HARKISUNI'KLSS-JOURNAL
CEO. D. CANON, Editor.
KEBRi
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Tbe freight depot at the St. Joseph. 4k
Grand Inland railway alatioa at Hast
ings was completely destroyed by Ore
at i o'clock Wednesday morning. The
Arc srlgii.ated from sparks from aa en
gine. The total loss is U.WO.
fe union Pacific Railroad company
haa begun the work of building Iron
bridges on Ita Albion branch. A large
fo"-e of men was put to work and the
ola bridges will be taken out. The
t.urk. will require several months for
apletion.
John Farrar, a farmer la the vtcinlty
frf Liberty, was found dead oa top of
a load of straw with which he had
itarted from home. The team came
walking aiowly into Liberty. Mr. Far
rar waa apparently well In the morn
ing, and It is supposed death was Cue
W heart disease.
The Wash-A-Lone Soap Manufactur
ing Wiiiibuy i.u itait;aii.zcu with the
following officers: R. F. Hodgin, presi
dent; K. ML Drew, rice president; Ed S.
Streeter, secretary; H. K. Burket,
treasurer; Thos. B. Hodgln, manager.
The company has removed from Its
East Omaha factory to 802 Leaven-wo-th
street, Omaha, and la largely In
creasing Its working force. It will
employ all its men night and day dur
ing the winter. This company haa been
a considerable factor In Omaha's man
ufacturlng world for two years.
The Omaha OH and Paint company
haa filed suit against the exposition
management for the collection of JIM. 25
alleged to be due for material furnish
ed. The suit carries with It a request
for a restraining order to prevent the
Chicago Wrecking company from de
molishing certain buildings which are
said to be a lien for the alleged debt
The Sunday School Association of
Platte county, which has completed its
annual session In Columbus, elected
these officers: President. Prof. R. M.
Campbell of Columbus; secretary. Miss
Minnie Becker; treasurer. Miss Emily
Van Bergen; superintendent of pri
mary Instruction, Miss Bessie Sheldon;
superintendent of home department,
Mlas Fannie Weeks.
The supreme court commenced Its
regular sitting Wednesday morning
with but few attorneys from out of
town in attendance. A number of cases
wera argued and submitted, but none
of general Interest were up. In the
afternoon the case Involving the Weav
er Insurance law and the right of the
governor and the state auditor to ex
ercise the duties of bead of the Insur
ance department of the state, was set
for argument Friday morning.
FISH IN LITIGATION.
Omaha, Neb. (Special.) The Chicago
Wrecking company haa not yet made
up its mind as to the disposition of the
millions of fish In the lagoon at the
exposition grounds.
Had the deal gone off all right with
out attachments, law suits, injunctions
and delays. It was the company's pur
pose to begin the sale of the fancy fish
to the people of Omaha, and the larger
ones would have been disposed of for
the table. Millions of flshL bound in
the lagoon, it Is asserted. The fish are
of all sorts and sizes from the tiniest
minnow to the croppy, bass and perch,
weighing from ten to a dosen pounds.
When the Trans-MIsalsslppt exposi
tion closed out last year, most of the
tanks In the government building were
emptied Into the lagoon. These have
Increased wonderfully. These fish are
now being fed by the many workmen
engaged on the grounds, and by the
wrecking people. The fish were fed
all mmmer by visitors to the show, and
are in fine condition for table use.
It vii generally believed that the ex
plosions on the lagoon during the lat
month of the show would kill many
fish, yet Captain Sorcho says that very
few dead ones were picked up after
noons after the tripe of the Olympla.
The fish, the captain Bays, all put for
the east end of the lagoon as soon es
the moving about began on the went
end, and, by either getting far away,
or burrowing in the mud, they survived
6EKERAL IEWS.
FAVOR NEW CABINET OFFICER.
New York. (8pecial.) At the meet
ing of the New Tork board of trade
and transportation the following resolu
tions were adopted:
"Resolved, That we ask the congress
of the United States to enact a law to
establish the gold dollar as a standard
and measure of value and providing
that bonds and notes of the United
States and all paper money, Including
national bank notes, shall be redeem
able in gold.
"Resolved, That the people of the
United States demand a separate gov
ernment department, whose head snail
be a cabinet officer, to be known as the
Department of Commerce and Manu
factures, and the president of the
United States Is respectfully asked to
urge on congress early action on this
subject."
NUNEZ LIVES IN HOPE.
Havana. (Special.) General Emlllo
N'lMies, successor to Rlos Rivera as civ
il governor of Havana, formally took
over the - office today, declaring that
he accepted the post with pleasure, lit
then had an Interview with General
Brooke and Senor Capote, secretary of
the government, after which be accept
ed the resignation of Senor Vlvaneo,
secretary to the civil governor, whow
successor will be appointed as soon as
possible.
"It Is the duty of all Cubans," said
the new civil governor, "to co-operate
with the Americans In an honest en
deavor to reconstruct the Island, finan
cially, politically and socially. I pledge
my efforts to harmonise all factions. I
am satisfied that all Intelligent Cu
bans believe that the military gov.
eminent Is paving the way for the
eventual Independence of the Island as
promised by the joint resolution c'
congress, a resolution which, jtirizinc
from what I learned while In Well
ington, will become operative aa soon
as the United States government Unas
. It safe to put It Into operation."
Cheyenne. Wyo. (Special.) A t m
o'clock Wednesday night an east noon
Union Pacific freight train, loaded W'h
dried fruit, waa wrecked at a point
Ave miles west of Cheyenne. It Is not
known what caused the accident, bi-'
It to believed a broken wheel ditch
the train. Seven oaf war plied at
. d about oM fast of track damaged
' 1'iad Brakeman Smith was riding on
mm of the wrecked ears, Part escaped
yn few b raise Kon Brakemar
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"FIRST PRAY,
The writer has been much with Oom
Paul Kruger. What is here wiltten Is
gathered wholly from personal experi
ences, or what the president of the '
Transvaal haa told me. ,
'First pray to God for guidance and !
inspiration, then fight. This is bis j
motto.
Imagine yourself standing In the
presence of a man about aix feet three
inches In height. somewhat stoop-
shouldered and built like a giant: his
hair white with years; his features
homely and coarse, wearing an Ill-fitting
black double-breasted Prince Al
bert coat reaching below the knees;
such a man is Oom Paul. Void of book
learning, aparently not talented above
the acerage man, armed only with bis
natural craftiness, he has been a thorn
in the side of the greatest diplomatists
and statesmen in England for twenty
years.
he was born on October 10, 1825, near
the present town of Graff Relnet, Cape
Colony. His parents were South African
farmers, who left their home in Hol
land a few years before Paul was born
hoping for good fortune In the nev
country. But It did not come. They
remained mere squatters, and at lh
time Paul waa born his parents ownec
only two or three salves, which meani
little. The future president of th
Transvaal was christened S. J. Pau.
Kruger, but at an early age the first
two initials were dropped. He use
them now when signing state papers.
Paul was taught at an early age to
pray and handle a gun. At 7 years ol
age be was the best shot In that sec
tion. He was a fearless boy. When he
was 9 years old his parents resented
British regulations and moved to the
northeastern part of Natal colony, not
for from Ladysmlth, the first important
strategic point in this war.
There were two other children In the
family, a boy and a girl, both younger
than PauL The brother waa killed in
a native fight in the Natal colony and
the sister lived to see her brother made
president of the Transvaal.
When Kruger was about 17 years old
his father, sister and he went with the
bullock team some distance into the
Orange Free State. The senior Kru
ger waa forced to remain and told Paul
to take the team home and to look after
his sister.
"I'll take care of her, father," was
the reply.
kKerythlng went well until Paul and
his sister were about five miles from
home. Then a panther appeared In the
road. The sixteen bullocks In the team
took fright and ran away. The joult
Ing of the crude wagon threw the sis
ter from the seat Into the roadway,
where she was completely at the mercy
of the panther. Paul at once realised
her danger, and though he waa unarm
ed ran to her rescue. The panther by
this time stood with gleaming eyea over
the girl. Paul tackled the panther In a
hand-to-hand battle. It was a fierce
struggle, and as Kruger himself told
me he believed once or twice that the
panther was going to prove too much
for him. But finally be got a hold on
the animal's throat and literally chok
ed the creature to death. With the
grit of a bulldog Kruger held his grasp
on the panther's throat, and only re
leased it when the animal gave up its
struggles In death.
FIRST MEETING WITH KRUGER.
It was In the latter part of 1871 that
I first had the pleasure of meeting
Paul Kruger. He was then a man of
over 60 years of age, but as strong,
erect and robust as the average man of
IS. He seemed to possess the strength
of a giant. The Boers at that time
were on the verge of a war with the
British. When I was Introduced to
Kruger he was suspicious of me, and it
was only when assured that I was an
American that he became at all talk
ative. In those days Kruger would talk
English, but since the visit of Sir
Henry Lock to Pretoria in 183 the
Transvaal president has positively re
fused to utter one word of English. The
Kruger of 1879 was a poor man; he had
diculty In supplying his family with the
necessities of life, for besides his wife
be had ten children to care for. He
lived then in a humble farm house, but
he left the farm to care for itself, for
he had a more Important matter to
attend to the creation of a revolution
against the English. General P. J.
Joubert, the now commander of the
Boer forces and vice president of the
Transvaal, young Pretorius, son of the
country's first president, and Kruger
were planning for the Boer uprising
which came the following year, result
ing In the Independence of the Boers In
18S1. It was these three that managed
the campaign against the English force
under General Colley at Majuna nm.
The next time that I met Kruger was
In 1894. Although he was now presi
dent of a nation and reputed to be
worth t5.00O.00O, I found him as simple
and as democratic as he was In the
days of 1879. when he was unknown to
to fame and had hard work to support
his family. It was on this occasion that
I realised tbe great qualities of this
man. He cordially Invited me to be
come his guest during tbe short time
that I was to remain In Pretoria, an
Invitation which I readily accepted. He
would not talk English to me on this
occasion, so I had to carry on my con
versation with him through members
of the family.
HE LOVES AMERICANS.
The old president never tired of talk
ing about tbe United States, designat
ing this republic as his big brother, and
wishing that he were In a position to
make a treaty with America In order
that he mght favor ur merchants in
trade.
"I can trust Americans," he would
say, "for I know they do not want my
country."
Before I left his residence he said to
me through his secretary: "When you
go home to the United States tell the
people there for me that there Is a
small nation here, loving their country
and their liberty, and Idolizing the
American flag and the free Institutions
of your country. May tha United
States ever prosper and remain true to
tbe principles established by her found
ers, la my earnest wish." Aa be finish
ed talking a tear waa seen running
down the old man's cheek.
He often talked of the days when he
drove his father's bullock team, and
now prides himself on the fact that he
Is still able to crack a thirty-foot whip
over sixteen bullocks.
It would be Impossible to And a man
who la a better Judge of human nature
than Kruger. His liken or dislikes are
spontaneous with him and it generally
turns out that his drat impression is
the correct one. He scrutinised me
when I waa a stranger to a degree that
was embarrassing, an he does all Brit.
Uhers. If there la anytning aooui a
person which meets with the old presi
dent's disapproval bla secretary la told
to dose the interview.
RIB HOME LIFE.
Too home Hfe of Krmger to the most
atkusmtat lmagtnahle. What la here
written of It to from my own expert
warn Krngor to devoted to Ms wife.
.linn, grand aad great maaskhll
wMm they n torn adore him
I. Wfen la
THEN FIGHT."
feet. There is a grass plot In front and
a sentry box inside of the Iron rati ng.
This house was presented to him ty a
syndicate. W hen the Volksraad Is in
session a soldier is stationed in front ot
the president's house, and no one ex
cepting official is permitted to enter
the house during the day unless the
secretary authorizes the sentry to pas
some especial person. After T o'clock
in the evening, however, all are wel
come to the chief executive's borne.
Every morning at ( o'clock a negro
servant takes a cup of black coffee and
a big pipe filled with tobacco to the
president's room. As soon as be has
drank the coffee Kruger rises and
smokes the pip while he Is dressing.
He is downstairs by 7 o'cdlock. Break
fast is seived about 7.30 a. m. H it
morning hours are taken up with mat
ters of stale and the dictating of let
ters. The dinner hour Is 1 o'clock. At
all the meals Kruger says grace before
bread Is broken. He takes a short nap
after the noon meal and Is ready at
promptly 3 in the afternoon to receive
alters. The supper is served at
clock, and the conclusion of this re
past ends all the worriment of the day
for Kruger. Many writers have Uld
how cups of hot, thick, black coffee
are served at. frequent Intervals. Ev
ery perron received Is served with cof
fee. Besides his salary of 140,000 a year
Kruger is also allowed JlO.OoO annually
for coff-e money. There is a two-gallon
kettle of coffee always hot in the
kitchen. Mrs. Kruger Informed me that
she has known her servants to serve
over thirty gallons of coffee In one
day. Kruger drinks large quantities
of It. Most of his day is spent In the
front parlor. He has a large cuspidor
st his feet and a pouch of Transvaal
tobacco and a pipe at his side.
HIS COUNTRT SAVED BY GOLD.
Since Oom Paul was elected president
In 1881 he has been confronted with
some trying times. In 1883 his country
was In a bankrupt condition. There waa
but one English shilling In the treas
ury and the salary of all officers from
the president down, was one year in
arrears. At this time Kruger found it
extremely hard to get along. There
was no credit to be had for the coun
try, and Kruger did not know what to
do. It looked aa If a famine was going
to overtake the land, but at the most
crucial period gold was found In the
Barberton district A messenger from
the new gold fields took a sack of gold,
containing twenty ounces, to the pres
ident, presenting It to him as the first
yield of gold from the Transvaal. Kru
ger was astounded when, he saw the
gold. It Is said by those present that
his eyes doubled In size. He aisked
where It came from and waa Informed
that it was from the Barberton dis
trict. "Is there any more left?" asked Kru
ger. He was told that the country wa
rich in gold ore and that millions ot
pounds could be secured wnere irai
came from.
Thank God! My country Is saved."
waa his reply.
On tbe occasion of laying the f
bolt in the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay rau
road, November, the prestden
went out in his private train to per
form the act. At Bronkher Spruit a del
eeation of Boers met the president la
party. Kruger had to speak. Out front;
the railroad station, aooui a miie mu
tant, there could be seen the thre
grouped graves of the rear guard of a
British regiment, which had been an
nihilated by the Boera. The presen
trouble was beginning to make Itself
manifest; at least Kruger was far
sighted enough to realize that th
storm would burst before very lone
Looking significantly toward the grav
of the British soldiers. Kruger said t
the 200 old Boers that had gathered
around him:
"This Is our country. Never give I'
up. Remember that we fought for It
and made It what It is. I will never
Never!! Never permit a foreign foe to
take the Transvaal from you so lonp
as I shall live!" John E. Owens In the
Omaha Bee.
WHY THE PROFESSOR KNEW IT.
Miss Helen Gould Is a graduate of
the law department of the University
of the City of New York, and her in
structor waa Prof. Isaac Franklir
Russell, dean of the law college, who i:
responsible for the admission of more
women to the bar than any other mar,
In the world. In addition to his learn
ing. Prof. Russell is famed for the lu
cidity of his stylo of lecturing. He If
able to make the most perplexing lega;
problems as clear as simplex arithme
tic, even to the mind of the dullest
pupil. Once the professor was lectur
ing on contracts before a large das'
of young women. He was explaining
the question of consideration, and on
of the pupils found the subject dlfli
cult. With wonderful patience the pto
fessor went over the definition and II
lustrations half a dozen times. Finally
he said:
"If you will turn to page 170 of the
text book beside you, chapter 28, you
will read: 'A bailor leaves a travellnc
bag with his friend for safe keeping,
the merchant asks a neighbor to de
posit a ll.WO bill to his credit In tl.
bank. In each of these cases we havi
to And the consideration In the trust
and confidence reposed by the bailor in
the bailee," This principle." he aldcd.
la Illustrated by the famous case of
Coggs vi Bernard, Smith's Leading
Cases, 199."
"My!" exclaimed the pupil. In wide
mouthed amazement.
"I trust," continued the professor, a
trifle dubiously, "that I have made ll
plain to you."
"O, dear, no!" returned the pupil. "I
don't understand It a bit better. But
won't you please tell me how you man
age to remember the very words of all
that stuff In that horrid book?"
"Perhaps one reason," replied the
professor, as he turned to the next sub
ject with a little sigh of realgnation.
"Is thst I wrote that horrid book."
From the Philadelphia Post
A DOG BURIED IN STYLE.
New Tork Correspondence In Pitts
burg Dispatch: Fanny, a Newfound
land dog, that died yesterday, lay to
day In a satln-llned coffin, with a
bunch of lilies of the valley and forget-me-nots
on her breast, In tbe home of
her mistress, a widow, In Twenty
fourth street. The widow wept bitter
ly till the afternoon, and then had her
pet removed to a carriage, In which It
was taken to a railway station, and
thence to the animal cemetery at Hart-
dale. The bereaved widow will have a
monument ereeted over the grave of
the dog, and win lay fresh blossoms
pan II as often as she can spare the
Unto. (Met takes many forma, and to
for nil klndo of opjooto hi a
4
Boston. Mu-(Special ) One of the
moat fortunate girls la Europe la Mil
Anna Klumpke, a former resident of
Boston. She la one of a family of four
sisters, who a few yeatt ago went l"
Boston with their widowed mother and
engaged apartments on liacon atreet.
The girls were all Inclined toward art,
but Anna was, perhaps, the most tal
ented of the quartet. They came from
California, where they had resided for
many years, and there Anna first saw
the light of day. She seemed to take
naturally to art and ber parents in
dulged her fancy to the extent of their
means They were, however, unsble to
gl
e her all the advantages she craved.
pul
iyed by the American. She lesrn
l t. ... tn- fmri a In annealing
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tral of character and the woman waa
. w-i, 1m Anna
lonely in raci, sne ueuevci
Klutrtpke, and It was only natural that
ahe slow her gratitude for the bright
ness thus brought Into her life during
ita closing years.' For the first time
in twenty years Rosa Bonheur exhib
ited In the salon, and her last work
Is her "Cows and Oxen from Au
vergne," a glorious piece of work.
During her two years' stay at By
Miss Klumpke refused all commissions
that would take her away from her
friend.
Rosa Bonheur achieved the largest
fortune of anv Frenchwoman. For two
score years she earned with her brush
130.000 a year on an average, and It is
said that she was thrifty. Her estates
are valuable and the castle a museum
of art a fortune In Itself. There are
portfolios of sketches worth their
weight In gold. Much criticism Is ex- j
pressed by the directors of the Louvre, j
who expected to acquire them. In ad
dition to the above ahe inherited 160,000
In cash, besides securities well Invest- ,
ed.
Pending the settlement of the estate
and other matters. Miss Klumpke will
remain at the chateau. She Is beloved
by the peasantry, who stand by her
ride In the face of the threatened con- j
r.f the will bv a lot of relatives.
Meantime her Boston friends are
wondering if all this Is quite true.
They are rubbing their eyes, yet all
say, "I hope so; she deserves It"
TEST FOR THE CIGAR SMOKER.
"I have a customer who thinks he
smokes twenty-nve cigars a day," said
a dealer to a New Orleans Times
Democrat man. "As a matter of fact
he smokes about three-eighths of that
number. The other five-eighths rep
resents what he gives away, lays down
partly consumed, and a generous dis
regard of 'butts.' However, be Is firm
in the conviction that he smokes more
actual tobacco than any other man In
New Orleans, and a boast on the sub
ject yesterday led to a curious bet.
"He declared, to begin with, that he
could smoke three ordinary cigars In ;
balf an hour, and a bystander remark
ed that no man alive could smoke even
one cigar continuously until It was con
sumed without taking it from his lips.
'Bosh, said the twenty-ftve-a-day man,
'I do that right along, and think noth.
ing of It.' 'I'll bet you a box of per-
fectos you can't do it right now,' said
the other, and In half a minute the
wager waa made. By Its terms the cl-
gar was to be consumed In steady, con
secutive puffs, and, not removed rrom
(he lips until burned to a mark, one
and one-quarter Inches from the lip. A
clear Havana, Colorado maduro In col
or, was selected for the test, and the ,
smoker took a scat and began. j
"He puffed like an engine for about
two minutes, and accumulated some
thing under ah Inch of ash. and then
he began to wobble. He shifted the
cigar from aide to side, pulled slow
and fast, and seemed to have difficulty
In retting his breath between draws.
At any rate, he kept moving his head
to avoid the smoke, and Anally got to
coughing. I could see he waa In tor
ture, but he stuck to it until he got
within half an Inch of (he mark. Then
l.e jumped up suddenly, threw the ci
gar away, and walked out of the store.
1 paid the bet and charged It to his
account, and he told me lait night that
tha very Idea of tobacco made him
sick. It Is not unlikely that the affair
may lose me n good customer.
"I doubt whether It would be possible
for anybody to smoke even a moderste-
r strong cigar tnrougn in we
tore described."
LAPLAND, THE
An American In tbe quiet of his home,
er filled with thoughts of his own new
aad unexplored possessions, thinks lit
tle about these far northern people un
til he vlsita their land, meets them In
their dally life, rides behind a reindeer,
or takes a meal In one of their fre
quent camps.
Lapland on the map has no fixed
geographical unity. It comprises
northern Norway, Sweden, Finland. It
Is merely tbe land where tbe Lapps
live. To learn something of their cus-
auie s, auisucs,M
beans, etc Here we siayed at an Inn
and It was good to all down in a clean
room and eat from a table with a clean,
though coarse, white cloth. In some of
the houses of the village the walls
were covered with paper and the room
was heated by porcelain stoves. There
was an air of tidiness and thrift
about them.
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CLASSES.
There are different classes of Lapps,
as evidenced by the difference In their
manner of living. There are the sea or
fisher Lapps .the river Lapps, and the
mountain or forest Lappa. The sea
Lapps live near the coast, and are en
gaged largely In cod fishing. Both men
and women are brave and daring sail
ors. The women mend the nets and
clean the fish, and all lead a bimy and
hardy life. The river Lapps also en
gage In fishing, but In a small way,
and usually own farms and cattle. The
mountain and forest Lapps are the
representatives of their race. They are
the nomads that one meets wandering
with their families and herds of rein
deer from place to place. The moun
tain Lapps are less restricted in their
wandering, sometimes going great dis
tances from the central spot and back
again, and again in the summer up
Into the mountains, and returning in
the winter to their njalla. The forest
Lapps do not go out of a certain dis
trict In which they porsees an hered
itary right, and they maintain a series
of camping grounds, which tbey visit
In rotation.
From our guide, who spoke a little
English, we learned that further on
was a village where lived the governor
or landsman of the province that we
were now In.
A PEACEABLE PEOPLE.
Law are rigidly enforced, the viola
tion of game laws, for theft of any ar
ticle, however s II, for disrespect of
the police, etc. l.ach lan haa Its pris
on to confine auoh offenders. The
Lapps are Inoffensive, and the prisons
are not well filled their chler offense
being drunkenness, and this when they
reach a village and go In for a few
days' good time. One might easily get
the Impression that the Lapps are lazy,
but such Is not the case. The women
ceok. sew, carve and shape the horns of
the reindeer Into spoons and trinkets
for sale, and help watch the nerds and
of reindeer. The men lead a busy life.
They have their herd of reindeer to
watch day and night, lest they wander
away or are caught by the wolves.
They fish, hunt, chop down trees for
wood, load and unload .their tent trap
pings on tbe back of reindeer. No won
der they are tired enough to sleep on
the wet skins under the tents or in
the open air with no covering save the
ky. The weather In August it often
cold and rainy, with occasional days of
warm sunshine. The longest daya and
nights last for three months each, and
during the midsummer days tha sun
does not set. nor rise In midwinter.
It would be difficult to say what lan
guage they speak, not like, yet akin,
to the Finnish, but their wandering lire
and contact with different near coun
tries has broken up tbelr once Intact
language Into numerous dialects.
QUEER SOD HOUSES,
gome times we would atop over night
or spend Sunday ai a gamme, or sod
house, of the Lapps. This differs from
the house of a Norwegian farmer, It
being -"relr made of sod, while thst
of the er has only a sod roof. One
large room had a huge fireplace and
an opening through the roof for the
moke. Across the room, near the cell
ing, waa a long pole, thrown over which
were winter garments drying, seaweeds,
home and meat. Another room contain
ed the beds for the occupants They
were made of branches of birch, kept
togotnor by log and covered with a
kin. In the same roosB were two no
LAND OP NOMADS.
and the calf and three sheep. Th' re
were a few kettles, coffee pot and A
gn at cheat. The structure of the houe
was tent-like, with strong frame wood
work overlaid with sand. These houkes
last about ten years. Some of them con
tained but one large room, parh.r, bed
room, kitchen, all In one, uud Willi a
separate department for the cattle.
The wealth of a Lapp farmer consists
of his cattle or reindeer. In these parts
a man with 2.000 reindeer Is considered
wealthy. Besides the value per head of
reindeer, he Is made use of In an
pleas variety of waya for food and
thing. His flesh they use for food.
milk for drink and for cheese, his
n for dress, shoes, gloves and letr-
s; his sinew for thread, tbe blad-
f for bag or bottles, horns and hoofs
souvenir trinkets, and from the
lfs In manufactured also a kind of
lie. Even the blood of a reindeer is
ed, and In winter Is powdered and
de Into porridge with warm water
milk. He draws their sledges In the
inter and carries their tents on his
k In the summer. The reindeer Is
krythlng to a mountain Lapp. Inter-
Ing stories are told of the exciting
vea in snow sledges drawn by the
Indeer over the narrow passages In
p mountains, and of how they lasso
reindeer and teach him to draw
pulka.
MANAGE- TO KEEP WARM.
The winter dress Is very warm. Two
tnree woolen garments are worn un
r the reindeer-skin coat, breeches
made of the same witn the hair left
. shoes and stockings may be worn,
d also may contain a quantity of
to keep the feet warm. In windy
f ather a mask of fur Is worn over the.
re and mittens of reindeer skin at
ed. Even In the winter encampment!
numerous, and a vigilant eye Is
pt on the reindeer to protect them
m the wolves. Often on a cold night
!l turn out at the sound of a wolf
h-n, women and dons and onlv re-
m when they know their herd Is
fe. The enow shoes and the sledges
e the means of traveling In the win-
season. These shoes are six feet
more long, four or five Inches wide
d about half an Inch In thickness. It
said tbey can make 100 to 140 miles
r day with these shoes. The doctor
these northern regions haa a hard
p. He Is paid by tbe government. On
k coast be uses a sail or row boat.
d goes long distances to see his pa-
nts. Over the mountains he walks
goes In aledges.
rhe Lapps attend church luramei
d winter on Sunday, when there la
church near enough to reach. AU
churches are Lutheran except In
bsalan Lapland, where the Greek
lurch Is found. In the churches the
fn sit on one side of the house, the
.men on the other. For church and
ktlval occasions the women simply
dress over the one they wear
ring the week, with perhaps the
illtlonal silver belt and a queer bon
1 of bright colors made of wool and
k. They wear large glaaa Deads
Lund their necks like Finns. In the
hools the pupils sit on the floor. The
iechlsm Is an especial study, and la
rd by the pastor of the village. Nor-
In print taken from the lips of the early
Ijipsp, as was the Kalavala of U
Finns.
GIRL TYPEWRITERS,
v.w York Journal: "I had i
little
experience the other day." said a
young broker, "which proved how eas
ily one can learn the motive actuating
a person who does an odd thing if one
only takes the trouble to Investigate a
bit.
"Last Sunday I waa going down town
in a Broadway car. I had no ppaer to
read and soon found myself looktns
speculatively at a pretty girl who took
the car at Eighteenth street.
"If she had been born in the Four
Hundred she would have been called
handnome. But her face showed her
life to have been a serious one, and
her tx-auty, at about 26. was alrtaiy
marred by a careworn expression.
"I begun to wonder where she would
leave the car, and finally decided that
If she did not slop at Grace church fhe
would get out at City Hall park and
cross the bridge.
"City Hall was reached and passed,
and still the girl made no sign, but ai
we passed Trinity church she signaled
the conductor to stop the car.
" 'Ah, she Is going to church, after
all. I said to myself, but to my sur
prise. Instead of turning into the gate
way of old Trinity she crossed the east
side of the street. My curiosity got the
betelr of men, and I Jumped off the car
and watched her.
She turned abruptly Into the doorway
of a big office building, and I followed
her. bethinking myself that 1 had a
friend on the nfth floor whom I could
say I hoped to find If questioned.
She never paid the slightest atten
tion to me, but on the fourth floor she
unlocked the door of an office and dis
appeared. I was wondering what lu
Inees she could have there on Sunday,
when suddenly I heard the sound of a
typewriting machine and the mystery
was solved.
"The next day I met a friend of mine
who employs a young woman typewrit
er to transcribe his legal notes, and
told him of my experience.
" 'What you saw,' he said, 'Is noth
ing unusual. Hundreds of young wo
men typewriters get behind In their
work during the week and complete It
during the evenings and on Sundays.
Those who have no machines of their
own at home are obliged to use those
of their employers at the offices.
" 'Go Into any big office building In
the down townd Istricl on a Sunday
and you will hear the click of a type
writing machine. It means that some
poor girl Is alone In all that solitude
striving to catch up with her work
that ahe may save herself from the
harsh reprimand sure to come If she
cannot produce her work llnlshed on
the morrow,' "
Washington Correspondence of Ne
York Bun: A parrot of exceptional ac
complishments Joined In the welcome
extended to Admiral Dewey In Wash
ington. The bird la the property of
Mrs. Washington McLean, an old friend
of Dewey and mother of John R. Mc
Iean of Ohio. Some time aco Mn. M
Ian offered to Admiral Inwey the
use of her residence, at the corner of
Connecticut avenuf and Farragut
square, urging him to occupy It aa his
own during hie stay In Washington.
The offer waa accepted and (he hous
was prepared for tbe admiral a recep
tion. The parrot la always a conspicu
ous object about the premises, his cag4
being bung sometimes at tbe front en
trance and sometimes at the side. For
weeks a member of Mrs. McLean's
family was teaching Polly a new trick,
and when the admiral enured th
house bo called out heartily:
Hello. Qeorge! Hello. Oeorgo uow
ly and Sweden have done much to put
fucatlon Into these remote places,
try few books are printed In tbe Lapp
kguage, except rellgloua and school
'' t and tales are also found
. sew eyi walk la, O rgsl"
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