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“PRESIDENT MCKINLEY REVIEWING THE VOLUNTEERS AT CAMP ALGER, MAY 28. FROM HARPER'S WEEKLY.
AFTER A Dnawnvs BY G. W. PETERS. Reproduced from Harper's Weekly. By Permission. Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.
TITLE BY DIGESTION
A New Zealand Native Custom In Regard
to Land Transfers.
A gentleman born in New Zealand
tells some interesting stories aboul
that country and the native customs
The gentleman says that the title ta
all land is vested in the natives, ac-
cording to the agreement made with
England, and that when land is to bl
transferred the determination of any
question of ownership comes before a
court constituted for that purpose
On one occasion when a hear-
ing in a case was in progress.
a young native informed thi
court that his father owned the
land, and, in consequence, it now be-
longed to him. When some of the na‘
tives were asked if he spoke the truth,
they replied that he did.
At this point an old native, who was
sitting in the rear of the court room
arose to his feet, and, throwing aside
his mantle stood forth, stark naked.
and, coming forward, addressed the
court. This mode of dress—or, ratherl
undress—is 'by no means uncommon
when natives appeared before the land
court. He proceeded to tell the courl
that the young man was mistaken in
claiming the ownership of the land.
He himself held the title to the prop4
erty. He said years ago he went ta
war against the owner of the property
in question, and that not only was the
proprietor of the land killed, but every
member of the family except the young
man who had just claimed the land.
“He was then-a babe,” continued the
I old man, “and I had seized him by one
of his feet and was about to dash his
brains out against a rock, when my
wife interceded on behalf of the boy,
and begged that his life be spared, and
that he be given to her.”
He went on to say that he granted
her request, and gave her the boy, who
had ever since lived in his family.
“Now he claims the land,” he added,
"because his father owned it. But I
fought his father and killed him and
all the members of his family. What
is more, I ate all of his body that was
edible, so that all that remained of his
father passed in to me.”
The old man continued that, under
these circumstances, he 'thought he
had proved a good title to the land.
When the natives who had heard
this statement were questioned, they
said that what the old man had stated
was true, and that, according to their
customs, the title to the land in ques-
tion had passed to him. The court so
decided, and so concluded, the gentle-
man, there is in New Zealand, in addi-
tion to the other usual forms of get.
ting title to realty, such as for money
consideration, for love and affection,
etc., title by digestion—WashingtOn
Star.
The Pigs Saved Fifty Lives.
This story comes straight from Aus-
tralia and relates to the loss of the
coasting steamer Kameruka, while
going from Eden to Sidney. While
traveling at full speed the vessel
struck on a reef. There being no rock--
ets on the ship, the'captain tied a life-
line to some pigs, which formed part
of the cargo, and had the animals put
overboard. The pigs swam to the
shore, takin'g the lines with them, and
being discovered wandering around the
beach, communication was established
with the steamer, and fifty passengers,
many of whom were women and chil-
dren, as well as the captain and crew.
were rescued. There is a. peculiar
sequel to this story. The passengers
went to the nearest hotel and at the
first meal ate roast pork. One would
think they would be ashamed to do
that—Golda“ “ave.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY REVIEVV-
ING THE TROOPS AT
CAMP ALGER.
On the twenty-eighth of last month
the President of the United'States, for
the first time in thirty years, inspected
the condition and witnessed the man-
oeuvres of an army prepared to take
the field against the enemies of the
nation. This notable review took place
at Camp Alger, twelve miles from
Washington. where 14,000 men of the
National Guard of eight states have
been sworn into the Federal serwce
and are encamped, awaiting orders to
go to the front. '
President McKinley is an old soldier,
and his long and active experience in
the Civil W'ar has taught him the
strength and weakness of volunteer
armies. The parade, therefore was no
mere formal matter—it meant business.
No detail in the appearance of the men
and their equipment escaped the train-
ed and watchful eye of the President,
and he was constantly pointing out to
Secretary Alger, who stood beside him,
the visable evidences of the lack of
preparation for active campaigning.
It must be acknowledged that such dc-
r SCIENTIFIC AMPUTATION.
A Palient‘s Leg Taken ofl‘ with a Whirling
W’d Circular Saw.
At first thought, it doesn’t seem like
so much of a luxury to have one’s leg
cut off with a buzz-saw, does it?
Yet science, in the interest of suf-
fering humanity, is adopting the cross-
:ut or circular saw to the uses of sur-
gery, and so evident are its benefits ‘
that 'the wonder is the innovation
was not thought of long ago.
The principle of the saw is much the
same as that of the familiar electric
excavating tool used _-by dentist, and
the advantages of its use are quite as
tpparent. _
The surgical saver is mounted on a
flexible shaft like that of the dentist’s
machine, but of course more powerful.
A handle enables the operator to direct
its course, and by the use of an offset
it can be made to saw parallel with the
shaft. It is noiseless in every part,
except when in use.
The method of operation with the
power saw will presumably be some!
what as follows: The patient. is laid
upon the operating table, etherized
and covered with a white cloth, except
the part to be operated upon. The
saw, which has been treated aseptical-
ly to avoid the slightest danger of
olood poisoning, stands with its elec-
zric motor at the foot of the table.
The limb is tightly ligatured, and the
saw—zztl—it is all over.
By the old method a tiny hand-saw
was used: Inevitably as it was drawn
ind pushed back and forth it disturbed
2-he position of the limb \operated up-
m and lacerated the flesh more or
.ess.
The power saw will operate quickly
ind without disturbing the steady po-
aition of the patient. Besides, it is
:laimed that the heat generated by it
will sear the bone tissue, and hasten
ahe process of healing by the important
first hour of vascular change follow-
ng the operation by the old method.—
\Tew York World.
Knew His Business.
“You think you understand the ad-
vertising business, do you?”
“Understand it! Why, I could keep
any man's name before the public——
even if he were the Vice-President of
the United States.”:—Baltirnore Life.
Too much notoriety is like a blanket
I'coat in hot weather. ,
fects were extremely noticeable, but
the President was assured that the
equipment would be thoroughly com-
pleted before another week was over.
From a spectacular point of view the
parade was completely satisfactory, and
the march past, as illustrated by a
picture in Harper’s Weekly, was
stirring and impressive. The enthu-
siasm and physicial condition of the
soldiers evoked much admiration from
the President’s party, and all the
military authorities agreed that the
hardy looking men with proper ac-
coutrements and arms would make as
fine a body of troops as could be wished
for» ‘
After the review President McKinley
made a. long tour of inspection around
the camp, in order to satisfy himself
concerning its condition by personal
and careful observation. Every regi~
ment greeted him with hearty cheers,
and officers and privates were unani-
mous in their satisfaction over his
visit. Indeed the entire nation is to be
congratulated that itsprescnt Execu-
tive is desirous and fitted to take an ac-
tive and effective part in preparing the
cross of the country for war.
TO-MORROW’S BIRTHPLACE.
The Line in the Pacific Ocean Where It
Shakes Hands With Yesterday.
Most people who have read Jules
Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty
Days” will remember how narrowly
the traveler missed his bet, having for- .
gotten that, in following the sun from g *
east to west, he had gained one day.
When one crosses the Atlantic from
London to New York, he gains rather .
more than half an hour each day. From
New York to Chicago another hour is
! gained, another to Denver, another to
' San Francisco, which is reckoning time
eight hours later than London, and of
course the best part of a. day later than
Shanghai and Yokohama.‘ In crossing
the Pacific there comes a. time when
the day begins, where yesterday and
to-morrow shake hands, and where the
traveler is cheated out of a day in his
life.
In mid-Pacific, going west, one skips
from Sunday to Tuesday. Going east
he has one day of the week reanted—
Two Sundays or Tuesdays, as the case
may be.
The line of the changing day is not
a straight line. The islands in the Pa.-
cific take their time from the continent
with which they trade and from which
they were discovered. Thus, the line
of the change zigzags down the Pa-
cific coast from Southlto North, dodg-
ing between the islands.
Hence, it might easily happen that
a ship which has already skipped a
day would reach an island which clings
to San Francisco time. In such a. case
it would be Monday on shore and Tues-
day on the ship. .__.
If the ship’s jolly boat were lying at
a wharf it would be Monday on the
wharf and Tuesday on the boat.
‘ And if a person lives somewhere near
the line he can get a sailboat and visit
yesterday and to-morrow in the most
delightful fashion—New York World.
It -is said that Succl. who recently
completed his sixty-fourth public fast
in Rome, has abstained from food in
his performances for 2,500 days of his
life—nearly 7 years.
The novel feature of a gas-motor
lately invented is stated to. be the
bringing of the fuel in the working
cylinder into contact with air so
highly compressed as to, be intensely
hot.
Many of the new velvet belts for
spring are studded with medallions so
large as almost to cover the velvet
band.
3
AN AFGHAN NEW WOMAN. " ‘ 3
She Was Allowed to Remain Unmarriedl
E and Made the Harem's Messenger. i
g The new woman has penetrated even!
.to the harem of the Ameer of Afghan-f
istan, where she wears male attire and’,
does precisely as she pleases. The.
'Ameer picked her up, says a writer in;
,the Ladies’ Pictorial, on his return!
journey from the northern part of his!
Ldominions a good many years ago. She;
had been brought before him by an in—f
idignant father and proposed husbandi
for punishment. She would not con-g
form to the usage of the country and;
enter the married state, though she had;
then reached the age when it became’;
incumbent upon her to do so. The girl;
declared she had run wild all her life,:
and did not wish to give up her free-l
dam and be shut up in a harem. She!
sought the Ameer’s protection and ob-,.
tained it. i
I “All right,” he said, “since you want?
to be free you shall be, but free you!
must also remain; that is your punish—i
ment. You wish to live like a. mam!
you shall live like one, and for your’;
own protection you must wear men’s,
clothes." ' . , ..» - e
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. On her arrival 1n Cabul she was giv-‘j‘
,en the title of older, or chief, and was
made the harem’s messenger. ' She:
,comes and goes as she pleases‘or is. or-l
'dered, both by night and day, and 1103
,one even in slanderous Cabul has everi
breathed a. word against her fair namefl
EXPLORER NANSEN’S CLOTH ES.
He is Very Much Addicted to Gray and;
Dislikes to Wear Any Other Color. 3
Doctor Nansen, for so- great a lion:
impressed those who met him in this?
country as being singularly free from{
'eccentricities. Yet it appears that hef
has had to struggle to overcome any.
number of youthful vagaries, and;
among'others a passion for wearing
gray. .
Since he grew old enough to persuade
his mother to let him have a choice in
his clothing, every garment in his.
wardrobe was of a uniform color. And
from that time until his marriage the;
young Norwegian never once deviated
from his early selection. Hats, shirts,‘
socks, under clothing, gloves,_ and of
course his top clothes, were all gray. .
Remonstrated with upon the absurd-
ity of his course, he again and again’
ordered or bought black clothes, but
when it came to wearing them, his
courage failed, and he would go back
each time to his cherished gray. ‘
It was not, indeed, until it came to'
a question of surrendering his bride or,
his prejudice that Doctor Nansen could-
muster resolution to get into a. ‘black'
suit, and his friends say that to this
day he clings tenaciously to. his love,
of gray, and during his Arctic explora—
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tions 'he wore no other colon-Golden
Days.
Who Goes Home.
There is nothing more amusing, per-
haps, in all the quaint and curious
customs of the House of Commons
than the strange ceremony which
marks the termination of its every
sitting. The moment the House is ad-
journed, stentorian-voiced messengers
and policemen cry out in the lobbies
and corridors, “Who goes home?”
These words have sounded every
night for,centuries through the Palace
‘ of Westminster. The custom dates from
a time when it was necessary for mem-
bers to go home in parties, accompa-
nied by links-men for common pro-
tection against the footpads who in-
fested the streets of London. But
though that danger has . long since'
passed away. the question, “Who goes
home ?" isstill asked, night after night,
during the session of Parliament. No
reply is given. and none is expected.
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