Nebraska Newspapers

    A BLACK NAPOLEON
ST. HELENA AGAIN THE HOME
OF A WARRIOR.
DlulZ'iln. Clilef of ZiiIiih He l.eil n
Campaign teulnit the Kngll.h Sin
rci.lulljr Cnlll He Wap I Hptureil
Unlit (Jp the (treat AiiihzuIa Vampire.
N THE Island ol
Hi. Helena, where
the white Napoleon
ended his days a
prisoner tc the
E u g 1 ish, a black
Napoleon Is living
now, ulso a pris
oner. And singu
larly enough there
Is a chapter of co*
I n c 1 d e nts which
Mem to unite the fortunes of the house
of llonapartc and the house Chaka.
Early in the century, when Napoleon
was overrunning Europe with his
armies und dazzling the minds of men
with his genius an English sailor was
wrecked on the African coast and wan
dered Into Ztlluland. He was taken
before the young chief Chaka, and to
film be told of the wonderful outside
world, of which the chief had. heard
rumors, and .is all the world was then
* tilled with the name of Napoleon he
told of the rise of tho Corsicans and
bow he had conquered nations and
built up for himself a great empire.
Th<- story of Napoleon captured the
fancy of Chaka, and he resolved to be
•n African Napoleon. Then began the
rise of the great Zulu power In South
Africa, and Chaka spread his con
quests over great territories and sub
jugated neighboring tribes and built up
for himself an empire. It flourished
until it broke Itself to pieces against
the English Just as the empire of the
1 '—-v
K I DINIZULU.
/ 'man whose name had inspired its
building did before it. The empire
> established by Chaka stretched along
the whole southeast seaboard of Africa,
from Limpopo to Cape Colony, and ex
? tended far inland. When the English
r landed in N«tal In 1824 the empire of
s Amazula was the most powerful In
Africa. Chaka made a treaty with the
I English, allowing them to live in Na
tal, and for this lie was killed by his
brother, Dlngaan, in 1828. Then be
, gan the struggle between the white
man and the black man which was to
(end In the destruction of the empire
founded by Chaka. Peace and war al
ternated, and all the time the Zulus
lost ground. Finally, in 1878-80, the
British felt bound to blot out the Zulu
power. Then it was that Cetewayo,
the heir of Chaka, summoned forth his
whole force and hurled his "impis,”
or regiments, on the British. At Isan
duiu the Zulus broke the British
squares and routed the redcoats, but
the end was the capture of the chief
and the breaking of the Zulu power.
In this war the house of Bonaparte
again became mixed up with the for
tunes of the house of Chaka. The
prince imperial, grand-nephew of the
man whose example had inspired the
building of the empire of the Amazu
lu, went out to tight in the ranks of
the English, and was killed by a Zulu
enear. In 1884 Cetewayo died and the
quarrel was continued by his son,
Dinlzulu. Dlnizulu was conquered
and now he has been sent to St. Hele
na to end bis days on the spot where
the man whose example caused the
building up the black king's empire
died. As becomes the head of a great
and war-like line, Dlnizulu is accom
panied In his exile by a numerous
retinue. His two uncles, several
chiefs, a physician and a clergyman,
with their wives and children, make
’ 'up a household as numerous as was
that of the great Napoleon when at Sr.
Helena.
The chaplain of the royal exiles Is
Paul HlUnikula. a “catechist” from
rape Town, who was invited many
years ago by tvtewayo to come to 55u
bllund and leach the people. He is
called by the Zulus * Inn tor Paul.”
lie accompanied the exiles to St.
Helena of his own accord Dt Withy,
an Kuglishman. Is the physician to the
exiled household All the Zulu attend
ant* who wail nn the exltra went to
lit Helena of their own accord Din!
xtllu speaks and writes Kngliah fluent
ly and ta a man of more than ordinary
Intelligent r, An rllort Is now Imtui
made to pi or ore the release of Dlnl
•wlu It la a<awed that hi* return to
hi* own people would convince them
that ih» Kuatlab tut* nil to deal fairly
with tbtm
teeOtei Pk*pn**»i ta tm41*.
k>t> pbanls in Ike Indian at my ate l*d
tarn* a •*«> When m*<ahtm* arrive*
* tkey ait drawn up Ik be# before a row
of pdsa of food Km k AtdtMl'a break
fa** twsludee t*u pu-mda of raw rbe
doa* up w tv# it i pound p*»kaa«a
The Ibr w mapped Ik leave* and thin
Ha# kttk |>m* At ike tomasand v*.
!«*• on Ski k slspkakl raise* Its Uukk
and a pmbapa ta tkrwwn tkiu M* tap*
at*a» moutk Mi tki* method of txf.
Ik# not k a*k#ta gtatn of rtsa U a sited
| TEMPERATURE IN TUNNELS.
The *nov*-Covere<l Alps Have Very
Harm IlenrU.
II In very curious that the great ob
1 stacle encountered In tunneling under
j i now covered Alps Is the excessively
-•Igh temperature, says the Boston
Transeript. In the construction of the
Mont Cenls tunnel, according to sta
listics collected by M. Victor Brandi
court, the highest temperature record
ed was 86 degrees Fahrenheit, which
was reached at a point near the cen
ter of the tunnel, about 5,100 feet be
neath the mountain summit, on which
the mean temperature is 27 degrees.
The St. Gotta d was still hotter, a tem
perature of 05 degrees having been ob
served in the center for several days.
Such a heat In a moisture-laden anil
impure atmosphere, could be endured
but five hours a day for two days In
three; and so prostrating was the la
bor at Mont Cenls and St. Gothard that
the physician who attended the work
men ten years reports the number of
invalids to have been as many as 60
In 100. Stranger still was the appear
ance of a tropical disease—due to In
testinal parasites—that Is known only
in the hottest regions of the earth.
Even greater rock temperatures are ex
pected In the great tunnels projected in
recent years—those of the Simplon, St.
Bernard and Mont Blanc—experienced
engineers predicting that under Mont
Blanc a heat considerably greater than
100 degrees—possibly above 125 de
grees will be reached. Improved
methods of ventilating, cooling and
working will all contribute, however,
toward overcoming the difficulties of
working.
WILD BIRDS SEEK FARMYARDS
Turkeys In Virginia ftooat with the Do*
■nestle Fowls.
Turkeys are so plentiful that It is
nothing uncommon to hear of their
coming to roost at farmhouses, along
side the domestic birds. Mr. P. M.
Yeager, living at Traveler's Kepose, W.
Va., and twenty-live miles west of
Monterey, has, according to the Klch
mond Dispatch, six wild ones running
with his tame flock. These, however,
have a little romance connected with
them that does not often come Into
the life of a turkey. One ddy last
spring Mr. Yeager and his daughter,
Miss Pearl, went from their home to
a "clubhouse” several mlleB distant
and situated in the solitudes of (.'heat
mountain. Fishing down one of the
mountain streams for trout, they un
expectedly flushed a covey of wild
turkeys, consisting of the mother bird
and a nestful of little fellows. The old
one flew away to a safe distance, while
the little ones, true to their nature,
scrambled away and hid among the
ferns. Six of them were made cap
tives, and it was decided to take them
home, but how was it to he done suc
cessfully Miss Pearl dropped them In
to the capacious and mysterious depth
of her bonnet and bore them in tri
umph to the farmyard, where they
were again to see the light, and make
their future home. The tiny fellows
took kindly to their new existence and
soon made fast friends of new neigh
bors. Months have come and gone
and they are now full-grown, noble
fellows, lit to grace the table of a king.
AN ORIENTAL BEAUTY.
While we are all willing to acknowl
edge the Japanese as the most thor
oughly artistic of all Orientals, few
westerners believe In the beauty of Ja
panest women. "To be beautiful botn
in reality and In pictures, the woman
must be somewhat of pale complexion,
with thin, oval face, prominent norc,
small oval eyes, and a small mouth.
Her body must be slender and tbs
movement graceful. Although the Ja
HER PACK 1H PALE, MIN AND
OVAL.
puuese women ilo not tltsIlKure tm-ir
feet itu the Chinese do.yet they must lie
naturally small and turned Inward in
walking. I'alug the native figure* id
speech, the tduly ntuet tie slender and
grateful, like tl weeping willow
branch.’"
— 1 —in I i i I looms—mi m mi H m
I'ullts lliui*.
WiIIImri In mi Howell* talker, win.
nnigraied in Ohlu half a reatuiy and
! more ago, uaed tht* forutdla to gel
rid of an intrusive visitor who had
\ worn out hi* welcuate tie would be
tailed out on some business sad would
say to the guest, 1 I suppose you will
I am he her* whew I telura. so I wish
you good by# I his was not laid
ev-ept iu t»iiopail*»a with Iks superb
I stratagem escribed to tlerrlt rtmiib In
! sunk em#rgemles we tkai ke used to
I say in His family prayer after krewh
fast; May Ike taped bins tliutksy
loan wkw i»*vss ut on ike ig wetwek
train >kt* mmui *
•** t V mm *f «*npes
he ond % tops of grapes kave Ima
. renwd «| Us tier lew. Ptarnia tkte sea
{ son
IS A MICHIGAN MAN j
NEWEST MEMBER OF THE IN
TER ST ,TE COMMERCE.
Mark H. Itrowcr the Hon of a Wolrrl
Ine i'loneer—One of the Olil-TIme
Defendrrr of the Grernbaik — Hl»
Selection Not l'net poet eil.
ARK 8. Ilrewer,
who ha» been ap
pointed member of
the United States
civil service com
mission, la the son
of a Michigan pio
neer. and was bred
when living In the
state meant hard
ship and struggle.
Until he was 20 he
lived on the family farm, and at that
age be went to Rome to finish his ed
ucation. Mr. Brewer began the study
of law in 18CI with W. L. Webber of
East Saginaw, and after he was quali
fied to practice he went to Pontiac and
I ... . ....III. U W
• liiri (II III Lt/ |IUI IIH l n>»i|» .. .
Crofoot. He was state senator In 1872,
and In 1876 he was elected to congress
to represent the sixth district of Mich
igan. He whs In congress until 1881.
In June of that year he was appointed
consul general at Berlin. In 1886 Mr.
Brewer was again elected to congress
and ran 1,200 votes ahead of his ticket.
He Is a ‘‘Oreenbaeker.'’
The selection of Mr. Brewer for the
civil service commlsslonershlp Is not
regarded with surprise. He and the
president are old friends. Mr. Brewer
stumped Ohio when President McKinley
was running for governor. When the
president was in congress he and Mr.
Brewer had adjoining seats and were
In many other ways brought together.
Mr. Brewer's abilities for the duties of
the place Is unquestionable.
Hawthorne's Hear Story.
In “Hawthorne’s First Diary," be
gun at his home In Raymond, Maine,
when he was a small boy, he tells a
CADDIES* CHARACTERISTICS.
I>l«fler(utinn Ipou the InriUpeutable Im
plement nf (Soiling.
A caddie Is a highly important ad
junct to the game of golf. This in
formation Is for the benefit of the
solitary few to whom golf is an oc
cult pastime and it may further be add
ed that this kind of caddie has no
connection with teapots, says the Lon
don Mall. Golf may be played with
out a caddie and it may also be played
In a frock coat and without other club
than a "driver," but the thing, to say
the least of it, Is not orthodox. A
caddie Is usually from 12 to 18 years
old—only when he is the latter age he
looks 12. It goes without saying that
he is Scotch, If not by birth or rare,
then at least by temperament. In fact,
In golf wisdom, in reticence even
amounting to dignity, he is stupendous.
When and how he acquires all these
virtues and how readily you might
mistake this ragged, unkempt-looking
urchin for an ordinary boy, are, to the
writer's mind, among the marvels and
mysterlPM nf crnif it Iim« lifpn ob
served by many, Mr. Andrew hang
among the number, that, however bad
ly you play the game, the eaddle does
not despise you for it, but. on the con
trary, contemplates you with a large
sympathy and charity. It Is not, how
ever, to be gainsaid that the had play
of the player who has engaged him at
even elghteenpence an hour (small pay
that for a < romer, Prestwick or St.
Andrews caddie) occasionally makes
the caddie marvel, but It Is an honest,
genuine, unobstrustlve surprise. When
you maladroitly land a ball in the
middle of a bunker he does not ex
claim: "Well, of all the duffers I ever
saw you are the very worst!” He
merely looks after the ball with wide
open eyes, as If Its getting Into the
bunker were a mystery not easily ex
plained. Remember that a caddie is
not a hireling but a colleague. Re
member that he Is terribly in earnest
and expects you to be the same. At
St. Andrews the caddies are almost
a hereditary caste. They are all
MARK S. UREWER.
bear story, which Is vouched for by his
edllor. Hawthorne Rives It as follows;
Mr. Henry Turner of Otisfleld took his
ax and went out between Saturday and
Moose ponds, to look at some pine
trees, A rain hud Just taken off
enough of the snow to lay bare the
roots of a part of the trees. Under a
large root there seemed to he a cavity,
and ou examining closely, something
was exposed very much like long black
hair. He cut off the root, saw the uose
of a bear, and killed him. pulled out
the body, saw another, killed him, and
dragged out the carcass, when he found
that there was a third one in the den.
and that he was thoroughly awake, too;
but as soon as the head came Into
sight It was split open with the ax, so
that Mr. Turner alone, with only an ax.
killed three hears in less than half au
Hour, the youngest being a good alseil
one. and what the hunters call a year
ling Thl* t* a pretty great bear
story, hut probably Hue. and happened
only a few weeks ago, tor Johu faith,
• bo wgg her* with his father, t'aptain
I.»u Hatch, who lltea within two miles
of Saturday fond told me so yeeter
dgf, H
%M I Hurgy
Halt he lb* french dramatic author,
• as remarkable for hts •* igsbneaa He
wae au completely wrapped up la tbe
ittseluiutsM of bte ms a Imp itiagtv
as lu be often sHaagety ins* . obi* of
tbs wants wad woes of bets. fall,
mg upon s friend Who** opt liua be
• Isbed to base regarding bus a.w
comedy, be found aim dung but, gut
•ttbstaadtag. propuss t to lead th*
ptay ‘t'oastder * said tbs mwa. “I
bars not snore tbaa wa bout tu like
“by." teptted Hart be but this aitl
typeupy uaty bait tbwi urn
named Morris. You pay them halt a
crown an hour and call them Morris.
You say: "Morris, shall 1 make a long
drive to the left?" Or “How Is this put,
Morris?" If his name happens to be
Brown or McRae It does not In the
I least matter, lie will like to be called
Morris. Lastly, the golf caddie Is no
i respecter of persons. The present
writer once asked a Morris Uls opln
j ion of several Illustrious personages,
among them his royal hlghnesa, the
Prince of Wales, Mr. Balfour and Mr.
Asquith, who hud played over the
| course. • Aye, I mind the names," he
said. They'll hue mickle to learn.
I teller! the prince so; but he only
laughed Mi. hut It's a pity—a gran'
pity. You can no laugh an' play gowf
**el. Ye iitlcht as soon be Crockett."
AelMetal MmM«
Mi tlruhl. the t mud (Mates consul
| at i aianta. Mi. tljr. describes the tuautt
<*' ture of artificial black marble, as it
j is now carried on In that city Catania
, Is overlooked by the great volcauo,
Kina and this mountain ha* furnished
part of the material employed Com
tuon while sandstone is eui into |ha ft
I aired shapes, and thews sic plated la
| an lion tank upon a heavy wire grai •
mg Then the tank u hibd with a
molirn minors of tul.aab aaphali and
<oal tar Tbi* is kepi butting fur M
! hours when the stun*# are taken out.
touted dried and pwllebed |y la g|g|.
«pi|, Mr Htuhl says in dlailngnlah
•'■ ibua treated from asnume nta k
marble, but lbs mat is tawk leas
t he A*.-Usury (iter ag'iedm t |g |t|
days has delivered li UI mm urns r ,.
I. ns in t heelnui Hill Meeervcstr, sad
U.Mmw Its Inks IV bums)*
NEW ADJT-CKNERAIJ
COL. CORBIN BEGAN AT THE
BOTTOM RUNG.
—
N>tfr Halt Went Point In Ilia t.lfn— III*
Selection a Severe lilovr to "Arlpto
crsejr In the Army"—Popular on All
Side*.
OCONEE HENRY
Clark Corbin, the
new acljutnnt gen
eral of the United
States army. Is a
personal friend of
the President and
one of the most
popular men lu the
army. The colonel
Is not a graduate
of West Point, and
n probable thut If the
choice had been put to a vote of the
army officers he would be the man se
lected for the nlnee In nnnearanee Ilia
colonel is no* unlike General Winfield
Scott Hancock, "the superb," when he
was about the same age. His huge
frame, erect carriage and handsome
fare are familiar to everyone who has
seen him at the head of presidential
Inaugural processions and other big
parades to which the army has been
called upon to contribute. He was the
adjutant general at the Inauguration of
Garfield, Cleveland, Harrison and Mc
Kinley, and has ridden at the head of
processions like the New York centen
nial of 1889 and other big affairs of
that kind. Colonel Corbin's ancestors
were of revolutionary fame and lived
In Virginia. He himself was born in
Ohio and taught school as a young
man. He entered the army as a volun
teer, and after the war he was one of
V
, COL. CORBIN.
the few volunteers who rmalned In the
service. He has served In many posts
of the west and the east, and as a sol
dier and gentleman there are few men
in the army who deserve to rank above
him. Colonel Corbin has always been
very near the presidents of the United
States since the time of Lincoln. The
fact that he Is not a graduate of West
Point Is thought to be a notice that
aristocracy In the army will never ho
fashionable with our presidents. All
the heads of the army today, Including
(fens. Alger and Miles, came from the
so-called "lower herd.”
Iluruiali'M New Civilization*
While King Tbeebaw is amusing
himself by throwing peBliles into the
sea on the west coast of India, young
English officers drink whisky and soda
and play cards in his throneroom at
Mandalay, which has been converted
into a club. No Burmese officers with
over-heavy swords now swagger about
the streets. There is a regiment or
two of Tommies, with nothing for
them to do but make love to the Bur
mese girls and die of dysentery and
fever. There are a few hundred prin
cesses about Mandalay, to whom the
Indian government, In unbounded gen
erosity for having taken their country,
gives each 15 shillings a week. Even
in Burmah it is hard to keep up a
quasi-royal state on 15 shillings a week
so the ladies, who are of an enterpris
ing mind, turn, as aristocrats now do.
to business. One princess was lined
the other day for keeping a gambling
hell.—North China Herald.
Duration of Fright*
How long does fright last in a wild
reature? The close observer will be
surprised at its brief duration. They
are not subject to "nerves" like human
beluga. A partridge afier running lor
rather flylug) the gauullet of half a
lozen guns—if we may be allowed a
raised metaphor drops on the other
tide 0[ » hedge and begin* calmly to
peck aa If nothing had happened Yoti
would think a rabbit after hearing a
barge of shot whistling about his
liaouchra and Ju*t managing to e»< ape
(rum a yelping apaulel, would keep In
Joor* for a week, but out It pops uutte
merrily as stum as the • oast is dear
fu« pursued by hounds has been
known to stop and hill a fowl In his
light, though we may assume that hie
■ ucmtea were not close to Keynard at
he time.
»»ktslltsa It IhMPnnrsae*
float the Philadelphia Record
WhtaiUog is em out aged I* some ul
tbs public schools ta Philadelphia It
ige Xaa* street s* b<tul where the board
of education baa its »•**. shrill notes
from lh« >I*M roums abuts Aunt a*.-.a
upon the iwmmitietM in the midst ul
kelp dsllberatluns Ike rspettury
inclndss Yankee Is—di* Mar gp* *
gted IUun«r Sttd 'Home, Mneet
Home ' Utrsage SS It may seem. the
girls, afist a Mills practice, make be
er whistlers than the hoys they ew
pry N immensely and when engaged In
thens rseMstmna twist their I.,it#
months into the sweetest ul pother*
NEW PATENT LAW.
Common Properly Two Team After a
I>e«< ripf Inn Han Hern Printed.
Some recent amendments of the
l'nlted States patent laws which went
into effect Jan. 1, 1898, are Just now
attracting attention. Hitherto there
has been but one barrier to the issue
of a patent by our government to a
man who has proved that he was the
original Inventor. If the article In
question, says the New York Tribune,
had been in public use or on sale for
two years or more before tbe man sent
his application to tjte patent office, then
he could not receive a patent. The
public use and sale would naturally bo
considered us evidence of his having
abandoned all claims to exclusive
rights. The natural interpretation of
the facts would he that tbe man did
not consider himself the rightful own
er, or else was willing to give the pub
lic the benefit of Ills Ideas without
charge. One of the new provisions (J
the law Is that If a notice of an Inven
tion appears In print and specifics who
i u tlw, n.itli/t. .. f 1* n nt.Hnnt f.ir
a patent must, be made inside of two
years; otherwise It is assumed that he
abandons all claims. This Is a perfect
ly Just requirement. It often happens
that half a dozen men Invent the same
thing. If the first man who thinks of
It does not push the matter, either for
lack of money or because he lacks the
necessary spirit of enterprise, why
should not some of the other no n have
a chance to go ahead and take out a
patent? A man who neither matures
and markets a good Invention himself,
nor lets any one else do so, is a dog
In the manger. Consequently Unde
Sant must draw the line somewhere,
and he draws It at two years. Ho
does not say that the application must
he Hied two years after the Idea first
occurs to a titan, but within two years
after a printed description appears.
Sin h u period gives a man ample Umo
to secure, by advertising, such financial
aid as can he obtained In that manner.
The exact language of the revised sta
tute is as follows: “Any person who
has Invented or discovered uny new
and useful art, machine, manufacture
or composition of matter, or any new
and useful Improvement thereof, not
known or used by others In this coun
try before his Invention or discovery
thereof, and not patented 01 described
In any printed publication In this or
any foreign country for mote than two
years prior to his application, ami not
In public use or on sale In this country
for more than two years prior to his
application, may, upon payment of the
fees required by law, and other due pro
ceeding had, obtain a patent therefor."
HOW SHE LOOKS.
Since Sarah Grand’s last novel, 'The
Beth Book,” she has occupied consider
able space In the reviews. Anything
tills remarkable woman wiltes .s cer
tain to provoke criticism, recrimina
tion, blame and praise, for she unites
a fertile and gifted mind with narrow
views and an undying protest againrt
man collectively and Individually,
young, old, good, had or Indittereut,
though, to tell the truth, most of the
men about whom she writes would
come under the category of I ad or dls
ugreeable. Women, according to Mine
Grand, are unfortunately < ompellcd to
live on the same earth with these crea
tures,who interfere with their plans for
mental advaneement, their happiness
and general pursuits. Naturally, ev
erybody reads what she writes to glean
some plan for adjusting matters, hut
as yet she has not produced any
scheme for righting affairs. This pic
ture Is a late one and shows lii'r in i
girlish hat tied under the fit m chin, the
/'i ’Mil
MMK SARAH GRAND
usual brintdel* of th* Bnglis'lta MilIN ,
on bar wrist and isnaUw < m twr
g»*r. Sh«* may It** mrtllui ug sht *ub
Jw't ot hot Ilf It IhmU.
11 •» II* M*g« Irili
Th*r* bad b#«li a football »• m* tn
tb« vittag* of Shrduah, t>*t*e*a tb*
high ai’buol I-Intu of that j ta * and a
rival «g*(. gallon frttw lb* anightuimg
town of Mild#) Tom my M»ot«r of
tb* high «bun! Ixi)« wgg ■ sfiod at
bum* is i ofii««|it*ttf* of tufutu* rr
rvlvrd is a yistlt* gam* g day i. «u
bsfurs, bat ba bad a halt'd sat bias of
bla ist*rt*t tn tb* iff *>».| .*
ga but fgtbvr *a«* iu tbc *v>>stag of
tba ayaslful day wb*s Niyln ao t Mb*
dusb mat os tb* g> Mtros %n4 ba
baa lad oat ' Id'bat ».i tb< •*«*,
fat barf* 'TJs* b»«b*s rib, tbrts Moody
nua*#. ok* dtala* Slid •h-.-.hl. . . I . *•
tarn mi M tba btgb a bool bay* *»d
lav Urub*a »hik» two uu. b< a*d *»»».
ok# (HI Mg, ok* b*«b*t» bag*, ,a*d
tbrwa taatb bso* b»d as* fa# tb* hnya
from Highly,*’ as*w*t«d M« llndti
a bo waa sad tgibaaiaati* Mi tb* son
MM of fool bait