Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 28, 1889, Page 12

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They can be found only in the mountains, and there in small num- bers. They are about the lowest type of humanity, living in the open air, not building huts or dwellings of any kind, and subsisting on white ants, cat- erpillars and other insects. It is strange fact that these people make gods of, and WORSHIP. THE INSE EAT. Their only weapons are the poisoned assegais and wooden clubs. The asse- gai is a kind of lance made from a metal resembling the best quality of our iron. This metal is found in the beds of cer- tain rivers and is mentioned by Living- stone, the great explorer. This people at an early period inhabited all the south African country, but the Zulus from whom are descended all the South African tribes, came from the north, conquered and almost exterminated the Bushmen. The Zulus originally dwelt on the southern border of Egypt, were a suporior race of men and when Ma- homet was in full powor and his vota- ries set out to conquer the world and compel all man- kind at the point of the Yantagan, to adopt their religion had subdued Egypt and all northern Africa, they arrived at this nation of Zulu, The word Zulu meansthunderbird, and their theory of the phenomens of thunder is that it is caused by an immense bird flying through the air. They found it fmpossible to bring them under thoir sway. This nation of warriors rather than adopt the faith of muhomet immi- grated south, to a country where they were allowed to live at peace and WORSHIP AS TIHEY PLEASE. Since then they have been called *Kafiirs,” meaning “unbeliever” in the Arabic language. They spread over all the southern portion of Africa, and from them emanntea all the other tribes, The Zulus are far superior to all the Kafir tribes. They are not black, but copper-colored, and have little of the featurcs of the nogro. Their lips are thin, their noses inclined to aquiline. They have prominent forehends, dark and inteiligent eyes, woolly hair, and fine, white teeth. They wre tall, well built and weil pro- portiored, powerful men. The women are nol e mon, owing, no doubt, to the fuct that they do most of the bard work, laboring in the ficlds, as well as attending to the duties of the Rinhlu (bouse). are tall, mus- eular aad generaly bullt in & masculive TS WIHICI THEY asarule, ns woll favored us | mould. The dross of the men is very seanty, consisting only of a belt with fifty or one hundred monkey tails dang- ling from it. In addition the warriors wear an oval crown on the head about four to five inclfes mn diameter, made from certoin roots and a kind of cement known to themselves only. This crown is'woven into the hair and is never de- tached. No Zulu will ever part with this wreath on any torms, as he WOULD BE FOREVER DISGRACED in the eyes of his countrymen. I know of cases where foreign- ers offered as much as $100 to $200 for one of these, but only succeeded in everlastingly insulting the weurer. Their arms and legs are ornamented profusely by bangles made of brass or other shining metal,and the indispensa- ble snuff box is carried in a slit in the ear. Their weapons consist of the as- sagai and a huge club, with a_knot on one end, and a shield made from cow hide. The assagai is their prinei- pal weapon, which they use with great dexterity, being able to strike the bull's eye at a hundred yards or more with as much accuracy as a rifle shot. The dress of the women two sheep skins, which fa their loins and are profusely decorated with beads and fancy work. They, like the men, wear bangles on their arms and tegs, and around their neck strings of bends, animal tusks and claws. Their hair they WEAVE INTO A PERPENDICULAR PIL- consists of en around n About six inches high, which they paint red or yellow, giving them a most grotesque appeurance. When working or traveling they carry their babies on their backs in a cradle formed of sheepskin, the one extremity being fastened s around the middle Dby the legs of the skin. whilst the legs of the other extremity aveé tied around the neck, This makes a safe and easy bed for the little ones and has the ad- vantage of enubling the mother to suckie the oifspring without taking it out of the cradle. The head of tho child rests on the mother’s shoulder, and she stietches the source of susten- ance far h back for the child to reach. Poly ny obtains amongst all the Kaflir tribes, the number of wives a man may have boing only limi his means to buy them. The p wife ranges from two to twent oxen. The wajority of men find two enough, Chiefs and petty chiefs bave more, runging from five to a hundred. The first wile a man takes is the favorite, Iu the case of thechicf she is the queen, Tho second wife waits upon and attends to the children of the fivst, the third plays the same part to the socond, und so on down to the last, who has two families to bring up. ch wile has a separate hut to herseif, but notwithstanding this precaution guar= reling is common, The indava (husband does not interfere except in extr cases, whon his decision is finnl. | indavas generally trest their w | beatiug or corporal punishment of any | kind being unknown, The Kaflir wo- { men are very faithful to their husbands and among the un 2d portion, cases of immorality are v rare, A tradi however, iz welcomed among some | tribes, &8 there is a superstition that a | ehild born of a white nis miss cot and. in time of war will bring v tory to those posscssing it. The young- | estand best-looking wife of the chief is | generally selected for this honor. Among some of the tribes twinsare sidered unlucky,ard one of th chi 82 born i= killed, One ¢ the greatest aud arest curiosi i an Albanian fMir, Lo s aud suie of those feonks of nature ure white as sno pupil of the eyes is pink and th fea - ures have the usoui KafMir charic oo- [ istics, altogether, giving them a most startling appearance. In all places where the Kaffirs are out of the control of white men these FREAKS ARE KILLED When born, and often the mother is subjected to the same fate. The Zulu women do all the hard work. They plant and reap the corn and vegetables, and attend to the cattle, even grinding the corn into meal. This grinding is done on a flat stone of from two to five square feet of surface. The corn s place on this surface and another stone about five to six pounds in weight is rolled over it. This grinds the meal very fine, of which they make ithle (mush). From Kaffir corn they BREW A KIND OF BEER called juala, which is_a very good and refreshing drink, and possesses consid- erable intoxicating properties. The men employ their time in fight- ing and preparing weapons for war and singing the praises of their chiefs. When not engaged in actual warfar they hunt and idle around gener: When the prospects of a good har have been assured, by way of thanks- giving the men have a protracted drunk which last from one to three months, During the whole of this time they are in a mandlin stupid state or else excited and hait erazed from the effects of the juala, This is not a good time for a trader to approach them; besides not being able to do any business he is more than likely to get into quarrels with them. When the tribes fight amongst themselves they are \'m?' bloodthirsty. and give their fallen enemies no quarter. I was once traveling with two Kaffir servants, and passad through the Maccaran country while they were engaged in a general warfare with the Marrabask. The first intima- tion of the state of affairs was that the two Kaftirs dropped their usual loud and cheerful songs and commenced crooning in a demoniacal manner. Not being able to see any cause for the change I insisted on an explanation. One of the Kalflirs pointed out human LEGS AND ARMS HANGING ON TREES, and further on were the liver aud heart transfixed to branches. The sight of these, while it sickened me seemed to act like magic on the two Kaflirs, arousing their passions like in- furiated bulls at the smell of blood. They made low guttural noises, clutched fast their rifles and assagais, creeping along the ground like suukes, staring all round in search of a hidden enemy. Suddenly they stopped in front of un open grave, whera they broceeded to make a speech tothe dead,whothey said was their brother, and whose death they vowed to avenge, all the time dis- THE torting their features horribly, and rolling their eyes like maniacs. In this country we had to mp for the night. As the dark- ness fell on us in the midst of these survoundings, I was not, as can be imugined, in very happy frame of ! minl:l. The mutterings and rolling of the eyes of the excited kaftirs before my mind, aud the sight of the human remains hanging on the trees fresh before wy imagination, produced a teain of thought and forebodings far from pleasant, The shrill war-whoop and uncarthly yells of the human fiends around sounded in my ears us | lay between the two kuffivs, with my hiods on my rifle, dozing in a dis- sompambulent manner. How- the night passed und we got away from that region as quickly as possible, “The Musked Bull,” w lob the new Amer- (pers company becduced, has som: - a his! The tbeme was fir v Who WrOLe wil 0pers o Was used later oy Verd, ot the present work. ‘The opera has 0 Leard for many years, [HAS A MAN SMOKE FOR HIM Some Good Stories of Men and Other Animals. THE MANUFACTURE OF MUMMIES A Novel Industry Among the Arabs— “Billy" the Goat Gets Drunk—A Very Ancient Turtle—Saved By Her Garter. The Curious Side of Life. The following letter, which appears in a Sheffield contemporary, tells its own story, says the Pall Mall Gazette. *‘Have you ever seen an educated horse? The Midland Railway company have ove at Derby. He introduced himself to me on Monday morning by rubbing his nose against the glass slide of the carriage window, which I openecd and patted his head; but that did not appear to be a sufficient recognition of his friendly attitude. He sniffed away as if he smelt something delicious in the compartment, when aslice of plum cgke appeared from the basket of a fellow- passenger. and with this between his huge grinders he smacked his lips, and strode away to his ordinary vocation with a polite nod, regardlessof the strict injunctions of his em\f\uyers ‘that no gratuities are allowed, etc.;’ but this mild form of treating a very humble servant with kindness will not, I hope, be visited by any severe penalty.” “I was in Seranton two or three days this week,” saida Philadelphia attorney toa Press reporter, ‘‘and every day [ saw somewhere on the street a tall, straight old gentleman, with snow- white hair and a flowing white beard that reached almost to his waist, promenading in company with & young gentleman, “The latter was constantly smoking and blew every puff of smoke straight in the face of his companion, who bont forward to receive it and inhaled it eugerly with his noso and mouth. "No'one seemed to see anything odd about this performance of the old gen- tleman and his colored' companion, but 1 did, and my curiosity prompted me to ask an acquaintance foran cxplanution. Ilearned that the’ol2 gentleman was Ira Tripp, & millionaire coal operator and one of the oldest natives in the Lackawanna_Valley, being nov: past fourscore. The colored man was his valet, John. *From boyhood until twenty years or 80 ago Ira Tripp waa an elerate SMOk He smoked the strongest and most_expensive cigars he could buy. His health became greatly impaired while he was about it and the doctor told him that he must either quit smok ing or die. ¥ old gentleman did not want to die joying his weed. yet he gave up smoking. had a cigar or pipe between lips since, but has indulged his love for tobacco ther did he want to give up en- He did noither, and He has not smoke by inhaling it from smoked by others. “For @ time he enjoyed his proxy smokes by frequenting the company of smokers and asking them to pufl the smoke in his face, but the miscellane- ous quality of the tobacco thus inhaled was not satisfactory. *'He then adopted the plan of carry ing his own cigirs and presenting then to smokers on condition that they would accompany him and give to him the benefit of the smoke. As his cigars wore always better than the average cigars man could ever hope to citain unaided, ‘Uncle Ira,” as he is famil had no difficulty 1n at his beck. “This plan was not entirely satis tory to the old man either, and he finally resolved to hire & man to accom- pany him wherever he went, the man’s only duty being to smoke a choice cigar as often as one was furnished him and to blow the smoke in his employer’s ace. **His present smoker, the colored man John, has been with Uncle Ira for sev- eral years,and the artistic way in which he manipulates his cigar smoke to the best advantage of his employer, has made him indispenssable to the ola gen- tleman,” vi finding mokers fac- A fow days ago, while some men were at work on the boom on the Benton side of the river, near Fairfield, Me., they discovered an old [riend in the person of a mud turtle which isnow well known in this town, and bids fair some day me the oldest inhabitant. made his appearance in these parts in 1847. In that year John It. Joy discov- ered him and marked him with his initials, This wasamile [rom the river. In 1861, when the war broke out, he again came to the front, and Denton Brown caught him and inarked him with his initials. In 1868 he reappeared and was agan marked. Jle was seen by the men at the Boom after thatabout once in four years,and each time a new name and date were added to his shell. Some of the dates are faint now, but most of them, and all of the initials, can be traced. He was due to avrive there last year, but for some reuson postponod his visit till this spring, He was car. ried about town and exhibited and then liberated. When there was coasting on Swan street, between Madison avenus and Hamilton street, last winter, no one en- joyed the sport more, or indulged in it toa greater extent than “Jumbo,” tho Scotch collie of Moses Stari, says the Albany Journal, The dog is old, weighs fifty-seyen and pounds and of a_light brindle color. He is_good-natured and full of pluck. May Stark, in childish sport, put Jumbo on & hand’sled one day and sent him down the hill, This was sufficient, and thereafter it was next to impossible to ioep him off a sled when it was empty. He would 1iie on fours on the sled with his fore paws front of the bottom board, or sit on his hind iegs with the string in bis mouth, and ride down the hill alone. He Liked best to lie on all fours with his sled attached 10 others in front containing children. At the bottom of the hill he would seize the string between his teeth and drag the children up the hill, when a reason- able number were on the sled. One would hggdly look for new indus- tries in the petMficed civilizations of the east, but some of the Arabs have de- veloped o genuine streak of Yankee enterprise. Somewhero in Egypt thay have & fuctory.or laboratory,from which turn out mummies of any ancient period or rank desired, A v corpse is taken, souked in brine several days, smoked like a ham, filled with , und in two weeks can be made equnl to any mummy found in the cata- combs. One of these was fitted up with l 5 the signs of royalty and a parchment riving an account of his career over our thousand years ago, and sold toa Freuch scientific body for a large sum, That region may revive yet. One of the best-known drunkaids and bar-room loungers of Philapeiphia i called, | broken leg caused by a champagne spree. Heo frequented all the liguor shops of Nicetown and was always in- vited to have something with the boy e vaturally believed in free whisky and it is said that it was his fenr of the passage of the prohibitory law that cavsed his death. Ho was generally quiet wlien he ha? a “*jag on,” occasion- ally, howe demolishing a fruit- vender’s staud. One day last week while admiring the ymmetrical proportions of a snow drift near the Lake house, we saw the liveliest affair ever witnessed in these mountains—a threc-cornered fight be- tween lusty squaws. says the Homer (Cal.) Tnde Toggle-Joint Jule and Slit-Face Mal pitched into Gum-Nose Kate, and Moses! what a wreck they made of her scanty hubiliments. They pecied and denuded her in an instant, compelling the innocent newspaper por- son to get behind a rock to blush. The cause of the onslaught that Kate had stolen a petticoat from u duslky si ter, and was making off with the plun- er. Au-instance of the ruling passion strong in death, or the expectation of it, was a comical sight during the storm that on a recent Sunday wrecked the stoamer I i Hatteras, A passengc A sight I will never forget—for tho humor in it, in spite of the gravity of the situation, was intense—was tho ap- rance of a lady in ber night dress ith her bustle strapped avound her waist and a_life preserver on her arm. Another lady had a switch of hairin her hand and, beginning toeoil it xbout her head, moaned: ‘Oh, shal die like this! Shall I die like this!’” A large Mexican lion was killed six milod from town zhis afternoon by Mr. C. 8. Duff, kind without a weapon of any but stones, s a Palo Pinto al to the Naw Orieans Times-Dem- The Crawford boys sent wovd to . Duff that the lion was in their neighborhood nod for him to bring his dogs. He vesponded prompty. The dogs were s00n in combat with the lon, and actually held Lim while Mr, Dul beat him to death with stones. The lion mensuved seven foet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail, Goorge Gray, a farm hand living near Pine Mill, Pa., was attacked in an open fleld by wensels that igsued from a stone-heap, He ran to the house, pursued the spiteful little beasts, They sprang for his throat, and bit him all over the boa At the house Gray was reinforced hy two other men. The three succeeded in driving off the weasels, but not until all the men had been severcly injured. Ida Lynch start A to drown herself by jumping from the lower bridge across the Avkansas river at Little Rock, but the watchman caught her us she jumped, his hand catching in her gartor, which was strong, and thus saved her life, - MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Miss Mary Anderson 18 visiting Baroness von Huegel, at Hempstoad, mot has snother ‘“new play,” will be lod soon. The hero, of e, 18 the Interminablo Fritz, s authority it 1s stated that the On receipts of the German opera during its two Weoks' stay in Boston amounted o £50,000. Mildred Fuller, the pretty young daughter gond of Chiof Justice Fuller, of the supreme ‘ourt, has written @ three-act comedy called “Dreawmy.” dead. He was u goat named *13ill or, rather, he was hall goat and half He has not drawn i sob for seven yeurs with the ex two months wien he was laid up with & just at hand it would appear arance of Wagnor's *1ing St. Potersburg passed 1rom that the firat appe of the Nibelung'' in Ttis called ‘“Blackberry Farm,” and the author is Clay M. Greene. There will be a dozen more probably before next season. Moszkowski appears to be engaged on an opera. So, at least, we gather from tha statement that, during his late visit to War- saw, some (ragments of one were found. ‘‘T'he Poachers,” a comedy which has met with much favor in Berlin and Vienna, is now attrivuted to the queen of Roumania, 2\_']10 has another picce ready for representas ion, “‘Mark Twain" has becn introduced by tha success attending the performance of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's ‘“‘Little Lord Fauntleroy” to dramatize his “Prince and the Pauper." E ncouraged by the ever increasing publio demand for German_opera, the eity council of Brussels has just decided to make the ex- periment of introducing it atthe Belgian capital next summer. M. Henri Melhac, the well-known drama- tic author, has made his formal entry into tne K'rench academy, was received by M. Jules Simon and coods M. Labiche, M. Meilliac was born in Paris in 1882, {ussiun musical prodigy makes Joseph n and Ouwo Henger scem grown up. Paul Kocsalski is four years of age, and is s1id to have *“masterly éxecution’ on u piano made to fit his fingers. It is now announced that M. Coquelin and Jeanne Hading will act together again in London in May. This makes tho publication of the stories about their mutual detestation look very much like a mere advertising dodge. ‘I'ne *“‘Passionspiel” of Oberammergau will be played in 1590, when its regular decade T'he commune has resolved to make no important changes in the drama, although b be some abbreviations and n_fow corrections, L 1t now avpears that the season of I opera in Berlin is not noarly as successtul as was at first reported. Miss Van Zandt made an_impression, and ‘*‘Lakme,' produced for' the first time, rcely morothan a succes d'estime. After the firt weeok the management de- cided to reduce the scalo of prices, and slnce the attondance has improved soméwhat, One of whe most inte resting of the musical features in connection with the Paris exhibi- 1 be the vevival of some of the operas produced about, the time of the first revolu- tion, Among them will be Paisiello's ‘Il Barbiere," Dalayrac’'s “Raoul de Crequi “Nicoderue dans la Lune,” by Consin- Jucques, and “Madame Angot,” by Demaile lot, Frau Cosuna Wagner has written a lotter to Herr Auton Seidl, conductor of the Met- ropolitan any of New York, exprossing tho hope that the production of her Iate hus- band’s triology in the western states will be sssful as it proved in tho east. Sho America is a great fleld for his work, It must not be misunderstood, or half unde stood. 1 do not think that it can fall to e Herr Seidl describes her as being bly est, liviag, liko Clara Schu- to glorify hor husbund’s meaory and ian munn, fame." LITIE Women have got 65 per cent of the 529,000 divorces granted in the United States in the pust Lwenty yoars. Oue result of the tailors' strike In Erie is the postpouement of a fushionable wedding, the groum being unable to get his suit in time Mrs. W. J. Cotton, of this ‘city, and not t Lincoln and his wife, introduced 1l Harvison to Miss Saunders, whom wards married, A newly wedded pair from the country blow out the gas in a Miuneapolis hotel, and come within an ace of being in a position to solve the problem of problems, Mysterious footfalls and door slams at night have driven a freshly wedded pair from a house at Cedar Hill, Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, and even the dogs quit the premiscs at suncown. The Britiah divorce returns for thirty ding in 1550, show that there were itions for divorce or dissolution of Le aft se sluce 1881'1s gradual. A Kingston, minister marrled & couple one unight recently, and when sigoa tures were usked to the certificate it was found thit neither tue bride, groom, bost o brlliantly. “Uheve is yet nuother Now England play, man, Bor bridemaid could write their names, Tuey all signed by makiog wurks, =