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One Of the Most BarbarOus
Tribes Of the Far East.
Their Customs and
N Ways Of Living.

81 a glance over the map OF China will
show a triangular area in the south
western corner Of the great province Of
Y.unnan, lying between the headWat-
ers Of the Mekong and Irawaddy riv-
ers. For nearly a century this region
mas possessed a singular fascination
Tor explorers and ethnologists. GIL 1t
might we'll be admired for the glorious
/ 51l' RS prospects afforded by Its
Immense m mountain ranges and sub
tropical plains, even though 1t were
ulllnllnhabited, but it owes a great deal
OF the power which 1t exercises over
the imagination to the fact that in 1t
dWells one of the strangest races Of
the world. Hundreds OF travellers
nave sought to penetrate its jealousy
guarded natural barriers; few have
ever succeeded in the attempt, owing,
It is said, to the ungovernable hostili-
ty Of its inhabitants to outside intru-
sion. These strange beings are de-
scendants Of the aborigines Of Burmah
and northern Siam, and are called
Mossos, which in the Yunnan dialect
means the unknown ones &&.
During my exploration in Central
Asia and Thibet the route Of my jour
ney for several hundred miles lay
through their country, presenting that
opportunity SO eagerly sought by trav-
elers of studying this strange race in
their home life. For several weeks
we had been toiling over rugged noun
tain sleeps and barren plateaus, when
proceeding still further toward the in
terror the almost Arctic GOODNESS OF
the high attitudes gave way to more
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-02
Mossos BEFORE THE WITCH TEMPLE.

seemed to misinterpret our intentions
until we had conquered their morose-
ness by small presents to those who
seemed to be the head men. With the
ice broken we found that in spite OF
their uncouth natures they were kind
and hospitable, and we had soon form
ed with them a pact of good will. The
spectacle of gazing upon white men
was doubtless an innovation to which
they had never been treated, for,i
crowding round with inquisitive stares,s
they sought to quench their ungoH-
ernable curiosity as to whether WE
We're inhabitants Of another worlditby
feeling Of our hands and sticking lathefr
greasy fingers in our faces, which Ia
teresting operation we bore, iiFtafii & IL
passive humility, seeing that tho tbthgf
alternative offered itself. a.s., !, 5siAsa ~. g
For several months following this
episode we travelled through the Colin
try Of the Mossos, and, prepared to
{ find them hostile to our advance 1T
was an agreeable surprise to5s d isctsod Cav II
that, although degraded aid Isl Bari sI !,
they were possessed OF u 1k Kind and, soy
ciable spirit ana entirely free !. from from
those petty Vices land st4tlngope 1nahIa
hostility which we had ibeen sappnised,
was the worst ,gidesbf theirana trrs. Il I;
Legentdds 81 THAI alls III
Like most savage tribes, ths M t;,}Es IS
have nufhbdr1sss iegends nce 81 SIS y y
their W ortgt9n # = !, eYcoritng 70 the gsRsSa;
BELIEF ote goods.
e,hemasi ~ init #hale Ibp III
ing1 m spacesIssis asItllro u on, his.
ofsealand felfss to- ithaa sea rths VII erei
saofelN Wppnf etbls he lwaseld SEQ yeraddss hY,
n De sdang htsr CHIEF r,lsed sus,
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aworshiped, to whom sacrif 1ces OF meat
and grain and made several times
year. These perennially hungry spir-
its are likewise consulted on every
question touching the general veal and
woe, the informed diaries to their favor
being q race Of monks Of the most
fanatical nature, who wander through
the country much like the deryishes OF
India practicing the most horrible
self torture. Outside their religious
Offices they have little hold upon the
/ people, whose stunted intelligence
seems incapable of recognizing any
government or official restraint that
will interfere with the personal rights
and desires Of the individual.
Few Ceremonial Rights.
Unlike most savage races, they have
few ceremonial rites or curious Gus
toms Marriage is settled by buying
the girl from her father, while in the
case Of birth or death there is no ac-
companying ceremony; in fact, they
seem possessed of no higher order OF
intelligence than that Of simply ex-
listing. They have no idea of time or
dlstance-no name for hours, days or
years, no amusements and without
even the faintest knowledge Of medi-
cine. When a member of a tribe con-
tracts a serious Illness he is driven
from the village to which he belongs,
and is allowed to wander in the jun
gle, subsisting as he lis able, until
death relieves his sufferings. It is
not strange, therefore, that disease
causes frightful inroads, and unless
conditions change it seems probable
| that few years vii see their absolute
extinction. 81 II
The greatest obstacle to travel in
| their country and an effort to learn
something concerning them is the abb
solute impossibility of mastering their
language, which is confined more to
various signs with the fingers and
other parts of the body than express
sions in word of mouth, reducing the
traveller to the necessity of mastering
the meaning of innumerable signs,
| grimaces and cultural sounds
| The weapons of the mountain and
lowland Mossos are rudely made bows
| five or six feet long; their arrows are
hardened at one end by being covered
with thin covering of clay, drawn to
fine point and baked in the fire, with
which they are far from skillful, the
animals which they secure for their
subsistence being caught in huge pit
falls dug in the jungle, and which are
constant menaces to the traveller who
seeks to pass through their country.
Owing to their lack of knowledge of
| the most minor character: concerning
their country it is impossible to esti-
mate their exact number ZbYt it is
probably in the neighborhood+ of 5000
| or 5000. ygsf., ,.s,.s:1
WILLIAM JAMESON REID
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ASt1aage Tribe Of Southwest China

preme and alone over the entire coun-
try The sun god, pleased with her
beauty and Womanly traits, proposed
that she should return with him to
I his home III the sur. She agreed,
provided her father should give his
consent. The old man was SO infur-
lated at the request that he immedi-
ately seized his weapons and attacked
the youth and would surely have kill
ed him but that mysterious shaft
launched from the skies saved the lat
Ster's life. The chiefs daughter and
the sun god were then married, and
the Mossos still hold to the belief that
they are descended from this superna-
tural union. Pride in their ancestry,
!. however, has no appreciable effect on
their own natures, for it would be a
manifest impossibility to imagine a
race Of people more degraded. Il b,
PLY sically they are fine race, males
and females in few cases being under
six feet in height, and proportionately
we'll built and exceedingly strong and
muscular, gained from their active
&out-of-door life and constant exposure
to hardship. Their color is a light
brown, while in both sexes greasy
plaits Of sun corched hair hang down
the back almost to the waist. A sim
gular trait among them is fascina-
ton, almost amounting to a mania,
for personal adornment. The men are
afa+tnnod FROM hood RI foot with oro
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HoME-MApE PHILOSOPHY.

In poilyticks only them az il slip
perry az cells kin hope to wrigg1e to the,
top, - 1852. s:--:@ s5.'''...-' 80,
\, i There IL more bosh pamd off upon
the, pep1e in -sivilized countreeze than
in heathendom - .> >.- z;.,.>,
:: A .religyun that makes one cold has
too much ice in it to be distribooted,
among the peor, in winter. -, ::
). The .1peeplez that iz proud. of thare
) feet seld ufme I'M; ever have any other I'M
|, derstandin to. be proud !ov.:,;s=
2s2 Dos ,aomethins with yoore> talents, or
Boere3 talents. will rust yoore honor
! and make you:.a roag and nd: q, theef.
gi,sWhen natooress goze to sleep in win
&ter sstime she freezes on Gthes bed kiver
to; keep the wind from blowin: it Off
:aE TharyeE IL no Joke in herin about the
mule and: the stovepipe1 and-:the polly
/, tishun,,2 Because thay don 'tt:hev any
::sicha things UP thar: ~: ;:!S:ssz2a
T., Most men heIv5 no 5otihiee other T1'e,ligyun but
|: pos thots:; They think ;ov how much
thay 1oye Cod. but never think ov how
|. much they rob His people cca'.:
n Many As. a. woman, has knit her hatred
inter mitten, sewed her sorrow inter
a shirt and. rubbed her, love for her
children al over the, Washboard.
bad atime s,oVg war IL the time to git a
dat fmuley contrackt and carry lot OF
|. aagssanAs took Of. how God il sallers ON
eug side, until ttyfoid un yaller fever
E:ssts, ins,and prove yoosto. be- liar.
ili saahHernmentss are runt;fer the purpus
oW givinzfat 5johsi to sthes sonssof polit-
]iiean axhden collechs dog tax
fpoms he Eman that diets hisSMife and
! bhby ohare footedG awli winxer.-Grit.
lat shenesty and 1nnersenee ov the
doftimoM tpeep1ea make lttlasNed -eezey
! snap 4or7 stne shrewds and anskroopoo-
'alassto sock the sagNssy fazs1kbosh onto
Sem savefap + TIM III gaeaaeSE eH b
Ss.'I sub ihen Smhaaike life imizzefabull for
,,tthhtsmmseff8se with gloomy sdrts of relig-
VIM nd Ut e1ee Same me- iinfifgs make il
glo0thy i'ttoart III SIS athfoo thare
'gphtef st 9ifeeck shuna OF ss gtfr greed De
y ss 4 S1yH{zashSa3hhe aR e. dSao wants it
msShq Gan HELP It; But Il nnsn' kin help
Ell. then Is not .jjisf az God wants it.
ESP 81 ss,S|S ,KriftS 81 mt either
HIS fIlna n}l ST.; lS'l
the, FL, SMILE .ofI 2 l}ttles girl. il the
b sWSshsa&eSt ahlqsSp2m on, earth. put after,
shfaAsgr9Ypi up and zone ttQs seed she
ltin Emp ilba and be tdAfnsa and no one
FialhqWsnt TO Weas lheEa On d4 tlAhare boo
a Esankn. ssSssaoSsaid a7assas aaa1lp
lib ffiItehss men on thet; uA ,aalE stick to
!. the tdraekA ssthee shso ode J4ot think
'Ivia,l have oraa sons etoi resoat to lies.
~ At srxdnyI le aeraHa 20 aesx t4;aa1fs yootln
ssl !.a ktutp SRI stsssi y ashaSssr in a
sa' s,s.sss.Iss " ,seasa had
sssaa ssi !. &c i.ii;sll ,.ssssssila- sasss,
an: assssa val hsas d aasaass 81 ito
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the weird and ghostlike sounds pro-
sceeded from several hungry and lusty-
lunged infants. Then the solemn still
ness was broken BY our hearty laugh.
ter, while the Kiangsis, as if to make
amends for their credulous fears, made
the woods ring with their forced guf-
flaws. The Mossos, we eventually
learned, as is a common practice with
many tropical tribes, place their chill
dren in skin cradles and hang these
from the trees in forests near to their
village, for two reasons; the first, from
"a belief that they will be instructed by
the deities, and, secondly, that their
full existence may not be endangered
by the a bominable filth and squalor Of
the settled regions. Several times in
the day they are visited by their moth
sers, who provide them with food and
remain with them at night, and in the
forest home the child stays until it is
three or four years old, and has grown
strong and healthy enough to stand
the rigors Of hardship and disease II
Reached the Village. 0
With these2 unmistakable evidences
sof the country being populated, we
pushed on for half an hour longer,
when curls of smoke issued from
among a mass Of vine-clad rocks, and
in response to our shouts several dusky
heads peered at us curiously through
the dense underbrush, then suddenly
disappeared, and in a moment more we
were the center of a group Of the most
repulsive and wild human creatures
that one could imagine, In spite Of
our most friendly endeavors they
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fowls. Oyster shells are also occasion

fowls Oyster shel are also soccasio on
ally supplied, but we do not consider
the latter an absolute necessity.
5. That all houses are cleaned and
floors lined once per week IN winter
and two and three times III summer.
s. That no food is left lying around
to sour. and care Is taken to- feed only
as much as will be eaten promptly.
That all fowl houses have perfect
8ly tight roofs, and the north, east and
west sides are closed SO as to avoid
Edraughts. III Fronts are covered n with
wire netting. N 5.3a II
The reader will notice that all rem-II
Eedies applied are simpl e-only such as
are in the household OF almost every
family and on all farms While there
are many patented articles that are
prepared especially to effect the desir-
ed cures, many OF them cannot be had
in case Of an emergency; therefore, II
such articles figured In the diseases
treated at the experiment station many
valuable fowls owned by readers of
station publications would succumb be-
fore the article could be ordered, IL
the owner even desired same. #.3 n
The matter Of treating diseases in
fowls is one much discussed in the
poultry papers, but from personal OBJ
servations will say that unless the
fowl first attacked is valuable one,
the Ratchet will be Of more service
to you than the fowl when cured, as
| 4 n = .
among other fowls and the time de-
voted to effect the cure, will, in nine
out of ten cases, be worth more than
tho fowl. Follow above measures, as
in vogue at the station and sickness
among the hocks will be rare occur,
renee. @ 5
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. Large and Small Incubators.

An incubator of 100 egg capacity is
better suited to the needs of the COM
mon run of breeders than one of larger
size, says National Fancier An incu-
bator of this size of the very best make
now costs in the neighborhood of 500
A machine of 200 egg capacity of the
same manufacture will cost about $40
more. Therefore large proportion of
small breeders look upon 1t as economy
to buy machine of the larger size.
The small breeder will not always fine
it an easy matter to save up 200 eggs
of the required freshness for this pur-
pose, and he will often be tempted to
use eggs of an age which are not safe
to put in the machine. And if he is
offering eggs for sale at the same time
it will frequently become necessary to
start the machine when only half filled.
We are acquainted with breeders who
have found it an advantage to keep two
or three 100 egg machines and could
not be persuaded to exchange one, for
anything larger than this. Whenever
there is a temporary surplus of eggs
!, machine is always in readiness to
taAe care of them, and no time is lost
in waiting for a larger supply. Many
people will this year put off the buying
of an incubator because they think
they cannot quite spare the money for
a 200 egg machine, and it looks to them
but a waste of money to buy 100 egg
machine at a price which is greatly out
of proportion to the capacities of the
two machines, The incubator is al
most necessity, even to small breed
ers, and the majority Of these persons
will further their interests by not post
poning the purchase of a machine be-
cause they lack the money to buy one
of large size. T. s8
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ia I | Y And &c TRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How successful Farmers Operate This
Department. Of the Farm IA Few
Hints to the Care Of Live stock
and Poultry. 8 {s355 a 4is q I'm,
Making Export Cheese.

In an address to California dairy
me- men, =. H Hogeman said: Cheese for
export that will stand shipping can
BE- Smade in the following way: Take
good, sweet milk and heat it to Sc de-
grees Fahrenheit, have the rennet test
at sixty seconds before adding the rem
net. Then add rennet enough to coagu-$
late the milk in about thirty minutes,
using from two to three ounces ac-s
cordlng to the strength Of rennet, and
cutting when firm; stir the vat gently
at hrst until the curd firms up. Cook
TO 1oO degrees, then stir vat every If
teen minutes to keep curd in granular
shape, till curd has developed one-
eighth inch acid, when they should be
run of, which usually takes from one,
to one and one-haH hours. The curd
is then ready to be placed on curd
rack and strainer cloth and when mat
ted down cut in square blocks and turn
over every fifteen minutes. If gas holes
form in curd the pieces can be piled
two or three deep; this will press out
the gas and will flatten out the gas
holes in the curd. When an inch Of
acid has developed and the curd shows
, meaty texture it is ready to mill.
When curd is milled let it fall onto the
bottom Of vat. If kept on racks after
1t is cut too much moisture would be
lost and cheese would perhaps be dry.
Keep the curd stirred till ready to salt,
and salt the curd about one-half to
three-quarters of an hour after milling,
using two and a half pounds of salt per
thousand pounds of milk. Give the
salt chance to dissolve we'll, which
also takes from one-half to three-quar-
tiers Of an hour, then put to press about
so degrees. A point of vast Importance
is to have the cheese we'll pressed and
all Of the same size. If tainted milk is
used it should be treated somewhat
differently from the above, but remem-
Der that the best cheese cannot be made
from sour or tainted milk. A soft, mild
cheese, of which a great deal is used
in this market, requires absolutely
sweet milk without faint. Heat to SO
degrees. Rennet test should be 120
seconds. Set the milk at 88 degrees,
using the usual amount of rennet Cook
to 106 to 10S degrees. Cut when firm
and run whey off at one-eighth inch
acid. Use about two pounds of salt
per 1000 pounds of milk. This curd
can either be worked in the granular
form or with curd mill and put to press
at IS degrees. II pure, sweet milk is
not used and is tainted, gas holes will
form and the cheese will likely swell
up and roll off the shelves. ~ r. -
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A Consoling Thought. 50

The Bishop of Wakefield was once
consoling an east. end costermonger
for the loss of his little SON The poor
fellow was rocking: to and fro in his
distress. He suddenly looked, at the
bishop, and with tears running down
his cheeks, said: :s':stD'ye thinltsI could
get the young beggar stuff.d sa's'-Lon-
don Daily News; : II L: -:
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The conserve alton Of moisture ii tie
soil is of great II Importance to the
raiser Of all kinds Of fruit, as 1t, re-
5quires large supplies Of water tor &
snood fruit CROP s u.
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Here and there we find the remains
Of good orchards, the trees Of which
have deteriorated from lack Of care.
The fruit itself seems to have under
gone a change In quality. The grass
and weeds have taken all. 81 Isl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-05
BOARD OF PARDONS.

To-day the June session of the board of pardons will be held at the state cap itol beginning at Il o'clock.
 The convicts, sentenced to state prison
 from Hartford county, and who have petitioned for pardon, are as follows: John Welch, sentenced December 9, 1897, to nine years for rape. John Ty- Ter, colored, eighteen years in October, 1898, for assault and burglary at Wind- sor At a previous session his petition for a parole was considered favorably by the board, but the man became so vicious at the prison when the informa- tion was conveyed to him that the pa role was revoked. John A. Dynes, sen fenced for life, December 23, 1873, for murder in the second degree committed in East Hartford. Mitchell Cherest, sentenced to life imprisonment, May Ii, 1872, for murder committed at Windsor Locks. Patrick Riordan, sentenced De- cember 8, 1897, to three years for theft committed in Forestville. John Lester, sentenced March 15, 1898, to two years and six months in prison for burglary committed in Plainville. James Loren 20, sentenced December 2, 1897, for shooting with intent to commit murder in Hartford,
 Prisoners from other counties who have petitioned for pardon are: New Haven county-Frank H. Walsh, Ed ward B. Gildea, William R. Galway, Patrick Lynch, Elijah A. Bond, John A. Kenna Henry Jamanski, Frederick Cook Frank Jackson, Morris Galowitz, Daniel O'Connor, Henry B. Chamberlin and Benjamin Nelson Aastor. Fairfield Collard, Frank Bassett Annie Wine, William Henry Mahoney, Harry Mead John H. Rogers, and Joshua Rookey. New London county Jennings, Francis Daly, Bar tholomew McCrohan, and Robert c. Windham-John A. Patron. Holland county-John w. Hunter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-05
RUBBER TRUST STATEMENT.
Shows Assets and Liabilities of Great
 Corporation.

Shows Assets and Liabilities of Great
 Corporation.
 Boston, Mass. June 3.-The annual statement of assets and liabilities of the United States Rubber company of New Jersey, was filed, in accordance with the Massachusetts laws, with the commits sioner of corporations to-day.
 The statement shows that the capital stock of the corporation is $47.191 800, an amount fixed last March, all of which is paid in.
 The assets and liabilities are desig- mated as follows:
 Assets-Land, water power, buildings and machinery, $1,661,S91; cash and debts receivable. $2,95S,S22; manufactor- les, merchandise, material and stock in process, $1,617,609; patent rights, S239,- 155; loans secured by mortgages. s30, ,O00; stock in other corporations, $44,979, ,963; total, $5O.SS4, $40.
 Liabilities-Preferred stock, $29,525,- 800; common stock, $23,666, 900; debts, S1,92S, ,S9S; reserved for April and July dividends, $941, ,020; balance to profit and loss, $S23. .522; total, $5O,SS4, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-05
LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES.

Diamond Match company stock is slightly stronger upon the report which is generally credited that the company has absorbed the Continental Match company, organized and controlled by Edwin Gould. This will give the Dia- mond Match company practical control of all manufactured matches in the United States. Swedish matches may come into the eastern market somewhat.
 Boston Electric Light dull and rather heavy, quoted 162-170.
 Biscuit declined little in the early part of the week from 45 IA to fl, clos ing 43 1-2.
 Winchester Avenue railroad redeemed, Yin accordance with their advertisement previously published, their per cent. debentures at the Merchants National bank. The majority of the bonds came in June 1st. Later in the season 5 per cent. debenture, for which an issue of $220,000 was authorized, will be on the market. Winchester Avenue stock now outstanding amounts to $S00000.
 The strength of the United States Rubber company common adds force to the rumors that dividend may be ex- pected next month.
 Clearings and balances of the New Haven banks for the week ending June 3d, and for the corresponding week of last year, are furnished by the secretary of the New Haven clearing house. by days, as follows: