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cnr;ou. Case Of superstiti"H.

A einpular example of supersl
,,as made public recently through the
r,ad,nm of the law courts at Berlin
4 tree growing opposite the gateway
- farmer was noticed to be wltnef'
ing away and dying. On further IN,
yestipatfion it was found that . deep
hole had been bored il it, probably
wv some person who wished TO ki,i w. ~,
AS the tree somewhat incommoaeo .no ~.
entrance 10 the farmers house NE w%'
charged with the deed and nnen' ,st l,e,
snwevcr appealed to higher court
n I'D succccded in proving that the nole
a.,d had heen bored by some supers''tlous
ra nsrson VINO believed in the old super
stition that if illness attacks a nous .
ao,d If can be driven away by puis ),
ine" it in a healthy tree. A hole =
rnred in the tree and all kinds OF nie9
io;nes are buried in the hole, wnicn -,
ii,en carefully stopped up. ahl'' NH III
s,nging s of weird incantations' M
could have been done by any 'upe'st 81,
tious person in the neighDora2nu, % a a
farmer pointed out. The 'aose "
Quilted him.
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.,,o snIfan is their sovereign, ana iale
.he ohsolute arbiter of persons and ev..s
n' II, tha whole region subject to his III.
4. aatos m AS a matter of fact he doesos
enjoy 50 absolute a power, eAeeutn s., q
toe thoss districts which form his prlse :e
nnnoin tl and IN the districts OF 'se
dotos (chiefs) who are his relatls.or .,i,
oI,iss The datos. or feudal lorasie
,, 4,a actual sovereigns in their cltals'
nn1 .thcy have subject to their OTIS
' chiefs Of lower rank, from a,ng ,,
whom they select the tao nar"S :,
IoooI and brave mem or free menall men, y,
tho others are "sacopes' (Vassaio'
o. As for their warlike and hostlle y.
oach Moro is soldier, and is als' y
.rmed with kris. campllan Vi ,.e nc
and sometimes with two OF these "s u,
uo never leaves them. not even " y
,t rest but each sleeps with tnemi,
: th;. Moro soldier is astute anu Ia
). nal for his beliefs, obstinate coMa,
: ta =, eho onen ticld, or when he sees
|. 80 ,nI decision OH the purt Of his ei
"nt, "nd can readily escape but p'
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HUNTING BEE TREES.
There's Knack In Locating the stor
Of honey.

There's Knack In Locating the store
of Honey.
81 used to hunt the bee trees when
was a boy in northern New York,
said Assistant Secretary Taylor OF the
treasury department. 1T is great
sport and requires art to find the home
of the bees and secure the honey.
Wild bees invariably hunt the hollow
of some tree in which to make tnelr
home and store up honey for the WIN
ter season.
"The way 1 used to find out where
a bee tree was located was by gong
into the woods and fields and taking
with me little box containing a ill.,
in the bottom Of the box being some
honey. With this little box in my left
hand l would slip along through the
trees and bushes until found a bee
sucking honey from some wild hover.
Taking off the lid of my box, | would
quickly knock the bee into the bot
tom on the honey, cover it with the lld
and let it remain there until it had
filed itself with honey. Then pulling
off the lid, I would allow the bee to
fly out.
"The little insect would generally
crawl out on top of the box, LOOK
around to get it's bearings and then
tiy off in the direction of the tree.
BY watching this direction | could get
an idea of where the tree might be To-
Gated. But I>always remained In the
same spot until the same bee came
hack again and of itsa own accord en-
tered my box Tor the honey. Ere
ouently the bee would bring a com
panion with it. Sometimes it did not
do so on its first trip back, but always
on the second it brought one or more
Hsompanipns. Iney enjoyed the money
very nue., and by watching them fly
away | was soon enabled to tell for
certain the direction of their, tree.
Then moving two or three hundred
yards in the right direction would
catch another bee and go through this
until [
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DGEFIELD, S. C, ,DNEsDAY. JULY 2}. 1902

death of a date. lie VINO can seize a
snake changing its'sEiii eat make him
self Invisible as we'll, aId they have
many other similar ideas. They as'
stain, or rather pretend to abstain, from
eating pork on account of peculiar scru-
tles, It is customary among them TO
take oatiis ~ Fill Christians, and they
hold firmly to the belief that the re-
ward for this is prompt trip to paFa'
disc on the back of a white horse.
Their defensive arms are a circular
or eliptiGai SHIELD for the body. or big
enough to cover tie Whole person. The
shield is either made of wo6a a'she OK
is covered on the outside with buHalo
hide, From this same hide which,
WHEN well cured is extremely hard'
they make breast plates and helmets.
Tiiey lave also some coats of mail, al
though not tnaiy. Their arms Of Of
fense are either arms or steel weapons.
Among the former are catiiiofist OF
which they possess great variety.
They neglect them greatly, as they DO
tlIeir rifles and shot guns, except for
one cannon, which in EACH fort occu'
pies chosen position and which they
regard as the principal one, trusting IN
it superstitiously for defense and VIC
tory. Culverins Of great length have
been taken FROM them occasionally.
Some people have wondered that they
have had and still have artillery III
abundance, but in addition to the fact
that 1t is obtained easily i'll Borneo
when they need it and at other points
and that they took possession OF al
they used to find in the numerous yes
sells which they captured, when. strong
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BABY KILLED BY PET CAT
:, STRANGE CASE VoUcHED FOR e1
DENVER PHYSICIANS.

The Animal Caused beath by Inhaling
the Breath Of lis Little fietiin - H""
The Doctor Explains It-Most StHttiins
Theory from a Scientifc Standpoint
There is no longer apparently any
chance to DISPUTE with those who hola
the belief that cat can take the
breath of a sleeping child and cause
the child's DEATH The only question
nov open is how the animal does us
deadly cork.
Ever since the recent death of the
eight.months.old baby Of GustaVe
Brown, in Denver, Colo, this question
has been a dominant topic in Denver
homes.
With a mother the feeling that a
cat can harm her offspring is more
than belief; it is an instinct Whicn
for ages has caused the banishment
of tie cat from the same room WIFI
the sleeping baby.
There Is, according to the nlgneS.
medical authority, not shadow ol
doubt that Baby Brown was killed py
a large pet maltese cat.
The physician who tried to resus,
citate the child says death resulted
from the stoppage of the supply OF
air % the lungs. ,
The coroner's certificate says oeatn
was due to suffocation.
The baby and its mother were ootn
in absolutely perfect health, and tnere
is not one chance in a million that
the child died of apoplexy or heart
u,sease.
The circumstances Of the child IS
death are told by the mother as fol'
lows:
"About tho middle of the forenoon
[ put the baby in its carriage Tor lts
morning nap, and, as / have always
done, left him in the back yard Wltn
tine parasol lowered to keep the light
out of his eyes and to prevent the al
mission of too much cold air. mac
a man engaged to clean the house anc
was so occupied that did not run ou'
to look at the baby as often as l gen
orally did to see that he was well GOV
cred and sleeping quietly.
AT noon when we were at luncheol
| left the table to look toward th'
baby's carriage, and at that momen
saw tie parasol moving. l though
| ~. l,h,, 1,od owalkena,1
"He WaG "'-'""
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manuscript, with vignettes and orna'
IL

manuscript, with vignettes anu orna-
1nents not lacking in elegance.
Those who are condemned to death
have their heads cut off, OF serve the
datos as targets for their revolvers' or
as objects for trying the edges OF tne'r
lirlses or tombicus. Sometimes thev
are given over to the populace, who cut
them to bits with kris blows struck Ill
tune to & certain dance, during whicn
each individual strikes the victim:
Their costume is similar to that or the
Malays. 1t consists of pantafoons.
which are loose. except in the part De-
.ow the knee, which fits the legs closely
Ind small jacket almost invarlaDiy ..
black color. 1t is closely fitting ana
has tight sleeves. Both articles Oh
dress are so fashioned as not 10 inter-
! fere with the movements OF the Wearer.
On the head they wear kercniei
rolled into q turban, and some individ-
uals wear shoes on solemn OCCASIONS
The chiefs and Important officials dress
in silk. embroidered with gold OF Sill
yer, and often add sort OF mantle
with broad sleeves slit open at inc
end. The distinguishing features Of
the costume of the women are the pa
tadion, simple red skirt fastened a
the waist and reaching to the feet, an'
mantle in which they can envelop th
whole body. Frequently they wea
only the former or the latter IN aao'
ton to the short camisa, which reache
to the waist.
Their religious beliefs are very con
fused, and they greatly neglect thel
religion, failing to observe the precept
of the Koran in religious, civil an
criminal matters. 1T is rare to amp.
tate q hand as punishment FOR rot
berry, nor do they cut out the tonsu
us punishment for blasphemy' y
the other hand, they infiict the deat
o penalty for all sorts of faults, eAcei
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n marx OIL .uISIlSui Tnen. ".s - -
white face" =.
This part of Mrs. Browns story IS
corroborated by Mrs. F. 5. Knox,
neipbbor, who also saw the cat jump
down from the baby's carriage anu
who ran over to the Brown yard "hen
the mothers scream announced tnae
something terrible had happened.
DR. f.. E. Waxham was hurrleuy
summoned, and two other nelghoors
helned their friend in the ehort 10
restore life to the child by ruDolns
and hv all the other methods they
knew. DR.. Waxham's efforts proved
equally fruitless. The child had prop
,.blv been dead, ne said; for some
time.
This startling corroboratlon OF the
old theory that a cat can cause a
child's death by sucking its breath
has called forth many theories and ex-
plantations. .,o
A majority of people believe that the
tat nit it's mouth into that OF the
child who breathed back the amman
breath till suffocation resulted.
Dr. Waxham, who was called IN tne
"It is my positive belief that death
tn the baby in just this way,
and to my own satisfaction the oia
eovine is proved. | have heard OF
death having been caused in TINS way
before, but l have never belleVea II
mill now. This is the first instance
that ever came under my observation ,
or that I have ever heard of directly.
Tho assigned cause for this strange
tendency in the cat is that the smel
of milk in the child's mouth first IN
duces the cat to put it's own mouth
within that of the Child. AS II gel'
Inc taste OF the milk it sucks tn
child's breath, and finally becomes
ovornowered by an unexplainable fas
cination.
Those who have heretofore scor1e'
ar the old saying hold that the tneor:
of Coroner Horan is the most reason
able. This is that the cat lay DOW
upon the child's face, and the htti
ono unable to draw it's breath, sool
, suffocatsd.
AGAINST this must be placed the al
= qument that a strong elght-monIhs
: old how in a struggle for breath woul
9 easily displace an animal the size
| cat.
L The most startling theory from
s .oiont;fic standpoint is that the breat
S of all animals of the cat family ac'
= &c cbloroforni to all other species
: This theory is explained in an artlcI
i nublished some years ago IN sclel
l. t,fc magazine and preserved in
r, scranbook by Assistant District-Atto
/. rev T E. Mcintyre, Of Denver. III
article says:
E, "a recent published story criticls'
.,,o rotion that a cat sucks away
=, child's breath. This is merely an e
nression. erroneous in it's form, OF
= n,,vs;oloejcal fact All the felidi
y :, nossess poisonous breaths, intend'
u Inv nature to act as an anaesthetlc
y their prey If person cares to e
periment by inhaling, for instance,
:, cats breath, he can easily realize t
~ truth of this statement. Careful
80 = watch cat playing with mouse, y
= - will discover that the mouse does n
l" srfrer but is sort of stupefed, as
. hv chlorotorm. In the Life OF Livir
stone" written by himself, of explol
tions in Africa. he states that on
rv when he was seized by lion and
II. arm broken, the crunching OF
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broken arm gave him no pain, so be-
llumbed were his senses by the anil
malls breath.
"a cat seeks the child, its soft Ded,
and the warmth of It's body, and hes
down on the chest of the infant lts
weight fmpedes respiration, lts
breath anaesthetizes the child, ana
death fellows. This circumstance mas
actually occurred, and medical rec
ords conclusively prove it."-NeW
York World.
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In the Arctic regions early explorers
were astounded to find large areas OF
red snow; but the phenomenon Is no"
fam,,ar to men of science, who KNOW
that red snow, like green saroen
fence. is due to the presence Oh UNI
cellular algae. the only difference De-
ing iii the coloring matter OF the pro-
topiasm. 1t is said that acres Oh sno"
are frequently covered in single
night by these tiny plants.
BEFORE the English occupation OF
India it was estimated that the Ganses
carried to the sea every year l,ooe,ooo
dead bodies. 1t was then considered
by the Hindoos that the happlest
death was one found in the waves anu
all NOUS Hindoos who could DO SO
were carried to the banks and placed
in its waters to die. The decaying car
casses along its hanks were pfoDaply
responsible in no small degree lor 'he
pestilences which formerly desolated
the peninsula.
An eminent violinist, Herr Baker,
has recently tested the sensitiveness TO
music of each of the animals in the
sociological gardens Of Germany. Inc
influence of the violin was the greatest
nm the puma, whose moods changed
rapidly as the nature of the music
changed. becoming very much excited
and nervous when quicksteps were
nlayed. Wolves showed an apprecla-
tive interest lions and hyenas were
terrified, leopards were unconcerned
and monkeys curious.
For nine years an aged New Yorker
has lived in mis- wifes tomb in the
Evergreen cemetery. Devotion to ner
memory has robbed the once powerful,
man of all his physical strength and
his vitality, sapped by years OF oltter
exposurc, is ebbing away. He mas al
wavs had melancholy pleasure in SIT
ting in the tomb by the side OF MS
: dead wife. and has found his only nap
n,ness there, for he does not believe he
will meet her in another world.
Though he lives in the tomb the ola
man does not sleep there. He leaves
: the cemetery every night and goes TO
: little room IN house IN Wllilams-
| burr Early in the morning he creeps
( ont of his bed and goes 70 the ceme-
terry. Good morning, Mary. ne al
, wavs saws to his wife when he enters
b the tomb, just as if her deaf ears
! could hear his voice through the tnlch
!. walls of her metal coffin.
:. Medoc lake, I'M TransylVanla, &C
. cordine to a Hungarian chemist, mas
r. very remarkable popularity. Inc sur
% face temperature in summer IS ~ de
orees hut at a depth of about four lee
% the temperature is 1872 degrees, whlcf
- declines to &C degrees at the bottom
Tho surface water is fresh, but I'M
warm water beheath is intensely SAT-
20 He explains the difference in temper
,d ature by saying that, as the specln
~ beot of salt water is less than that o
y. fresh water, the salt water is more eas
.. ilv heated by the sun; and, having rls
20 on to higher temperature than ina
w of the everything fresh water, it retain
-, ;ts heat because the fresh water pre-
- - vonts its escape by radiation. wit
~ the modern tendency to convert ever
90 phenomenon of nature to a practics
20 use it is suggested that such resel
~ voir Of heat, might be made OF sci
Is vice, particularly as there are o.ne
he lakes Of the same kind in that rcsiol
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uu.,nuroo VI tnvuSnt, iduSnin7 "'
the strokes of his opponent. 1t seems
that lie fees when lie suddenly rushes
furiously at his opponent ana haruiy
has he delivered his blow When he IS
seen ten PAGES away, leaDins ana
whirling again, all of this accompanied
by sharp cries and horrible grlmaceS'
which serve, according to them, to con-
frse and alarm the adversary.
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ris;tors were gone. But his soul was
Of neace. A couple of hours iater tls
captain appeared alone. Harris iooNau ,,
non-committal, and handled a heasS
stee, spanner gently. But his supe-
rior was past fighting, and Simply
hreathed heavily. Il think Ben ~
said presently, that you might nave
joked about something else o
81 ,ool out for that main steam-plpe'
If you lean on it, it'll break, sure
"Hang you and your engines! why
doo,t vou keep them in repair?
"1f vou can find anything about my
o,a;nes Cap'n Van Olinda, that ain
. oil repair. and repair, show me IT,
I've nursed your blasted pots and pans
iust as long as I'm going to- Anyooas
Int me couldn't make that heap 81
ohean tinware turn a peanut-roaster'
"Well, why didn't you say SO oe
fore" growled the skipper.
"sav so! Haven't said so! lhel
| Won risk your wife down here anu
don't want her death on my heaa.
;, "she seems 10 lie afraid OF your lie
1 She don't know me, you old lummoA:
~ "Does she still want the donkey-po'l
n or 20 make apple-butter in? ain
5. got any further use for it,
The CAPTAIN turned away, put I'D
, uov IN The ladder he stopped. Ben
1t he said meelly, I'll pu' ,,, ne ,
p boilers in her next tIlp. IN
clean broke, but I'll 20 II. lwlN]
p tlss hos already made a list as long as
in wornan's~ tongue Of what ne wan,
Now, Now let me tell You, Ben Harris, sno1
n, wont on with sudden temper. Doi
,r, Won " ask me for anything more
N, wont get it while I'm boss.
This is the history of the reform
ne tho Sam Anton, as instituted hy bs
hit namin Harris, engineer, ana SAM
Twizzle, pSr,l matc.-san Francisco Ar'
Sf naDt
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iSdashing and audacious to the point OF
fferocity when he sees himself sur
Tounded and unable to escape. Con-
espicuous for his sobriety, he nourishes
himself with handful Of rice, with the
fruits which lie gathers in the forests,
1.-THE herbs Of the plain and the fish of
ihe streams.
Rowing in part at least to the warlike
Spirit which animates them, the Moros
'haye always haan trrhrlo"t 49, - "s' :"
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don,o Even if they did not demand
attention on account Of their turDuieh.
character and the influence which they
sana tn exercised over the population OF
these islands, they would still De IN. M
teresting on account of the tenacl.s
mith nj wbicl, they hold to their belie1s
ond their adventurous life, as well as
because hoe of the place which their coh-
Quest occupied in the history OIL 'n'
Philippines. .,,o snl,
Referring to the Moros of the saa. IT.
1slonds the Jesuit Father Mursauus
sovs. To begin with their SoNetnl.eH-
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collisions at Sea- Prevented

To venture Il guess Us to the nature
of the odd-looking machine shown Ill
the picture one might say it was Il
to,npdo or a submarine boat. Neither
of these. guesses is right, however, as
the apparatus is the invention OF Mich
o,os Gherassimoff, Of st. Petersburg
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M Inconsistency.

n,rs-Miss Boude is nothing II @ no'
D'n 5,te. We know she refused chol-
~ pongEh w, woman's no is often yes:
% ..pnt This was 'yess-less' no!-f'a'
timore Herald
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The captain glarcd around

3 The captain glarcd aroi,ud m,
b caught an Uneasy grin OH sailor,
!, face: "You dirty seare.eroly 49, i,
T numbered Jump down there and clear
, that cut all of We. jump what W d'ye
mean by keeping your end Of tie sbi,j
III such condition? Fly, now!"
- me :n sailors tumbled around, and the
engineer withdrew his head. "Tbat
.isI!,!s ssIlies IT, he .iiliirmhred to himself
.. Now for new boilers
That evening tie caDtaiR called down
tns s,speaking tube to the engineer.
I'm going 70 bring my Wife down
10 see the engines Is it ali figbt9"
sure With this answer Harris
Gan daneu .i'e oiier and told him to wipe
. down Nv the railings on the ladders
Inc captain and his wife were recaiv-
eu most gallantly by the chief The
mction Of the steamer was very ron
tie, and the machinery ran smoo1b1v
ana tefy evenly. Mrs. Van ol;a.,S
,oohea a's and admired. Harris had never
approved of "women-foik messine
Stouna an engine" but he carefullv
concealed any such feeling, if he ey.
periented it; 6n this occasion
is there any danger? asked N1rs
Van, as soon as she recovered f,a.'
her first curiosity. 0't'
-: none IN particular" said Harris
WIN very apparent attempt at evas.
e, None In partieuiar!" She echoed,
is there any? Might the boiler ex-
plode?"
Not exactly explode" responded tbe
Il ,nsineef Slowly THE boilers are too
I'D for that: There wo;lldn' t be nucb
'op to them. They'd just open out
ort OF gentle and easy. No; they
explode" 4
The skipper fgeted violently but Il
1e chief did not apparently notice if Il
but the steam would come out?" il
1e continued. - ~ :, r,
Yes, ma'am; it comes out now of =,
'urse, it would come Out More then IN
ID Kill whoever was down. here" w
Mrs Van Olinda moved back hastitv Of
We naa steam heat in our house in ar
wa sne explained, "but 1 never tir
ew 1t was dangerous" =
.oh, then you wouldn't mind this ~
ne afalf. Why, s'pose this would 6
neat that house, even If We fired :
extraordinary. Do tell to think 9
't alter living iii house with real =
am neat, you Should care to see 9
). Harris's voice was very gentle, &
was talking for the slsipper's bene- e.
But retrioution was swift. 3
imagine" the captain reared out o9s
er long repression). 81 imagine you ~
k this is flthny." N -
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live whale. G6 feet long was s,,'s re-
~. dtiven ashore at Juan les rms
censtf @ ntibes. all unprecedented occur
reno renee on that part of the SFs'''s''
can coast -
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a "ok OF the Burial Army Philippines
'"e most unnvng tasks human beings Collins
n III massive deal Manila,
Iop proceeds from stato the islands,
The remains and preparing transportation back to the
- suites The actual Ihuming natives The
"i placed IN lows work of dis
@ oes all along the he Efop is torn off
~ IN HOOKS and bottle contasg slip removed
~ OPEN The slip The bones
~ M III sneet along with precau-
" "An ~ prevent any mistakes sidenity-Colers Weekly
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for gross immortality, which, neverthe'
less, Is absolutely prohibited
For the rest their superstltions pre
ridiculous. A cloud which crowns some
hill, for example, Ia the sign Of the
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Railway Employees of the World.

In the Railway Magazine SOME re-
markable figures are given showing the
immense number :of people employed
on railways thrOughoutS the world.
There are over 100000 Of them--one
man out of every 900 Of the worlds
entire population works on 4 railroad
and these. figures do not include street
or electric railways. For the worlds
100000 miles. Of railway the average
number of men per mile is nine. In
The United States 1;35O,00O of the 1000
600 are employed. i
- 49, ;r..--'--.--
stuto :Cdnrrols tl,n Ielcphoncs.
Guernsey has o!l2 telephone TO every
forty-six inhabitants of the island The
system IL State cohtrollod'
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I Funny:
| Zee anythi
| Mr.. Harris
you promis
| : "I-I-.foi
in horror.
Z Eyes, to N
you put tina
I hope it WE
Excuse I
neer llastil,
Il..nO He
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marx OIL ulsuguI em.u. 49,.