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With the Boy King: of Uganda in His Royal Palace at Kampala
TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCTI 20, 1008.
(Copyright, 19'. by Frank CJ. Carpenter.)
AMPALA, Uganda. fpeclal Cor-
Kl respondence of The lire.) I have
I Just returned from an audience
wiin iu royal highness, Daudl
C'hau, the boy kins of Uganda.
He Is the ruler, under the Eng
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lish protectorate, of more than 2,OfO.Ot0 peo
ple, and the owner of a country twice aa
largo a either Ohio, Virginia or Kentucky.
His subjects are the most Intelligent of the
native race of central Afrlea. They have
a civilization of their own. They wear
clothea of their own manufacture made
largely of bark, and they consider any ex
posure of their persona indecent. They do,
not mutilate their bodied by Blushing them'
and seating them into welt end Bears, like
their near neighbors. They do not wear
plugs in their eara nor rings In tlndr noses,
and do not file sharp or knock out th.lr
front teeth. They have a Innguugo of their,
own. They have their own hwoks, and
many of the native chiefs keep records of
their court and official proceedings in type
writing, having secretaries who use ma
chines for that purpose. They are rapidly
udvanchig In civilization and are to a large
fxtent Christians.
These people are called, le Usgnmla and
their country Is Ugnndn. They have long
been the dominant race cf this part of
Africa, and they have, time and again,
conquered the other peoples about I,nke
Victoria In war. Their neighboring tribes
have always paid them tribute, and they
ore still the most promising of the negro
races of the continent. Their little ruler
may do much In hastening their advance
ment. Descendant of Kings.
Thli hoy king has as blue blond as anv
monarch who sits on a European throne.
The Usgand. are an old nation, and they,
have had kings for generations. The!r .
first king la said to have sprung from a
monster python, whose outline la carved
on one of the great rocky hills of this
country. His name was Bemba. and he
killed thousands of his subjects before he
was able to rule. The king thnt we know
best was Mutesa, who was reigning when
the explorer Speke came Into Uganda and
was still on the throne during the expedi
tion of Henry M. Stanley. Mutesa waa
converted to Christianity by Stanley. He
was this boy's grandfather, and his father
waa the notorious King Mwanza, one of the
bloodiest and wickedest tyrants on earth.
Quaint Features of Life
Honest, bat Blow.
IL.LIAM WEL.LI.NG. stamp clerk
s a jrl at the Indianapolis postofflce.
I ias found an honest man and
wiv v. i.iiuui in c una ul a. inn-
tern or even a match. His In
formation of the existence of
this particular honest man came through
a letter from a small town in Iowa. The
letter tells the story as follows: . "When
you and I were boys I promised to pay you
5 cents for hunting some walnuts for me,
and I did ot get it paid at that time, and
I became ashamed, and never paid It.
"It must be about flfty-fiva years ago. as
near as I can guess. The compound Inter
est on $1 for fifty-five years is $68.4fi. The
compound Interest on 6 cents would be one
twentieth of tH.45, which would be $3.46 due
you. If I have made no mistake In com
puting the Interest. There Is a table in
Ray's arithmetic giving the compound In
terest on $1 from one year to twenty-five
years. I worked by It. If not correct,
pleaa correct, and I will forward the
amount due you. I will send this to Indi
anapolis with a return on It, as I do not
know your address. You were in the post
office the last I knew of you. Please an
swer Immediately." The following Is a
postscript: "P. S. I compounded the In
terest at 8 per cent." '
Guards Hobby with a. Hum.
To protect her relatives from separating
her from her husband, who la thirty years
her Junior, Mrs. Samuel A. Mallory of
Merlden, Conn., a bride of 70, has In
trenched herself in her farm house at East
Lyne, with a shotgun trained on the ap
proach to drive back constables who are
seeking to serve papers In a suit for the
annulment of her marriage. So far none
of them has tempted fate by crossing the
line and Mrs. Mallory is In possession of
her husband.
The annulment suit waa brought by Fred
Leeds of Preston, who alleges Mallory be
came the fourth husband of his sister, not
because he cherished any affection for her,
but because he had a covetous eye on the
$25,000 fortune she possessed. When It be
came known that Mallory and the widow
were to marry strong efforts were made to
prevent It, but without success.
Although the prospective bride was nearly
twice as old as her prospective husband,
both of them declared the affair was a love
match, pure and simple, and that they
would brook no Interference with their
plans. So they were married and would be
living happily were tiul so much of the
bride's time oocupied In defending herself
against the constables.
Phonograph Give Kvldenee.
A resident of Portland. Me., tolif of a
case that wits tried recently before one of
the etvll courts of his city and In which
a phonograph played the principal part.
"It was a little matter of a debt that
brought the parties before the Judge," he
said, "and the man sued stoutly denied
ever having borrowed a cent. It wao al
leged by the plaintiff that the transaction
took place In his rooms, and that the de
fendant had given a verbal promise to pay.
Inside a month.
"After the defendant had sworn solemnly
that the whole thing was a fabrication,
the plaintiff's lawyer quietly produced the
phonograph, which his client had In his
rooms on the duy the debt was claimed,
to have been contracted, and sat It in mo
tion. "Immediately the conversation in ques
tion was repeated, both the defundants
snd plaintiff's voices being clearly recog
nisable. The defendant had to pay up.
"I was In court at the time, and I never
saw any man appear so devilishly embar
rassed as the accused when he was com
pelled to admit that he had deliberately
lied."
Looks Like th Reeord.
For the twenty-seventh time Oscar L.
- Darling, a civil engineer and Inventor of
AinltyvuU. 1 I., has become a father.
Twenty ef his children are living. He la
64 fsars old a&d has twice wedded. - Ills
first wife was Hannah Smith of Flushing,
L. I., whom be weddeS In U64. She bore
htm fifteen' children and died la ISM Ten
of the children are living.
In Ufiai Mr. Darling married Catherine P.
Hamilton of Flushing, who has Just given
birth to her twelfth child by him. Two of
her children have died. Mrs. Darling la
about 40 years of age. The latest arrival
la a boy and Is said to bo a "bouncer."
Mr. Lsu-Unfa best kntwa invention la a
con arises d air tank system of water
Mwanza rebelled against the English, about
eleven years ego, and was conquered by
them. They deposed him and chose this
boy, who waa then a baby In arms, as kins
In hi stead.
Daudl Cliati Is now about 12 years)
of age. and In six or seven years mora
he will take the reins of government and
assume the throne. In the meantime hi
kingdom and estates are being adminis
tered by a regency of three ministers,
aided by the luklko, or Imperial council,
consisting of about twenty of the native
chiefs of Uganda. In addition to ttw
revenue from his own farms the boy has
an allowance of $3,000 a year from U
Rrltlsh government, and this will be Irv
creased to 17,600 a year when he reaches)
the age of It. In the meantime the three
regents act for him at a salary of $1.00
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t'svnndn's Native Capital.'
But first let me give you some Idea of
this town of Kampnlu, the native capital
of Uganda. It Is twenty-six miles from
Kntebbe, where the British government
has its offices. Kntebbe Is the chief port
on this side of I,ake Victoria, and Kam
pla la reached by a wide road, over
which one goes in Jinriklshas, or on
horseback or on foot. I came here in a,
jlnrlklsha hauled by a half dozen Da
gsnda clad In bark clothing.
Kampala Itself Is one of the largest
of the native African settlements-. Its
houses, are scattered over six great hills,
which rise out of low, swampy lands,
each swamp being crossed by roads and
bridges. The hills are divided up into
little plantations, and each hill has its
own cas of people and Its own specialty.
The hill upon which the king dwells In
known as Mengo; that where the chief
stoics are and where the British governor
lives Is Kampala proper and the other
hills are devoted to missionaries, schools
and private residences.
All these hills are beautiful and Mengo.
Is especially so. It is several hundred
feet high and well rounded In shane. It
Is covered with banana groves, in which
are the thatched houses of the chlofs and
officials, and on Its very top Is the royal
council house and the great bungalow
which forms the king's palace. The hill
is cut up by good roads, and I made my
way up It In a Jlnrlklsha.
Ob the wTyto"" the Kin.
My audience with his royal highness
works. It Is widely used, having taken
the place of the old stand pipe system.
Rooster Flahts His Shadow.
A big, White Rock rooster, owned by
William Spangler of York, Pa., fought its
shadow to a finish on the main street of
Red Lion, and Is near death as the result.
The bird strutted past a basement win
dow In the John Shindler building and ac
cepted a challenge from Its reflection
against the dark-shaded glass. In a few
plunges the big fowl smashed the window
and, finding another rooster behind the
other pane, smashed that one. too. In dis
posing of the two shadows the bird was
badly cut.
Bit Off Ills Own Nose.
Adolph Kratxcl, a butcher of Frankfort,
Ky., when standing In front of a restaurant
recently, waa seized with a sudden dlzzl-
fiLuiieu lurwnra 10 m pavement.
His false teeth fell out of his mouth, strik
ing the gvound, and In falling his body
struck In such a position that his nose
was caught between the Jaws of the teeth,
wholh shut like a steel trap, almost sever
ing the organ of smell.
Bystanders rushed to his assistance, but
found that his head had driven the sharp
teenth together, and that his nose was
hanging by a thread. Phyaicians fear that
they cannot save the member.
Aged Woman Honta Robber.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lehman of Mount Joy,
Pa., is in her one hundred and third year,
and her well controlled nerve scared a
burglar from her house. She was awak
ened by the presence of some one In her
room and aaked: "Who la there?"- The
answer waa that she should be quiet, or her
head would be blown off.
This threat did not scare her. for she
calmly ordered the Intruder to leave, and
when he did not do so she blew a whistle
for help.
This frightened the robber, and he ran
from the house without securing any plun
der. . x
Largest Woman In w York. "
The funeral of I.ucinia Miller, believed to
be the largest woman in the state of New
York, her weight being 620 pounds, was held
at her home in Poughkeepsie March 18.
On account of the casket's size It was nec
essary for bIx porters to move It through
a lurge front window. Mrs. Miller's twin
sister died several years ago. She weighed
530 pounds.
Jiving so largo, it was Impossible for Mrs.
Miller to sleep in a b-d. The fat had grown
around her heart to such an extent that
when she attempted to lie down the chcu
lutlon of blood was affected seriously. So
for many years she had sat up, leaning
over with her head in her hands and thus
slept.
Spent Fortune for Spite.
That a man bin tit every cent he had and
a little more than Sl.OOO, the savlngB of a
lifetime, so that he might swear in the
poor debtors' court that he had not $J0 In
his possession and could thereby escape
laying what he considered an exorbitant
duiitist's bill, was the unprecedented charge
maiie in court In Boston.
Harris Friedman, a dentist, was suing
Michael J. Deyle. Friedman swore that
after he had threatened to sue him for a
tlu duntiit bill Doyle gambled and drank
and gave away money to questionable, char
acter with the deliberate purpose of spend
ing every cent ho had. lie got rid of it in
a week, Friedman swore, before he could
get Judgment. Doyle was found guilty of
fraud and sentenced to three months' Im
prisonment. Old MlnernPro'ituul.
Annual proposals of marriage are made
by Bohemia Sharpe, an old miner, to th.
stenographer of Oregon's governor, who
ever she may be.
Sharpe has Just made his yearly visit to
the state rapitol, and Incidently called at
the executive offlca and made' a formal
offer of his heartand hand to Governor
Chamberlain'r stenographer. As has teen
the case many times In the past, the offer
was refused, but It Is expected that the
bardy old mountaineer will return next
spring to renew his overtures.
Sharpe Is" now over 70 years of age, but
Is still an active prospector. He has a claim
and a cabin in the mountains of the Bohe
mia district, twenty-five miles from Cottage
Grove. It Is said that he is quite wealthy,
but his riches do not help to dlapel the
loneliness of his Isolated home. Just why
his fancy has settled on wedding a stenog
rapher of the state's chief executive is not
known,
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HI8 ROTAT, IHUHNUSS. DANUI CIIAU, AND MR. CAiV-PENTEK.
was arranged through the British offi-
clals, to whom I brought letters of Intro-
ductlon, and I was accompanied thers
by native policemen In uniforms and by
Mr. Paske-Smlth, the assistant collector
of revenues. My sbn, Jack, was la a
Jinrlklttha behind me. Ws' crossed the
swamps on a corduroy highway, our eight
black human horses singing and grunFlng
in chorus as they pushed and pulled us
along up the bill. We went to the resl-
dence of the native prime minister, a
thatched hut as big as the largest hay-
rick, and then drove on between the high
rences or matting which surround the
homes and estates of the native officials.
After several miles of such travel we
reached the grounds belonging to his royal
ntgnness, the kabaka or king. These are
guarded by a wall at. least fifteen feet
high, made of a sort of cane which grows
wild In Uganda and which is known as
elephant grass. Each stalk 1. about a.
thick as a fishing rod and almost a. long,
The canes of the fence around the. king',
80 -ven together that on.
feet protection against the ordinary na-
tlve. The wall is two miles In length, ex-
tending clear around his majesty's grounds.
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We skirted this tVall for some distance
and then came to a great cane !. It
which two bLk . ervants we
TheV hal apparently been notified of our
approach, for they threw open the doors
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as we came nn
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Women
BW YORK, March 2S. To carve
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a sixteenth ccn'tuVic chair, a
mantleplece. In an intricate and
beautiful Norse design, a cab
inet in Celtic style or, as one
New York woman. Miss Emily
Blade
las done, to copy In her Vermont
country home
a staircase In the Cluny
Museum In Paris
Is the aim of many a
woman who has Joined the number of those
that have taken up the craft of wood carv
ing. It can never become a fad, say its
devotes, one reason being that women who
have not a real love for it are wholly un-
willing to expend the time and physical
strength It takes to become modorately
proficient.
Trousseau chests are other favorite arti
cles wnicn women carve. English oak
with its rich coloring and handsome grain
is frequently used, though mahogany is
perhaps the best liked. Curiously enough,
pine, while generally supposed to bo the
asiest wood to work because it Is soft, re
quires Bharper tools and more skill for
that very reason.
Wood boxes for the country home are '
very popular. Tables, chuirs, cabinets and
even wainscoting, and dadoes, wootien
friezes and doors, arc being-executed by
women who probably never before did
anything more difficult with their hands
than to wield the mashle and racquet.
"Not every woman can be a success at
wood carving," Prof. Karl von Rydings
vard asserts, "und for that reason I am
very glad, for if they could rush Into the
work as they did into pyrography then the
country would be flooded with a lot of
inferior work that holds no parlcular value
either artistically or practically.
Invariably tho first thins a woman asks
me is 'How long will it take me to learn?'
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In two lessons.' For It ts quite possible to
decide In that time whether a woman has
the gift for It or not simply by the way
she handles th. tools.
"If she plt ks up the tool in a dainty way
and goj at the work s though doing em
broidery the chances are she Will never
make a good craftswoumn. But it she at
To this I Invariably reply. I will Ull you
tacks the wood energetically and with an
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seemed a vast banana grove. The tall
plants were to be seen on all sides, their
big brown blossoms standing out on the
ends of the long bunches of green fruit,
and their green, wide leaves waving in the
breeze. We rode through this grove for
awhile and then came out Into the king's
recreation grounds, a smooth, open grass
plot of several acres. At the end of this
I observed a pair of parallel bars upon
which the boy king goes through his dally
gymnastics. Here he plays foot ball every
afternoon with the sons of his chiefs. Mr.
Paske-Smith , says his royal highness la
fond of the game and that he does not
scruple to push and knock the other boys
about as he roots around over the field.
Klaar's Tator.
Before seeing his majesty we stopped
at the house of his tutor, who was to In-
troduoe us. This man Is English He Is
a graduate of one of the famous school.
'of Great Britain. nd was sent out her.
upon the advice of the British government
to train the boy king. HI. name is J..C.
considerable ability. He lives In an Iron
bungalow surrounded by a beautiful rose
arden, within almost a stone's throw of
th. roval council hnnu ' wa t,iM
there and tbn nt am (n..th.. . . i
king's hous. H. tii. Z. , i .
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: "na 'Pner. ne is
being taught the history of Uganda and
something about Uganda laws. He Is
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"toning mm me Bible and the
Taking: Up the Art
Innate sense of the proper position of the
tool, then I have hopes of her.
"Women who are working with me are
by no means spending their time on Insig
nificant trifles, but are putting their time
Into really substantial pieces of construc
tion for their own homes, which not only
satisfy a passing whim, but have enduring
qualities.
"Take this cassone or bridal chest, which
Is the work of Miss Josephine Taber, who
is making it for a wedding present. It
shows a virile masculine touch far from
dainty handling we
associate with
women s work in wood. Here is a quaint
box or chest done In Gothic style by a
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woman. It is fully five feet long, and. as
you will see, the carving Is very ieil ate,
with its garlands C fljwers K.-lojneJ
about the sides.
"By far th. largest pl.ee of work done by
a woman is that which Miss Emily SlaJe.
a sister of William Gerry SUdc. did for her
country home in Vermont. Hhe copied in
tier own handiwork the winding stairs
which are preserved at the Cluny miuttuio
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KING'S OTJ5EST DRUMMER, WFTO IOfT TfTfl KAR3 BE
CAUSE A PRINCESS SAW HIM IN BWTMMINO.
foundation principles of the Christian re-
llgion. '
,- ,Be Klagf'a Baasiolow.
After passing the royal council house
ana tn thatched huts of the king's re-
talners, we cams to the king's bungalow,
the band playing a welcome as we went in.
king's favorite drummer stood at one
"lde and pounded on a great barrel-like
drum which reached to his waist. Ho used
nly his hands, and made a great din,
'which was added to by that of a score of
othr musicians, who kept time with him
on thelr various Instruments.
The tutor told us that his majesty
would receive us on the porch, and that
we should afterward go into the house
proper. There was a chair on the porch,
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8 W walted the "ervant" bought
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Enter the King-.
As we waited the tutor went out, and
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r0yaI nlKnneM bFB,de hlm- brought
him up to us. and as each of us waa pre-
th "in offered his hand in a
timid way, motioning us at the same time
to
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our chilrs. He then gave directions
that hi. .J 1 . J J .
"t'wi no iiiubiuiuii biiuuiq come
out and play for us. This man is a fam-
ous blind negro,
who formed
part
The work of Miss Blade Is In a measure
superior to that at Cluny, for the reason
that while visiting Paris last summer I
discovered that In many places the orna
ment waa applied, while Miss Blade had
carved the entire design out of solid wood.
"It Is looked upon not only by her
friends, but also by other, as a noteworthy
piece of work and people come from far
and near to see It. It I. done In ma
hogany and will last for centuries.
"Curiously enough, between the sort of
thing sought by New York women and by
thoie in the smaller districts, there Is a
vast difference. Here women won't tolerate
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of the court band during the times of
Mutesa and Mwanza. He was gray-haired
and old. and was bare almost to the
. waist. He sat down cross-legged on the
ground outside the leopard skin and
played beautifully tioii a native guitar.
During an Interval In the audience I
asked the king's tutor how the man be
came blind. He replied that It wns owing
to a caprice of King Mwansa. One day
that king thought he played badly, and
as a punishment he thereupon ordered
that his eyes be put out. This was Im
mediately done.
But to return to the king. During the
playing he sat In a chair y my side and as
the music went on I had a good chance to
study him. He Is a slender, delicately
formed boy of 10 or 12 years of age. He
looks like a mulatto, but. his features are
almost Caucasian. His skin Is light brown,
his forehead high and his lips are thin.
His head was covered with a high red fes
cap, much like those used by the soldiers
of Egypt. His body was clad In a long
white gown, which was fastened tightly
at the neck and fell to his feet. Over this
he had on a gray sack coat and a vest,
across the breast of which was a heavy
gold chain.
Message to All American Boys.
The little king has an Intelligent look,
but he is very modest and rather diffident.
II. speaks broken English, and he talked a
little with me in reply to my questions.
At the close of our audience he brought
out his visitor's book and asked me to
write my name In it. I did so, and at
the same time handed his highness a sheet
of paper and asked him If he would not
send by me a line In his language to the
boys of the United States. I told him that
we had no kings In our country, but every
boy there considered himself an American
prince and as big as any king upon earth.
I said that there were some millions of
boys of his size In our country and that I
knew they would be Interested In learning
about him, and especially so If he would
send them a word of greeting.
This seemed to tickle the king. He
laughed and said he would gladly comply
with my request. He then and there sat
down and wrote out this message, of
which I give a facsimile. It reads:
"Noanyuse nyo okulamusa, abalenxl bona
abomu United States. Nze.
DAUDI CWA,
Kabaka.
Translated, this Is as follows:
I am glad to salute all the boys who are
In the United States. I am,
DAUDI CHAU.
The King.
Writing this letter put his royal highness
In an excellent humor, and I asked him
to step outside In the sun and have his
photograph taken. He gladly complied,
and Jack photographed the little king and
myself, standing together.
Concert by thi Royal Bans!.
Shortly after this we again shook hands
and then said farewell. As we were leav
ing the king asked us if we would not
like to listen to his royal band, and upon
our saying yes he sent forth 'directions
that the court musicians were to give us
a concert on our way out.
Leaving the palace, we then went to the
drumhouses and other thatched huts which
form the quarters of the musicians. The
drumhouse looks like a great Inverted
basket. It Is abeut forty feet In diameter
and perhaps twenty feet high at the cone.
It Is made of thousands of reeds, so tied
to one another that they go up to one cen
ter, forming a straw tent, with round rolls
of reeds running about It like ribs from
bottom to top. The roof Is made of split
canes, each a. fine as a darning needle.
In this house a half dozen men sat on the
of Wood
freaky things, but they do want something
uncommon but good of Its kind.
"In tne smaller districts they don't mind
if their next door neighbors have some
thing precisely like what they themselves
have. So we must have all sorts of models
to suit all temperaments." )'
It Is toward the models of ancient Nor
way and Sweden that Mr. von Rydingsvard
leans. His own work revels in eccentric
sea monsters, Viking ships and Norse
sallormen, for the artist Is from Chris
tlanla and true to the land of his birth
his taste follows the traditions of his
country.
One New York woman Is carving for her
country bum. a mantelpiece the motif for
which Is hi pies, blohsotns and foliage, the
combination covering the entire breast of
the mantel.'
Mrs. H. Durant Cheever has executed
a fine piece of Scandinavian cabinet work
in a lare table, elaborately carved on
IcKS and sides, the whole i!ccr liewn from
timber und mortised together without metal
nails or screws In a large arm chair Mrs.
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ground and played upon pipes. Another
half dozen poundid on the greai drum
with their hands, and at the buck others
were dancing.
After the concert Inside was ended, I
aaked the muslclnna to bring their Instru
ments Into the open, that I might make a
photograph. They did so, and at the same
time tho klnR's dancers caino out and
cavorted around, hopping higher and higher
and swinging their legs this way and that
to the pounding of tho drum.
The chief music for the dancing was
made by the head drummer, an old negro,
who was perfectly bald and whose ars had
been cut off close, so that nothing but the
holes could be seen. Remembering the re
mark of tho tutor as to how tho blind musi
cian lost his eyes because King Mwanza
did not like his playing, I nskel How the
head drummer cama to lose his ears. The
reply was that they were cut off by orders
of this boy's grandfather. King 'Mutesa. It
was a hot day, and the drummer wns tak
ing a bath In the king's lake, when one oj
the princesses saw him and reported that
ahe had seen a naked , man. Whether
Mutesa was angry because the man bathed
In his special pond, or whether he thought
It disgraceful that thp princess should see
him In the water, I do not know. At any
rate, he was angry, and he ordered his exe
cutioners to cut off the man's ears as a
punishment.
Such things are not common since the
British took hold, and at present the young
king, even If he wished, would not be per
mitted to kill or maim his subjects, with
out cause.
I understand thnt the Kababa, as the
king is called. Is fond of his bands. Ha al
ways hss a large retinue with him when
he goes outside his palace grounls. and the
drummers march In front, yelling and
pounding, while the peoplo come for miles
to look at the sight. The drummers play
very well. They use the hollow trunks of
a resonant tree with skins over the ends,
The drums are all shaped like barrels or
kettles, snd are of different helgnts and
sizes. Each has its own note or pitch; and
the musicians sound the different rotes,
using a number of drums, as our people
do with the keys of a piano. Some of tha
king, dntms are 150 years old. They are
considered Invaluable.
Only a her After 'All.
I am told that this little king, notwith
standing the care with which he Is watchedl
and the respect with which his people re
gard him, Is a good deal of a boy after all.
He is fond of sports, and especially foot
ball. He Is a good bicycle rider, and has a
wheel which was made for him In England.
One of bis greatest Joys Is a little white
pony, which he considers the finest animal
In the couptry. When he goes out upon It
he puts on riding trousers and leggings, and
cuts a gay figure as he dashes over the
roads and about the ant hills. His royal
highness Is seldom allowed to go far from
home. He has been to Entebbe, and has
seen the steamers which ply upon Iska
Victoria.
As It Is now, Daudl Chau nas but little
to do with the government, and, as I have
said, this will be the case until he Is
eighteen years of age. He will then taka
his place upon the throne as the real
ruler of the Baganda, and In connection
with his royal advisers will govern the
country. Re win, however, always be sub
ject to the English officials, who are tha
real governors and who will rule the na
tives through him. This Is the policy of
the British as regards this colony. They
are trying to control It through the na
tives; and although they will fix the taxes,
it will be the king who will snd out their
edicts and he and his chiefs will make th
collections. . FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Carving
Cheever Is Introducing the design
repre
sented In a piece of old Gobelin tapestry be
longing to her mother.
Mrs. 3. H. Brlggs of Scaradale Is doing a
cassone or trouuseau box. These are In
great favor among women, being not only
beautiful, but also convenient receptacles
for things of value. Mrs. Brlggs' cassone
Is in Icelandic design, which Is closely re
lated to the Celtic, the motif being Inter
lacing forms of serpents, animals and Vik
ing ships. Being done In low relief, the ef
fect depends largely upon the lines rather
than the modeling.
Roman, Byzantine and Renaissance de-
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signs are uf.ed extensively, although th.
Norse ornament Is perhaps the most popu
lar. Miss lletia Waid has very Ingcul
oualy adapted Babylonian designs to m
cassone which she is caivlng.
Aside from the artistic attraction of this
work, many women have taken It up dur
lug the lasl year In order to earn money.
The demand for fine hand-carved articles
always rema'ns the same, and there Ls
nsvsr any difficulty in dispoataa than,
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