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The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
Captain Guy Burrows. Formerly Commandant of the Congo Free State.

insignia due to the solemnity of the occasion, and during the wait a few picked warriors give performance illustrating a fight.
 The chief arrives He has put on, besides his usual dress, number of small skins attached to his belt in front and behind-not in a row, but three or four in a heap on top of one another, with the tails hanging loose. Similar skins adorn his arms, and a large giraffe's tail is fixed behind, with punches of parrots red tailfeathers at it's end. He wears an enormous head-dress, and round his ankles are rings with bells attached. AS soon as he steps into the circle a great shout is raised by the women present. He selects his dance, and as the or chestra strikes up he prances round and about this large circle, now stoop- ing on one side, now upon the other, until he is out of breath, invariably ending opposite to his head wife, whom he salutes at the finish He then refreshes himself by big ,lraughts of beer, while famed by two young women. When rested, he begins a new dance, and very often between the figures he will make speech. If he is tired, his place is often taken by one of his sons, and so the pro ceedings often last for five or six hours. The Mang-bettou women dur ing the dances sway their heads and wave their hands in perfect time, the chief wife leading them. They do not dance with the men, but have a dance of their own to close the ball.
 STRANGE RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
 The Mang-bettou believe vaguely in a supreme being, but they have no name for him. Their nearest name is Kilima. The thunder is Kilima speaking when he is angry Thur derbolts are the stones he throws down. By a charming poetical fiction the rainbow is the actual embodiment of Kilima. If you ask them to de scribe him, they will tell you he is large animal with a curved red back A SIdUON IS NlIlllIG, JuC I6u6Ctlol1 in water is Kilima; anything they do not understand is Kilima. Some of the tribes I met have neither religion nor superstition, nor do they practice any occult or fetish rites. Others such as these now described, have vivid belief in the unseen world, in a god, and in spirits of the departed, and so are higher in the scale of civ ilization than their more agnostic neighbors.
 If any head of family dies, he is buried in the center of his hut, in hole about six feet deep, in a sitting position, and is covered with layers or earth and sticks. till the hole is filled right up, and the floor is beaten down again, so that it shows no sign of disturbance.
 Outside the door they will build little attaro, or hut. This is made
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
Acres and Bible Letters.

It has sometimes been stated that there are more acres in Yorkshire than there are letters in the Bible. A person hearing the statement for the first time is inclined to doubt it, but 1t is true, all the same. Authorities differ as to the exact acreage of the county, one giving it as 3,SS2,S48 and another as 3,771,843. But the mum. Der of letters in the Bible is said to be 3,566,480, so the acres beat the let. ters with something to spare,-Notes and Queries.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
The Nurses Opinion,

A nurse had been called as wit ness to prove the correctness of the bill of a physician.
 Let us get at the facts in the case" said the lawyer, who was do- ing a cross-eXamination stunt Didn't the doctor make several visits after the patient was out of danger?'
 No, sir" answered the nurse. q considered the patient in danger as long as the doctor continued his yis- it's"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12


 They believe, too, in a god whom they call Ara, a name derived from Allah through the Arabs. They say he will punish them for doing wrong will he punish them for murder?" I once asked. "Oh no it is Ara who makes a man murder" Then how and for what will he punish man?" He will punish a man for neglectins to make provision for himself and his family How" By making him their god was simply Nature, and no more definite explanation could l get SACRIFICE OF CHIEFS WIVES.
 When a big chief dies, new hut is built away in the bush on the banks of a stream. A hole is dug h the cen ter, as described previously, into which he is placed, always in sit ting posture, and covered with sucks and earth. Five women, selected from amongst his widows, are first strangled outside the hut and then
 
 face of the ground, with the feet to- wards the central tomb. Then they all are covered over with several layers of bark cloth, on top of which are poured large cauldrons of palm oil. Another layer of cloth is added, and more oil poured over it, until the whole structure is about two feet high. After this it is absolute death for any native. except the ruling chief and one other man selected for the purpose, generally a brother, to be found even upon the road to the hut which every week is visited by one of these two men.
 When the cloth and oil have routed away, new layers are spread there, till all signs except the bones are gone The hut itself is never re- paired, but is allowed to decay and fall to pieces until it eventually dis appears.
 The succeeding chief is very care ful to supply every possible want Of his predecessor. If he dreams during the night that the spirit of the de- parted has come to him and has told him to do this or that, new chief will follow the advice thus given. If beer is wanted he will have two or three jars brewed next morning. which he takes himself to the tomb and breaks them therein front of the hut door. It is a fayorite trick of a new chief to bid for popularity by working upon the peoples feelings in this way, pretending to have been visited by the late chief, who has warned him that unless his followers behave better, trouble will surely en- sue.
 Burials usually take place at night On the death of a great chief, every thing belonging to him except the cloth, which is too valuable, is broken into small pieces and thrown away
 When a chief dies, his death is i'm mediately ascribed to "lucundoo," and suspicion usually points to his sue cessor as it's author. Poison is very frequently used by the sons of a chief
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
Canadian Firms in Big Merger

of their kind in Canada. There have been difficulties between them rela- tive to the price, quality and quan- tity of coal, and some months ago the privy council of London rendered a decision against the coal company, in which the steel company was plaintiff, for breach of contract The amount of damages to be paid by the defendant is expected to reach $2,000,- 600. The coal company. through its
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

John E. Kehl, the American consul at Sydney, communicates to the de- Dominion Iron and Steel Company and the Dominion Coal Company, both of Nova Scotia, indicating that the Canadian brethren are following the example of big interests in the United States in getting together. Thsae tive concerns are the largest
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
SMOKING AND DRINKING.

In smoking they only take two or three whiffs of the pipe, inhaling the smoke, and coughing violently always. When the chief sneezes, it is custo- mary for all those around him to pre- tend to sneeze also, just as we may say, God bless you!" or an Italian, Viva" When a chief smokes, the whole crowd standing round him clap their hands in unison until he has finished.
 The chiefs and their intimate friends are the only people who really drink in the country They enjoy large bowls of beer made from maro0, light brown color, and not unpleas ant to the taste The first sensation to the palate is one of sweetness, the after taste rather bitter. This bev- craze can only be used when new as ill two or three days it becomes acid and undrinkable. Women al ways brew it. and pride themselves ou the accomplishment. When a chief drinks. strict ceremonial is observed each having his own custom. One will have a drum beaten from the time he raises the bowl to his lips until he puts ii down again; another will have
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
Reformation,

You say you are reformer?"
 Yep" replied the local boss; "of the deepest dye"
 But you were not always so'
 No The reformers reformed our town last year and I want to reform it back again
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

named as that in which they SOW marco. the chief ingredient used in brewing native beer; another as the season when marco must be cut. Fol lowing this comes the "bad-water" month, when the risk of fever is greatest; then elephant month, when they catch elephants by burning the grass; and the white-ant month. dur ing which white ants are collected, and considered a great delicacy; and second marco month, when second crop is sown. The month next to this has no distinctive name, and is sue ceeded by the second marco harvest month; the hungry or water-month when provisions are scarce the sec ond ant-gathering month; a later sow ing month; and finally, another with no particular title. This very simple method is a decided improvement on the scheme set forth in exquisite ele- giacs by Ovid in his S.Fastis Nothing supernatural is suggested, no names of deities are introduced, but each month is directly connected with some current and natural event.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
How to Remove Paint.

Do you think she means everything she says?" I'm sure she doesn't She frequently professes not to like a crowd. but you ought to see her fight her way into hotel dining-room."- Detroit Free Press.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
RACIAL TRADITIONS.

So far as I could gather by inquiry and observation, the characteristics of each tribe are constant and continu- ous. At their head in point of inter
 est and superiority stand the Azande, who according to tradition, came down from the north. Being now set tied north of the Welle, they are grad ually pushing their way southward to the more fertile land across the river and toward the north bank of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

president, now agrees to turn over to the steel syndicate 5O,O0O shares of coal stock, at $95 share, giving the steel company control. However, the stockholders are yet to be heard from. The total securities of the two com panies call for $57,36S,833. During 1907 the coal company mined 3,578,489 tons of coal, of which the steel com pany took nearly 900000 tons.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

) MORE fascinating, thrill ing study could be fol lowed than that of the old, quaint and some times narrowing ceremo- nies of the tribes of cen tral and eastern Africa. For the most part, these
 are grounded in religious
 and superstitious beliefs
 and too involved a mat ter for detailed study, but
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

generally consoled by the fact that her eldest son, if she has one, will take precedence of her rivals chil- dren. The daughters of big chiefs can only marry chiefs; while unmar- ried, they remain in the village and
 do just as they please until some suitor of the required rank turns up.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

Strange Sight of Ants. It was proved long ago that ants have the power of seeing the-to hu-
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

some Illuminating experiences may entertaining.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12

rite was carried out in the following manner: In the open air and in the presence of all the assembled chiefs and people, 1 was seated opposite my prospective brother. A small incisiOn was made in each of our forearms, half way between the hand and elbow, from which a little blood oozed. The proper performance would have beer for each of us to lick the blood of. tbe other, but on this occasion we decided to dispense with that part of the rite, merely rubbing the cuts one against the other, and thus commingling our blood. When this was done, the rep resentative of my brother got up and began to beat two pieces of metal to- gether-a knife and gun-barrel, think they happened to be-keeping up a monotonous tink, tink, tink, and talking to me as he did so. He recited a sort of examination service, some what to the following effect: If you ever make war on me, if you ever steal from me, if you ever wound me etc, etc, may you die!" This is a good opportunity for him in case he may want to get anything from you, go his incantation often contains such threats as, If you do not give me plenty of guns, may you die!" After this, similar performance was gone through by my representative, whose business it was to nullify my new brothers subtle demands Finally the compact was sealed by an exchange of small presents.
 This custom is not by any means local one, but is found among nearly all the tribes that inhablt the districts of central Africa. Stanley submitted to the operation often enough to have reason to complain that his arm be- came quite sore from the effects of these frequent incisions
 WfTCHCRAFT.
 At a small Azande settlement on the road some of my men came to tell me that the chief of the village was going to kill one of his men with witchcraft. The unfortunate fellow, a small and ugly specimen of his race had, 1t appears, been guilty of an ami able indiscretion with one of the chiefs wives. After some conversa- tion with the chief, I ransomed the prisoner at the price of two yards of white cloth, on the condition that I might take him away with me. Need less to say, this victim of circumstan- ces was only too glad to fall in with my terms; and he remained with me for some fifteen months in the capac- ity of servant, eventually returning to his village at his own request.
 By some of the tribeSmen names are given to the months in keeping with what is done in them Thus one is
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-08-12
Strange and Terrible African Ceremonies
A GOD OF NATURE.

ten minutes she was asleep, and next morning was perfectly well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
THREATEN
WHOLESALE
DISCHARGES
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, June 4.-The
freight rate increase fight between
the attorneys for the government
and those of the leading railroads
of the United States is becoming
titanic. Great interests in all
lines of trade and commerce are
lining up on each side and the
effect on the country at large is
problematical.
The first big meeting of the rar1-
road interests is scheduled to be
held at the Hotel Belmont next
Wednesday when the railway bus
mess association meets.
The railway officials declare
that they cannot operate the roads
at profit If the freight rates are
not increased to meet certain con-
ditions. They have announced
that either the rates must be in
creased or their orders for ade-
quate equipment must be canceIr-
ed and expenses in all depart
ments curtailed, thereby causing
the discharge of hundreds of en-
ployes in all departments OF the
service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04

FOREIGNERS
FLEE FROM
CHINA
OUTBREAK MORE SERIOUS
THAN BOXER WAR IMPEND-
ING.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PEKIN, June 4.-Strong de-
tachments of loyal Chinese, troops
are being rushed from Shanghai
to Marking today by the govern
ment in anticipation of an out
break at Marking.
Reports from several of the in
terror provinces indicate that
great uprising on a larger scale
than the famous Boxer war is inn
minent.
Starting In HUMAN, the revolt
is spreading rapidly through XII
ang-Su and Chilli. Revolution
airy organizations supplied with
arms and money are enlisting
thousands of natives and urging
them to rise against the Manchus.
Foreigners are fleeing from the
interior for their lives, and SO
great Is the danger that foreign
residents of seaport towns have
been warned to prepare for en-
barking aboard vessels at a mo-
ment's notice.
Foreign consuls throughout the
empire have been notified that
protection will be granted them
at the consulates, but have been
urged to issue notices warning
foreigners to leave Chinese soil
Immediately. American Minister
Calhoun frankly expressed his
alarm today at the situation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
PAWNED HER
JEWELS To
BUY GUN
MRS. PROSSER SPENDS CON-
PORTABLE NIGHT-WILL BE
TRIED FOR FIRST DEGREE
MURDER.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
LIBBY, Mont, June Airs.
Vera Prosser is being held under
close guard at the Richards hotel
here today, charged with murder
in the first degree, while the re-
mains of her husband, escorted by
|George'W. Miller and A. G.. Schae-
fer of Seattle are on the way to
Prosser's boyhood home at Lis
bon, Ohio. There are no women's
quarters in the county Jail of Lin
coin county here, so the woman
must be kept at the hotel.
The inquest came to a close
late yesterday, the jury finding
that "Prosser met death from a
Igunshot wound inflicted by his
divorced wife" and recommending
that she be held to answer for the
crime. She was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Miller last
night, where County Attorney
Maidon filed information against
her. charging her with first de-
gree murder.
Mrs. Prosser pleaded not guilty,
and was bound over to the district
court without bail, waving a
preliminary hearing.
Negro Denies Furnishing Gun.
C. G. Arlington, who says he is
a Philadelphia police officer, a
passenger on the train at the time
of the shooting, was the principal
witness against Mrs. Prosser.
The negro porter with whom It
lis claimed Mrs. Prosser pawned
her jewel to get the gun with
which she shot her Z husband
strenuously denies that he fur
nished the gun. He is in jail here.
When seen today, Mrs. Prosser
said she had been intructed not
TO talk by her attorneys. She
showed no signs of nervousness,
and said she had passed COM
Portable night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
Bargain Week

ss:oo2-3 fine lets, With basement.
build on. On o st.. between sixth
ave. and Blevenfh u.
ssos-cerner lot South Yakima
s5,seo--ooed s-room house. 8 lots.
fruit trees, ssrd q. cas-. fine
ti.see-,rro fine lots South araat
and SevsHth.
tI,lee--Four lots. corner So. 18th
and oskesi bath: IL. graded. Buyer
is to pay for 18th st. pavement This
fs . snap.
IS, foe--2 fins corner iots on No.
x ST. fine view Of sound; North II IL
paved. There are good houses. one
el 2 roema. facing X st.. new esmsuk
foundation. 4as and electric liHhts,
best or pirmbinH. The other house
has rooms and bath. facing side e.
Bertelson q co.
zzfsk Raelfiy Avs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
Plot to Assassinate
Roosevelt, Taft and
King George Fifth

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
DETROIT, June 4.-Presfdent
Taft received a threatening letter
here today declaring that plots
for his assassination and the as
sassination of Col. Roosevelt and
King George were under way.
The letter, written half i'm Eng
fish and half in Polish, warned
the president to take especial pre-
cautions to guard his life during
July and August. The letter has
caused the secret service men In
the presidents party considerable
worry but the president is not
troubled over IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04

early today, were discovered by
the motorman in time to avert a
wreck.
Members of the train crew in
formed police headquarters, and
Sheriff Stevens and several depu-
ties went at once to Berkeley sta
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
CLEAN UP YOURSELF OR
THE CITY WILL DO IT |

nf you own any vacant lots on
streets having sidewalks on when
weeds and underbrush are grow
ing up and where old tin cans and
rubbish is being dumped better
clean them up and cut the brush
at once. II you don't Commits
sioner Woods will, and 1t will be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
SEYMOUR AND
SCOTT TO
SPEAK

H. G. Scott. candidate for park
commissioner from the South
End, and w. w. Seymour of the
park board will address the people
of the southern section of the city
at the club house, Fifty-sixth and
L streets. tonight.
The South End club has al
ready endorsed both Scott and the
playground bond issue. and a big
meeting is expected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
Earthquake
Kills Two
i'm Cuba

(By United Press LEASED Wfre.)
SANTIAGO DIE CUBA, June 4.
Scores OF houses are in runs
today and debris oils the streets
following an earthquake here rate
last night. Two persons were
killed and seevral injured by fall
Ing masonry MANY Of the war
thier families are leaving TO-DAY
for Havana owing to conditions
here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
First Steamer
Arrives at
Nome

NOME, June 4.-The steamer
Corwin. the FIRST ship from Seattle
this year, whose smoke was sight
ca Yesterday morning twenty
miles from shore, managed to
buck through the ice to within
three miles OF shore today. Her
passengers were landed BY dog
teams. The steamer reports
heavy ice aid the way north OF
latitude 6s. The ice here is the
worst In 10 years at this season
81 the year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
SUMMER CLASSES
FOR BOYS At
Y.M.C.A.

The Y. M. G. A. this year will
conduct morning summer school
for grammar schoo lboys. There
will be a short session of school
from S:30 until 11:15 and then
plunge in the swimming pool
and a half-hour in the gymnasium.
Saturdays the school will take
tramps around the country, visit
the mills and study up on outside
affairs. Charles M. Sherman
viii have charge of the class.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
4 NEW TEACHERS
APPOINT TED BY
BOARD

A dozen new teachers were al
ca to the rolls for next year by
the school board yesterday. They
are. Lena Evelyn Wilson, Betsy
Pauline Stenberg, Nora Marie
HARLEY, Grace e. Slick, Pearl M.
Burns. Grace Baker, Jessie Grace
Putnam, Rose Adams, Lena Eliza
beth Strout Nellie May Kennedy,
Edith May Poindexter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
Bargain! Bargain!

Old broom house, fair barn. sew
eral chicken houses, fencing; lots,
each 25x142 feet, 80 foot alley In
rear, fine soil; splendid view; on
East C street. just south of South
10th; dandy chicken ranch; present
occupant there by permission only,
having no lease and paying no rent;
go out and see this at once; the
price, $1,000, half cash. Is really and
truly less than what the lots alone
are easily worth.
Adjoining the above are lots on
the corner fenced, under cultiva-
ton, set out with good sized fruit
trees. Look at these lots. and see
IL you do not think them a splendid
buy at $1,000, half cash.
Just across the alley, on the oppo-
site corner of the block, are 6 more
lots, under cultivation, fruit trees,
fenced; lie splendidly; these can be
had for 5000 each, $40 cash. IS per
month.
other fine lots in this addition
for $3.50, SIS cash, IS per month.
Even In these times, such snaps
as these come few and far be-
tween. See owner at 500 California
bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
.MOTORMAN Sees ROCK
ON TRACK JUST IN Time

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND. Ore, June A.
Several railroad ties and three
large boulders placed on the
tracks of the Cazadero Electric
line, apparently to wreck the
electric train which left Portland
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04
STEAMERAG ROUND
WITH 10 90
PASSENGERS
CRAFTSMANSHIP,

CRAFTSMANSHIP, Nor
way, June 4.-The Scandina-
vian-American liner ssUnited
States" bound for New York,
carrying 1000 passengers, is
ashore near here today. The
vessel struck the rocks, rip
ped a big hole in her side
and is leaking badly. Relief
steamers were sent TO take
on the passengers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-04

SAN FRANCISCO, June A.
The City OF San Rafael, small
stern-wheel freight boat, was
burned IN the bay last night. 1t
went 70 rapidly some OF the crew
had to leap into the water and be
picked up BY launches that went
40 the rescue.