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Show fBytheWay jfl 'EMM cv CeoyrtM. ' tm, Nett AimrtM Neweeper A ma nee) Krw Symbol of Rank in Java The krle of the Eut lodle It ft upon with a Made about ft foot otic anj ft handle of wood, ftorn or metal, uaually hlffhly carved. It fits tnlo ft heath or ecabbaro., a4 la worn tuck throua-h ih bit noar h mlddl of th back. Otica tiocaaaary woapoa of mIC protactloa. tbo krta baa of lata yoaro bBjia ft miri ornamant an 4 aymbol or rank and poaltlon In Java, llka tho aworda worn prior to tha roo-toratton roo-toratton of 181 by Japanaao of rank, tha kr1aaa of tha Malaya ara known for thalr Una t am par and for thalr arttaua marlc aa won. Their blades ara iranornily damaak-aned, damaak-aned, and har a aoci mt water aur-faca aur-faca or jraln, A a-ance at tha krta at one ea-tabliahea ea-tabliahea to tha practised eye tha dlntrlct of It a orlvla. and tha dir. terenra between tha krtaaoa of At-Jeh. At-Jeh. of MaJoern, of Ball, and aea Eaat and Waat PftVft ara wall mark 4. In tfta. ceremonial court eoatuma of tha men. tho preeenca of tha hra. In combination with tna bared upper up-per half of tna body, la a at rone reminder of tho daya when weap-ona weap-ona wtrt a far more lanportant part of tha peraonal ftccouvrement thaa clot he a. New York kaa an aotomatla aavlnva honk. It'a tha bank aad not tha aavlng tnat'a auto mat lc O roan villa Piedmont, British Court IDreM Regulations To conform to aocoptad etiquette on ouch occaelona. It wa nacea-aary nacea-aary at tha raent court of Knf Ooorva and Queen Mary for the men to wear ailk velvet auita with knea breech ea. kneo and ahoo buc-klaa, buc-klaa, and allk atocklnara. Tna wo-mea'a wo-mea'a raiment constated of court yown with Ions; tratn. fathra ana vll. fan, gloves, allppara and silk atocklnaa. Ths clotha wars dls-rard.l dls-rard.l Immfdtatalr aftsr th eourt function bee a us thsy posassa aa utilitarian valu. Thsra ara eartaln tmparatlva rr-ulattons rr-ulattons which must ba onaerraa by womtn In court dross. Skirts must hot b lss thaa thrsa lnohaa from th ground, and trains must msaa ur no mr thai) lshtca Inches from tha hsels of th warr when atsndln. Th vsll must not b mor than forty-ftv lnrhs lona. Bouqusts and fans ara optional, but many women chooa flawsra. Tha only swaeplns; reform that has ucrwid Is the uum clanr. Flore ac Hsralo, Stone Age Men '. Rolled the Bones How a vanquished race which anre lived ta th Isolated Rio Mlm-braa Mlm-braa valley of southern New Jvfst-lc Jvfst-lc "shot craps ha been revealed by prehistoric pottery dug up near Iteming, in a sclent! fie report Just issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Institu-tion. Dr. J. Walter Pewkeo or th Bureau of American Ethnology, do-acrtbes do-acrtbes crockery showtna erenee and flsrures from 'tha daily life of J a people who very axtstenes was doubted until a few years iro. On th bottom of a broken jar there Is a gambling scene representing repre-senting thre mn playing a gam with alee, th spots on which can be plnly seen. This artistic work was accomplished accom-plished In an Isolated valley whose rivers have no outlet ta th aea. It Ilea midway between th Pueblo and Mertcaa rgton. an! shews affinities af-finities with th culture of both. Philanthropy s th business af giving it bach t th people peo-ple you took It from. Fresno ; Republican. Oldest Iron Mine-In Mine-In U. S. Closed The oldest Iron mine In tha Vnlt-ed Vnlt-ed Rtatea have been closed at 8tr-llngton. 8tr-llngton. N. Y. They have been In continuous operation sine 1 70, and or taken from them vii used to force the famous chain that was atretched across th Hudson river In the revolutionary war to block British warships. They hav furnished fur-nished Iron for varv war th country coun-try haa fought. They wer sold by the Piers family, which hj owned them for many yeara. Th nam of tha buer waa not revealed. re-vealed. old real dents aay that th -ore which cams from th Ramaso mountains was useful In making a particular kind of steeL Alaskan Indians Reckon Kinship Through Mother It la among th Indiana of Alaska that th totemlo art, rressel through weirdly graven teem te-em pole, haa ranched Ua greatat perfection. A tremendoua maas of Ideas and usages has grown up. Involving In-volving kinship, rules af marrlag. Sroperty, religious ceretnonU and e scent, all centered about thee anWrtal crests. To the Indian of thla region th moflt Important thing In life la his animal crest or '"totem." All his Ideas aad ambitions center about tht hereditary animal progenitor and protector, the likeness of which h carves on all his atenslla. palate, n hla housefroat. tatooa on his arms and cheat, paint a on hla faos and carve aa hla aaamortal column. col-umn. These people rack on la Jh Ip through th mother only. . A maa seta up a memorial column, not for hta father, but for hla mother's relatives particularly ber brother. A son haa, according to their Idea a n connect km with hta father. A bor or young man looks to hla maternal ma-ternal nacles for couneel an! guid-aace; guid-aace; t them h owes veneration and respect aad from tham anly as Inherits property. Tt looka aa though th International Inter-national ptctur of tha Immediate Immedi-ate future will be dona la alia. New Tork American, Siara Has Rice Planting Ceremony A He planting ceremony to observed during the ft ret part f May. In 81am. The minuter of agriculture, as the royal deputy, leads a long procession ef the functlonanea under him. and their attendants to a place outside the ellr of Hankkok. where-th cre-te-ny U appointed to tak plac. Koc-merty Koc-merty It wea coo-rtdereej n privilege f the person compoelng th pro---Btoa to take away wtihout remuneration remunera-tion anything that took their fancy In the shop along th way. Cm the arrival of th procession at tho spot sppotnted ffwr the purpoe ther takes plao a reading of th sutraa bv Hur-snes Hur-snes prteets. and then th minister of sgrV-tHtux approrha a pair of ball, whtck ar yoked to a plow and decked ail over with flowers and for bout an hour goea through the pro-see pro-see of plowing th fiald. After th plowing la over, four oung roort l4r appear srd sow the rtcs see!, j erauaring th graiaa la th piowed r vf th field. |