I
A MAI,AY NKW YKAR.
Y Malay aye* cam*
dose up to the ver
anda and touched
bla brown forehead
with the back of bla
open hand.
"Tuan" (l/ord), he
aald, "have got oil
for barnea*, two
one-half cent*;
black oil for cu
dati'a (horse) feet,
three cent*; oil one cent one-half for
blw, oil, aeven cent* for cretah (car
riage), Fourteen cent*, tuan.”
I put my hand Into the pocket* ot
my while duck Jacket and drew out a
roll of big Borneo copper*.
The ayce counted out the dealred
amount, and handed back what waa
left through the bamboo chick* or cur
tain* that reduced the blinding glare of
the sky to a aoft, translucent gray. I
eloeed my eye* and atretched back In
my long chair, wondering vaguely at
th* occasion that called for auch an out
lay In oil*, when I heard once more the
gulet, Insistent "Tuan!” I opened my
f ygg,
"No got red, white blue ribbon for
whip."
"Sudah ebukup!" (Stop talking!) 1
•ouiniDdddrAnKrlly’ The? §ycu ihrugge
hi* bare »houlder* and gave a hitch to
bis cotton sarong,
"Tuan, to morrow New Year day.
Tuan, mem (lady) drive to Kaplanade.
Governor, general, all white tuan* and
mema there. Tuen consul’s cretah teda
hlak (carriage not nice). Shall syce buy
ribbon*?” . ...
"Ye*," I answered, tossing him me
rest of tho copper*, "and get a new one
for your arm."
I had forgotten for the moment that
It waa the 31*t of December. The ayce
touched hie hand to bl* forehead and
salaamed.
Through the spaces of the protecting
ehlcks I caught glimpse* ot my Malay
hebun. or gardener, squatting on his
bare feet, with bis bsr# knees drawn up
under his arraplta, hacking with a
heavy knife at the short graa*. The
mottled crotone, the yellow allamanda
IBd pinK 01DIRCUI uu»UK>, UIB V.
Eucharist lilies. the great trailing
f masses of orchids that hung among the
rsd flower* of the stately flamboyant
tree by the green hedge Joined to make
me forget the midwinter date on the cal
endar. The time seemed in my half
dream July In New York or August In
Washington.
Ah Mlnga. the "boy." In flowing pant
alets and stiffly starched blouse, came
silently along the wide veranda, with a
cup of tea and a plate of opened man
gosteens. I roused myself, and the
dreams of slelghbells and Ice on the
window panes, that had been flitting
through my mind at the first mention
of New Year's day by the syce, van
ished.
Ah Mlnga, too, mentioned as be placed
the cool, pellucid globes before me.
••To-moliow New Yeur dlay, tuan!"
On Christ mas day Ah Mluga had pre
sented the mlitress with the glided
counterfeit presentment of a Joss. The
servants, one and alt, from Jim, the
eookee, to the wretched Kllng Dboble
(wash man), had brought some little
remembrance of their Christian mas
ill Uvr's great holiday,
i ' In respecting our customs, they had
taken occasion to establish one of their
own. They had adopted New Year’s as
the day when their musters should re
turn their presents and good will In
solid cash.
At midnight we were awakened by a
regular Fourth of July paudemonlum.
Whistle* from the factories, salvos from
Fort Cauulng, bells from the churches,
i A
rOt’MTKBN iHNTW. MAN."
Cklaaaa law luma Malay kaiaa rakl
lha air tram ifcal k»ar ualll daan Milk
all ika dtoMMda al ika Orlaat aad a law
Ira* *Sur»f>r lly daHUlki ik* Ikaa
aaada al aalltaa I*aw all gaariara al Ika
pealaaata aatl naiabbarlaa lalaada kad
gaikarad alaag Ika ktaad a*aaa ««aia
•ya ik fraai al ik* tiwfcai flak k.
la taka gari la <w a au k ika aaili*
gwilr ky laad aad aaa
Ika laaaltakta rkiaawaa aaa ikara.
Ika It Hag ika Matli aiau ika Sikk.tka
' Arab, the Jew, the Chltty or Indian
] money lender they were all there,
many time* multiplied, unconsciously
furnishing a background of extraordi
nary variety and plcturesqueness.
At 10 o'clock we, the favored repre
sentative* of the Anglo-Saxon race,
took our place on the great veranda of
the Cricket club, and gave the signal
that we would condescend to be amused
for ten hours. Then the show com
menced, There were not over 200 of
us white people to represent law and
civilisation utnld the teeming native
population.
In the center of the beautiful espla
nade or play ground rose the heroic
statue of Sir Thomas Stamford Baffles,
the Krigllsh governor who made Singa
pore possible. To my right, on the ver
anda, stood a modest, gray-halred lit
tle man who cleared the seas of piracy
and Insured Singapore’s commercial
ascendency- Sir Charles Brooke, rajah
of Sarawak. A little further on, sur
rounded by a brilliant suite of Malay
princes, waa the sultan of Jobore, whose
father sold the Island of Singapore to
the British.
The first of the sports wa* a series
of foot races between Malay and Kllng
boys, almost Invariably won by the Ma
lays, who arc the North American Indi
ans of Malaysia the old-time kings
of the soil. They are never like the Chi
nese, mere beasts of burden or great
merchants, nor do they descend to pet
ty trade, like the Indians nnd Bengal
ese. If they must work, they become
horsemen.
Next came a Jockey race, In which a
DUCKING FOIl HALF DOLLARS,
doxen long limbed Malay* took each a
5-year-old child astride hi* shoulder*,
and raced for seventy-flve yards. There
were sack race* and greased pole climb
ing and pig catching.
Now came a singular contest an eat
ing match. Two doxen little Malay,
Kllug, Tamil and Chinese hoy* were
sealed at regular Intervals about an
opeu circle by one of ths governor*
aids. Not one could touch the others
In any way Ka< b had a dry, hard ship
biscuit before him.
At the Arina of a piaiol two doaen
pairs of Illil* brown hots went pit s
pat on two doxen hard biscuits, and In
an Ineisnl ih* circular crackers w*r*
broken Into s mass of powdered plots*
Then commenced the difficult task of
forcing the powdered pulp down the
llllle throat* llo h hands were called
one for cruwding in and lb* other for
grinding ths residua and patting the
stomach and threat Km h Rule cum
politer would slyly rub into ths warm
earth, or hid* sway Ih Ih* fold* sf his
many colored sarong, an much as pus
a!M*. or whan n rival was looking iha
other way. wuuld snap a guod *ia*d
pise* *» res# the lawn In a spel Within
hi* ranch
rh* Hill* brown follow who won Ih*
Id swat pise* by AMshlng hi* hlaeull
Are* simply put Inis hta mouth a certain
guanilly «f tbs crushed biscuit, and
j with lltll* nr nn mastUatlen pushsd
ths what* mas* down hta tbrwnl by
• *h**r fore#
Tbs mtnnt* ths cwnisal was decided
| all ibs participants, and many ether
1 barn, rushed in a great tub *f melasasa
to duck for half dollar*, One after
another their head* would dlssippear
Info the sticky, blinding ma**, a* they
fished with their leefh for Ote shining
prize* at the bottom,
Huccessful or otherwise, after th*lr
powers were exhauHted, they would
suddenly pull out their head*, reeking
with the molasses, and make for th*
ocean, unmindful of the crowd* of na
tive* In holiday attire who blocked
their way. Smearing everyone they
touched, the boys ran on amid shriek*
of laughter from their victim*.
Then came a jlnrlklaha race, with
Chinese coolie* pulling Malay passen
ger* around a half mile course. Lot
ting go the handle* of thctr wagons a*
they crossed the line, the coolies threw
their unfortunate passengers over
backward Into space.
Tugs of war, wrestling matches,
and boxing bout* on the turf
finished the land sports, and we all ad
uivinu r>m ranmnn.
Journed to the yachts to witness tboae
of tbe sea. There were race* between
men-of-war culler*, European yacht*,
rowing ahell*, Chinese sampans and
Malay coleh* with great, dart-llke aall*,
ao wlde-*preadlng that rope* were at
tached to the top of the niaata, and a
dozen naked native* hung far out over
the *lde of the alendcr boat to keep It
from blowing over. In making the cir
cle of the harbor they would aprlng
from Hide to aide of the boat, aome
tlmea loat to our view In the wpray,
often mlaairig their foothold, and drag
ging through the tepid water at a furl
oiia rate.
Between tlmea while watching the
racea. we amuwed ouraelve* throwing
copper* to a fled.of native hoy* In small
dug-out* beneath our bow*. Every
time a penny dropped Into the water
a dozen little bronze form* would llawh
In the aunllght, and nine tlmea out or
ten the coin would he rescued before
It reached the bottom.
l.aat of all came the trooping of the
English color* on the magnificent es
planade, within the shadow of the ca
thedral; the march past of the sturdy
British artillery and engineer*, with
their native allies, the Hlkb* and He
Itoys; then the feu-de-Jole, and New
Year * wa* officially recognized by the
gun* of the fort.
That night we danced at Govern
ment house we exile* of the temper
ate zone keeping up to the last the
Action that New Year's day under a
tropical sky and within sound of the
tiger'* wull wa* really January Ut. But
every remembrance .uni uintnclaUon
wa*. In our homesick thoughts grouped
about an open arch Are with the sharp,
crisp creak of sleigh runners outside, In
a frozen laud fuurteeu thousaud miles
away, * - Itouiisevell* Wtldiuan, In
Youth's Companion.
mil you A HA 1*1* V
Naw Year" railed
I turn, from her pil
low, to h*r slater
Agttea. who stood ,
no th* dr*M
lug table brushing
her curl* What
umbra you get up
M eat l» ' It lau i
— breakfast time yet
II la *0 warm gad
• n*y h»re |g had. I to going le lie here
•gd thigh up Iota of good reaalullona
for tbe aaw year Then I > *« write |
them out after hfeahfgai Vt hy dun I
you make earn# rwniimtana tam-e v
"I don’t know I hade t tbought ,
a haul It," replied the little girl, I
have keen hurrying la get dr»»a*d. fur
I waa afraid mainuia would want n<*,
t Vo 141* ha* been erring all the mar a* |
lag
I'rwl la its! a err baby! returned
Dorn. "Well, perhaps I’d better get. op.
*«eing you are all ready to go down.
Tell mamma 1 nin coming right away,”
and ehe crawled out of bed aa Agne*
cloned the door.
Dora reached the dining room Ju*t
aa her mamma end eleter eet the br*ak
tut on the table Freddie had been re
etored to good humor, and everybody
•rented happy aa they gathered around
the flrat morning meal of the new year.
Bright facea, merry voice* and good
wiehea made It a charming family
group.
Dora and Agne* cleared the labia
when the meal waa finished for thera
waa no aervant In the houae, and tha
two (tinier* help* 1 much with :h<- work,
that mamma mlgnt get mor* time to
new,
"Hhall I waah or wipe tb* dlahea?"
**ked Dora.
”«»h, I’ll wa*:i incm, end you can
wipe, ifc«*m,” *ald Agnea, "for you'd
rather, and I don’t rare."
"Weil, then I'm going up stair* to
write out ruy New Yenr'a reaolutlon*:
I’ll bo down by the time you nave th<
dlaho* ready to rinse,” and Dora tan up
to her room.
Dora apotled aeveral abeet* of paper
before *h<* had her reaolutlon* written
to ault her. Finally, *h« read them
over with a certain degree of pride:
New Year'* Kewolullona
of
Dor* Buckingham I'raacott.
"I will get up early In the morning
and help mamma with the break feet.
"I will go to bed at, night without
making a fuss about It.
"1 will drees Freddie every morning
"I will take my turn at washing the
dlehea, even though I like better to wipe
them,
"l will dust the parlor every day, aad
not leave It for Agnee.
"I will not forget to make the beds
wbeo It come# my week.
"I will take care of ray bird every
morning.
"I will amuse Freddie, and not be
cross to him once title year.
"I will sew on my buttons without
being told.
"1 will not let Agnee do my ebare of
the work, Just because she is obliging.
"I will always he pleasant to every
body-"
"Dora, mamma wants you-"
"Ob, don’t come bothering me now,
Aggie!"
"Mamma wants you to see to Fred
die."
"Oh, dear! Why can’t you?"
"I've got to go down to the poet
office."
"Oh! Why, have you flnlehed the
dishes?"
"All done,” aald Agnes, with a little
smile that had not a mite of superior
ity In it.
"But 1 meant to come and wipe
them," aald Dora, with a flush.
"Never mind," said Agnes, "I knew
you were busy.”
Dorn followed her sister down-stars,
thinking she would put the rooms In
order and feed the canary before Agnes
returned. But to her surprise, the
parlor and sitting-room were dusted.
Dick was eating fresh seed with great
relish, and It was 10 o'clock. How
long a time she had spent over those
resolutions!
After making Haby Fred happy with
a big block house, Dora slipped up
stairs and brought down her paper of
New Year s Kesolutlons'' and quietly
tuid It on the parlor fire. •
"I'll keep my eyes and ears open, as
Aggie does, anif do everything 1 see
that needs to be done, and try to be as
pleasaut as she is. That will be bet
ter than writing out a thousand reso
lutlons!”
New Veer Hong.
KW YKAIt. TRI K
year,
What now are you
bringing T
May day aklea and
buttwfltM.
And marry bird*
a-alnging!
Frolic, play all the
day,
Not an hour of
achool !*'
Rut the uierry echo,
The laughing Now Year echo,
Only answered. "Sohool!"
"New Year, true year.
Whnt now or* you bringing!
Hummer roeea eprlaglag giy,
Hammer vluee a awingmgr
Jael and aport, Ota merrlant aort.
Never n thuught of werhT*
Hut the merry echo.
The launhlug New Year echn,
Only oneweied. WorhT
New Year, true year,
Whnt no* ere yuu twinging»
Autumn frulta nil irwrlpn.
Autumn herno n ringing!
Keen delight o' moonlight alghta,
When dull *eiha are a hod!1'
Hut the merry eehn,
The launhlug New Year arhe.
Only enawemd, W*4t"
U«rt K Hi* her da
flow'* Tbla!
W* nfTer On* Hundred Hollars reward !
for any raw of Catarrh thit cannot b»
cured by Mali's catarrh Cure
F .1 CIIKNKY * CO, Toledo. O.
W*. th* undersigned, have known F
J Cheney for the lam IS yeara, and be
lleve him perfectly honorable In all ,
hnulfna* trana.o Ilona, arid financially .
able to carry out any obllcatlona made '
by th<dr llrm.
WALKIN'). KINNAN * MAIlVIN.
Wholesale Druggist*, Toledo. Ohio.
Ifall’a Catarrh Cur* la taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucoua eurfacea of the ayatem Teatl
monlala aent fr** I’rlc* TSo par bottle,
■old by all druggist*
Hall s Family Cilia. 'Ac.
Novel l oro I rib.
A novel |H>rtahle corn crib ia that in
troduced by W. .1 Adam, of Joliet, III!
Horn, It wotild neem to commend Itnclf
to the corn grower 'I he main point*
claimed for it are extreme simplicity
ami cheapness It in madenirnply from
s!a<n wired together at top, bottom and
center It Is nhipped in rolls, la *el up
roilnd, and the points of meeting
hooked together, and there yon are,
all ready to shovel in the corn I he
purchaser can regulate the aire of me
crih hy the length of th* original roll,
and it* height by the length of the
alat* It ia easily transported to any
part of the field and can ia- rolled up
and packed away under shelter when
not In use
I
>1 Whol* WmmUf HMfnM.
North Huron, N. V (Special) O. H.
Sum of this city had nearly become a
physical wreck through excursive tied
of tobacco, and his brother-in-law, hon
In-law and father Ir, law were also In
III health from the same cams'. The
four men all lagan taking No To Han
at the same time, and thougii irpie
nentlng great differences of ag" and In
firmity, they have not only been e.rtt' 1/
cured of the tobacco nahlt, hut are now
I In the heat possible physical condition.
The i|tiarlefie arc proud of t.bo lesult
and recommend No-To-Hac with the
; greatest enthusiasm. Hundreds of to
bacco users arc following tb« example of
i the Hum family.
< Mimed I' UK"
Fggs are now Imported from Kussla
I into England In scaled tin cans, Kgg*
in this country tire used by pastry
; cooks, and the advantages claimed for
the system are freedom from damage
in transport and long keeping <|tinli
ties I,uch run contains the content*
of one thousand to one thousand five
! hundred shells lireal care is naccnsa
ry in selecting the eggs to be preserv
ed. as one bad one will s|adl the whole
can.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY.
Ms Editor Tell others of mr sor-eass
Fifteen year* farming arid hustling discouraged
aie My roustI1 madi 11,000 Isst year plating
tableware, Jewelry etc. 1 otdered an uutSI
train 'iray A t'u f'latlng Works Dept is
Colunil-ut. O It was complete. all material*
formulas, trade secrets and Instruction* They
teach agents free tioods easy plated nice s>
new. guaranteed ten years. Made nt first
week. Ht second, l».» first monlb. get all work
I can do, brother made fi76 selling outfits
Write Item for sample II F SHAW
Oreat Britain manalar-tiire* every yeai
AM),000,1100 of Iron and ,<**),(**! of steel
The man who site down and wafts for i
golden opiorlnnlty to knock at his dooi
will nead e thick cushion on his chair
(Jgffg (]furt| BiilMM
Is the oldest and host. It will !*■••«* up a 'eld nstsA
ar taaa anything So. It to always rstlakl- Try M
'I ha deissrtment of I sit. In Franca, pro
die as a tobacco with nearly H par cant o
nleotla
'J be leading grain crop in Queensland li
matza; tha leading mineral product Is coal
Billiard tabla, second hand, for sail
rheap Apply to or eddraas, H. C. Axis,
511 H. nth Ht, Omaha. Nab.
The Modern toolbar
Ha* found that her little one* arc Impr-sed
more by the ple:i*,int lun.itlre. syrup of
Pip*, when In uee»j of the Ui«’il v« «}»tcf
a penUe remedy, than hy any other, nod
Unit it I* more iMr.eplabla to them I'll 1
drcri enjoy It and It U neflta them, Ton
trie remedy, syrup of fir* i» mi.' ' .1 *
lured by the California r Ip syrup < a.,
only.
< ontrait* lor new mail pop'-bae hare
tieen awarded to the firm of Quin A lb of
1 dm Innntl
I'leoe Cure for < orntiinptlori ha* no* y n
a* a i’oui(h rued line f VI Anomr s,
Mono, a Mt . HufTalo N V May Ji»rl
When a women attend* an afternoon
j*rt>, her huntaod wl I wait for bapt**
that nti/lit
ft the llat.y I* Cattle* Teem.
ban ee4uwtt.et.d4 **4 veil 01*4 rm*Mr, bee
WieMdrw'eaooTHien ateur for • lilldree Teetej„<
Idle(htee/o lltt.o *o l*tvof I hl<*>/< will
noon "Mnmeiee the ere'dfon of a fwddiur
In I hi n o whleh will ere♦ a1 out f.l *' '*"*
PIT • -A It Pit* etojmwl free * t f>r. P fin*’* fl r#.»
Jr*r*« beelorer. Peplieeflerliir l.< >1* .■<.*.
BaerrtOuettore*. TfeeO e ee 1 PI I nil I 04*1” to ' V.
fit .wee*. Oriel to iff. Kin.. AMI Ar«nrd.#t'l/M*., t w
forth no eaunot <h»n/« u« f. .aitunif
lirlnp out whnt I* In tie
"■anaon’i Kept a Corn
WAfr»fitA'l f4» m 19 f*f flt'tfldrf P#ft|»AJ" » AaIi
4ru*r» t it f'fWot l/-*•*<**_
Wl
Whip a poorly nourished
horse when he Is thoroughly
tired. He may go faster for a
few rods, but hl3 condition
is soon the worse for It, Bet
ter stop and give him food
Food gives force, If you are
thin, without appetite; pale,
because of thin blood; and
easily exhausted; why further
weaken the body by applying
the whip. Better begin on a
more permanent basis. Take
something which will build up
the tissues and supply force
to the muscular, digestive, arid
nervous systems.
Scots femulMoru
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypo
t phosphites, meets every de
mand. The cod-llver oil is a
food of great value. It pro
duces muscular, digestive, and
nervous force without the aid
of any whip. Every gain is a
substantial one. The hypo
phosphites give strength and
stability to the nervous sys
tem. The Improved appetite,
richer blood, and better flesh
come to stay.
jaat aa good la never aa good aa
5cctl£ tmuUim
Timely Warning.
The great succeee of the chocolate preparations of
the house of Walter Baker A Co. (established
in 1780) has led to the placing on the market
many misleading and unscrupulous imitations
of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter
Baker k Co. are the oldest and largest manu
facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and
Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are
used in their manufactures.
Consumers should ask for, and be sure that
they get, the genuine Walter Baker k Oo.'s goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
_ DORCHESTER. MASS. _
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