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While the bal­ loon hovered high over the arid waste that lie? back of the Mediterranean cqast of' northern Africa, the pho­ tographer grained his camera on a lot •f holes in the desert--apparenty bur- rawed by animals. Instead of being that, however, they were ail that was visible of villages teeming with hu­ man beings, of troglodyte villages, whose inhabitants dig deep into the earth to find a home just aa their forefathers did thousands ot years ago, when then dirigible balloon and the camera and the Italian nation W*re things undreamed of * This unique picture of underground (8ire!!ine« taken from a point far up in the atr by the latest European visitor to the cavemen has aroused renewed Interest in these - African troglodytes, whom only a. few travelers have ever beheld. •This most redent visitor sojourned avion g the cave-dwellers of jAatwata, tteck of the Mediterranean .coast of Tunisia, and from these struck still further inland to the places where the "climbing troglodytes" dwell and the nomads Of the desert store their grain and .Other valuables in storehouses which, though built above the ground, ate fashioned exactly like the under­ ground homes of their neighbors, thus leading scientists to believe that , ,.f|£ir ancestors burrowed into the jUband. >-• 'Curioufc Indeed, aretfce tale* brought back, by this latest adventurerThto the land of the troglodytes. When he ap­ proached the underground dwellings of Matmata all the women whom he en­ countered ran away, covering their faces as they west. He was taken Into homes deep down in the earth, yet furnished with carpets hknglng from earthen walls, with modern tables ' tad b e n c h e s . - ' y : , " But those who .Wept before him h»ve given us more minute details as t*f-this extraordinary people. In 191? ah American, pointed out on every side as the first of .his race to venture tojto the Matmata region find the des- *it spaces hidden behind It, sojourned fijjf some time with the kaid, or chief­ tain, of Matmata, traveled with guide3 p r o v i d e d b y t h i s l o c a l p o t e n t a t e f a r Into the hinterland and gathered the materials for a long accotint of his wanderings, to say nothing of a splen. did series of pictures. Previous to this visit the troglodytes had enter­ tained two French archaeologists and, •till earlier--far back in the nineties, when they were scarcely known at ah to the outside world--they opened their curious abodes to Brunn, a Dan­ ish explorer, who also lived with the kaid of his day and gave an interest tag account of what he saw. , Frank Edward Johnson is the ho cad lay claim to b6tng the oiiiy American who has lived among the cavemen of northern Africa. While hfe was in Tripoli some years ago he became quite chummy with the kaid of Matmata, an Intelligent native. V Whom the French masters of the land had appointed to rule over an inland tribe. This native later became kaid of Matmata and, happening to read In some American magazines an ar- ftcle by Mr. Johnson on troglodytes, he wrote.to the author at his home in Norwich, Conn., that he would im- |»rove his knowledge of the subject by paying his old friend a visit "I .am a troglodyte myself," the Writer of the letter remarked. So Mr. Johnson left his Connecticut home, sailed afcross the sea. to Tunis, transferred to a small coasting steamboat, which landed him at the desert port of Gabes, and after a wearisome journey over' the sands, found himself within view 6f the village of Matmata. Or v ^ther, he didn't Sad. .Iflmsell within •; view' - of *t.' "ft' 'Wa»* tberfe. fetal • be couldn't see it "imagine arriving at a town of 6.000 Inhabitants and not seeing a house-- only a picturesque moeqne built since the French occupation," he Bald, in an article which he wrote for the Na­ tional Geographic Magazine after .his return to the United States. When he finally looked groundward and located the village, he slipped and stumbled down the sides of a huge hole dug in the ground, and found that it was a courtyard of his friend, the kaid, from which other openings led into living, rooms and store rooms. Every house in Matmata is built in just this way--one large hole, left un­ covered, for a courtyard, and every­ thing else leading out of it deep into the earth. The big boles vary lzi depth and width, averaging aWtat nine -yards deep and fifteen yards in circumfer­ ence. In the middle of each court­ yard Is a square masonry, trough which pipes rainwater into a large cistern. This is a most Important home adjunct, as water is very scarce. Every drop of rain is carefully pre­ served--so carefully that the unfor­ tunate horses, goats, sheep, and don­ keys belonging to the natives are wa­ tered only once in twenty-four hours. The kaid's dwelling is a superior sort of place with Its entrance walls whitewashed and several articles of European furniture disposed about the various holes that serve as rooms. An­ other high-class dwellings of this un­ derground village . is that of Sheik Ferdjani, who courteously invited Mr. Johnson to pick his way down the steep wallB of the "courtyard" and pay him a viflt • fie describes the visit thus: "A young man burned a handful of dried esparto grass, which .flamed up brightly and showed us the steps and turns down the tunnel. I almost fell over a donkey eating its hay. Great eyes glared at me from out of the blackness. On coming into the large round courtyard' otte would think the sheik the father of at least twelve in­ fants, for children from two to ten years old are curiously watching us. They, are very fond ,of bonbons and sous. Whatever money one gives the sheik is divided among the children." He met the sheik's beautiful little six-year-old daughter, who liked to be photographed with her playmate, little Ayesha, and ,her little brother*. After gratifying this taste for her a door, of palm leaf boards was pushed aside and the America^ was ushered into the sheik's private room--or rather cave --cut out of the solid rock. In it ™as, an old wooden chest, many guns, and a bedstead hewn out of rock, buf pro­ vided with comfortable-looking' native mattresses filled with wool and with native blankets. There was also an oil lamp made juBt like those the Greeks and Romans used. The kaid of Matmata was very po­ lite to Mr. Johnson. Whenever the latter traveled about in the neighbor­ hood to look up other burrowing com­ munities he waB provided with knives, spoons, forks, and napkins by his hos­ pitable host He protested against this vehemently, as he was quite willing to "rought it," but the men accompany­ ing him had received iron-clad in­ structions and refused to deviate from them the leaBt bit. Under such auspices the American had ample opportunity to study the customs of the country, and he has much that is Interesting to say about them. Of the kaid's village he writes: "Matmata has its special code of eti­ quette. Never approach near enough to another man's dwelling to look down Into the great circular court­ yard and see his women. It !s not only bad form, but it is dangerous. Each dwelling has a number of white Kabyle dogs that keep a constant watch, and on your approach would fir out at you and like to tear you into pieces Never entor a passage­ way to a dwelling without sending in a small boy or girl to let the wom­ en know that you are coming in" From Matmata the American trav­ eler went inland to Medenlne, a town of most singular appearance, com­ posed of thousands of "rhorfas" or cave-shaped dwellings, built above ground, and piled up on top of . each other. The only way to reach tpe up­ per ones is by means of projecting ptones worn smooth by long centuries ,o%use. The inhabitants leap from one to another of these with the agility of monkeys, but to a stranger the up­ per layers of houses are practically JILL. T2&ZT CZZf J3J or 2&Cr7ZR23ir-*. inaccessible. It is of Medenlne that a French traveler said that its style of architecture is due to the fact that the forefathers of its present inhabi­ tants * were cave-dwellers and be­ queath to their descendants their ideas of home-building, which the de­ scendants proceeded to carry out, omitting only the mere detail of bur­ rowing into,the ground. Medenlne is only partly inhabited. Most of the houses are used for stor­ ing grain by the tribesmen of the neighboring desert. It Is a silent melancholy place, like a graveyard out in the desert "Beyond it are numerous villages peopled by what are . known as "climbing troglodytes"--cave-dwellers who dig Into hillsides. They have a partiality for the most inaccessible eminences. "As soon as I saw a par­ ticularly steep crag, a veritable eagel's nest, I felt sure that it was honey-combed with troglodytes' homes," wrotgs one French explorer, "and it usually was." The reason is that the French have only, recently been able to introduce order and safe­ guard life, in the sandy stretches where the cavemen live. Before the advent of French rule the district Was the scene of continual and san­ guinary faction fights between the various tribes, of sudden raidB by the nomads of the Sahara, who desolated any village that they caught unpre­ pared, massacred its fighting men and carried the rest away to slavery. Therefore the natives tunneled and Bcooped out every peak they could find and stationed sentinels on the top most vantage points that the ap­ proach of the enemy mlghtfc* slg- naled in good season. One of the most striking of these eyries is Doulrat--"a beehive moun­ tain perched high over a deep ravine." It consists of countless caves and niches, dug in tiers along the moun­ tainside, and surmounted by a "ksar" or citadel, now in ruins. "A huge, human anthill," the American traveler calls it. Among the cave-dwellers of north­ ern Africa is a sprinkling of Jews, who do most of the business In the underground villages. In their hands is an extensive wine trade, for, though the cave-men, like' other Mohamme­ dans, are supposed not to drink the Juice of the grape, they are lax in their observance of this rule laid down by the Prophet . The people ot Matmata and the rest of the troglodyte villages are miser­ ably poor. This is true to such an extent among some of them that they look forward with joy to a flight of locusts, since by capturing plenty of these pests they*can be assured of having something to eat for quite * while. Strange as it may seem to one of t'he Western race, imbued with cer­ tain set ideas about the East, those who have traveled among the trbglo- dytes assert that their women, instead of being oppressed as Inferior be}ngs by the m,en, possess great influence In the community. They do a good deal of the burden-carrying, to be sure, but this is because they pride themselves on their strength and Insist on exert­ ing it. Many have fine figures, clean- cut features and beautiful eyes. GREAT MEN IN COMMON CLAY Models by C. A. BEATY Words by GENE MORGAN I PLAY FOR MOPEBH ENGINEER Physical Obstruction* Never a When* It Is Proposed to Lfy * ., ^ the Line of Steel. Colorado boasts of a number of railroads that have remarkable engi­ neering. One passes through the Royal Gorge and the. Canyon of the Grand. It fairly creeps along at the base of tall precipitous cliffs and seeks an entrance on the other side through sinuous passes that fill the traveler with awa The most mar­ velous engineering on this road is at Marshall Pass, where the rails wind so that many elevations can be seeh at once, and Freemont Pass, which by some is considered the highest point reached by rail on this continent the road reaching over 13,00(1 feet above sea level. Another shorter railroad runs from Colorado Springs to Victor and Cripple Creek and Was built orig­ inally fofr carrying ore. Its scenic ef­ fects and engineering feats are so wonderful that now It is a! celebrated day trip for tourists who,' enjoy the sensation of riding on a road that winds around narrow ledges, ever mounting higher on the mountain sides until at least four tracks can be seen below from the car window. American engineers are also re­ sponsible for the much used "cut-off" across Salt Lake, which enables1 trains to reach the Pacific coast much Sooner than before it was built and ^which seems a wonderful piece oi en- gineering as one looks at the salt wa­ ter below. In Arizona and New Mex­ ico there are some remarkable stretches of road, one of them being the celebrated Raton Pass. The en­ gine winds through a pass and up mountain sides, where are rocks cov­ ered with chaparral, cliffs with brown or gray faces and glimpses of other mountain ranges in the distance. Ra­ ton was an old pass used by travelers over the historic Santa Fe trail, and where the engine puffs today over­ land stages, soldier cavalcades, prai­ rie schooners and emigrants on foot passed in early days. The present day engineer uses the same pass, but crosses it with iron rallB laid with consummate skill MOMtT RBQU SOT. STOPS COUGHS - CURES COLDS "Dat was an eccentric request you made of dat lady when yet asked her to give yer a smokin' jacket wid trim- mings. What did yer mean by 'trim­ mings, pal?" ' ' "Why, a pipe, a package of tobacco an' a box of matches." •i •,'$ Point He Had Overlooked. The story is told of a man" wild, bought a gallon of gin to take home, and by way of a Jabe! wrote his name upon a pickup card wiiich happened to be the seven of clubs, and tied it to the handle. His son, observing the Jug, quietly remarked, "That's an aw­ fully careless way to leave that liquor." "Why?" "Because some one might come along wlfb the eight of clubs and take it" Railroad Porter's 8age OeclshHI* . The railroad train was rather dimly lit, and one of the passengers, after having tried in v§rin to inspect his face in the wash-room mirror, turned to Rastus, the presiding genius of the Pullman ear. "See here, Rastus," he said. MI want your opinion in a matter Of import­ ance. Just come with me over to the window, and after having carefully In­ spected my face, tell me whether ot aot you think I need a shave." The old darky complied with his re>. quest and immediately rendered judg­ ment. "Waal, suh," he said, with his head cocked to one side, "in respect to de- shave, suh, ah should say that it aQ depends on what yo' Intend doln' with jro' chin, suh. Ef yo're jest *wlne off'n lis yere train to use yo' cfn fo' talk* In' you' don't need no shavin' yo chin, 3uh. Ef yo're jest gwine a-courtin' yo* best girl, suh, ah sorter think ah'd re* mojre some o' dem splinters, from, do chin an' de cheek befo' dey done scratoh somebody, suh." - Dog Rode the Trucks. When the owner of a plain collie, name unknown, boarded a train at 31mpson, 111./ the faithful animal tried J co follow, but was kicked off the plat form by the. "news butcher." Just as.'i the train started the animal , darted under It and everybody paused to hear his ki-yis as the wheels ground him to . pieces. But there was. not a ki-yl. At the next stop, Ozark, the news agent and C.^H. Blarney of Paducaa, Ky., the conductor, took a look at the trucks. The dog was lying across a brake beam, alive, unscathed, and ap­ parently not at all worried. He was phased from his position and the train pulled out, leaving the canine hobo ditched.--Ozark, 111., letter to New York World. 1 ALCOHOL--3 PER CENT AVegetabfe Preparation for As­ similating Hie Food and Regula ting the Stomachs and Bowels of I N F A N T S / X H I L D K L N ORVILLE WRIGHT. The critics called him crazy when he said litt Wbuld dare to take a little flyer and navigate the air, they laughed when Constant mishaps to all his craft occurred, and chortled when he hollered some day he'd be a bird. But all things have a climax, he kept on sawing woodand cutting aerial didoes and finally made good. His freak machines went soaring athwart the skyline clear,' no more was heard the horse-laugh, the hoot and mocking jeer, ^he oritlcs crowded round him and thumped him oh the back, each one said he had praised him whc*. everything looked black. And n9w he takes it easy and lets the others fly, he sells to aviators and sees theta sailing by. The dollars pour la swiftly, he bears an honored name. ta.nd thus rests well con­ tented with fortune and with fame. Old Earth now suits him plenty, he scorns the dtesy flight, the hero bunk looks phony to Mr. Orvllle Wright' ' (Copyright. 1912. by Universal Press Syndicate.) ; LIFE GOOD AT AGE OF SIXTY Reply to a tetter Car- 'v-^" Who WouldXikc-Hls-PaiK.^ sKsSfcv • • • . '•v,- *• f r. * i t of view! able on demand after 30 years' service. Irrespective of age or disabilities, says Harper's Weekly. Older men «ay that ^rould result In pensioning off some men while still in their forties, and feusgest sixty as a proper age for re­ tirement. To that, with fine scorn, re­ torts Charles Gardner, a Madison square letter carrier: v • "What good is a man'f life to him- self when he's sixty yeers old and ,e, it is propped t6 give pedfirttns poEtman, and' the 'ter«> oaiMch the pesions stall be ; are .pnder d^cusaiojL. ( We' read] over? Gi*e Uf our leisure while we ;'-|b the New York Times that the t have life enough in us to spend a ye^r ypimg Iyr«f fetrlap tn Work o* ucu tvn " ' " " ' over sixty and you work us into the shadow of, the, grave In a few cases, and actually Into the grave In all the other cases. I'd like to get my ease in my old age a little earlier if I'm to have a chance at it at all." - Undoubtedly at Bixty we are in the shadow of the grave, but so wa are at fifty, at forty, at fifteen, at six and at one. All life goes on in that shadow. It may go on at sixty mighty well and vastly to the satisfaction of tj>e sub- , Jeot Charles should not be discour­ aged. if. he lives wisely, drinks light* keeps his health and manages fo se­ crete a little sense, he may find lift more profitable at sixty than hd has ever found it yet, and that, whether h« gets a pension or not If he will read • Cicero on Old Age" he will get somf good points, though sixty Is by no xnean3 old age. But gracious! how folks are teach­ ing out for pensions! . Charity covers a multitude ot sins, but It is generally our charity and other people's slii| Teach German Trainmen English. r t'he managers of the State Railway of Baden, Germany, are evidently anx­ ious to make travel on Its lines easy for American and English tourists who have no knowledge of the Ger­ man language. An official circular states that "the administration has or­ ganized courses in English in order to facilitate the knowledge of that lan­ guage. The numerous staff speaking English will, therefore, find an excel* lent opportunity for practice. Special lessons will be given to the train staft, so that English speaking travelers will find It easy to make themselves understood and to get any Information asked for." Chicago Great Railroad Cente^. The terminal tracks of the railroads' Inside the city limito of Chicago have a total length of about 2,500 miles» which exceeds the main-track mileage of many a state. 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