Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1895, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 15 HOUSE OF THE LORD Dedication Tomorrow of the Church of Our Savior. ———— BROOKLAND’S NEW SANCTUARY ee Successful History of a Young and Growing Mission. CHILD OF ROCK CREEK The second church to be erected in Brookland will he dedicated tomorrow. is that of the Ep It ‘opal congregation, and will be Known as the Church of Our Savior. corner stone was laid on the 31st of March last, and these who have had the construction in charge are much gratified at the rapid progress made by the tractBr. Crowe, the rector of indefatigable in h dedicatory services Brookland P. Charch. worthy the eccasion, and is confident that he has been successful. The first service will be at 11 o'clock a. m., and the sermon will be preached by Rev. James A. Buck, rector of Rock Creek parish, who ha shown a most active interest in the of this Brookland congregation, bi commenced as a mission of his and may Yherefore be called a child of Reek Creek. The sermon will be followed by jebration of holy com- munion. A vested choir, under the leader- ship of Mr. Guy Car il be introduced, the girls ard young ladies wearing black capes and Puritan collars and cv the Oxford cap or mortar-board. and men will wear the cotta and cassock. ere will be a choral evening service at Zoclock. , History ef the C The Church of Our Savior, which started as a mission of Rock: Creek Church, was founded in 1802 by Mrs. Green Clay Good- loe, earried on for a while, and then dis- continued. The work was then taken up in June, 1893, under the name of St. Clem- ent Mission, When a number of communi- \eants of the Epigco- pal Church met’ at the residence of Mr. Thomas G. Carmick, and decided to rent the town hall for a year, in which to hold services, the clergymen to be se- cured from the dif- Rev. J. T. Crowe. ferent churches in Washington. Among those who officiated under this arrangement were Rev. Dr. Gibson, Dean Howell and Rev. Dr. Dolloway. The latter was in charge of the m'ssion for quite a length of time. Gocd work was done both by the congregation and the Sunday school during Dr. Dolloway's ministrations. In June, 184, the present rector, Rev. John T. Crowe, was given temporary work in this fielt by Bishop Paret, and at the spe- cial request of those in whose behalf he labored he decided last September to ac- e for a longer period. M is a pative of Baltimore, and was i at Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y 1 theold hop Paret in the Maryland theological class and also at the Theological Seminary New York Mr. Crowe i and able ical preacher, a tive to his congregation, and by his kindly walk has endeared him- self to the community at large, as well as to the people of his charge. Whence Came Gifts. From the very first the most earnest ef- forts were made procure funds for a church buildirg and to have an independent parish. ‘The first denation of any consider- able importance was on the first Sunday in ent, the first day of the Protestant opal year, after Rev. Mr. Crowe had preached a most appropriate and effective ion from the text, “The day is at It was then that the congregation ved from Major and Mrs. Green Clay Goodlo¢é the gift of the lot of ground upon which the presi i erected. Messrs. Donn & Peter, archite of Washington, drew the plans, and Messrs. Burgess & Whiteside of Brookland did the practical work of construction. The building com- Mittee consisted of Rev. J: T. Crowe as chairman, ev. James A. Buck, ex- officio, Messrs. P. Armstrong. Edward Baldwin, H. Small, sr., ard Dr. Hy J. Penrod, with the fellowing ladies in chatge of the interior decorations: Mrs. Green Clay h, cept the cha Crowe Goodloe, Mrs. Jere Johnson, Mrs. Mary Burr, Mrs. Stalee, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Nor- ton, Mrs. Gaines, iss Bessie Baldwin, Miss Els! yder and Miss Nannie Small. Description of the Edifice. ‘The new building is at the corner of Con- ord and h streets. The e is a beau- tiful one, being a commanding knoll and quite central in position. The structure ts of press brick, 2S feet wide and 65 feet long, with a tru roof, and is of the Gothic style of architecture. The chancel fs 21 feet deep, including the altar and the choir On the there is ror The interior wi people. Mr. Wm. Br: donated the corner s March from t mt Church. The three chancel winde are opalescent glass, were the gi lloe. The altar is the gift of Church, Washingt e¢, the church has bee of many handsome presents and . The church will cost in the borhood of $4.4), although nesrly ev- erything in the interior has been donated by rested in the progress of the > congregation have raised $2,000, he Parent Church. Rock Creek . of which this Brook- land church is a oot, was founded in ; George. In 1 echureh of Prince George, but a timbe limits all of pn, Mont- vinty and ter portion of first chur must have and the embrac Washin gon the gre Prin ty. The building been cause in nd the bri which form the walls of the present build- brought a war. years s hav m of service no’ comprise ‘8. Mr. Buek con- Biders the church yard, which, when he took charge, consisted of only one acre, and Was a sodly neglected spot, to be now the Most beautiful plat of ground on the globe, at Rock Creek he has ngle gloomy moment. He in- gists that the beautiful graveyard which surrounds hiva is not a cemetery, but a church yard, and he loves it as such. Dr. own a Cs sal Buck has three missions attached to Rock Creek parish, namely, Le Droit Park Mis-, sion, under the Rev. Mr. Mott; Washington’ Heights mission, Rev. R. S. Howell in charge, and the Church of Our Savior at Brookland, Rev. John T. Crowe, rector. ge CREMATE THEIR DEAD. ‘The Custom as Observed Among the Mojave Indians. ‘That the cremation of the human body is of greatest antiquity is abundantly prov- ed by the fact that it exists among the Mojave Indians. This tribe is, without doubt, the wildest and most uncivilized of all the red men of America. They have belled always against the arts of the whites, and today, taken in thelr entirety, they are as isolated as they were when the followers of Cortez first penetrated New Mexico and Arizona. From many charac- teristics they can be traced to a close af- finity with the great and warlike Apaches. ‘The men are magnificent specimens of phys- ical development—being on an average over six feet and finely proportioned. In- tellectually they are naturally superior to ne'ghhors, They are without belief reme Being. Some trace of the Py gorean doctrine of transmigration of the soul was imbibed from a remote tradi- tlon. believe that when a Mojave dies S spirit or soul enters into the body of a wild animal, which haunts the hab tion ef men and prowls, especiaily during the time of the full moon, “re vil- lages. The howlings of this animal are Estened to with the closest attention. The leaders really seem to believe that they understand the language of this animgl. To them {t means certain instruct‘ons 4o perform those things that the deceased left urdone. They, in consequence, impress upon the younger members of the tribe that if these §3 are left undone dire calamities will supervere. They are cremationists, and burn all their dead, together with their ponies,shcep ether personal property. A hole is @ug in the ground of about seven fect in length and three in width. In depth it is generally two feet. It is then filled with dry wood, and the corpse, wrapped in a blanket, is placed upon the pyre. More wood is then added. After all is finally arranged the wood is ignited. Hired mourn- ers dance around the burning pile, and their lamentations are most discordant. After becoming completely exhausted the: places are taken by others, while tho: who have been succeeded gorge themselves h roasted horse meat cut from the ponies which had been added to the pyre. ‘This continues till the body ts entirely ¢o: sumed. The ashes are never collected, but the place of incineration is ever held sacred. y When the Pacific railroad was completed to the town of Needles, southern California, the Mojaves occupied its present site. The bridge over the Colorado river had not been fully completed, and the men engaged upon its construction were the toughest char- acters of a generally tough community. A cert Mojave having more curiosity than discretion visited the camp and partook freely of su-catled firewater. This caused him to become an ardent seeker after trouble, which he had little difficuliy in finding. On ‘the following night he was cremated amidst all the weird surround- ings attendant upon such ceremonies. This t cremation by the Mojaves ver witnessed by a white man. Since that time the continual enero: ment of civili- zation has driven them ther and farther into the deserts of Arizona and southern California. The Mojaves are the most superstitious of peoples. If the Colorado river is full and an overflow is threatened, they fashion an idol out of clay, and set it up in their huts. Their faith is of that unreasoning kind as to invest the idol with the power to prevent damage to their property. They are only driven away after their dwellings have become completely submerged. These Indians are fast becoming extinct, and in a few years they will cease to be known to man. _————— HE CAN COOK. Ex-Representative Cable Has Sub- stantial Fame os a Cook. Ben T. Cable, late Representative from the Rock Islard district, Mlinols, with all his money and his business Interests, finds time to be the best cook of the Alibi Club, an organization based on the chafing dish and what may be done with it, and where every member has his cook’3s cap and apron, and dees daily such deeds with his stew pan or skillet as to his appetite seem best 1 me Cable is by odds the best cook of the club, and when he dons cap and apron the rest gather about the Cable chafing d'sh to observe the art of cooking in its highest development. Whenevi Cable's business or pleasure tock kim abroad he made it a point to discover new dishes, and kew to compound them. He now does food miracles in Spat ish, Italian, French, Scotch, Irish, man a: At odd hours ot Russian, Island Cable has bestowed much pains and itchen jear f that burg, and taught tat lick ny mysteries. much looked up to and admired for ais stew-pan . Iiecentiy sundry citizens of Rock Is- land, a ‘Star writer was told, were refrosh- t this hostelry. The res- was looking io their wan7s In person. Cable was not present, and the talk happening to turn oa young meu who are born rich, one of the gentlemen said that it was generally a great misfortune to a young man to be wealthy at ie start “If he should lose it,” quoth the philoso- pher, “there's nothing he can turn to. Rich young men, undriven by need, sel- dom, if ever, learn either trade or profes- sion. When they lose their money they are Lelpless. Now, take Cable, for example, with ail his energy, and know-how, and go: if he were suddenly made poor what could he do?” ‘The restauranter could not stand silent. “What covid he do?” he cried. “ Cable could get $100 a week as chef in first-class hotel in the country. I'd give him that amount myself.” sees ese ABOUT SALESWOME! taurant man Two Side» When the Question of Po- liteness Is Raixed. Press. 1 a@ current magazine is not nout some good points for, shopping women. It is on the saléswomen of the great stores, a class between whom and its natural complement, the women shoppers, there is often a great antagonism. Mark Twain, in a recent interview, en- the American people to do more protesting against the rampant incivility and ungraci of the clerking world. He cite: ¢ of a mild-mannered wo- man civilly accosting a saleswoman, to ited and grudgingly served equent manrer of her kind, the patient customer accepting it all as part of the process of buying. On the other hand, ail shoppers are rot mild man- rered, not even just and re: hen it is that che saleswoman sui er plac In ene the article > strolling o walk about in shops with no intent to called in “saleslady” vernac- rated. One of them stopped woke to the girl in attend- er a moment's sia unter, FS tation. tor chanced to be y anil asked what she wanted. Tie plained that she had merely priced had not intended ut of sorts, perhaps, from . replied: “Oh, L guess she heught something if you had ittle more interest im her. I > want snen people as you you ge to the offive and get your icle and m he, o buying, so the idle curiosity of a © had no special interest in the price she had asked had cost > girl her = Another pomt fer customers to be con- siverate of is to return to the same clerk who previously served them, when the pur- chase is it made cn the first visit. It ts obviously unfair that the cne who display- ed the goods and consumed valuable time up to the sale should net have the benetit of it when it is finally made. jeswomen are rated by the firm to the books they make up, it is most important to them that they get all the ercdit to which they are entitled. Shoppiag wemen can afford to be gener- ous, for the balonce ef power is tremend- ously in their or. The condition is a good deal like matrimony, where bear and forbear is the only golden rule. FOR DYSPEPSIA Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. LEE W. BATTLE, Durham, N. €., says “I recommend it very much to dyspeptics, after meals, with good resuits.” ON BOARD SHIP The Housekeeping Arrangements on a Man-of-War. SOMETHING ABOUT THE MESSES The Table. Expenses Are Paid by the Officers. ENTERTAINING VISITORS a Writtes Exclusively fo: The Evening Star. ' oO YOU OF THE i land who have plenty of room for all the various departments ef your housekeeping affairs, it may be in- terestng to know how the several hun- dred people crowded beneath the decks of a big = man-o’-war manage to exist com- fortably in the ccn- tracted space allow- ed. Generally well forward on the gun deck there is the gal- ley, on which all the cooking for the offi- cers and men is done. This galley ts a large range fastened down to the deck with iron straps, and from early morning till sundown it is surrounded by the cooks, preparing and cooking the food for the various ‘‘messes,”’ or different tables aboaft the ship. If it be a flagship, that is, one bearing an admiral in command of a fleet or station, the first mess in importance is a steward, a cook and a boy. He may eat alone in his cabin or have the captain and members of his staff with him; then comes the captain’s mess in his separate cabin, with the same complement of servants. Next we go down into the ward room, where the fifteen or twenty watch officers, engineer officers, paymasters, doctors, chap- lain and marine officer are all together in a big mess, with a steward, a cook and five or six servants or ward room hoys, as they are called aboard ship. In this mess one of the officers is elected caterer, and has general supervision of everything pertaining to it—the general di- rection of the steward and boys and of the menu, and the grumblings of the discon- tented members are directed against this official. Contrary to the general idea of the ivil- jan who visits the skip, the officers are not furnished everything by the government, but must pay for all their food from their monthly pay, and the caterer becomes the treasurer of these payments from all the officers. Of course the stewards, cooks and boys are regularly enlisted in the serv- ice and ail hoid minor fighting stations, at which they regularly drill, but every mouthful of food is bought by the officers themselves. The Steward and His Duties. Until quite recently the officers of the messes were required to buy their own kitchen utensils and dishes, glassware and tableware, but these are now furnished by the government, leaving the officers only the napery to buy. The steward is intrusted with the duty of buying the daily provisions for the mess and seeing that the cook prepares them properly and that the boys serve therh well. iis vaiue depends upon his knowledge of marketing, cooking and the discipline he has among the boys, and last, but far from least, upon his honesty, for in a large mess he may handle hundreds of dollars in a month. The duties of the boys, besides serving the oificers at meals, consist in keeping all the state rooms in order, as well as the mess rooms. The stewards are generally old and tried men, who have served through the inter- mediate stages of boy and cook, white the boys are of every grade of efficiency and every nationality. a Ships on the China station generally have Chinese or Japanese boys, as they are quick to learn, generally honest and quite amen- able to strict ciscipline. Those on the home station have Japs when they can be pro- cured, and otherwise, white or colored servants, the former being of an insub- ordinate tendency in such lowly positions, while the chief fault of the negroes is lazi- ness. A good boy aboard ship is a valuable rarity, which the officer, separated from the mending hands of home, thoroughly ap- preciates. Such a boy can do anything, from sewing on buttons and mending shirts to conveying messages. = These boys often take quite an air of pro- prietorship over the officers they serve, and their advice is often ludicrous, even if per- haps good. The Japs, with theiy quick brains and active hands, are especially interesting, and I have seen one Jap boy in a junior officers’ mess called upon by three or four naval cadets for different services and still al- ways ready with the required article—from a collar button for one to the making ready of a whole full dress uniform for another. Junior Officers’ Mess. Next in importance after the ward room ofticers’ mess is the junior officers’ mess, made up of the junior line and staff com- missioned officers and the naval cadets, and, perhaps, of all the officers aboard saip. The members of this mess enjoy life the most; for though often crowded into nar- row quarters, where they must eat, sleep and live in one room, the buoyant spirits puth asserts itself and good humor the old ravy the junior officers’ quarters was called the “steerage,” and it little more than an inctosure on the rth deck, where the erowd junior oili- slept in hammocks at night, and ate unged by day; but in the new ships of the modern navy there are rooms with daouble berths for the junior officers, and their comfort is vastly increased thereby. The next mess in order of rank is that which iike the has its quota of steward, cook and beys. These warrant officers are the gunner, carpenter, boatswain and sail- maker, who, while they do not carry a iss! hold important positions on shipboard and are ‘warranted’ by the President to their several positions, on which they have a life tenure, unless dis- edd by sentence of a general court mar- tial for some serious offense against mil- itary or naval law. s, having finished with the officers, st buy their own food, and who. ingly follow their own inclination in that matter very much as people ashore do, let us turn to the enlisted men, the blue jackets and marines, who live on a ration issued by the government, each ration being of the average value of thirty cents per diem. The Ship's Cook. Among the enlisted men there are also grades of rank, and the petty officers, who are given more or less authority in the various departments, generally have a mess by themselves where they live plainiy but neatly and well. The other enlisted men are divided up into messes of ten or fifteen men each, and each mess has a cook taken from their ber, who prepares the food with the ship's cook and his assistant. ‘This ship's cook is an important person- age among the enlisted men and upon him rests the responsibility of preparing the bean soup and other dishes that are the same for all, while the mess cooks prepare the especial dishes for each mess. ‘The ship's provisions of beans, ilour, salt and corned meat and canned goods occupy space in large storerooms especially de- signed for the purpose, and the stock is quite extensive when laid in for a long cruise. The day’s provisions are served cut im the morning, and the contracted space around the galley is crowded until dinner time, when a sign:l is piped by the boatswain, the tables come down from the deck beams above, where they are stored when not in use, the knives, forks and spoons and agate ware dishes are set out from the chest in which each mess keeps its belongings, and in ten mimutes the meal call sounds and the three or four hundred seamen and marines and engineer force are eating their dinner, which, if in port, may consist of fresh meat, roasted or stewed; boiled potatoes, canned corn, fresh that of the admiral, who has all to himself | a dessert of “duff,” as bread pudding ig called. or even “plum duff,” the same pudding with raisins in it. Ifvat sea for a long time, salt meat or corned meat is used, and perhaps hard tack instead of bread, and bake] beans and bean soup often appearjiff the menu. In the olden time grog was served out at the mast each day at noon] Jyut the influence of temperance societies*Stopped this, and now the “jackey” is lucky if he is allowed a bottle of beer before dinner and supper. Some Modernj[Changes. On the old ships the whter supply was an important thing, and water was sparingly served out; but the modern system of con- densing the sea water has made a plenuful supply for ail, and the time of eighty and ainety-day passages is goRe with the old sailing ships. Accordingly the necessity of using salt meats has been much lessened, yet habit is strong in age, and I once received a complaint from an old “blue jacket,” whess earlier service had all been on the old sailing ships, that he “didn’t get any salt pork, and only fresh beef was given his mess,” and that “fresh meat might be gocd enough for a landlubber, but a salt water sailor needed salt meat,” and the relic of other days got his salt pork. I have said that grog was stopped for the men and beer only allowed, but the personal privileges of officers allow them to have wine and beer for use in their mess or for visitors, but no distilled liq- uors are allowed. Of course, the officers pay for all this themselves, and even for state visitors, in whom they nave no personal interest or friendship, must pay the bill from their own salary. Table wines, beer and cigars are gener- ally kept in a’ “wine mess” by the officers, which is run in much the same way as a gentlemen's club. In most other navies an allowance is made by the government to each officer for the entertainment of ‘public visitors” while on a foreign station, or of “foreign visitors” on a home station, such as the officers of other friendly governments and navies who are officially or semi-officially entertained. But in our servic bread, coffee, with, din fs such entertainment, while practically obligatory, according to the laws of custom and general usage, must be paid by the officers themselves, and in case of 2 great celebration or naval review may become quite an important ex- pense, yet, of course, such guests are none the less welcome. The stcres laid in for a long crutse are often enough to last for a year or more, and great care in the inspection and pack- ing of such things is necessary to prevent loss by the spciling or wetting of flour, salt and meats. Thus the commissary department, which is in charge of the paymaster, is quite an important branch of the service. After all, in spite of the narrow quarters, shift- ing markets and days at sea the house- keeping of a man-o'-war may well be taken a model, even for those whose lot is cast on the dry land. STRAIGHTFORWARD CRITICISM. A Colored Guardian Discusses Studies ut the Colored High School, To the Editor of The Evening Star: Please permit me, as one racially personally interested, to’make a few marks upon a subject that has caused me much thought for some time. There is entirely too much work in the primary and grammar grades of the color- ed schools. The pupils are required to learn so many different things that they learn nothing well; consequently, instead of there being a pretty good foundation upon which to build from-grade to rade, there is an ever-increasing amount of half- learned matter, as wefl'as’a lack of real interest in learning. Wher’ this accumu- lated ignorance reaches the High School language fails in the @ttenipt to describe its magnitude. . The school authoritiés Lave caused the edict to go forth that the two high schoois (colored and white) shaf! be alike in every respect. Now, right on its face, that order scarcely seems to be ‘the ‘result of deep thought, and it demands fraud, dishonesiy and kindred evils in the colored schools to bring about seeming Nkeness. Every- body possessing a grain of common sense knows that the average colored child, with his lack of scholastic tendencies, of intel- ligent surroundings, of books, &c., cannot possibly compete with the average white child in educational attainments. -'The mat- ter needs no discussion; the plain fact co: fronts us. Many of the teachers have torl me their opinions on this subject, and ad- and re- mit that they are ured trying to keep up the farce of attempting order. In the high school for colored children there to carry out the is more time allotted to subjects y wili never use than is given to sub- al impertance. In the first year lemic there are five hours per week -n to Latin and three hours devoted to lish; in the second year acade four hours to Latin and two-hours to Engiish. It is a known fact that the English used in this schcol, in spontaneous written work and in recitations, is oftener than not con- structed upon no authentic rules of syn- tax. Would it not be better to devote four or five hours to English construction and actual drill in correct expression and do with fewer hours in Latin? Let us hear from the parents on this point. There are not many of the pupils. who understand the fundamental principles of mathematics well enough to make ordinary computa- tions correctly without the aid of a text book. Would it not. be better to devote less time to geometry and trigonometry and more to actual knowledge of the cal- culations and business forms used in real life among ordinary people? Such knowl- edge is so much needed in a race like ours. The parents of the majority of these children, hard-working people, who have no time to leave their places of labor to look after the educational training of the children, intrust their welfare to the teach- ers, supervising principals, superintendents and trustees; and [ think it actually crimi- nal for taose in charge of our schools to manifest no more interest in the pupils of their particular schools or to exhibit no more comprehension of the gravity of the situation than smilingly to acquiesce in measures that are of no possible use to their schools. Our school authorities would command the unbounded respect of their colleagues and receive the undying grati- tude of parents, teachers and pupils if they would earnestly and honestly look the situation over, and, instead of blindly following the ‘work of the white High Sehool, would, after duiy considering the Mmitations and needs of the colored pupils, arrange a course of study adapted to a class of people trying to lay a foundation upon which future generations may build. Knowing that we cannot jump where oth- ers have crawled, let us have the wisdom = say so, and then live up to our knowl- edge. Then, see how unfair the present ar- rangement is to the teachers. Some of the classes in our High School, I understand, those in political economy, Greek, trigo- nometry, French and some in German, botany, ‘advanced history and chemistry, have from three to twelve or fifteen pupils, while the teachers who. nave other classes, Latin, English, algebra and physics, have full classes, some sections reaching the number of forty. Any teacher who has four or five full Classes in English in. our High School should be regarded ag a martyr, and a special act should give her a promotion in salary each year she is fortunate enough to survive the deadly werk. If the thoughtful among us could have our way We would insiantly establish an English high school, with @ classical an- nex for the one or two pupils who go to college, in place of a classieal school, with @ pigeon English annex, Let us have a solid foundation of the essentials; let us have good business work; let us have first-class mechanical work: let _us have the best’ of these things—the things that make character—so that our pupils may earn an honest living and not be standing on street corners waiting for something to turn up'or astonishing the neighbors with Latin quotations while their aged parents support them. Let us ask for what we need at the present time to make men and women of real character, then if we fail we ought to, and the sooner the better. A GUARDIAN. ae Wasted Opportunities. From the Chicago Record. His Sister (to Tom, who has just return- ed from college)—“And don’t you play a mandolin?” Tom—“No.” His Sister—“Nor sing college glees? ” Tom—‘“No.” His Sister—“‘Nor figure in athietic con- tests?” Tom—‘No.” His Sister (reproachfully)—“Well, I'd just like to know what good college has done you, that’s all.” BEASTS AND BIRDS Important and Valuable Additions to the National Museum Treasures. ‘A NIMROD AND A NATURALIST The Hunting Expedition of a Weal- thy American in Central Asia. PEOPLE STRANGE Written for The Evening Star. MONG THE TREAS- ures just forwarded to the National Mu- seum from the won- derful region of the Pamir, in Central Asia, are the skins of 28 birds and more than 100 mam- mals. More than one- half of these are spe- cies new to science. The collection in- cludes twelve speci- mens of the great mountain sheep, with huge horns, known as the ovis poli. It is found only in that dij trict of sky-kissing altitudes which is call- ed the “roof of the world.” Many of the animals referred to were killed at an ele- vation of nearly three miles above the sea. These included three “pikas," which ere rabbits of a queer sort, livinig in rocky places near the summits, beyond the line of vegetation. ? Dr. W. L. Abbott, the collector of these novelties, may fairly be called the Gordon- Cumming of America. Though only about thirty-four years of age, he has already established a reputation as a mighty hun- ter. The scion of a rich Philadelphia fam- ily, he can “afford to gratify the rather costly whim ‘of traveling in remote parts of the world. He is a secker of adventures, his ambition being to go where nobody has gone and to see what nobdy has seen. ‘The tiger of India has fallen hefore his rifle, and he has slain sirgle-handed the lion and elephant of the dark continent. ‘The closest squeak he ever had for his fe was in combat with a gnu. This species of buffalo parts its hair in the middle and has enor- mous horns. The Pamir, Dr, Abbott's latest hunting ground, is an immense plateau uplifted in the midst of the loftiest mountain in the world. From it radiate the ranges of Hin- doo-koosh, Karakoram and the Himalayas. It is the great watershed of Asia, from which rivers run to all points of the com- pass. To the east of it is Thibet, to the south India, to the west Turkestan and to the north the country of the Tartars. Shel- tered from the north winds by lofty hills and having a southern exposure, it is a bit of the subtropics surrounded by cold regions. Here is situated the famous vale of Cashmere, which is the garden spot of the earth, Over Unbeaten Paths. Pamir is difficult of access not mere- ly on account of its remoteness and great altitude. Strargers are forbidden to enter the country, and only now and then trav- elers have visited it in disguise. But money, which will make almost any road passable, helped Abbott. He reached the headwaters of Indus, and from the town of Ladak he crossed the Karakoram range inte eastern Turkestan, In the course of his journey he paused at Kashgar and Yarkand. Many ethnological specimens collected by him connect in an resting manner with those gathered in Thibet and presented to the National Museum by W. Woodville Rockhill, at present third assistant se tary of state. These include prayer wheels, charms for warding off evil spi hideous wooden masks fyarn by the priests in re- ligious plays, queer iiousehold utensils, rugs of goat's hair and camel's hair, and native costumes. Dr. Abbott is a skillful trapper and a born taxidermist. Exhibited in a series of glass cases at the National Museum is a on iW) feet long of various species of antelopes collceted by him in Africa. The British Museum offered him a h price for them, but he preferred to giv! them to his own government. In Ii ner ke has contributed many other s comprising ski ulls and These wiways arrive in beautiful co dition, havisg tr. ed, perkaps, 10,000 miles or more. Some of them Have come all the way from the interior of shipped by canoes down the ri carried around cataracis on the backs of black natives. The birds are invariably in perfect plumage and all ready for stufling and mounting. To each specimen a reat descriptive label is attached. Some Rare Specimens. Among the most interesting of the birds collected by Dr. Abbott was a new species of eagle owl. This is the biggest kind of owl known, its wings having a spread of five feet. Another remarkable feathered creature was a hitherto-unknown relative of the familiar oyster catcher, with a Dill like that of an fbis. The every-day oysfer catcher lives near the seasHore and eats oysters and clams, which it pecks from their shells at low tide when the mollusks are off their guard with opened valves. Of course, this particular bird, living at an altitude between two and three miles above the sea, has no experience of clams and oysters. It is very rare, and the speci- men described is the only one that has ever reached the United States. Dr. Ab- bott got two species of sand grouse, whic! have peculiar pads on their feet for rur ning over the hot desert sands of Tur- kestan and Thibet. His coliection includes ravens, jackdaws, rooks and maspies—sev- eral of them ne s, Also he secured half a dozen new species of rosy finches and ground nutcrackers. The latter occur only on the high barren lands of central Asia, near the summits of the mountains. They are rapid runners, and make ‘their nests.in the holes of the pikas. Among the skins forwarded to the Na- Museum were those of twelve hedge- nd four hares, several of them rep- senting new species, There was also quite a number of field mice and shrew dd kinds, killed at great elevations mammals of all sorts were shot and , the birds were killed with small of small shot. Hunters for c-purposes, nowadays, car le traps of an extremely simple, yet ef- t litt fective pattern. They may be folded up into such small comp; that one can carry two or three dozen of them in a pocket. Each of them is a mere jaw of wires with springs; it is set and baited in a moment, instantly turing any animal not of con- siderable size that meddles with it. Such traps are serviceable for taking nocturnal creatures and others that live undergrou: like shrews mals are ha cause they hide themseives more quickly. Abbott is unapproached by any other ex- in respect to the skill with which he res his specimen: Not only are the and beasts perfect, but every ‘omplete to the smallest bone and admirably packed. The skins are poisoned with arsenic, to preserve them. ‘To each skeleton or skin is attached a label, stating the sex of the animal, the color of the eyes, feet and bill, the date of killing and the locality and altitude. To these points are added a few general remarks skeleton is c¢ about the creature and its habits. Whereas, the typical Nimrod is a pot-hunter or worse, often killing merely for the sake of aghter, the adventure-secker from Phiia- phia shoots and traps for science. In- identally, he gathers objects of ethnclog- linterest. Among the specimens of this character recently sent by him to the N: tional Museum: are stones on which hiero- glyphics representing prayers and charms are cut. Such stones are built into walls or thrown in heaps on the roadsides, or near monasteries in the Pamir. They are pious offerings of the faithful. A Strange People. The traveler in the Pamir might easily imagine himself in Thibet. The religion chiefly recognized is Buddhism, and the numerous monasteries .are filled with priests, Who have great influence and ab- sorb most of the wealth of the country. ‘Their main business is to keep evil spirits out of the land, which, but for their ef- forts would be overrun with such diabolical agents. For the purpose of frightening them away, they employ such grewsome apparatus as drums made of human skulls with human skin for drum-heads; also trumpets of human thigh bones hollowed out, to which are attached whip lashes of human skin. They beat the drums, blow the trampets and crack the whips to ex- orcis2 the devils. Their rosaries are com- monly composed of disks of bone cut from human skulls. Silver bells and thunder- bolts wrought in metal are additional weapons employed against the demons. The images of gods have many arms, and clothes are made for them, the notion be- ing that it is not respectable for a divinity to go naked. The people of the Pamir are nomads, traveling about with their flocks and herd. They practice polyandry. The country b ing poor, this is a very desirable system from the economical point of view. It is a common thing for a woman to be the wife of several brothers. All of her children, pring is hewever, are considered to be the off of the oldest brother. Thus prope! kept together, the method being an app cation of the co-operative idea. In many cases each brother will have a wife of his own, but the children of all of the wives are regarded as belonging to the eldest Lrother. A governing restriction {s that brothers must not mary sisters. One vantage of the system is that there is al. ways at least one man at home to take care of the wife. Polyandry, though objection- able from the occidental point of viev certainly has its advantages. Under such conditions of partial civiliza- tion the old foiks may siay at home, while those in charge of the flocks Z come back at intervals. from all points of the cony; a ness of the nomad is to seek food for his animals; he is a prospector for grass, going where he can get the most meat for the least effort. He ts the most independent of mortals. Nomadic people are always fight- In case of war they can drive their’ S$ into safe places, being thus enabled to venture into conflict without much dan ger of losing their means of sunsistence. Agricultural tribes are always payers of tribute, because they cannot hide away their grain, which anybody stronz enough is at liberty to come and take. This PO- sition has been verifled through all histor: —$——<___— SEEDS FOR THE BIG sHOW. Exhibit of Out-of-the-Way Varieties to Be Sent to Atlanta. Queer seeds will be an interesting feature of the exhibit of the Department of Agri- culture at the Atlanta exposition. Among those shown will be various kinds em- ployed for food by the Indians of North America. The latter eat the seeds of cer- tain cacti, which are parched, pulverized and made into a palatable gruel. Their fondness fcr the seeds of some pines is weil known, these “pinions” being to them what sugar plums are to white people. Sun- flower seeds, too, they parch, grind and make into cakes, which are said to be equal to corn bread. From the same seeds they get oil for anointing their bodies. Seeds of many kinds have been found in the ruins of the ancient cliff dwellers of Utah, the evidence being satisfactory that they were used for food. Among these may be mentioned the common garden bean, which is also discovered in mounds in Ari- zona. Though of European origin, this veg- etable was cultivated by the aborigines of this country at a very early date. The cliff dwellers used to eat the seeds of the ordinary “pigweed.” Indians generally to this day consume the seeds of many spe- cles of grasses, making bread and mush from them. Along the rivers in Colorado and Arizona grass seeds are collected in great quantities for grinding into four. Grape seeds, gourd seeds and acorns are likewise employed. The exhibit described will include a col- lection of poisonous seeds, such as the fa- mous Calabar bean, which is said to be Worse than strychnine. This bean is used by the natives for an ordeal. If a person is suspected of a crime, he is compelled to €at one, being judged to be guilty in case of death, which is almost inevitable. An- other interesting seed, employed for a like purpose, is that of the “ordeal tree” of Madagascar. It is said to be the most deadly of all vegetable products. One of these seeds, about the size of an almond, will kill twenty men. The local name of the plant is “‘tanghinia. Yet another seed, alleged to be poisonous, is that of the com- mon cockle, which, finding its w into Wheat fields, poisons the bread made from the wheat. It is the bane of millers in the northwest. Another kind of seed, known to science as the “hyaenanche globosa,” is powdered and sprinkled on meat in the neighborhood of Cape Colony, for the purpose of poisoning hyenas. It is popularly supposed that horse chestnuts are very unwholesome. Nevertheless, in Turkey they are roasted for coffee, fermented for liquor and utilized for horse medicine. In India there is a kind of seed that varies so little in respect to size as to be used for a weight standard. It is called the “retti,” and weizhs one grain. From its name is derived the word “carat,” which has come into occidental use. A series of seeds employed as -substi- tutes for or adulierants of coffee will be shown; also seeds used for the illuminating oil they contain, for medicines, ete. An in- teresting seed is the betel nut, which is chewel, having a narcotic effect. Possess- ing wonderful properties 2s a stimulant is the famous kola nut of Africa. From Gua- temala comes the candle nut, used for light- ing. The main entrance of the Department of Agriculture is approached through an avenue of “ginko” trees, imported from Ja- pan, where their seeds are highly esteemed. But these trees do not fruit in this coun- try, save in rare instances. A special display will be made of seeds arranged according to their species in such a manner as to show the extent to which seeds in general are apt to vary in point of size. It is very desirable that farmers should obtain seeds for planting that are as big and plump as possible: for such seeds germinate more quickly than smaller ones, and the plants produced from them get a better start. ——— A Girl Bandit Chief. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Sheriff Hancock with his poss¢ captured the robbers who held up A. R. Turner, storekeeper at Rome, this county, one night last week, and arrived here with them th afternoon. They were captured near Lead Hill, Ark. One of the bold thieves, and the one who appeared to be the leader of the z turned out to be a woman. Her name is Lydia Briston. There were three of them who committed the robbery, the Briston woman being dressed in men’s clothing. She ordered Turner arornd in true wayman style, ched him with her pis tol, and cursed him because he did_not have more money, terrorizing him until he hardly knew whether he was on foot or horseback. Sheriff Hancock recovered $20 of the $60 taken and both of the ho! ddles. The three thieves were Ben Tr: an- ex-convict, recently released from the pen at Jefferson City, and the lover of the girl, an all-round crook, principally thief, who escaped from the S two years ago with Peter Renfro: victed murderer; John Briston, brother of the girl, about’ eighteen years old, and Lydia Briston. at his father’s home, near Oakland, Ark. The other two were captured on the high- way, riding the stolen horses. ydia Briston is a rather comely girl, about twenty-two years old, who known to the police officers of Springfield, Mo. Unlike AN Others. From the Detroit Free Pre: Several men were ta’ happened to marry. “I married my wife,” said one after the others had all had their say, “because she was different from any woman I had ever ing about how they was that?" chorused the others. She was the only woman I ever met who would have me.” — so-- Legal Terms, From Life. ° Jonn Briston was captured | s well | MUNYON’S TRIUMPH. 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