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Show TO THE INTEREST OF DOTH. A l'lcee ul .African Dcipotlitn That Tra-TcntR Tra-TcntR Ovorolinrainir. Kabnrcgn, tho negro IJpg of Unyoro, In Central Africa, is n f.ian who rules his subjects with 11 nl Of iron. I.lhe nil tyrants, ho regulates their smallest actions, and a host of spies Inform him of any dlsobcdlouco to his comma com-ma mix. Among other thing I si hm made a fl.cd tariff of prices for everything bought or sold 111 his country, nnd every dovlatlon from ItliHovcroly punished. pun-ished. An lustnuco of this is given Uy vltiv Hassan In his book about l.mln 1'nshu and tho Kquntorlal Vrovlucc. About u month after his arrival In Unyoro, ho bought a fowl nnd paid thirty cowries for it, whllo tho mnrkot price was only twonty-flvo. In that part of Africa It takes about two hundred hun-dred nnd fifty cowries to make n dollar. dol-lar. Soon nftcrwar.l a dragoman of tho king appeared nnd brought back llvo cowries with tho message: "A fowl costs only twouly-ftvo cowries, cow-ries, whllo you havo given thirty. The toller has douo wrong, aud tho king will punish him; but ho Bonds to you tho ndvleo to bo careful henceforth in your purchnses never to give for anything any-thing more than It is worth, first of nil In your own interest, nnd, noxt to this, lu order not to disturb the market." COWDOY DUEL IN VENEZUELA. They Lored a I.ltllo luillau (llrt or Iba Orinoco lMullll. I witnessed a strange, duel on ono of Presidout Crespo's big cattlo ranches In tlio Interior of Venezuela. Two vnnqueros, or cowboys, were ouamored of tho r,amo dnrlc-uyi.il llttlo Indian girl of tho grout Orinoco plulns nnd thoy decided to nettle by a duel with tho lauo which of them should take hor towlfe. Adozcn follow vnnqueros assembled to witness tho fray. Tholoiert,, says tho Florida Times-Union, Times-Union, soon nppearcd mounted on mettlesome minitaugs, each with 11 long, powerful larint of tough cowhide cow-hide Thoy wero both experts with tho lasso, ami their horsemanship was 11 marvel. They approached to within forty und fifty yurds of each other, thon began to munouvor for a deciding east. A f tcr soi oral feints tho lariat of thoyouugorof tho rivals, a handsome smi-bronxed fellow from Curabobo, went whizzing through tho air so wlftl that the ova could scarcelv fol. low it. Tlio other sank Ills spurs deep Into his mustang. Tho animal sprang forward Just In tlmo to unvo his master from the noose, nnd ns ho did so tho teoouil lasso roso In tho air and settled around tho Mioulilers of tho man who missed, pinning his arms to his sides as in n vise. Ho was Jcrkcd.headloug out of his saddle. His buccessful rival draw him along handover hand, half lifting him from ''1 ground by tho tenacious thong, :..ilput n bullet ctjuarc- between his v .". Ho thou turned and rode direct- ly to th onmp ivlicro lived tho cause of this borbario scouo. ' M10 mouiiUxl behind him and ho ( camo galloping back . swinging his kvmbroro. ' I :' " '- I |
