Corvallis gazette., September 08, 1903, Image 4

General Debility
Day in and oat there is that feeling of
weakness that makes a harden of itself.
Food does not strengthen.
Sleep does not refresh.
It is hard to do, hard to bear, what
should be easy, vitality is on the ebb, and
the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone
to all .the organs and functions, and is
positively unequalled for all run-down or
debilitated conditions.
HoAD'8 FILLS cure constipation. 25 cents.
It Was AU Right.
"And now, my dear, said the de
lighted youth, "when may I speak to
jour father?"
"You don't have to, George," re
plied the eweet young thing, who had
just accepted him. "He told me today
that if yoa didn't speak to me tonight
he'd speak to yoa tomorrow."
Those Educated Sandwiches.
College Idiot (in the lunch room)
There's one good thing I can say about
these sandwiches.
Kind Friend What's that?
College Idiot That they're college
bred. Colombia Jester.
Asked and Answered.
Irate Father Ah! how is it I catch
yoa kissing my daughter, sir? Answer
me, sir; how is it?
Young Man fine, sir; fine.
Machinery on the Farm.
An investment that returns 10 per
cent of the amount pat in will satisfy
most financiers, bat the farmer some
times hesitates about the purchase of
machinery that will make a return of
25 per cent of its cost. Machinery
that is not needed is expensive at any
price, but very few farmers bay more
than can be used to advantage.
DEAFNESS CAHSOT BE CTJRXD
By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lip lg of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube sets in
flamed yon have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out ot ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Core. Send for
eirculaw. free., chbnk y & cQ Tfl ft
Bold by Druggists. 75c
Ball's Family PUIb are the best. ..
The Face of the Ruler.
In England a subject if he wishes tb
have a portrait of his majesty must buy
one. In France every peasant and ar
tisan is compelled to look upon that of
the president each time he votes at an
election or marries a wife or registers a
birth in the mairie. The first act of
the minister of the interior after the
election of a new president is to re
quest him to have his portrait taken,
that it may be reproduced and ex
hibited in the 40.000 communes of
France and Algeria.
Senator Kearns a Hercules.
Senator Kearns of Idaho is the
strongest man in the United States sen
ate and ean easily floor any of bis col
leagues with a single blow from his pon
derous fist. In the early days of Ida
ho, when nearly everyone carried a pis
tol, the future senator re'ueed to arm
himelf, and although he frequently was
involved in altercations was never
known to come out second beBt. A
single blow from his good right hand
was sufficient to send his adversary to
grass.
Claim Loubet Is Irish.
President Loubet's visit to London
recalls the Irish people's claim to re
gard him as one of themselves. Lou
bet, they hold, is merely a Gallieized
form of Loubet, a name which is quite
common in the south of Ireland, and
that the president's ancestors hailed
frcm Ireland thry entretain not the
slightest doubt.
Our Queer Town Names.
"You have such queer names for
your towns over heah," said a titled
Englishman. .".Weehawken, Hoboken,
Poughkeepsie, and ever so many oth
ers, don't you, know!" "I suppose
they do sound queer to English ears,"
said the American, thoughtfully "Do
you live in London all the time?"
"Oh, no," said the unsuspicious Brit
ain. "I spend part of my time at
Chipping Morton, and then I've a1 place
at Pokestogg-on-the-Hike." Boston
Christian Record.
Discovery in Harmony.
Mamma Gladys, you were rude and
indifferent to several people last night.
Gladys Yes, mamma; I've decided
that it isn't worth while to have man
ners if your clothes don't fit. Detroit
Free Press. ' -
Poetic Progress.
Edmund Vance Cook is developing
into one of the most skilled poets of the
land. He has just succeeded in rhym
ing "captains of effrontery" with
'father of hia
country." Denver
Evening Post.
Warm Weather Diversion. -Percy
How does your ice cream
club work?
Pauline Oh, I treat Ethel, and she
treats Edith, and Edith treats Laura,
and Laura treats me then we begin
all over again. Detroit Free Press.
Youth's Romance Soon Ended.
Sillicus They are really the most
devoted lovers I ever saw.
Cynicus Yes; it seems a shame
that they are going to get married and
spoil it all. Stray Stories.
C
rossr
Poor man! He can't help it.
He gets bilious.- He needs a
good liver pill Ayer's Pills.
They act directly on the liver.
cure biliousness.
3. C ivif tU.
Lowell Must.
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a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use
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It Is related that the Dowager Em
press of Russia once saw on her hus
band's table a document regarding a
political prisoner. On the margin
Alexander III. had written: "Pardon
impossible; to be sent to Siberia."
The Czarina took up the pen, and,
striking out the semicolon after "im
possible," put it before the word. Then
the Indorsement read: Pardon; Impos
sible to be sent to Siberia." The Czar
let it stand.
According to an exchange, a Mis
souri woman 6at up until; 1 o'clock
the other night, waiting for her hus
band to come home. Then she gave It
up and went upstairs, only to find him
In bed and fast asleep. "His decep
tion,", as she called It, made her so
mad that she didn't speak to him for
three days. Her anger can be under
stood, when one considers the disap
pointment she must have suffered at
being deprived of the pleasure of de
livering the choice Mrs. Caudle lecture
with which she had doubtless Intend
ed to greet her wayward husband.
A North Missouri editor received a.
note the other day telling him that
one of his subscribers was dead, and
asking that his paper be discontinued.
A few days later' the editor met the
"deceased" subscriber on the street,
and told him about the note. "I wrote
that note myself," returned the sub
scriber. "What for?" asked the edi
tor. "Well, I wanted to stop yer pa
per," said the subscriber, candidly,
"an' knowing how bad you need the
money I didn't have the heart to come
right out an' do it. So I Jes' wrote
you the note about beln' dead."
The late J. H. Shorthouse was af
flicted with a terrible stammer,
which he used to say was a blessing
In disguise, having led him to use
the pen as his great Instrument of ex
pression. There were times, how
ever, when, the stammer almost ceased,
and he could talk on uninterruptedly.
One very striking and touching habit
grew out of the stammer. At "family
prayers" he and his wife read all the
prayers together, because, If an attack
of stammering - came on, her gentle
I voice would carry on the thread till he
recovered, and the knowledge or this
prevented all nervousness on his part.
At a certain London church the col-
lection used to be made In nicely em
broidered bags, but, so many old but
tons and stale pieces of chocolate be
, lng put in, it was decided to try
j "plates" Instead. The first Sunday
the usual number of coppers and
three-penny pieces were put in, but
among them a bright yellow shining
. piece was observable. On Monday
morning there were more callers than
usual at the vestry, some of them
with the same application. After a
short Interval another came with the
same, "Oh, I am so sorry, but I put
a sovereign into the plate yesterday
by mistake. Could I have it, as I real
ly cannot afford it?" "What?" said
the vicar; "you are the fifth that has
been to see me this morning with the
same application, but ' the church
warden has just told me that the sup
posed sovereign is only a gilded shil
ling!" WHAT GERMANY IS AFTER.
Knelishmen Think Kaiser's Plan la to
' Kxcel in Sea Strength.
The idea prevails in the United
States that Germany's present activity
in increasing her naval strength, has
some relation to what are alleged by
some to be her designs on South Amer
ica. But some Englishmen explain
Germany's action in a very different
way, representing that it her purpose
to rival or surpass Great Britain in
sea power. Karl Blind, in the North
r American Review, endeavors to ex
plain "Why Germany Strengthens Her
Navy." Prof. Blind points out that
Germany is geographically wedged in
between two great military and naval
powers, which are now in close al
liance, and that it might be necessary
for Germany in conceivable circum-r
stances to fight a defensive 'war on
two fronts, east and west. In such a
case it might be of extreme importance
to her to have command of the sea
upon her own shores.
At the beginning , of the last war
with France, when France dominated
the sea, Germany had to detach 160,
000 men for the defense of her coasts
and harbors; and the German army
and population would run enormous
risks, in reference to provisioning, If,
in any future war, the North sea, into
whose vast corner bay a mass of im
ports converges, were not properly pro
tected by a strong naval force. Prof.
Blind negatives the idea that the naval
aspirations of Germany are of recent,
or of royal or Imperial, origin. One
of the purposes that were closest to
the hearts of the liberals In 1848-49
was the restoration of the German
power on the sea. Prof. Blind says:
"As to the feeling of the nation at
large, it may be taken for certain that,
if a plebiscite in the Swiss style had
been or were now taken, the verdict
would have been and would now be
in favor of proper naval preparations
against the increasing contingency of
risks, even though an additional bur
den of taxation had to be borne.
Though thirty-two years have, passed
since the last war with - France, " the
lesson of that time has not been lost
upon the German people. The readi
ness with ,. which. military and naval
budgets are always1 voted in the
French chamber of deputies, generally
with scarcely any discussion, and the
great and rapid increase of the Rus
sian and Franch fleets are for Ger
many significant monitory signs.
"Along the North sea and the Bal
tic Germany possesses a good seafar
ing population. Year by year the num-,
ber of men who come from the south
to enter the navy Is steadily Increas
ing. This is true even- for Alsace
Loraine, which now furnishes far more
volunteers f pr s the navy thanf - might
be expected,., comparing its population
with' that of Germany as a whole.;' -
Every mother Imagines her baby's
toes look like rosebuds. 1
DIAZ AND HI8 ARMY.
The Borates of Mexico WonU Win Ad
miration ef W,orld if Put to Test. '
Most Americans if asked to. tell the
strength of the Mexican army would
voice the general opinion that it con
sisted of a few thousands' and of the
irregular, nondescript sort so common
in Latin American states. Turn to
some year almanac, however, and on
finds that the peace strength is 40,0001
that 50'000 men, trained regular sol
diers, most of them veterans, are avail
able at a fortnight's notice, and 100,000
would be ready In another two weeks.
The United States is supposed to have
no more than 50,000 men at command.
The military strength of the army of
any nation is not to be judged by the
mere count of a few tbousanda one
way or the other, but by its condition
of "fitness," as the English say, and
in this light the facts concerning Gen.
Porfirio Diaz's very capable military
support are worth knowing.
The importance of this, In the light
of the attitude of the Mexican govern
ment to the Monroe doctrine, is not to
be too highly estimated. Were the
United States called upon some morn
ing to make the long-expected stand of
force In defense of that doctrine the
strongest support which it would get
In North or South America would come
from the republic beyond the ' Rio
Grande, which has been taking strides
to the fore as a power In the last ten
years. President Diaz, In his message
to Congress six years ago, pledged
himself and ministry to the unquali
fied support of the policy that forbade
further territorial aggression by Old
World powers in western continents.
It is a long look to the fore to behold
in Canada, British Honduras, Guiana,
Jamaica, etc., sovereign states, but
that so great a man as Porfirio Diaz
should look for this gives an ade
quate conception of his attitude in
case the Monroe doctrine was tested.
Should it ever be, that hard-riding,
straight-shooting and fearless corps,
the rurales of Mexico, would win the
admiration of the world. How much
It behooves those most interested in
this country's welfare to take these
things Into account. Denver Republi
can. Justice In Old Kentucky.
The attorney for the prosecution:
"Did you hear the prisoner declare
he would kill the deceased?" ,
The witness: "Your honor, must I
answer questions that would ' imperil
my personal safety?"
The judge: "You must answer the
present question."
The witness: "Your honor, I throw
myself on the court. I am a married
man and have a family depending on
me. If I answer the question in the
affirmative I'm as good as dead."
The judge: "What would you have
the court do?"
The witness: "I ask the court's pro
tection. I want every man in the court
room disarmed."
The judge: "Bailiff, disarm the per
sons in this auditorium. Here, take
my gun first."
The witness: "I want a gatling gun
stationed in the courtyard, and a com
pany of mounted sharpshooters about
the court house door."
The judge: "Bailiff, attend to the
details mentioned by the witness, and
at once."
The witness: "Thank you, judge.
And now just one" other thing. Let
me breathe my answer into your hon
orable ear."
The judge. "Very well, witness.
Step up and let's have it." The wit
ness steps up and whispers to the
judge. The latter nods. The witness
whispers again. This time the judge
shakes his head.
The witness : "Thank you, your hon
or." The judge: "Resume your seat. The
court is satisfied. Let the trial pro
ceed." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
r Not Cp to the Part.
Except in times of war the soldier is
pcpularly supposed to lead an idle life,
barring a bit of drill. Really he must
be an actor in addition to his more
martial qualifications. How many
persons could stand for hours and
hours immovable, as the guards did
who watched Queen Victoria's coffin?
The requisites of the "brave sojer
man" appear" in a 6tory of a drill
master who was putting a raw com
pany through the exercises of a funer
al service. He had them drawn up
with their arms reversed, and then he
said: .,,. .
- "Now, -111- be the hearse."
So he marched solemnly down the
line at a slow pace. Turning his eyes
to the side to see how his men were
behaving, he stopped suddenly and
roared:
"Can't you men put on an expression
of regret?" .
Modern Tran elation.
A West Philadelphia Sunday school
teacher has a class of a dozen small
boys, ranging In their ages from 6 to
8 years. Not long ago the lesson was
from the twenty-second chapter of
Genesis, upon the temptation of Abra
ham to offer Isaac for a sacrifice. The
teacher told them In as simple lan
guage as possible the story of the go
ing into the mountain and the prepara
tion for the sacrifice, and when all was
ready she explained that Abraham saw
a kid caught hi the bushes and took
that and killed it .
There was an awed silence for a
moment when she had finished and
when one little lad gasped, with eyes
wide with horror:
"A 'kid!', What, a boy?" Philadel
phia Press.
- Teaching Them a Lesson.
"One of our cars ran over another
man last night," announced the super
intendent of the tramway. ' v .
"Well," replied the manager, "after
a while the people will learn that the
only safe place 4s aboard the car."
London Tit-Bits. ' -
Proof of Waning Affection.
"My husband lias ceased " to love
me.
. "How do you know? - - , .
"I can't make him miserable any
more." Smart Set.
' Strength of the Mormon Church.
The church of" "Latter Day Saints
(Mormon), now in the seventieth year,
baa- soma 400.000 adherents.
CATARRH DESTROYS THE KIDNEYS!
- " . ' ' 1
Was Miserable Could Not Stand Up or
Walk Pe-ru-na Cured
Many Persons Have Ca
tarrh and Don't
Know It.
Mr. James M. Powell,
633 Trooet street, Kansas
City, Mo., vice grand of I.
O. O. F., of Cherryville,
Kan., writes:
"About four years ago I
suffered with a severe ca
tarrh of the bladder, which
caused continued irritation
and pain. I was miserable
and could not stand up or
walk for any length of
time without extreme
weariness and pain. 1 be
gan taking Peruna and it
greatly relieved me, and in
eleven weeks I was com
pletely cured and felt like
a new man." James M.
Powell.
Hundreds of Dollars Spent
in Vain.
Mr. Cyrus Hershman,
Sheridan, Ind., writes: .
"Two years ago I was a
sick man. Catarrh had
settled in the pelvic organs.
making life a burden and giving me
little hope of recovery. I spent hun
dreds of dollars in medicine which did
me no good. I was persuaded by a
friend to try Peruna. I took it two
weeks without much improvement, but
I kept on with it and soon began to get
well and strong very fast. Within two
nonths I was cured, and have been
well ever since. I am a strong advo
cate of Peruna." C. Hershman.
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys,
liver and other pelvic organs, simply
because it cures catarrh wherever lo-
Fit for That Only.
Si Slocum Josh Medders is back
from New York, an'- b'gosh, he's got
money to burn.
Hi Korntop Gosh! Dew tell?
Si Slocum Yaas; he bought $5,000
worth o' stuff for $150.
A Cheerful Ontlook.
'Guest- Here, waiter. Has my bill
been made out yet?
Waiter No, not yet. The proprie
tor says that his ideas seem to come
very slowly today.
Mothers will find Mrs. WlnBlow'n Soothing
riyrup the best remedy to use for their children
the teething season.
Movement of Trolley Cars.
The trolley car is not drawn or
pushed by the electric current at all,
but is lifted again and again by the at
traction of magnets 'for the armature
coils of the motor.
PITA Permanently Cured. Wo fits or nervousness
II 10 afterflrstday'suseofDr.Kline'sGreatNerve
Restorer. Send for Free 2 trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. B. H. Kline, Ltd.. 931 Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Real Thing.
"What game have you today?"
asked the half-starved Eastern man, as
he registered at an Arizona hotel.
"Seven-up and poker, sir" replied
the proprietor, as he extended the glad
hand. Chicago News.
SalUe and Willie.
"I notice, Willie, that berries are
becoming pretty plentiful upon the
market."
"Yes, Sallie, and they will remain
more plentiful upon the market than
upon our table until the price gets
smaller and the boxes get larger."
Boiler Monthly.
lire
Eating Ulcers,
Nothing: is a source of so much
larly when located upon the lower extremities where the circulation is weak
and sluggish. A gangrenous eating ulcer upon the leg is a frightful sight,
and as the poison burrows deeper and deeper into the tissue beneath and the
sore continues to spread, one can almost see the flesh melting away and feel
the strength going out with the sickening discharges. Great running sores
and deep offensive ulcers often develop from a. simple boil, swollen gland,
bruise or pimple, and are a threatening danger always, because, while all
such sores are not cancerous, a great many are, and this should make you
suspicious of all chronic, slow-healing ulcers and sores, particularly if can
cer runs in your family. Face sores are common and cause the greatest
annoyance Decause tney are so per
sistent and unsightly and detract so
much from one's personal appearance.
Middle aged and old people and
those whose blood is contaminated and
tainted with the germs and poison of
malaria or some previous sickness, are
the chief sufferers from chronic sores
and ulcers. While the blood remains in
an unhealthy, polluted condition heal
ing is impossible, and the sore will
continue to grow and spread in spite of
washes and salves or any superficial or
surface treatment, for tie sore is but
the outward sign of some constitu
tional, disorder, a bad condition of
the blood' and system which local
remedies cannot cure. A blood purifier
and tonic is what von need. Some
thing to cleanse the blood, restore its lost properties, quicken the circula
tion and invigorate , the constitution, and S. S. S. is just such a remedy.
S. S. S. reaches these old chronic sores through the blood. It goes to
the very root of the trouble and counteracts and removes from the blood all
the impurities and poisons, and gradually builds up the entire system and
strengthens the sluggish circulation, and when the blood has been purified
e J. BBns
purifier and tonic combined and a safe and permanent cure for chronic sores
and ulcers. If you have a slow-healing sore of any kind, external or internal,
write us about it, and our physicians will advise you without charge. Book
on "The Blood and Its Diseases" free.
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cated. No other systematic catarrh
remedy has as yet been devised. In
sist upon having . Peruna. There are
no medicines that can be substituted.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru
na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his val
uable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
No Trick at AIL
"She thinks she is capable of presid
ing over a home of her own."
"And she can, too, under the right
conditions. Why, any girl can do it if
she only has capable and well trained
servants and a husband with plenty of
money. Presiding over a ' home' that
other people make isn't nearly bo hard
as making one yourself." Chicago
Post.
LOWEST RATES
To Chicago, Dubuque and the
East; to Des Moines, Kansas City and
the Southeast, via Chicago Great West
ern railway. Electric lighted trains.
Unequalled service. Write to J. P.
Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, for informa
tion. Making Slow Progress.
The German Antarctic expedition in
the Gauss has reached the Cape of
Good Hope after nearly two years of
effort. Every previous well-fitted ex
pedition has penetrated farther south
than it. '
For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure
for Consumption. It is a good cough
medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents.
Terrible Case.
"They say Underwood baffled six
physicians."
"Must have been a terrible case." "
"It was. Although they took him
to court they could never collect a
cent."
Volcanoes.
There are about 350 volcanoes on this
earth that have performed in modern
times. There are many hundreds
more that have long been extinct.
me sores
A Constant Drain
Upon the System.
trouble as an old sore or ulcer, particu
SORES ON BOTH ANKLES.
Gentlemen : About ten years aco a
small aore came on eaoh of my ankles.
Sev got Into the places and they be
came large, eating ulcers, and. I suf
fered Intensely for nearly ten years.
I had spent more than S50O.00 try
ing to get well when I chanced to
see S. S. S. advertised in a Memphis
paper. I began to take It and waa
cored. My limbs have never been
ore or given me any pain at all
ainoe. X have recommended S. S. S.
to a great many people, and am now
giving it to my nine-year-old son for
Xczema. During my long sickness I
was living near Memphis, Tenn., but
have since romoved to Kansas City,
and am now residing at Ho. 614
East Sixteenth Street.
- Sirs. B. A. HABBXS.
Kansas City, Ho. .
and tne system purgea 01 ait morDia,
unhealthy matter the healing process
begins, and the ulcer or sore is soon
entirely gone. '
S. S. S. contains no mineral or poison
ous drugs of any description, but is guar
anteed a purely vegetable remedy, a blood
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AVARICIOUS AND FILTHY.
Soame Queer Characteristic ". of the
Abresiuiana.
The recent murder near the sources
f the Blue Nile of M. Dubois De
saulle, a French correspondent accom
panying the McMillan expedition, has
turned the eyes of the world toward
half -Christian, half -pagan Atyssinia,
by some of whose people the murder
was committed. The McMillan expedi
tion Is to learn how much of the Blue
Nile Is navigable, so that, with the
opening of the British built canal
around the Second Cataract of the Nile
in Egypt, the rich agricultural and
mineral products of central Abyssinia
may be floated down to the Mediterra
nean. As the head of the expedition
is a St. Louis man, and his present
position is not without grave danger,
Washington, as well as Paris, is Inter
ested. ' '
The dlsastrou dereat of Italy some
time ago at the hands of King Menelik
has warned Caucasian nations that the
Abyssinian is not to be trifled with.
Dwelling on a broad table land some
5,000 feet above the Red Sea, which lies
to the eastward, and possessing a coun
try as large as the States of New York
and California combined, the Abyssin
ian has great natural advantages over
an Invading foe. Normally a coward,
he can be aroused to a high pitch of
ferocity, and fights with much the
same frenzy as his Mahometan neigh
bor on the seacoast, the Somaliman.
Diplomacy, therefore, Is often far
more potent in vanquishing the Abys
sinian than gunpowder. He is su
premely volatile. Quick to anger, be is
quicker to forglve and forget. Catch
him In the right mood, and one may
bend him to his will. This mercurial
temperament crops out in a hundred
various ways. In birth, marriage, and
even death, the Abyssinian betrays his
fickle nature.
A husband who can afford the ex-
pet so is thus continually adding to his
household of wives. As soon as his fa
vorite begins to pall on him he deposes
her for another. The new wife rules
the bouse, dictates orders to the other
'wives, who, strange as it may seem,
obey her without open remonstrance.
If any of the former favorites ever
cared for their lord they soon cease to
be jealous of his affections. They know,
too, that the time will surely come
when they will be turned out into the
' streets to look for another master.
The custom of discarding wives at
random has practically destroyed the
Abysslnian's Idea of morality. Though
devout In observing the mere forms of
Christianity, In fasting nearly two
thirds of the year, yet his social life is
deeply debased. Chastity is said to be
practically unknown. The word frater
nity does not belong to the language.
Avarice Is one of the besetting sins of
Abyssinia, and the saying is a common
one even among his own race: "If he
can't get more, an Abyssinian will sell
his soul for a farthing."
The fascination of jewelry and beads
Is so irresistible to the native women
that they hesitate at nothing to gain
such coveted trinkets. A nian will ask
a stranger not only for money but the
cloak on his back or the shoes on his
feet. When a child Is born, and
stretches out Its tiny hand, its mother
boasts to her neighbors that It is al
ready asking for a present. One chief,
after coveting almost everything valu
able in his province, and obtaining the
most that he wanted by command or
seizure, died with these words on his
lips: '
"Bury me near the track of the great
caravan, so my spirit can make the
merchants pay me toll."
The Abysslnian's pleasure in gloat
ing over his treasures is aimost as in
tense as his desire to possess them. It
is for this reason that he must see and
fondle a gift, on receiving one. When
a chief is presented by his subjects
with sheep, goats, swine or cows, the
animals are always brought into his
round mud house, so that he can' pat
their sides and admire them. It mat
ters little how much the beasts may
defile his abode. The Abyssinian prac
tlcally has little love for cleanliness. ;
And thus the subjects of Menelik, de
spite the aspirations of this monarch
himself to learn and introduce into his
kingdom western ideas and customs,
live in indescribable squalor. In the
morning an Abyssinian will rub his
eyes with a dry cloth, and then labori
ously "do up his hair," in which he
takes an inordinate pride. It grows so
luxuriantly that he is able to sleep on
a wooden pillow with perfect serenity.
After untangling a few of its snarls he
soaks the mop with melted butter and
then combs It into fantastic shapes. In
his love for a change he seeks to ar
range his locks a new way every morn
ing. Next to his boast that he can be the
worst enemy, the Abyssinian warrior
claims he is at times the most hospi
table friend. Besides spreading a ta
ble for his guests, this African host
goes so far as to feed the banqueters
with his own hand. There are no chairs
In Abyssinia, and so the diners squat
fin the grass-covered floor, with the ta
ble just high enough to be free or tneir
knees. The host rolls up a ball of
dough, dips it In some honey, and then
Dushes it Into the distended mouth oi
his chief guest.' Often the ball is too
large, and In this .case the host liter
ally Jams the morsel down the ban
queter's throat Be then feeds the
other guests the same way, and then
all feed one another.
If you are In love, talk about it to
the object of your affection, but to no
other persoa.
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