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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
rR1BrNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

Tribune onlee Sept c. a. n.-Generaiy fur "es'nes
continued yesterday although there was aim o. ~
the sky az times The temperature ranged between ~ %
ga degreeS The average (72 - beng higher han on no
correspSndlng day last year, and hsh'' wa" v"
I'm ami near this city there will probably BIZ generally
fair weather. With slight thermal chalssS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06

Newburg sept. (speclaD.-Thomas Power Fowler
president Of the ontario and western Railroad New
burg boy met his family here today and started
with them via the West Shore Railway on a months
Western journey Mr.. Fowler was IN his elegant new
private warwick 1t Eeine attached 10 me daS eA7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
MAIL STOLEN FROM STAGES IN CALIFORNIA

Washington, Sept. 5.-1he Chief of PosioGice IN
spcctos has been officially informed that both the cast
and west bound mall stages were held up and robbed
of all the registered matter near Ager. Call On the
night OF september 3. Inspector S'ebont mas D,en
autboizcd 10 offer reward of $1,000 for the arrest
Of ilLeNe..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
,ssrvR1yMay rRE4DwAY REyOmyArED.

EIlzabcthtown. n. Y, sept. . (specisD'-Ass@mDN-
man T. j. Treadway unanimously renomlnated
AZ the Essex County Republican Convention held here
last evening There was no opposition to him. lis
election. Of course IS assured. tho county peMo
Republican by about 1000 majority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
sorrnERN 1NroLERANCE MEETs ITS REwARD.

SOUTHERN INTOLERANCE MEETS ITS REWARD
Washington Sept. SpecaD.-Dcmocratic intol-
GRANGE of the colorcd Republican has been carried
TO a rather unusual extent at Luverne, Ala \
colorcd man named Gomez was appointed postmaster
at that place last April, and owing TO Democratic
Interference and opposition ii took him until August
IN perfect his official bond ~ few days a mob
burned tho postollcc, out of spite, the act being
intended simply an expression OF the local con-
tempt felt for Administration that would recog
nize the colorcd citizen BY appointing him to Office
This sort of outrage upon the Government service
is not approved by the Postonlce authorities, and
an order has been issued discontinue the office
At Luvcrnc The people who have received their
mall there VIII have 50 sOmeN acre else after IT,
even Is they do lind it little inconvcncnt on account
of distance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
TIE SICKNESS on TIE NEw.HAMPsHIRE.

HE SlN hNf~S ON lIf1 INV -Ahi'Aii'''''
Washington. sept. 5.-Captain IIigg nson. OF the
training-ship New Hampshire at Newport. upon whch
there was an outbreak Of typhoid fever, appointed a
medical board TO mako survey of the vessel Inc
report Of the board. which has been received at inc
Navy Department. says that the outbreak OF Nphou
fever ON board Is probably due to the fact that the
vessel lies where the tide IS too feeble to carry OH
the refuse and sewage. which has thus accunul1ted
about It I'm such quantities to tant SERIOUSLY 'hS
atmosphere at low tide Lack of proper facilities on
the vessel for Glscharging the refuse mater adds 10
the trouble The board recommend that these facll'-
lies be added TO the ship. and that her pOslOh De
changed These recommendations will be carried our
by tie Department The officers and boys nave all
hseu removed to land and gone into camp ana every,
thing will be done 10 insure their comfort and goOd
health.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06
nrIroArE ro MErEoRoLoGIcAL coNGREss.

Washington, sept. 5-secrctary Tracy has d'sg-
mated Lieutenant Aaron Ward, naval attache OF the
United states Legation at Paris to represent the Navy
Department at the international MeieJlOmSlch Coh-
grcss to be held In Paris september lO-0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-06

REPAIRS TO THE DOLPHIN COMPLETED.
Portsmouth. Sent 5-The United states steamer
Dolphin has been repaired and is now anchored In
the Sound
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
FIFTEEN PASSENGERS LOST.
Finc n People Mere Lost Besides the
CoIorcd Porter

The official railroad reports OF the dend
aud missing from the eastbound trains that
lett Plt,sburg las, Friday now give the num-
lerat 10 passengers ani the coiore porter
Of the Pullman car New Orleans. Tnere
were no losses ir IN the first two trains.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
Swift DAVIS, OF safe HarDor, formerly
Pit sburgh oi5 zen, was one of the psssenN
gers OF the doomed ID " Express. lie wa' in
company with his wife, three cbildeen, Miss
Jennie Paulson and Miss Bryant. All but
two young ladies escaped, aud Mr.. Davis
came to Pittsburgh aud tod the following
story OF their escape:
The Express arrive at Conemaugh about
1880 and we were informed that 1t would be
II, crssaryt to lay over ON account OF IA bridge
at Lllly's icing a'hed away We were
all o. the first sector of the train aud had
hnraly been slde>tracRed before IA pil ce OF q
railroad track next the river was washed
away, the ram IN the meanwhIle coming
down in torrents. l became very anxious
about this time and held IA consultation with
the con luctor, who said that he would go IN =
TO the town To fad out the cause OF the
trouble, and decided that If the dam should
burst or anything OF that sort happened. that
we would I Ike to the hill alongside OF which
our train was standing.
THE WARNING WHISTLE.
eve waited thero until ociocS in the at
ternoon, when al engine, coming down the
track aud whistling loudly, apprlsed US OF
the danger. The conductor took our baby
aud aud my wife kept the other two chill
lren and we all II III up the hills for half n
mite. when | went back afterwards tho
baby was all right in a farm hou e, but no
taces could he found of the two young a.
dies. althougi it was said by tbs conductor
that both had been saved. The water had
during this time come dowh the track at a
earfll rat, bs,ng olly II minute later than
the engine which gave III warning.
'Ole passenger coach ani tho baSga5' car
we q thrown from the track. \ freis Il tram
s..nliug aloug,tiy, aui having one car iul
%, Ii ne, caught tr, about O'Clock IN th'
,yeni q. butlt was soon eAtmguisheL
II tns u.ople haI ren iIel IN th' Ful'
man car many who psrIshel would De living
to-day. af erwarIs learned from young
nIy, "A Miss Mallney, VINO remained IN tht
! Pm MAJ car, thal tue Misses PLulson IN
| Bryan bp Ii ju up,d from tho train into the
! water att + h ivinS gone bick TO ges theii
wrap,. They ~ere never seen after that.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13

+, bri lgo, tn, deposit Of gravel is thin, Int
he heavily wooded point Oh the other side has
iisippea -el, aud gravel tan fee. deep covers
The spot. Ontic opposite bluIf the trees have
been stripped away aud tho sid, OF the hill
,orn out for - feet up, clear ovidBnce of
.he terrible force of the torrent as IL whr-
about tie right-augled turn. The surface Of
the little half mi . valley suggests lot lins
more forcibly than that thD system of by,
lraulic mining u'ei II the gold regions had
been worked here for a long time The de-
brs is ali Of heavy rock aud gravel. There is
Il light lir; in IL. Tho rush OF tho waters
carried witt it everything but the heaviest
that it picked up.
The dam was simply a gigantic he,p OF
earth dumped acro,s the cour's OF "A m)un-
tain strea beswesn two low hills 1t was
fac III on each sidl with a layer OF heavy
rou yh stone loosely throwl TO got Ter aud uI-
c'mentcd. This pio o, eirth was, as has
been stated, ab )ut 7j feot high aud % feet
thick at the bis,. At tho summit IL was
eveled OH so ns to be about - fest Wild,
nni "A wagon r1al crossed H.. IL was an or
dinary Il rt roIianl there was no rock or
masonry bene ,th it. Tn, wilJh OF tho ream
Mt tho bottom OF tho DAM WIS about -
feet. At the TOP the dam was about 40 feet
long. 1t was built straight nc 'os' the gap
and neither face nor bacA W curvel. Tne
Slopes were about the sam, on bo;h fncp and
back. The dam was built many years ago
To create a reservoir for uso as feelsr to
The Pennsylvania Canal. Tbs builders pao ID
in the 4O>foot space at the bottom, wher e
the creek ran, five huge pipes, zach as large
As n hogshead. These wsrs covered by an
arch of massive mlsjnry and were arranged
10 be opened or c,o'ei Ey lovers in towsr
! that was hu 1t in the center of tho Im
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
A HUISFD TOW n.
The Thriving Mdnuiacturing Bor'
ough Of Woodva C.

Woolvlle, ths bu5.liny little borough
which lay cast OF JoInstown, with its tall
maple trees on both sides OF the Ponnsylva-
MIA rlilTold, has been almost wipel out OF
existence. The Il )oi that clrried off the great
or portion Of tn , town blastel the high ans
ticipatious of tbs residents tn 4 th, borough
would soon become thriving little indus,
trial city. Her manufacturing plants gave
employment to tine mijDrity of the 300
rpidents of the plaos, bu, the flood has lnaI
ed them.
TIA hand coul rel lch out of the sky and
take in its grasp houses an pull them out OF
sight the task could not bs do 10 more effect
ually than was doIe by the food of last
week. There were POS houses out OF the 3A
in Woodvale washel away. TboIe rem iin'
ing are on the hillside, where the fi)od could
not get at them.
1t WAS announced to the residents Of the
place that the Johnstown Stosl Company
better known ns the JohnstoS Sn Stsel Sire It
Railway Company, had decl led TO move
their dismanted woras from Woodyale &c
Moxham, on the other side OF K'rnvlle,
The Co npany have stesl p'ans at tnat pi ace
and think it will facilitate matters TO have
their Woo lvale Interests at The same place
us the steel mil.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
AT wILLIAMSPORT.
Thousands Homeless End Without
CIothes-State Aid Promised

Mayor Forseman, OF Williamsport, Pa, in
kilograms 10 Governor Beaver says the b ,om
was cleared Of logs aud lumber. The awful
mass carried away many houses aud all
their contents. Thousands of people o.,
Williamsport are homeless ami without
anything but the clothes upon their
backs Many Of the people are in absou'e
want for the necessaries OF life. At the meets
ing called Tuesday, $1,000 in cash wers
raised. The city badly needs disnfectants.
Dead animals aud all kinds OF filth are strewn
upon the streets, and grave fears OF an cpl
demic are entertain ID. Stocks OF goods of
Sores in the center Of the city are ruined. 1t
|, impossible to estimate the loss ani damage
10 different kinds Of property. Five million
dollars is low estimatsof the loss on luino r
alone. Other losses are larger. The sur
rounding country has suffered just as badly.
B ,oms, bridges and villages have been sw SPIT
away aud the less Of He has been cons d.
erable
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
TALES OF DISTRESS.
extent OF the Devastation in Lycom'
ing, Clinton and Iioga Counties.

In all the history of Central Pennsylvania
there has never been known such high water,
or have loc II floods been ATTENDED with such
disastrous results as that OF the last diy OF
May aud lst OF June In 1875, AMI again In
1876, Centre county had n)ols, but
this time the waters were two
feet higher than on either previous occ ,sion,
At Coburn the waters reached their worst.
They spread over the entre town, aud ia
some pl CO. the waters, by actual III sasure-
ment, were thirty feet deep. To aid to the
horror of the situation was tn, fact that 1t
was at night and pitch dark, while tho rain
descended in torrents. There is not one good
house left standing in Coburn, Individual
losses cannot be enumerated, but the total
loss will aggregate fully $3)O.OOO in Coburn.
he valley is strewn with dead boliss Of all
kind OF animlls.
The Lewis Jurs Railroad, fro N Co5urn to
Lewisbury n distance OF II miles, Is n cons
p!ote ruin, only IL miles Of track yet romans
ing.
The best estimates puts tho loss of life in
| Williamsport at 90 Three hundrol houses
were carried away, and every building was
6)odel. The greatest wreck is along tho
river bank north of ths II R,ading depot.
Tn lumber men esti nate that of the 2jO>
OOO 600 feet Of logs AMI 90, ,OC0, 900 feet of
ed lumber IN the boom, valued in all at
| $4,000, 900 nearly one-fourth romans, great
deal can be rec Dvered, and the loss will not
exceed S2,5OO,OOO. Toe msrchlnts
estimate their loss at SSs9, 900.
! Wellsboro, Tioga county, is in very bad
shape. number Of people were drowned.
Much property was destroyed, aud the p'o>
| pie are suffering for the necesslres of life.
All the bridges in the lower end Of Lycom.
ing county are gone.
THIRTY LIVES LOST IN CLINTON.
Reliable reports from Lock Haven state
that while only one person was drowned in
that city, the ct OF thos, k,own to have
pershed in the county Of Clinton is 30 or
more. The property loss will reach milio
OF dollars, and business is at stlnistil.
Danger is now threatened thsm from sick
ues
In Marylan the loss of lits by the h)ols
may no. foot up more than 30, but the dim'
nge TO properly is enormous, Hun lreis OF
p5opls are homeless aud many are half
starry aud without sutlicien. clothing The
Balti more people, believing that charity be'
ton of the JohnstoS Sn fund to the relief o
those who have been made destitute nearer
home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
AFTER THE DELUcP
SCENES IN the RUINED CITY
Registering the Survivors and 4,
Ing for the Dead.


There Is no break in the dres5y vo.,
sovery. Captain Jones, manager o,, ~
gar Thomson Steel Works aud IN.
Carnegie interests, arrived Tuesday III
accompanied by 800 men, princins,lr =,
Braddock, Little Washington ~ Nv"
yards, East Liberty aud McKeo,n,r, n
made their headquarters just beyond n,
pot, and began operations. One huad-.1
dfty tents we're pitched aud rou,h 80,
two or three hundred feet long, wa, az
between the long, white rows of c,rv..
The first attempts e. clear ont ,ha
the methods were to FIRE Tho
piles and burn them up as rapidly AZ m -
Captain Jones at once protested a rai,,, M
de declared 1t was inhuman. Hs s,it
'tick Il timber shouli be iurnod -.
he rubbish examined before IN, to.,.
applied. While this point was hein, g.
Vi me workman, who had been oy,r r,,,i'.
pile OF debris, came upon th, b,i,
woman, This made the captain, or,rn.
irresistible, and his plan was at one, I.iLl
ipon.
In less than two hours 10 bolie, h,l,..
'ouud in the imm, date Wei iity O tb. c,-,
md from this ous t1orolgh examipr.,'
will be made Of everything bsfore tn, A.
ue lighted.
superintendent A. V. Patton. a a
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad oup,ny ma,
IN inspection the valley OF death from A.
South Fork TO the railroad bridge At 4,
Point. His estimate is that between IA
,nd 10, 900 people have perished, vhl.h,
,6,00O dead animals are buried in the wr..,
,ge. This is not an exaggerated e,.u,s
,ut the result OF careful invesu alton. S,,.
ntendent Patton having put in two dly
ooking over the flooded distric; aud r,.b.
NJ the facts from all sides lie esu "a.
hat it will require fully two month, to q
his valley Of the mountains Of debris
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
THE sUsQUEHANNA FLOODS.
Loud Cry Fcr Help From Another
section of our State.

Dispatches from Lewisburg, Pa, declare
that 50 persons went down with one OF tho
bl ilges at Wiliamsp,rt and were drowned.
The food on ths west branch OF the Suo-
quehannl was Il lIr cedented. Five spans oil
the railroad bridge a. Lewisburg, Pa, were
swept away, and the gas works, water works
aud IN lis II 10 10 out. The 10 $ at this place
Is S75,OJG. Every bridge on the river from
sun1ury to Cleariieli was washed away.
he situation in the town Of Lew stown
which has been C 1t Off from the world since
list Friday, il thus bri ~ described Eight
river bridges were swept away. There Ia only
me open ra lro here. The hi shways Of the
town are covered with debris 10 feet high.
Many OF the population are bel x TO and
sheltered II tho Court Hous,. The waters
rl,e nine fe, higher tlan in ls47. No lives
were 10 t Ths damage TO property cannot
be estimated,
| Superintendent Petit Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, succe ,dei in getting to the edge OF
| Lock Haven Tuesday mornin at $3.50 All
the houses had from six TO ten feet OF water
in them. The iecedng water left considers
| able mud in the streets AMI dwellings. Only
| one person Is know 10 have bien dro"heu ao
Lock Haven, but veral lives were reported
lost at Mill Hall, four miles from Loca Ha-
| ven.
PennReld, Pa. The food here was the
highest for 25 years, All the dams on Ben
nett's Branch are gone. 100000 feet OF
logs escaping from Caledonia Craig's mill
at Winterbum and Hoover a. Hugu''s mill
and tramway here are much damaged.
No lives are lost nor dwellings carried off,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
COUNTING THE LIVING
The { My Way To Number the
One Author ~ Pieces the ~
of Life at 1000

While the los OF life at JoAn''" !
the surrounding boroughs OF Gamma
eellsyille Kernville and ConemAu'l
never be known, yet a fair a'tenP'
being made TO ascertain it wIth'" a."
ble limit. This is being dom throuS
Of registration, which was es "o'''1N
the direction of II, G.. McConnau'p,
Buchanan. Twenty>eisht agencies w.
men have bean established within Y"
district ami al survivors have o'''
to register themselves and fam'@
The work was begun Monday anu "
aay evening 5000 persons had y
There were %, 800 people residing ~
town anI the borcughs naIneu
terrible catastrophe. When tue W.
istration Is finished, it VIII DO A''
how MAJ y persons are miss :, a.,
is eing thoroughly and careiu''' w.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
Decrease In Circulation.

A statement prepared at the Treasury De-
partment shows that there was a MT decrease
of S16,7sO,6Os In circulation during the
month of May last, aud a net increase of
sl,9l3, 9l0 in money and bullion In the Treas
ury during the same period. This prncip Il
loss ia circulation was In goli certificates
United States no es and national bank notes,
and the principal gain in Treasury holdings
was In standard silver dollars. United States
notes and gold no;es Ia the order named
The total circulation June 1 Is stated al
81, ,O97 ,47o, ,75l, and the total money aud bul-
lion in the Treasury on tho samo date, s06i,-
6o2 .23O.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13

Scarcely On >Hn,f oi the Population
Saved.

Some doubt has heea expressed as to ths
estimate that l2,OOO to 1900 people have
been lost in this fl )olel district. OF course
there is at present NJ way OF determining
with any degre q, cxncJitud, how many ars
lcld, but the gucs,in; - ret'o rb'e d con
,,ryitive, uud based O clos, II curing,
II the first par' II mu' II, L1i"s.o1l
that this j, tn grel est dis,'t II in .5iSs)ry,
and no one brain can compass its details. Is
q s.ibli'ics are boundles,, IL, misery n.initc,
and its DIES rurlion lost III the ui.at om able
lnrkness of doutl. A. least 2jyI
b1iiss have been found; 1000
at the lowest calculation, are in the burned
debris in the river; 5000 are in the un~
&c irchsd sndbanlss ,r,urd the Cambria
Works, down along the river and in the low
cr part Of Johnstown; from one To two
thousand are scattered in the V iiley from
Woodyile 70 the bridge, and thpu'ani OF
two are belo~ ths briig', b5twebI Joh1'-
town aud Boiva'. Hu ,droi' were clrriel
down to the broad rive.s in the tremendous
current aud may nevor como into the hands
OF the living.
Less than ono>half the population have
registered so til L tLe other half are still
missing, and Of these at least tEroo.fuurths
mu have perished.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
Run TO the Hills.

A Paul Revere, lies somewhere am1u, =
iameless d ad Who he is may nevs
gown, but his ride will be famous in 81
history. Mounte on grand, big baylor
,e came riding down the pike which 40
through Conemaugh TO JJhnstowu like "a
,ngel Of wrath of old shout ng his par,s
ious warning: Run for your liys % d
iillsr
The peop'e crowded out Of Their sxs
along the thickly settled streets, lwsSssf|
aud wondering. No one knew the map n
pme thought he was maniac and laOnsl
On at deadly pace he rode, and kfl
rang out his awful cry. In few n1usi
however, there came n cloud Of ruin ~
he broad streets, down the narroWIzS
grinding, twisting, huri.ng, oyefiuD4|
:rasbing-annih lating the weak al !
drong. 1t was the charge of the ilpd's
ing its coronet of ruin and deyasAas
which grew at every instant o. It's 'pss
Forty feet high, some say, 30 accoT E
,ihers, was this sea, and it Travelled Va
wiftness like that which lay hidlea Ia
oeels of Mercury.
On and on race the rider, and on 81
ushed the wave. Doz ms of people toks
If the warnilg and ran up to the hIih
,aithful rider--it was an unequal wi
lust as he turned acro,s the railroad
he mighty wave fell upor him, and
.ider aud bridge all went out into ca'a
.ether. A few feet further on sNci
# the Pennsylvania Rhlroh uHa
Pittsburgh were caugot up AMI bur"
the caudron, and the hear Il the p"
reached. The hero had turned ls1
right nor left for himself, Tut r0H
F,.. Ita
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
IN OTHER PARls
Wide Spread Dest uctioh ou'
the Conemaugh Nal'e'

the ConemauRh '"'
Since telegraphic communism
restored, il has become known asa
th.t all I o central and norlherl '"
the State are COM letely washer ""
the loss OF life and properly Is s'e'
few exceptions, than in any cl''l"
The information is that floods hA''"
laid waste the VALLEY OF all rlVsp
in jefferson, Elk, Cameron, heh
Tioga, Lycoming, Sullivan, CoO I'll
tour, Northumberland, Daupn'"'
iata, Mifiiin, Huntin ,ion, p''H'
and Clearfi Id counties. ,AI
Rel or,s have been receives
1903 lives on the west branch o. -
hanna, a d details have not "
,eived from many OF tue d'sI'Vs
have suifsrei. Enough is knO"-
to make it certain that the to'A
up into many thousand i've
millions OF d liars.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13

A Portland, Me-, business man lost q
$40 gold coin on his way TO work few
days ago, aad, returning at night, found
The same piece on the pavement, where
It had remained unnoticed all day.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13

The plans for the enlargement of the por.
81 Hamburg Germany, have been approved.
The Improvements wjiN1ost 81, 600 900.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
Whom tho King Drinks,

Whenever King Qua took drink OF
palm wine, or ate his meals, one of his
wives produced hard brown nut, about
the size of an egg, with one end cut or,
and tho inside followed out. This nut
he slowly placed on the great toe of his
left foot; this done, the palm wine OF
food was placed before him and slave
boy came and stood behind him with u
handbell.
Every time he took a mouthful OF
food, or drink of massanga or palm
wine, he raped the bottom of the ca
noe with the nut on his great toe, while
a tinkle on the bell announced to all
whom it might concern that Qua OF Iko.
lungu was eating or drinking, as the
case might be. He went through tue
Same ceremony when smoking, taking a
long pull at his pipe for every rap OF his
toe and tinklc on the bell.-Exchange.