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Show THE WORLD. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, VOL. VI. IS A DREAD INSECT. HOV THE MATACHINO BURIES ITSELF IN THE FLESH. As far as I could learn the matachlno is Indigenous only to northern Mozambique, for in Delago bay they do not seem to be troubled with iu AT THE PARIS FAIR. I oat Bo Cot Out Immad lately Ttaoae Who Hit Strong N.rvoit, Llko tho Natives, Carry a Sharp Kulfo and Opera to Cpon 1 lieuisalvt-s- . 8 The Paris exhibition of 1900 will have a section devoted to the Faroe isles, Iceland and Greenland. It will consist of a collection of things illusWe were plowing against the cur- trating the social condition of the rent in the Mozambique channel on a Scandinavians from ancient days down steamer. Every mile brought us near- to our own times, at the same time er the equator, and in spite of a fair giving an idea of the spreading of Norbreeze the motley complement of pas- man culture from Norway via the to Greenland, sengers fairly gasped for breath, says Faro isles and Iceland and thence sporadically to North the Philadelphia Inquirer. America. Capt. llaan, my traveling companion, and I stood leaning over a tem- -. It Is an Interesting fact that the year porary railing which had been erected 1900 will be a jubilee year for Iceland amidships on the port side to divide and as it will then be 900 Greenland, third-classecond-class s the from the was introsince years Christianity deckroom. The latter was occupied by decision of duced the into Iceland, by 600 Mahometans traveling from Cape same in and the the year Lief althing, Town to Mecca. Last Greenland. discovered the Lucky All day the Moslems were either prea summer Daniel great Brunn, Capt. of their mealies, paring daily repast went to the Faroe attempting to get some sleep with authority on Iceland, for the exmaterials Islands to collect their robes drawn over their eyes or listening to a priest who used the hibition the Danish government providing funds for the journey and he fo'csle deck for a pulpit has only just returned home to DenWe had just completed the purchase of two pair of Bandals from a muezzin mark after a most successful expedion board, and declared our intention tion. Both in the Faroe isles and in of wearing them when we landed at Iceland the plan met with warm support, and so many valuable items have Belra, in Mozambique. Dont dare to, asserted the skip- already been received that they alone Insure success to the coming exhibiper, who had been in the East African trade twenty years. "For good- tion. ness sake, have you never heard of Besides original things, many modthe matachlno? Well, Ill tell you about it. els, casts, maps and photos will be But the captain never did. The shown. The well known Icelander Dr. low, black coast of Mozambique was Thoroddsen's geographical map of Icesighted at that moment, and the beBt land, to which he has devoted sevenof navigation had to be used in en- teen long years of work, will for the tering the shallow bay into which emp- first time he shown at the exhibition. ties the Pungee river at Beira. So The saga period will be richly repreinteresting the skipper hurried to the bridge and sented; among other left us wondering what the matachlno things, models of many of the old houses will be shown, namely, Erik could be. We found out later on, and so did the Reds house, "Erlksstade, from ' others, some to their sorrow. In fact, whence he started on his Greenland The saga period was fal, the. matachlno got chummy with, the expedition. passengers from the General immedi- lowed by the sturlunga period, In which battles and murders were everyday ocately upon their landing. Not even the huge scorpions and currences. As a memento of these turbulent times, a model of a fortified deadly spiders which Infest east AfriBorger-vlrkeca along the Mozambique coast are mountain top, the dreaded so much as this Insect, which will be shown, in which the resembles, in some ways, the Ameri- population of a whole village sought can tick. refuge in time of war. The matachlno, however, is a much more serious proposition. It lives In In the museum at Reikiavlk there the sand and is so small that it is is a rich collection of things from the difficult to see with the naked eye. In viking period down to our present a twinkling it fastens to ones foot, times; the most interesting of these, bores beneath the sain and hides it- such as dresses from ancient days and self. Jewelry of great artistic value, will be There is an Itching feeling, but with brought to Paris. A department of exthe other sensations of this sort in a hibits of the Roman Catholic period hot climate one is likely to overlook will also command attention. There the matachlno bite. In thirty-si- x will be models of the renowned hours this Insect has deposited eggs, churches at Kirkebo (the Faroe isles) which hatch almost immediately, and at Kakortok (Greenland) and of the last peat church in Iceland. With you then have several hundred in your ankle, or foot, and you regard to Icelandic literature, protoare in "a jolly bad way, as the Eng- types of the oldest saga manuscripts lish resident will calmly tell you. will be shown. Then there will be the The streets of Beira are of sand, into very characteristic Icelandic saddles which your foot sinks up to the an- and headgear, ships, Eskimo kajaks, kle. Though big steamship lines do and, altogether, interesting exhibit? business there, not a horse or ox can will be legion. be seen. Neither would be of service In such roads. All traffic is done A Tomb In n Trre's Interior. with little trucks run on narrow-gaug- e Very few people, we Imagine, have trackB and pushed by native burieil in a tree, but not long ago been Africans. baron found the remains of a German must one, wade Every therefore, who was interred in ancestor famous a this line with ladles sand, through on tree the family estate. oak an old pretty hose and Parisian boots just as well as a naked Zulu, whose feet are The most curious fact about the often so callous as to feaze the most strange burial place was that the nobleman in question, Baron von Thum-me- i, vicious matachlno. bought the tomb of his forefathHundreds of persons land at Beira weekly from England, France, Ger- er by accident at a wood sale. lie told many, America, South America and an old servant of his purchase, who the east. It is today the wildest and recognized the tree as one in which, strangest town in Africa. It is the seventy years before, her old master outlet and inlet to Mashonaland and had been buried. In the hollow of the lower central Africa. The most re- tree Baron Hans von Thummel had fined people knock elbows there with caused a sepulchre of solid masonry to the most lawless, and nil knuckle un- be built large enough to accommodate der to that dreadful Insect, the mat- his coffin in a standing position. The achlno, for If not removed uuickly it coffin was placed there, as the court means the loss of a foot. The choice records show, on March 3, 1S24. And spot for them to settle is on the ankle, the opening was closed by an iron where the boot fits tightly, and thd grate. In the course of time a wall of only way to remove the insect is to cut wood grew over the opening, hiding out the surrounding flesh with a sharp for many years the odd use to whick knife. the old tree had been put. The matachlno is not to he trifled with, and you soon learn to squat New Island. Birth of down In the sand and look at your foot results of an earthquake the One of senthere is a suspicious hlting when Indies in September sation. Those who have strong nerves felt in the carry a sharp knife and cut out the last was the upheaving of a new island insect themselves. The Africans do off the coaat of Borneo, opposite the 'this, and it is not an uncommon sight town of Labuan. It is only about' 660 to see a boy drop a load of lumber, sit feet long and 500 broad, but it has down and perform a surgical opera-- , Increased in size since its first appear anca. tlon and continue his labor. so-call-ed mat-achln- ," THE LOVE POTION. Once, in a remote time and place, the materials of the usual novel presented themselves. A man had fallen in love with a woman and the woman had not in the least fallen in love with the man. So when he, looking particularly handsome, pleaded his cause with her, she said No. Then the young man communed with himself. He had read in the learned books that women ore by nature coy, and that their "no not infrequently meant "yes. So he waited three and months, then again entreated, again she refused. Further meditation showed him that it was absolutely essential that he should marry this woman. It was impossible to live without her. If the gods gave him all else and denied him that, then there would be no pleasure in any of their gifts. This being so, he thought of ways and methods by which a woman might be attracted. The first that he tried was brilliance and martial achievements. At that remote period there was always a war handy for those who wished to distinguish themselves in this way, and the man went into the war. After long waiting he got his opportunity and came out of it unscathed, and with a magnificent record for courage and skill and endurance. Adorned with the equivalent of the Victoria cross prevalent at that time, he returned to the and she would house of his lady-lovnot see him. He was equally unsuccessful when he held out to her jhe allurements of power. All his wealth and all his long trains of slaves Impressed her not at all. He bored ber very badly. Then in despair, and no longer trusting to his own resources, he de- termined to take counsel of a woman that lived seven days Journey away. He went on his pilgrimage on foot, and because he could not sleep nor weary himself he made the journey in four days. The wise woman was old and gray, and el. hulled up in an ns, tidy parcel. When she saw him approaching Bhe stretched, but a lean hand. "I know," she said, for what you have come. You desire the lady of your love. "Yes, he answered, "I desire that and nothing else. I desire that at any price. What would you have me do, what would you have me give you? Then he showed her the equivalent of his bankbook prevalent at that time, and she went over it with care. But she said that she would take everything, all that he had; all his treasure, all blB slaves, and in return she would give him a love philter. Then he most cheerfully made over to her, by the equivalent of a deed pf gift prevalent at that time, the whole of his possessions, and she placed in his hands a ' Et love as I myself have for you and ever shall have. She then said: PORTO RICAN MUSIC. The National Instrument la Simple, bat Ingenious. Like all other Spanish speaking peoples, the Porto lllcans are fond of music, says the Kansas City Star. Every cafe has its orchestra, for a cafe could hardly do business without one. Every main street during the latter part of the day has its itinerant band of guitar and violin players, and the warm nights are made pleasant to the strollers along the streets by the sound of stringed instruments which floats from screen of behind the latticed, vinc-cla- d residences. prjvate' ' Nearly all of the airs are pitched In a minor key, which even when intended to be joyous, contains a plaint to fond of Sousa's robust the Anglo-Saxo-n music. To ono who has traveled In Spanish lands the music of Porto Rico at first seems very familiar, but the ear is not long in discovering something novel in the accompaniment to the melody. it sounds at first like the rhythmical shuffle of feet upon the sanded floor, and one might suppose some expert clog dancer was nimbly stepping to the music made by the violins and guitars. The action is almost too quick, too complicated for this, however, and .t Is the deftness of fingers and not of feet which produces it It comes from the only musical Instrument native to the West Indies, the "guira, which with word is pronounced huir-r-aa soft roll and twist of the tongue only possible to the native. The guira Is a gourd varying in size in different instruments. On the inverse curve of the gourd are cut slits like those in the top of a violin. On the other side of the gourd opposite the holes is a series of deep scratches. The player balances ue gourd in his left hand, holding it lighuy that, none of the romance may be lost. With the right hands he rapidly rubs this roughened side of the gord with d steel fork. In the hands a of a novice this produces nothing but a harsh, disagreeable noise. In the bands of a native guira player a wonderful rhythmic sound comes from this dried vegetable she, a sound which, !n Us place in the orchestra, becomes music, and most certainly gives Rplendld time and considerable volume to the performance. The players hand moves with lightning rapidity. The steel fork at times makes long sweeps the whole length of the gourd, and then again vibrates with inrredildif rwlftncss over but an Inch or two of its surface. There seems to be a perfect method in its playing, though no musleal reeord is before the piaycr, and it seems to be a matter purely of his fancy and his ear as to how his part shall harmonize with the melody of the stringed instruments. The guira Is' found in all the West Indies, but seems specially popular in Porto Riro. The players generally make their own instruments and apparently become attached to them, for as poor as these strolling players are, they will hardly part with their gulras, even when offered ten times their real value. ," two-tine- SHE WILL LOVE YOU. cup of green jade containing a liquid that was as clear as water, and that PHYSICAL RECREATION. Iti "You have been to the wise woman, and you have bought from ber a love philter that she alone can make. For the liquid he said. Yes, gleaming like fire in its cup I have given all my possessions. Do you doubt its power? "No, she answered, "I doubt it not If I drink thereof I shall love you for ever, only it will not be I, and it will not be you. "I do not understand, he said. "If I love you not now and love you after I have drunk of this cup, then it is because the philter and not you has made the change in me. It is a trick, a poor deception by which you will try to fool yourself and me. "Then, he said, "better this unhapAnd piness than that happiness. poured the philter into the sand. And when he awoke the cup was Indeed overturned, and the thirsty sand had drunk the precious liquid to the last drop. So having no longer any hope, he went back on his way home. And as he approached the house where the woman whom he loved lived, she came down the steps toward him. holding out both her hands. "I watched for you from the window, she said. "A few nights ago I dreamed of you, a strange dream. You lay in the sands esleep. I have watched ever since. Barry Pain. e, os NO. 5. 18U8. shone in the dark as though it had been fire. See. she said, "that the lady of your love drinks of this. Then will she love you; you only; you, with her whole heart, you for ever. Then he began his Journey home again. And by this time he was fain to sleep, and weary in ull his limbs. But for his great longing to win the love of the woman he still went on by night and day. And as he traveled by night the liquid in the green Jade cup gave him light to guide his footsteps. But at the last sleep would no longer be denied. He stretched himself on the sand a whole hour, with the cup of green Jade standing at his head. And as he slept the only person that ever came into his dreams came into them once more the woman whom he loved. And in the dream she said to him, "You are coming to see me. He answered, "Yes. And now at last Many houses In Berlin are numbered have I the means to overcome your with luminous figures, which are easily hatred to me, and to turn it into such visible at night Important;, to ftraou of Bvory Ago out! CoutUllon. The aim of physical education Is to bring the body to its fullest development and vigor. Such education ta always good, but its effect varies with different persons. Every one receives by inheritance certain tendencies and peculiarities. Naturally a narrow-chesteundersized youth cannot be expected to become a perfectly developed athlete. Yet it is precisely those whose physical endowment Is below the average .that derive the greatest value from a careful physical training. Aa nearly as can be ascertained, physical Improvement Includes an Increase in height, if & course of training la pursued before the age when growth, ceases. An apparent increase in stat-us- e after this period is to be attributed to a straightening of the Bpine and a more erect carriage. Physical education, in order to be most effective, should be systematic, carefully graded and In all respects adapted to the needs and capacities of the individual. Ita results are apparent not only In Increased ability for physical exertion, but in freedom of muscular action and' in gracefulness of movement. Properly trained muscles perform their work with less expenditure of energy. While physical training may have been unduly emphasized in some quarters, college athletes gre rarely among the drones of their classes In mental work. The stimulation of the circulation by systematic exercise Improves the quality of the blood provided to both the muscles and the brain. Greater concentration and more continuous application in mental employments are possible because of physical training. The hohrs of study are not the only ones that teachers and parents should supervise. The child should have his hours of recreation properly filled.with no time for absolute Idleness. Aa has been said already, physical exercise should be so planned aa to of the individual constisuit d, the-need- s tution. ll has been the castomr-u- f one instructor to prescribe fencing, gymnastics with apparatus, and lessons In a riding school for all "those idle persons whose brain languishes for lack of But for a child overworked In work. school, or for one going through the mental strain of examinations, acrobatic feats are not appropriate. Walks and rides offer the simplest and best forma of relaxation. To the ' sedentary brain worker the easily mastered exercise of rowing Is a profitable pastime, while the old games of leap frog, prisoners base and the like will always be of inestimable value among the exercises of child hood. Youths Companion. Mnnnarlsms of Fashion. I wonder if you've ever noticed how every passing fashion brings with it Its own set of mannerisms. Of course you cant remember when hoops were In vogue, and you never saw a woman In crinoline gather her voluminous draperies about her In order to seat herself without tilting her petticoat hem skyward. But you may remember ten years or so back, when reeds and wires and other devises made skirts more than bouffant in the back. Women then bad a way of settling their skirts that would be strange to us today. Four years ago or thereabouts Mrtlb. gave her huge sleeves a fluff now nnd then. Last summer she held her bead haughtily back because her hat was titled over her eyes. This fall she droops her head meekly forward to balance the toque on the hack of her head, and the mannerisms the fashion has given her is an odd little way of pulling the front of her bodice out now and then, so that it may describe as nniple a curve from coll lr to belt as possible. Next year she may smooth down her skirt or rumple her sleeves, but just now the front of her corsage engages her hands and her attention. Washington Post. rp-lo-da- te Struggles of tho Young Mind. The following are extracts from examination papers presented by pupils at a prominent private school in this neighborhood: In History Q.: "What was the character of Henry VIII.? A.: "Henry VIII. was a congenial liberIn Rhetoric Q.: "What is an tine. A.: "An epigram is a figepigram? ure of speech sometimes used in a Joke and sometimes on tombstones." Definitions "A myth Is a half fish and half woman. "Ths bowels are five , e, 1, o, and u and Jometlmee w and y. New York Trlbuze. |