Iuka reporter., 1889-07-18

/. hunt. Ihey made up
four very large part ties, led by thirty ex-
perienced hunters, and, after two days.
unsuccessful search, came upon the
wolves III u TIA 'clSet of rhodotlendron.
near the base of an immense wall Of
rock. The + dogs got the wolves at bay,
but 1t was found that the animals were
IN cave with small opening. The
hunters were not to be baked, and be-
gan lively fire into the cave with their
repeating rifles. When there was quiet
one OF the hunters crawled inside and
found no less than seven wolves. Three
more were killed in the course of the
hunt, one a'ter desperate fight with
the dogs. The latter was the largest
wolf killed in many years.
A COLONY of crotch-tailed swallows
built a row of mud huts this spring un-
der the caves of new barn on the farm
OF Henry Ostrander, in Coolbaugh TOW II
ship, Penn. The barn was not finished
until after the swallows had gone south
last fall, and when the birds came back
this spring they alighted on the new
ROOF and acted in strange way for two
days. There was a row of old nests on
the south side of the barn that has been
standing for forty years, but the swal-
lows, instead Of beginning to patch them
up, as they have done every spring since
Farmer Ostander can remember, kept
away from the cd barn entirely. He
noticed this, md he paid close attention
to the movements of the birds from that
time on. There was nothing the matter
with the old nests, as far as he could
see, andswhy the swallows didn't go to
work and get things ready for house
keeping he CO ldn't understand. For
two days the birds seemed to be holding
q convention on the roof of the big new
barn, and the way they chirped and
twittered and few about led the farmer
to conclude thai they were discussing
q knotty question. All this time they
avoided the old row of nests, but on the
morning Of the third day after their ar
rival the chickering's ceased altogether,
and every swallow flew in and began to
carry mud from puddle down the road
to the caves on the south side Of the new
barn. They worked like beavers for a
fortnight, Farmer Ostrander said, and
when they stopped they had brand
new,lot of nests. This was three weeks
ago, and not swallow has gone near the
old nests up to the present time. Why
they deserted the old home still puzzles
the jolly farmer.
THE Wa.renton (Ga.) Clipper says
that DR.. Sawney Rogers is the name of
negro who is attracting more attention
atplesent throughout that section than
any o.her negro in it. He has for o
long time. been doctoring the afflicted of
both races with a method peculiar to
him, viz, rubbing with the hands-not
laying ON of hands. The negroes have
great confidence in Sawney's treatment
and he also has large number Of white
patients. He claims to cure cancer,
sores, warts, letter and almost any dis
ease which manifests itself on the sur
face Of the skin. His manner Of treat
n1ent is to moisten his hands with spittle
and give the afflicted part o good rub
bing. The treatment is repeated every
Few days. Sawney is big, stout man,
with shiny black face. He is of good
character and very polite to every one.
He is well known in this county, where
he was raised, and has been "doctor-
ing" for a number of years, since child
&4VQ0 LII ldCp. 1IC lluo u AuthOC- VI tSc-
ters from whites PEOPLE, some claiming
to have been cured by him and others
requesting his services. His practice is
80 large that he does nothing but travel
backwards and forwards all the time.
He makes no charge for his services, but
accepts any gift that is made to him.
H6either possesses some strange power
or he is a remarkable example of the
credulity of human nature. He certain
~ does believe in himself.
A LONDON paper describes some Curl
Gus geological myths which are men
toned in o native Chinese paper. In
Shan-si there is bird which can divest
itself of its feathers and become wo-
man, At Twan-sin-chow dwells the
Wan-mu Mao (mother of mosquitoesl a
fish eating bird, from whose mouth issue
ewnrrrs of mosquitoes, when it cries.
Youngohow has its stone-swallow, which
flies during wind and rain, and in fine
weather turns to stone again. Another
bird when killed gives much oil to the
hunter, and when the skin is thrown IN
to the water it becomes living bird
4 again in regard to animals few are so
useful as the Jih,kih OK, found in Kan
sub, from which large pieces OF flesh are
cut for meat and grow again in single
dr.. The snake stories are the strang-
SsllAof all, One snake throws out an
in3$ huid when attacked which kills its
aSS1 hlants at once. Another can divide
i{s5sf f'into twelve pieces, and each piece
Wl{Sr touched by man at once gener-
atsx head md fangs at each end. The
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