The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-08-11
MAN-EATING WOLVES.
Horrible Superstitions of the Natives
How 0utcasts are Dis
posed of.

nOW OuICdbIS are us
posed Of.
The winter this year was exceed
ingly mild for China and was follow
ed by good deal of sickness.
Wolves abounded. In the matter
OF wolves Chinese show a great deal
of superstition or selfishness. Thus
there are known dens of wolves
which would be the better for a lit
tie brick and mortar applied to the
entrance, but which remain in the
undisputed possession of the enemy
of mankind either from religious
dread or from the fear the natives
have of turning the rage of the
wolves against themselves, as the
cunning beasts avoid molesting the
immediate neighborhood, carrying
on their raids at distance. Even
they point out to you here and
theie where new brood was born
and bred into man. eaters without
any attempt having been made to
destroy or dislodge them. Though
the Mandarins offer a reward for
the head of wolf, there is rarely a
response, and that accidentally,
when, for instance, a wolf, lured by
the bait laid for the fox, has tempt
ed the gun of the huntsman A
fox skin fetches more, and a Gov
ernment reward is likely to be con-
siderably pared down before it
reaches the gate of the yamen.
There was peculiar superstition
that a child who finds its way into a
VIOLIN the transmigration of souls
-resuscitates an infant. With this
end in view, dead children are, in
the north of the province, exposed
on the tops and sides of mountains,
and here in the plain covered over
with a few inches of earth. 1t is a
convenient way, also, of disposing
of beggars and outcasts.
Along town and village bitches
the heaving earth denotes where
some penniless wretch has found a
temporary resting place.
The next day few torn rags and
a long black pig tail attached to a
rough scalp is the only monument
this celestial has left behind
Wolves thus have their uses, anc
the pig tails, too. Wolves have, or
more than one occasion-favored by
obscurity-come up to the door o1
the chapel and behaved very decor.
ously while mistaken for dogs, but
scampered off at the mention of the
word laun. It is this magic wore
taken up on all sides that clears
the plain in daytime of the intrud.
er. Like the rest of thieves, they
have a great dread of being found
out.
Chinese say that in carrying of
pigs the wolf seizes the animal by
the ear and makes him trot on
piggies are flung across the back
children cling to the wolf out OF
pain. If they can be rescued before
the second bite, they often survive,
particularly, | should say, if the OPP
Grafton of tracheotomy were known
to the native physicians Often de.
formed features in a crowd revea
early contact with lupine teeth. A
wolf a short time ago walked into
the yamen and carried off the Man.
darin's puppy.
A call to arms and discharge Of
musketry did not prevent him from
making good his escape. The writ.
er once followed a couple of wolves,
who regulated their speed by the
speed of his horse and stopped when
he stopped. Dismounting, he stood
three yards, face to face with one,
pointing a revolver, but all the
twisting and turning in the world
could not get it to part fire. He
followed the wolf up a small hill
but as two we're waiting for him or
the brow, he thought it best with d
useless weapon to wish an au revoir
Fl North China News.