The Greenville times., 1894-09-15
MAN-EArlNe WOLVES OF CHINA
Horrible superstttions 0f the NAtises-EHsx
Oatrasts Are Disposed or.

Horrible supersttttons Of the NAtiyes-HsE
Oatrasts Are Disposed OF.
ne winter this year was exceeding
-aild for China and was followed by
Sod deal of sickness Wolves abound
81 In the matter Of wolves Chinese
show 4 great deal of superstition or
seliishnesS Thus there are known
dens Of wolves which would be the bet
ter for little brick and mortar applied
10 the entrance. but which remain in
the undisputed possession Of the enemy
OF mankind, either from religious dread
or from the fear the inhabitants 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
yon here and there where new brood
was born and bred into man-eaters
without any attempt having been made
20 destroy or dislodge them. Though
the mandarins offer a reward for the
head Of a wolf. there IL rarely a response
and that accidentally when. for in.
stance. wolf lured by the bait laid
for fox has tempted the gun of the
huntsman. A fox skin fetches more,
and government reward is likely to
be pared down before il reaches the
gate of the yamen.
There was a peculiar superstition
that child who finds its way into a
wolf-in 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 the mountains, and here
In the plain covered over with few
inches Of earth. II isa convenient way
also Of disposing Of beggars and out
casts. Along town and village bitches
the heaving earth denotes where some
penniless wretch has found a tempo.
rary resting place.
The next day few torn rags and a
long, black pigtail attached TO rough
scalp is all the monument this departed
celestial has left behind Wolves thus
have their uses. and pigtails, too.
Wolves have on more than one occs-
sion-favored by obscurity-come up
10 the door of the chapel and behaved
very decorously while mistaken for
dogs, but scampered of at the mention
OF the word laun. II is this magic
word taken up on all sides that clears
the plain in daytime OF the intruder.
Like the rest of thieves. they have a
great dread of being found out
Chinese say tha~fa 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. II they can be
rescued before the second bite they
often survive, particularly, | should
say, II the operation OF tracheotomy
were known TO the native physicians
Often terribly deformed creatures in 4
crowd reveal early contact with lupine
teeth. A wolf a short time ago walked
into the yamen and carried off the
mandarin's puppy.
A call to arms and a discharge of
musletry did not prevent him from
making good his escape The write.
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 revolver.
but all the twisting and turning in the
world could not get II TO part fire. lie
followed the wolf up small hill, but
as two were waiting for him on the
brow he thought it best, with useless
weapon. to wish au revoir. NORTH
China Nat.s