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AN AFRICAN QUEEN. l
SHE SAYS SHE 1S THREE HUNDRED
YEARS OLD.
Unlike Most of Her Sex, This One Is Proud
s of Her Years. Now a Captive of
England.
From the Chicago Times.
England has just taken captive a wo-i
man who it is claimed is 300 years old.
She is Queen Majajie, the ruler of a
tribe of Kaffirs, whose age is vuuched;
for by the reputed traditions of her
tribe, and who has Heen famous among
the saveges of southern Africa for her
admitted great age. Generations have
spoken of her as being blessed with the
gift of perpetual life, and her fame has
extended throughout the uncivilized re
gions as for north as Egypt.
While it is not for a moment to be be
lieved that the woman could haye reach
ed this marvelous age the English
government admits that is has wutaorita
tively tiaced the history of Queen Maja
jie's tribe back for 110 years, during
whicn time it has been under her rule.
Previous to that period no authentic
records exist, but traditions of the Kaffirs
credit this queen with having reigned
many generations before.
A missionary, the Rev. Mr. Butter,
who has lived for twenty-tive years
among these savages, has informed the
British government that Lis investiga
tions satisfy him the queen has absolute
ly been the bead of her tiibe since 1780,
and he could find no trace of any pre
vious rvler. In fact, the legends of
people are identified entirely with the
present queen end make no mention of
any other head of their government.
The queen is described by Englishmen
who have seen her as of light copper
color, with a frizzy wool on her head.
She wears a dress made of tiger skins,
which has a large hood that usually
covers her face.
There is a suggestion of ‘She¢’ about
‘his savage queen, for it has been a iaw
of the tribe that none should look upon
her face excepting her indunas and three
women. Her indunas are the generals
and leaders of her army, and they num
ber ninety-two. The head induna, or
commander in cheif, is named Jonas,
and he is a man of considerable age,
supposed to be in the neighborhood of
80. The other ninty-one are between
the ages of 30 and 60, and all of them
have been prominent in savage wariare.
The three women are remarkable from
the fact that they are freaks. Oaels
exceedingly tall, thesecond is unusually
stout, and the third wears a long
beard. jThese women [occupy the
positions of advisers. They all live
together in what. is known as the
Sacred Kraal, the queen occupying
an apartment some thirty feet square,
while the three women are in smalil
rooms opening into this.
Around this kraal are numberless
wooden images, represeniing every na
tion of Kaffirland and all sorts of animals,
These images are beautifully and adroit
ly carved from w.,od. Sonumerous are
these figures that they form a veritable
forest about the kraal jand winding pa‘hs
are made among them leading up to the
entrance. The images are colored so that
they approach closely to the flesh tints
of the different tribes, and they are made
the matural height of the human beings
represented.
Oance a year the queen has bzen in the
habit of personally supervising the
slaughter f 140 oxen, which ceremony
constitutes one of religious fetes of the
season. Even upon this occasion she is
not seen, for she is carried by the indunas
in a covered chair to the place where the
ceremony,occurs. She was alsv required
to goat stated periids to an enormous
tree in the forest which was known as
the medicine tree, and there, with cer
tain ceremonies, the heaith of lier people
was guaranteed for the t'me being,
The English general who took posses
sion-f the queen’s capital and of her
has permitted the members;of the tribe
to se¢ her, and they come with the
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greatest curiosity and for many miles
around to lok on the face of their ruler,
one whom thoy have been taught all
their lives to consider as a goddess.
T 1e English show her every attention, {
but it is feared that she will not long‘
survive. |
THE EXECUTIONER OF PA Rlis.
The Distharge of His Duties Does Not
Make Him a Popular Favorite.
Deibler, the Parisian hangman, or
“Monsieur de Paris,’’ as he is often called,
is naturally unpopular among his country
men, although on one occasion he was re
ceived courteously and welcomed by the
citizens of the place where he was about to
show his expert ability as an executioner.
This was at Rouen, where he went to
guillotine a man named Gamelin, who had
~brutally murdered a little girl. 'The feel
| ing against the scoundrel was 8o strong
that Deibler was respectfully saluted by
the populace as he went from his hotel to
the place of execution. ‘‘Monsieur de
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| some calling and says he never felt at all
nervous on the scaffold except when tak
ing part in the execution of Ravachol, tho
anarchist. A fYer this noted eriminal had
been bound he was put into the hearse to
be conveyed to the place of execution,
some distance in the town. Though per
fectly livid, he began howling a vile song
and kept it up till the guillotine was
reached. He endeavored to address the
enormous crowds assembled, but the assist
ant executioners forced him on the bas
cule. The howls and imprecations of the
anarchist continuced with such fury that
Deibler for a few moments became un
nerved, but he speedily recovered himself.
He released the knife, and as it whizzed
down the groove the crowd heard the an
archist shout, ‘* Vive la repu’’—.
The official standing by the guillotine
affirmed that as the head dropped into the
basket the lips distinctly emitted the con
cluding syllable ‘‘blique.”” The assertion
gave rise to a good deal of controversy
among the French savants, but it was gen
erally conceded that the guillotine severs
the head with such terrifio suddenness that
it was possible the sound which the fellow
was uttering was emitted after the knife
had actually performed its deadly work.
‘*Monsieur de Paris’’ also officiated at the
execution of the anarchists Vaillant,
Henry and Cesario. The medical men who
examined Henry’s body declared that he
died before the knife was released, his
vital spark having been extinguished by
general muscular contraction, induced by
his supreme effort to shout the anarchist
war cry and die game.
M. Deibler has a fortune of about $BO,-
000 and receives for his work as execu
tioner $3OO per month. He lives quietly
and generally believed to be saving over
one-half his salary.
A Wonderful Mirage.
The people of Belleville, a little vil
lage of 150 inhabitants situated on the
St. Lawrence river nearly 300 miles
from Montreal, were recently surprised
by a beautiful mirage which hung over
the town for nearly an hour. It was the
image of a six story brick building and
was 50 clear cut and well defined that
the ¢olor of the bricks and mortar could
be plainly distinguished. Everybody in
the little village gathered on the river
bank and watched the beautiful vision
as it slowly faded away to the north
ward. Whether the original of the
mirage is a building situated in Mon
treal, Quebec or some city of New York
state has not yet been determined and
probably never will be, owing to the de
lusive character of guch phenomena.—
£t. Leuis Republic.
Dreadful Possibility.
It was evident that they were man
and wife and were returning from as
sisting at the wedding of two of their
friends. ‘‘Wouldn’t it be awful,’’ she
was heard to say*to him, ‘‘if they were
to live together long enough to find out
that the silver we gave them was ouly
plated ?”’—lndianapolis Journal.
Wife Beaters In Germany.
They know how to treat wife beaters
in Germany. The brutal husband has to
work all through the week, turn over
his wages to his wife on pay day and
go to jail Saturday night and Sunday.
Abount two weeks of this sort of fun
takes all the wickednessout of a fellow
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Each bottle is positivelv cuaranteed to
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FEASTONTEHEIR DOGS. 1
Queer Customs Amoung the People China
and Japan Ave Fighting Over,
From Harper's Weekly. '
The first thing that strikes a visitor to
a Korean village is the surprising sub
population of d gs. Every house seems
to possess a pick of these spiritless curs,
which are a gray variety of the Chinese
chow-dog. They display a more than
passing inferest in a European traveler,
and a free use of one's stick is necesssry
1o keep them at bay. On investigation
one discovers that they form the staple
article of diet of the population, Ualike
most Asiatic races the Koreans are meat
e .ters, and these dogs, being always at
hand, afford the necessary food with the
minimum of exertion and expense. An
‘other curious feature of the Korean diet
is the total absence of tea, the almost
uniyersal beverage of Eistern Asia.
Frequently one sees a Korean foraging
for the evening meal. The method is
simple, though pleasant. He is armed
with a short pole, to the end of which is
lattached a nose. This he throws over
the head of the nearest drz, and then
| proceeds to screw the pole ar und till
the noose tightens, and slowly thottles
the dog, wao is meanwhie prevented
from getting to close quarters with its
i butcher by thrusts of the pole.
' This country is mach infested by the
great, long-coated Mongolian tiger. This
magnificent animal, though a consid-ra
ble source of revenue on account of its
valuable skin, is nevertheless much
dreaded by the natives. So serious are
the ravages committed by them that the
king was forced to organize a regiment
of “Royal Tiger Hunders,” and these
¢ nstitate the corps d'lite of the Korean
armr,
Traveling in Korea can hardly be de
seribed as luxurious. The K rean is not
lavish of home comforts tor nimself, and
l he certainly provides a minimum of the
same for the traveling foreigner. The
average Kovean hotel compares unfavor
'ably with a modern pig sty, and one has
’ to sleep as best one can in the midst of
' survrising dirt, a colony of cattle and
'fUW]S. and other things which shall be
nameless.
How 2 I(piucky Gentlleman Drinks.
Grasping the lower part of the bottle in
l the rigiit Land and tipping it over till the
neck rested on the index tinger of his left
band, Colouel William Duke let the whis
ky trickle out with a musical gurgle into
the glass, the bottom of which was stained
with mint juice. The colonel had crushed
the juice out himself by pressing hard
with his spoon on the leaves the bartender
had dropped in the glass. Having done
this, he removed the leaves and was ready
for the whisky. When the giass was filled
about half with the red liquor that had
the lazy sparkle of oil, he slowly stirred
the decoction to get the i&ilx)t juice well
mixed with the whisky. this time he
| spoke not a word, but kept his eye closely
| riveted on the half filled glass. After stir
' ring the whisky and mint juice slowly and
| deliberately for about a minute he care
. fully removed the spoon, placed the rim of
' the glass between his lips, and closing his
. eyes and tossing back his head he drank
. the mixture with as much enjoyment as if
| it were the nectar of the gods. A loud
' smack of the lips and a shake of the head
i told that the colonel had recovered from
' his reveries.
i Charity.
The lady was making some remarks
about the kind of clothes some other
ladies at church had on.
“The finest garment a woman can
wear,’’ said her husband, ‘‘is the man
tle of charity.”’
““Yes,’’ she snapped, ‘‘and it’s about
the only one some husbands want their
wives to wear.”’—Exchange.
Hadrian, one of the best Roman em
perors, was married to Julia Sabina,
Trajan’s niece, but neglected her to
such an extent that she went mad and
killed herself.
St. Lounis was named from Louis IX
of France. The name was originally
given to his depot and trading station
by Pierre Laclede Liguest.
The Indians called the Des Moines
river the Inyanshoh-shahwopka, ‘‘River
of Red Stones.”’ L
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