Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-08-12

/ The turkey is regarded by the Malay
MahometanS rs an uuclean bird owing
| t. the tutt on the breast of the fowl.
which they say resembles the bristles OF
a hog.
The name junk. usually applied to
/ large ChlneSe trading vessels, really
comes from the Malay word jung which
/ the Portuguese corrupted into iunco, and
| the English changed to junk.
The natives of the settlements along
| the Maloy strait keep as pets the Tiny
| hNl IoNntcS Jaculatur which feeds GA
HES ana other insects obtained by firing
! drops OF water from its elongated mouth,
generally hitting its prey.
The sap Of creeping plant Dalbergia,
is used 10y the Mnlays to Supply fish \
few buckettulS thrown into the water
VIII bring IN the surface every fish with
~ radius Of 100 Yards The use of
| this poison does not appear to injure the
! food value of tn" fish.
To rid themselves Of an enemy. the
residents Of Oriental countries frequent.
! A mix with the food of the person Of
whom they would hp rid the tiny black
SpeckS found uuder the sheath leaves AT
the joints of bamboo, These specks
seen under a microscope are Veritnh!r
| harhed arrows, and once taken Internal
y resist the action of the gastric juices
ard set UP nm intestinal Inflammation
that invariably causes death.
Malay houses are Invariably auit on
posts SO as tn raise the floor from four
t. six feet above the ground. The floor
Is composed of bamboo. with interstlcps
between Stats, the earth beneath bpcom-
ing the receptacle of the drainage of the
| establishment The universal plan OF
the well-tn-do natives is 10 build the
house in two divisions, the front one for
receiving visitors and lounging generally.
while the rear portion is reserved tol
the women and children.
\ curious MaIayan legend says that in
olden times the waters surrounding
Singapore were SO infested with sword
fish ms to make it impossible for the
fishermen to pursue their daily task. \
hoy advised the Rnjah To let down into
the water freshly peeled stems Of the
banana plant. and. this being done, tho
| fish imheddcd their swords in the stems
and were easily killed. The boy genius
| was considered a danger to the throne
and he was executed lest hc grow up and
| become "a couspirator.
a species of wasp frequenting the bar
racks used by the American soldiers in
| the Philippines has caused several aCci-
| dents 80 hard set is THIS insect 10 pre-
| serve its larvae. of which certain birds
! and insects are Unfortunately fond, that
ii seeks all manner Of strange places o.
hide the dead grubS or insects In which
il deposits its eggs 1t has frequently
| been known to iill the muz2e of II kraS
rifle with ebay. in which it incloseS the
dead grub. The ball of clay. hardening,
invariably causes an explosion If the gun
he fired before tbe obstruction Is with
drawn.
The Malay tribes possess but little in
1 tie way OF literature, the greater part,
like that of Java. consisting of romances
known under the Sanscrlt nnu'c of cher
itra,' or the Arabic oI,- OF 'hikuyHt.
| Their subjects ara tai eu from the Hin
doc cpics from the local legends of Java,
! from the MHhumCtun Ia les from Arahin
aud from the stories of Malay princes,
| hardly less fabulous. Such compositions
| differ from those Of the Jayauese in that
| the greater number ot them are in prose,
/ The MaIays are possessed of no ancient
manuscripts or inscriptions on stone on
brass Their whole literature. all IN the
! Arabic character is certainly not of
greater antiquity than their conversion to
! the Mahometan religion, the earliest
recorded specimen of it being the vo-
! cnbuary of the Italian. Pigatetta, col
| !e4cted in the Molucens in l521. New
/ York Tribune.