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Yankee Fodder. Senator Hoar used to tell with glee of a Southerner just home from New England who said to his friend: "You know those little white round beans?" "Yes," replied the friend; "the kind we feed to our horses?" "The very same. Well, do you know sir, that in Boston the enlightened citizens take those little white round beans, boil them for three or foui hours, mix them with molasses and know not what other ingredients, bake them, and then what do you suppose they do with the beans?" "They" "They eat 'em, sir," interrupted th( first Southerner, impressively; "bless me, sir, they eat 'em!" Christian Reg ister. Liquid Evidence. A publican was prosecuted for sell ing a bottle of whisky during prohibi tion hours. A bottle of whisky was produced as evidence. The jury heard the evidence and re tired to the jury room. They present ly returned. "My lord," said the foreman, "tho jury is quite satisfied as to the sale of the bottle, but they are not sure of its contents. May they have the bottle to satisfy themselves?" "Certainly," declared the judge. "Well, gentlemen, have you reached a decision?" asked the judge. "No case, my lord," said the fore man. "There was not enough evidence to go round." London Answers. Ever Notice? "They've got one thing absolutely standardized." "What is that?" "The speaking voice of the sou brette. They all talk alike." Louis ville Courier-Journal. THE YALYELESS PUMP Mora Water Lew Horsepower. Less Cast, Most Efficient for Irritation, Mining, Fire Protection and Domestic Uses. Small, Light, Powerful. No Valves. No Plungers. No Cylin ders. Destructive High Speeds Eliminated. Pump Runs on Low 'Speed. Will Pump Water and Air Simul taneously. Will Pump boiling water. Has rec ord for vertical suction Lift of S3.6 feet. Can be Installed by Anyone. Impossible to Make a Mistake. Delivers More Water, with far Lass Horsepower, than Any Pump Known. No Priming Required at Any Reasonable Suction. Write for Catalog. Price, and Testimonial, before yoa buy. THE VALVLESS PUMP CO., 8th Floor Title Trust Blag., Portland, Ore. P. N, U. No. 25, 1916 YHEN writlBS to WrortiMn, Uw mh Ship S1 V 2? '-.I mrn r nrl.roxixi .rrTTinrnin.Timi itll , n r m .imnm .rrrnTn -n-mn i TH DRt55to toh THj3 Fiji ieutudurB me rHlai li able for many reasons, among others the fact that while they were cannibals 50 years ago and made it a practice to kill their captives and eat their flesh, now they are devout churchgoers. Having been Christianized, nominally at least, doubtless they are entitled to be called civilized also, but the fact remains that many of their old habits and customs are as strong as ever, although their general way of living has been com pletely changed and cannibal forks are no longer in use, writes Edward Far rlngton to Grit. These peculiar forks are still to be found, however, and it is whispered that modern reproductions are being made to sell to shuddering and unsuspicious tourists. They are made of wood, with round handles and long prongs. In the old days ordinary moat was eaten with tho fingers, but there was a superstition that it was bad luck to touch human ilesh with the hands after it had been roasted. The men of the Fiji Islands take ex ceeding pride in their hair, which is allowed to grow very long and is usu ally very thick. Although the enor mous mops of hair worn by the war riors of cannibalistic days are no long er to be seen, being considered as a relic of heathenism, long hair is dis tinctly popular and it is regularly dip ped in coral lime, which makes it as ft 7f ' 4f CRovr. or traveler'tsus white as though powdered for several days, after which it takes on a shade varying from warm red to tawny yel low. There are two reasons for this custom; it is the fashion and it keeps the hair free from tiny creatures not to be mentioned in polite society. Oil Is also rubbed into the hair and when the barbering haa been completed the heavy locks stick out from the head in all directions, looking like a great red or yellow aureole. How the Natives Dress. On ordinary occasions the Fijians of both sexes dress lightly. On certain ceremonial occasions, however, rolls of cloth many yards long are wrapped around the body until walking 1b made difficult. Cloth obtained from the white people is made use of somewhat, but the natives make a durable cloth from the inner bark of trees, which is hammered thin and often dyed. Some times the only clothing consists of a fringe of leaves and the children wear nothing at all. The chief business of Fiji is sugar growing and there are thousands of acres in sugar plantations, but the work is under the supervision of white men and the actual labor is performed by coolies It is difficult to get the Fijians to work hard or for more than a few daj-s at a time. They live in a very simple fashion and have few wants. The houses are made of thatch, are rather high posted for the sake of coolness arid contain a single room. There are no beds nor chairs, but great piles of mats on which the Fijians sit and sleep. national dance, More than one Bailor whoBe ship haa touched at Suva, the principal seaport of Fiji, has had a very peculiar expert ence. On going ashore be has quite naturally indulged in the beverage ol the islands, a drink called yangona and sometimes kava. When he has endeavored to return to his ship a lit tle later, he has found to his immeasur able surprise that ho has no command of his legs. His brain is as clear as it ever was. He is in a mental con ditlon to talk rationally on any sub ject, but he cannot walk. That is the way yangona acts. It is said that one Englishman was found after nightfall with his head buried in a thick shrub by the side of the road and lustily call' ing for help. He was perfectly con- scious of his unpleasant predicament but was unable to move. Immense quantities of yangona are consumed by the natives. Few white people like the taste at first, but it is considered refreshing on a hot day and it is so pleasantly stimulating that many Euro peans in Fiji drink it habitually. Making Yangona. Yangona is brewed on all festal oc casions as a matter of course. A great wooden bowl with four legs is used for the purpose. Usually it is beautifully polished from long usage and has a purple bloom like that of the grape, tho yangona root, whicH come8 from a plant growing freely all over the is- lands, is brought in when all is ready and publicly scraped and cleaned, Then it is cut into small pieces and grated into the great bowl. In olden times it was customary to have the root prepared by chewing rather than by grating. Several young men or pretty girls were given pieces of tha root and bidden chew them until larga lumps of white fiber had been obtained. The operation required some time and the chewers frequently washed out their mouths with fresh water. It is contended even yet by many people In Fiji that yangona prepared by the chewing process is much preferable to that obtained by grating, so far as the flavor is concerned. The second process is adding tha water, which is poured over the roota in the bowl, after which it Is wrung out through a piece of hybiscus fiber, which is like fine netting. The yellow ish fluid which is thus produced tastes like rhubarb and magnesia. In spite of the fact that they follow the practices of the Christian church, some being Methodists, some Advent ists and some Catholics, many of the old-time rites are still persisted in. Perhaps the most interesting as well as the most remarkable is that found on the Island of Beqa, one of the Fiji group, where the natives walk bare footed on stones so hot that they glow. Although the statement was long ques tioned, the fact has been established that there is no Jugglery about this rite, although nobody can explain why the feet of the firewalkers, as they are called, are no, terribly burned. I MARY GRAHAM BONNER tvfthMr tm rot AvrvuKW FAIRY AND KANGAROO. "I must tell you a story tonight," commenced daddy, "of the sick kan garoo in the zoo. "To tell the truth the kangaroo wasn't sick at all. He simply thought he was but he succeeded in making the keeper think so to. This pleased the kangaroo as all he really wanted was to have a fuss made over him. ' "The strange thing about . his ill ness was that the keeper couldn't imagine what was tho matter with the kangaroo. He had a perfectly good appetite for he couldn't give up eat ing Just to pretend he was sick, for really and truly he knew he was Just 'pretending.' "Now, this puzzled the keeper, but he thought there must be some kan garoo sickness where the animal could still eat, and yet be far from well. "The keeper became so worried over the kangaroo's strange sickness that at night he would get up to see if the kangaroo was asleep. Every time he went to look, the kangaroo was sound, sound asleep, breathing very quietly. The keeper thought to himself that this must be a good sign, for if he happened to be suffering from Indi gestion he would certainly be moan ing and having bad dreams. Finally the keeper decided the kangaroo must have heart failure. "The next day the keeper sent for the doctor and the doctor examined the kangaroo's heart. He said that it was one of the strongest hearts that he had ever examined, And the keep er was still more puzzled. "The kangaroo used to sit for hours and hours Just playing with his tail. Sometimes he would think it was time to show how badly he felt by crying. So he would first look as if he was just being able to keep back the tears, and then he would act as if he could keep it up no longer and would shake with sobs. "Now this kangaroo had always been spoilt by his mother. When he was very, very young he could always have everything he wanted, so noth ing was ever really a big treat. "He always got sick at parties be cause be ate too much, and his moth er would never stop htm, and on holi days he always was allowed to turn things topsy-turvy. "But during this pretended sickness of the kangaroo his family were the only ones not worried about him. The keeper couldn't imagine whether it Then the Kangaroo Set Up a Howling. was because they had grown tired of his meanings, or whether the kanga roo was only pretending to be sick. For such queer actions he had never seen before, as most animals he had s?en were so brave when they were sick, and never made a fuss when they were not sick at all. "The kangaroo was just spoilt though there were no two ways about it but one day when the ani mals were all to be given a special treat, little Fairy Silver Wings, who had heard cf the kangaroo's sickness, whispered to the other animals to leave him behind to twist his tail and inoanj while they had their game of ball. . "Then the kangaroo set up a howl ing such as never had been heard in animal land, for he didn't want to miss a party Just as Fairy Silver Wings had said, so when they all thought he had learned a good lesson they went back for him. How ashamed he was when the animals at first snubbed him, but he never made a fuss again, for he had had a great fright that he was going to miss a party through his foolishness." RECIPE FOR PICTURE PASTE Formula Given for Making Mixture That la Inexpensive and Will Keep Indefinitely. What child does not like to cut out pictures and paste them? Here is an inexpensive paste that will keep In definitely. 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But there are still some hog ship pers who try to market their crops with a club and the result hits them in just the same place that it would the apple raiser the pocketbook. It is the club users, the kickers, and the men in too big a hurry that send bruised and crippled hogs to the mar ket, and those bruised and crippled hogs are the cause of lower prices for the men who put their time and their money into them. Hogs are slower in summer than in winter because of the heat. Patience is needed in their handling if the best prices are to be secured for them, be cause the buyers insist that the ani mals must be in first-class condition when received. There are a number of "don'ts" that can be observed with- profit at the present time. Just a few of them fol low : Don't drive hogs too rapidly. Don't be in too big a hurry to load. Start In time. Don't lose patience. Don't forget that a bruised or crip pled hog hits the shipper s pocketbook. 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