1 them feeding. l crept up to one OF
them. He was twenty yards away. ! rested
the barrel of the gun on a stone, placed
the butt against my nose, directed the muz-
zle toward the Gland. and pulled the trigger.
l do not know what happenei, for l was
blind and deaf for some time. but when l
came to I found myself lying at the bottom
OF the gully The gun was beside me. my
face was as you now see it, and the Glands
had gone away Son OF white man. it was
very kind of you to give me gun, but 1t
is too COOL a gun for me-too strong, too
powerful 1t needs the wisdom Of white
man to rule it. Take 1t back. FAREWELL
A man -ofwar was lying off Gibraltar, and
permission was given to the men to 60
ashore for the day The sailors amused
themselves in various ways-among others
Dy rlulnH on uOnKeyS, ana Jnelr want OF ex-
perience in this line caused much merri.
ment
An officer. observing one Of the men sit
ting far back on the animal, instead m Of in
the usual position, called ), out, 81 say, Jack.
With an injured air the sailor replied,
''Well, sir this is the first craft that ever
commanded in my life. and it's hard, indeed,
if can't ride on the quarterback if like
Tapnpaaa otudapt lv;p1 in ProoL lvp
has had some curious news from his home
in Nikko. 1t appears that his cousin has
won the first prize in q government lottery,
and. by. SO doing. has been sent abroad to
travel for ten years, with q handsome al
lowance, which is to be paid him every three
months by one Of the most substantial banks
in Japan. IL he returns to Japan for more
than one month In each year, he fortelts the
allowance. and it is also stipulated that at
least half OF the time spent abroad must be
In the various countries of Europe. The
second prize was five years travel, and the
third prize one years travel, on the same
allowance, but the conditions we're that all
the time must be spent in Europe. This GER
tainly is the most unique lottery on record,
and the most commeBlable.
Combats between animals Of different spe-
cies are a source of great amusement among
the Japanese. One Of the most popular con-
tests is that between monkey and goose.
The monkey is tied to one of the gooses
legs, by means OF cord, and both animals
are set down near the bank Of river,
pond. The goose. standing in dread of the
monkey, seeks for safety in the water, ami
the monkey, afraid of the water, exerts him
self to the uttermost not to be drawn into
it. As rule, the goose draws the monkey
into the water. and then the cunning simian
sits astride of the goose, in equestrian fash
ion. The goose then tries to dive, and the
monkey prevents hef if he can; and so the
fight goes on until the spectators tire, and
the animals are released from an uncongenial
companiouship
Madagascar is VISITED every year with
plague OF locusts, which does a vast amount
Of damage to the crops, but it is an i'll wind
that blows nobody good, and so these insects
are highly esteemed as food by the natives.
the ground. and, ON the approach of
swarm, the people rush out Of their huts
ami strike them down with fat baskets.
Then the women and children gather them
up from the ground in sacks, where they are
divested of wings and legs by severe shak-
ing up. These extremties are carefully win.
moved out, the bodies dried in the sun or
tried in fat, and then packed in sacks for
food or sold in the markets