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Show mmmmmmm IN TimoOITcoilNEKT QUE tin AND CUHIOUS THINC13 AND EVENTS. The nty or Maid., racta About thr Lala apltal or tha I'lillliiplne tnatir-tenia tnatir-tenia Aa Aaetrallan I'iiiiI. Holie.l The .Naah or Hahawalparv I Ilia Chinook. 1 There romea lo my heart thin morning On the neatern hrtesra wing The chant of the irasy ihlnook. The ilrutikrn ilimuli of eprlhal My home la the broad I'arlnr: " ' Hut jouth cannot hl,le at home, 1 splrail my wlnsjs for a frolic And Ufa oer Ilia ocean a foam. "I klaaed IIm lopa of the ransra And severed tin Ire Mux a ihaluj I whlapered of plrtieant X Mile) a And Sir natera wakened aaalll. I raced them down the mountatna. Marring liuldera aside nnl ninit; 1 lallnl to the eleeplhrt alrramlrti, Vome, ilame with tho .levll ot sprlngl Thrr nn with a nieh and gutsle, Thr) i am with a Iran and ilaah, U ltd thr roar of tllatatit tliuiiilrr, With thr MM-rd of thr Hahllllna nah I "lirtwn ne rant thrmish tho gorges. Melting the kr and anow. . Ami llllr.1 to a orrnolhg Tho WMonatohr Wlow. 'The rhrr Itaelf grrw drunken, Mad with Chinook champagne; It bunt lite tirl'lara man buiMrtl Thouah Heel, they were rent In twain. "It flayed with the aleeplng chlldren- They Mill neer waken more. It iinanl strong men on lis hlllowa And left them. Hill, on the shore. "Therr'a nothing that eon wlthatand us, Aa abroad toart'ier wr ny. Abroad on our aprlnatlm frolic, The anow of the hllla and I Tor I am the harlequin Chinook, And, tho- aofi aa the sephir'a wing, When I alea the mountain ranges I I m the luUrhlevoua Imp of aprlng " i -Detroit People. tlly of M.loloi Malolos Is located In theprotlnccot Ilulacan This la one of the smallest but richest provinces In the nrchlpel- j ago. It Is bounded on the east by Netivra Eclja. on tho south by Manila on the nest by the bay and provlnco of Pampanga and on the north by the province of Pampanga The area Is 9C5 square miles and the population Is 230,000. In thla province are In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of tnentyflte cities, all but one of which, according to the Hangar Commercial, hao a population of ocr 5,000, and the population of some of which runs up as high as 20.000. In fact, the province la so thickly settled that alt these cities may be said to be bttellghtly separated divisions of one great city. The capital of the provlnco of Hula-can, Hula-can, with a population of 13,1611. It Is situated 22 miles from Manila, has u church, town hall and about 2,000 atone houses. Angat, with a population of 8,000, la situated )9 miles from Ilulacan; Ilula-can; Ilalluog, with a population of 14,-122, 14,-122, Is situated 13 miles from Ilulacan; Uarasoaln with a population of 1,C75, la situated six mile from Ilulacan; lllgaa, with a population or 8,120, Is situated three and one-half miles from Ilulacan; Ilocaue, with a population ot 10,345, Is situated lour and one-half miles from Ilulacan; Ilustos, with a population of 7,025, Is situated two miles from Ilulacan; Calumoslt, with a population of 16.072, Is situated 12 miles from Ilulacan; tlulglnto, with a population of 6,115, Is situated two i mllea from Ilulacan; Ilagonoy, with a population ot 20,120, la situated 20 I mllea from Ilulacan. I Malolos has a population of 14,699 and Is situated alx miles from Hula- can; Marllao, with a population ot 6,- I 075, Is situated eight mllea from Ilulacan; Ilula-can; Melcauayan, with a population uf 8,119, la situated eleven mllea from Ilulacan; Norxagary, with n population of 6,035, la altuated sixteen miles from Ilulacan; Obando, with a population of 7,918, Is situated seven miles from Dularan; Paombong, with a population ot 10,297, Is situated eight miles from Ilulacan; Polo, with a population of 7,649, la situated aeen miles from Ilulacan; Ilul-acan; Qulnga, with a population of ,-854, ,-854, Is situated Mien miles from Ilulacan; Ilula-can; San Ildefonso, with a population ot C.C01, Is situated nineteen miles from Ilulacan, Han Jose, with a population of 2,297. Is situated sixteen miles from Ilulacan; San Miguel da Maytimo, with a population of 20.4C0, Is situated twenty-five miles from Ilulatan; San Ilafacl, with a population of 8.4C9, Is situated twehe miles from Ilulacan Santa Isabel, with a population ot 8,125, la situated six miles from llnla-ran; llnla-ran; Santa Maria do Pandl, 'with n population or 10,608, Is situated right miles from Ilulacan. Ptilllan, with a population of 10.058 Is situated eight miles from Ilulacan All Auilrallao I'uxla N.'lve.l. A traveler In Australia. Mr. J. (lar-nler, (lar-nler, has lately soiled a problem that has puzxled many people who know tho country and the natives It bus been a difficulty to forelgncrn to understand un-derstand how the natltvs of somo parts of the Island-continent llie without water for there seems to he no natural nat-ural supply. The general explanation has been that they had to depend upon tho water that collects once or twlre a jear In tho hollows of rocks As the water there found seemed quite Inadequate, Inad-equate, tho explanation was unsatisfactory. unsatis-factory. Mr, Ournler questioned pios-pectors, pios-pectors, and negroes that knew a lilt e English, but none ot them could throw any light on the subject At last a missionary put him In communication with a native who was able to explain ex-plain the mystery He told the trailer trail-er of the existence In thol countr) or a tree the roots of which were Impregnated Impreg-nated with fresh water These roots spread out near the surface of the gToand,and i m lie easily prlied n with a po'itul atlik Prom theme the native?1 ,,ln tielr supply of water They rf Hie nmli along nllh them on a Jon""1 and In ny dry seasons camp bi '' regions where the trees arn mSt abundant Although this tre grjys In rok plates, Its leavia arrcxttjnieh green The wood Is soft comparjJ lth that of other trees of tho cossl'r It hears large greenish flowersfihe fruit of the site of n small wild cherry The Important part of tho treejhceer Is Its root The root ronslstgot a surresslon of nodosities sumrtl' of the aire of a large ear of corn. TJ"' 1'1'1' " ""' drink the water from tt"e and then eat them, lo taste IM rewmble a rodlsh I Tte ! of llalianatpar. Except on speilal mrailnns, the nawabrerses In white muslin trousers, trous-ers, trj nlde and Iwgg), silk or cloth coat n"1' nnlstcoit, d silk and gold turbanf III" pockets are numerous, and their innlents surprising It Is a romnon thing for him to near two or thrf natthes. and ery beautiful ones thf) are This dura not astonish any on so much ns the fact that he possesses no leas than 1.700 watches nf all lemrlptlons and Is constantly purchallng uthcrs He has also soma remarkabl) line Jewels Ills cronn welghs'nlne pounds and Is a mass of dlamowlt set In sllter with a row of very lirgo pear-shaped pearls as pendente pen-dente around the base He has a sword, the Jeweled scabbard and hilt ot which are valued at (500 000 He wearisome extraordinary rubles and uncut eneralda attached to chains ot rubles and pearls that he wears as a necklace. He has also n set ot fifteen uncut ribles as large ns the largest of the emeralds, The) are historic gems, with the nnmca of the Mogul emperors engraved upon them. They aro very Irregular In shape, and measure meas-ure fully one and a halt Inches In dl a meter. lie li neter without a pocketful ot gold mohurs and rupees, A gold mo-htir mo-htir Is a coin that Is not In circulation aa money, but It la n custom among native princes lo present these coins to friends snd to rerelvo them as presents pres-ents on certain ceremonial occasions It Is of pure gold, and varies In site and value from twenty to fitly rupees. A rupee Is a silver coin about the site of a Ofly-rent piece, but according to the present rate nf exchange Is wortb about 25 rents llaallng Tiler. In I'erata. The people of different countries bnve iTRcrent ways ot hunting tho tiger. Traps, pitfalls, spring-guns and nets ore called Into play. The Chinese are atld to employ the mirror to lead the ailmal Into a trap. The tiger's rurlosty Is excited when ho sees his Imssln the glsss, and he Immediately proceeds to Investigate tho mystery. Tl Persian manner of conducting the butt aa this Is described In Cham-ben' Cham-ben' Journal, Is more sportsmanlike. Aipherlcal, atrongly woven bamboo cap. with Intervals ot a few Inches betvten the bars, Is erected In some pot near the haunts of the tiger. Tho cage la firmly and securely picketed to the (round, Inside, n man provided with several sharp and powerful stab-blni stab-blni spears, or with a keen and pointed point-ed svord, takes his post at night, with a dog or a goal as his companion. Thea he wraps himself In his blanket and lues tn sleep, Indue time the tiger makes his appearing, ap-pearing, the man Is waked by hie four-looted companion, and after snuffing snuf-fing ind prowling around tho cage to find in cntrnnre, tho tiger rears agalnit the walls. The man Instantly takra advantage of the brute's unprotected position, und with n resolute stroke of tho spear or the sword puts him to death. Vtaahlntj Hay In M.ilrl.L Ten thousand women souse and beat the US'" of Madrid In the scant waters ot the Msnxntiaria every da) Not an article or clothing la elsewhere woshed. No other than these Manznnarrs lav-enden lav-enden are permitted to labor as laun-drrsrH laun-drrsrH and for three mllea up and down the stream they work In groups. i:(h lavendera brings her own huge roll of bread, and perhaps a bit of rheese, and Just before noon they brrakfsxt in great wooden sheds on salt h, potatoes and coffee, with a measure uf red wlue, duplicating this meal a dinner at four In the afternoon after-noon They eat llko nnlmals, and the moment their food Is disposed ot Ibe tinkle of the gtilinr Is heard, nud any klndlvdKposed passer may danco with them until the thirty minutes allowed them for 'nod and amusement hare expired ex-pired On thee occasions ever) one ttanres girls uf 18 and women of fcO, nnl the sienes along Manzanares are erj pieiuresqiie und Interesting. I uiloiia Ua Cnalom. TW tenacity nlth which Europeans i linn loinclen: v)s Is seen In curious curi-ous nisloin which pievnlls at the present pres-ent day in llasel, n Swiss city of near-1, near-1, ino 000 Inhabitants. Horses being en esntnslve In fiwltzerland.tbe mid-die mid-die 'U""" 'annul afford the luxury, and nn'11 a young man becomes en-gsgtd en-gsgtd I" be married ho levies on one nf his rirh neighbors for a span, ll-ovzbli'may not know the rich man nen byi'int. he notlflea him that ho lshf h" orrloge and footman to call ,t ,i. iwme at a specified time, Ho then "N" conveyance to call with hli flare upon everybody or their arqiia bUI"" At the marriage the satre t : place again, It Is expei led 'bat tbo groom will give a tip of trow 12 to 31 to euch coachman so im'aaW'u |