AFRICA'S GREATEST BIRD. 



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run almost as fast as a train. But all such experiments have proved futile. 

 This large and strong bird is too stupid to become Africa's two-legged horse, 

 and its usefulness seems to be confined tO' supplying our ladies' Easter hats 

 with one of their most valuable and attractive ornaments. 



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A MISSIONARY SEWING SCHOOL. 



While at Sir Alfred Pease's farm Mr. Roosevelt also paid a visit to some 

 of the missionary stations which many English and American churches have 

 established in this uncivilized territory, where about three thousand white 

 men have settled down among and tried to govern 5,000,000 black savages. 

 He was, of course, much interested in the American mission at Machakos, a 



