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DISASTERS

Jan. G-DisastrouB floods prevalent
throughout western Europe, and in
Jan. 13-Ninety-one men killed BY
coal mine explosion near Wilburton,
Feb. 17-snowslide destroyed min
Ing camp near Bingham, Utah; 70
Feb. 25-Tornado in Arkansas and
Mississippi killed ten persons.
April 7--Oi tank fields at San Luis
Obispo and Brea, Calf, burned with
loss Of about $1s,0o0,0OO.
April S-FOrty men killed by ex-
plosions on two oil tank steamers near
New Orleans.
April 11-Twenty- -fivs seamen burned
70 death by explosion on tanker at
Port Arthur, Texas,
May 2s-cyclone and tidal wave in
June 1s-DisastrOus storms in I'LL
June 24-Disastrous floods in Ger
many and Mexico, hundreds being
drowned in latter country.
June 2s-EarthQuake in SumatTa
July 5-Moro than 400 killed by an
other earthquake In Sumatra.
July 1O-NaVRl ammunition depot al
Lake Denmark, N. J., struck by light
ming, was destroyed by explosions and
FIRE; twenty-One men killed and prop
erty loss about 500, O,00O,0O0
July 14-Twsnty killed in hotel IRE
n IN the GHLBklllS.
Aug. Sb-Twenty-ive killed in storm
that swept southern Louisiana.
Aug. 26-Forty-four men killed by
mine explosion at Clymer, Pa.
Aug. S1--Earthquake In the Azores
wrecked city OF Horta: "a killed.
Sept. Sixteen men killed by mine
explosion at TehonR, Okla.
Sept. B-rwenty-seVen killed In train
wreck near Leadville, Colo.
Fifty perished in fire in cinema hall
At Drumcollogher, Ireland.
Sept. 12-DisaStrous floods In si1
middle western states.
Sept. 1S-Tsrrific hurricane swept
lower east coast of Florida, passing
across state and gulf to Pensacola
About 500 perzous killed and property
losses in Miami and elsewhere amount.
cd to over $2OO,0OO,00O.
Sept. 28-Vsra Cruz, Mexico, and
vicinity badly damaged by hurricane
Oct. 3-Serious floods in Illinois, Kan.
sas and Oklahoma.
Oct. 4-Twenty-eight men killed BY
mine explosion at lockwood, Tenn.
Oct. 2O-Hurricane swept Cuba, kill.
ing 500 and doing $100,0O0,00O damage
to property.
Oct. 22-Earthquake in Armenia de,
gtroyed Leninakan and twelve other
towns; 500 killed.
Nov. 3-Fifty-one men killed by cave.
in Of iron mine at Ishpeming, Mich.
Nov. 6-Typhoon in Philippines killed
several hundreds.
Nov. 19-Sixteen men killed by ex.
plostOn on tanker at Baltimore.
Nov. 25-TOrnadO killed about 80 per.
sons in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mia
souri,
Dec. S-Twenty-nine men killed b
mih0 explosion at Princeton, IND
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NEUROLOGY

Jan. 2-Maj. Gen. W. ii. Hart, quar-.
tsrmaster general Of the army.
general OF the Virginia Catholic do
Jan. 2s-Cardinal Mercier OF Belgium.
Jan: 2e-Rt. Rev. Joseph s. Glass.
Catholic bishop Of Salt Lake City.
Jan. 27-ViScOunt KatO, premier OF
Jan. sO-w. L George. English au-
Jan; s1--qeorgs v. Hobart. musical
Feb. a-W. N. Wood, former presi-
dent OF American Wooden company.
FEB. s-Brig. Gen. Il. J. McClernand
retired, In Washington.
Feb. 11-W. c. Bobbs OF Indianap-
Oils. president BObbs-Msrrill Publish
Feb. is-fIsnry Holt, publisher ana
author, In New York.
Feb. 17-ArchbishOp J. =. Cieplak
Of Poland, in PaBsaiC, y. J.
Feb. 2O-Dr. James A. Israel. world
famous German surgeon.
Archbishop Roy OF Quebec. Catholic
primRte' Of Canada
March e-Rear Admiral Richard
wainwright retired.
March 11--Leopold Schepp, hnancier
and philanthropist, in New York.
Henry Sherman BOutell, former min
lister to Portugal and Switzerland, at
March i2-Edward WyIis scripps.
publisher, In MonroVia bay, Liberia
March 1S-HOward G. HeSzler presi-
dent Chicago & Western Indiana rail-
road, in Hsnsdale, Ill.
March 2O-Dowager Queen Louise OF
Denmark.
March 24-Albion W. Small, Univer-
sity Of Chicago professor.
March 26-Dr. George Snow Isham.
leading Chicago surgeon.
Rt. Rev. Edward d. Kelly, p. D..
bishop OF the Catholic diocese Of
Grand Rapids.
March 28-Louis Philippe. duke OF
Orleans, and pretender to he ,h~one
Of France.
April "A. G. McIlwaii tied tn
surRnce man in Hartford
The Bozeman courier., 1926-12-31
DOMESTIC

Jan. 4-HOuse passed post ONCE
1857. 600, 900.
Jan. 11-House passed Interior de-
partment bill appropriating S226, 500, 600.
Jan. 12-Senate by vote Of Al to 50
seated Gerald P Nye Of North Dakota.
Jan l9-Army board Of review ap-
proved conviction OF Col william
Mitchell
Jan. 26-Senate adopted Swanson res
erVations to world court resolution.
Haugen cooperative marketing bill
passed by house
Jan. 27-Senate by vote OF IS to IL
passed resolution for American ad-
herence to world court
Jan. 3O-Senate passed corn sugar
an rndment to pure food laws
Feb 8-Senare adopted repeal OF pub
licity provision Of revenue law
Feb lO-Senate voted to repeal all
taxes on automobiles admissions and
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been at many week end parties. The
BakongO had taken their payment
contentedly and everything was al
right till one of the iron boxes came
The Bakongo who brought il threw il
down in front of Simpson, ana then
without waiting for payment, had run
tor their lives. Simpson noted il had
been forced open, and when he in
Spected itS contents to see what had
been stolen he found the clock work
elephant looking AT him, Ina gine
the fright Of the carriers who had
tried to rob us,
The BaShilele We're much handsome,
men than the Bakongo; very tall
with fine features, many of the men
with long. thick boards. The women
received us with Il great noise which
resembled motor horns. and was pro
duced by "A simple funnel. made of
half Il CalabaSh with its stem
4 * =
NEXT evening we went out 70 lct
some guinea fowl. and wer" re-
turning toward the village when 7
noticed a few men All gong toward Il
spot where a pole had been erected in
the bush There we found several
logs. and on them were men sitting
drinking palm wine. We We're at once
offered some, and a cup was quickly
improvised for our benefit from a
leaf. II turned out that we had by
chance come to Il club
1t seems that the men. when they
have gathered their pa I'm Wine are in
the habit of congreeating like this in
the bush: here not only do they meet
people with whom they are in sym
pathy, but they are safe froni--their
wives
The BashileIe had lovely carvings.
and we purchased quite a good mum
ber of them. We did not, however,
want to stay long in this village, as
IL was very small and we We're afraid
of becoming a burden to the people
We were told that there was another
village of the same name at some dis
tance. so | sent Mayuyu with the
chiefs son TO ask if our visit would
be acceptable there. He brought us
message assuring us Of II hearty
welcome As il was out of the uues.
ton in so small a place TO raise Sufti.
cient porterS TO carry our loads. we
sent some on with the Rambala. and
then. the next day. transferred our
selves to the place marked on the
map as MakaSu IL.
The people of Makasu ii We're "a
amiable as those Of Makasu /. and
as for the next village. Kitambi, il
was just the place for a person re
covering from nervous breakdown.
Our life among these Bashilele was
perfect idyl The delightful old
chief, Luparakwe, left nothing un
done to make everything pleasant for
us. and his people took their cue
from him. We stayed for d few days.
and then mentioned to the chief
that 1t was time for US to move on.
Why do you want to leave u.s." he
asked. astonished. "IS there any.
thing you are wanting? Just tell me
l will see to it that you get it. Have
you enough food? I hope the people
don't make a noise at night when
you want to sleep. l am expecting
some friends who are coming to sell
curioS"
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Real Life Is Like Poker Game

stolidity: the Chinaman has no such
background. The Chinaman. more
over, is the best sportsman in the
world. ! have seen games in which
the money was literally taken home in
basketS-wicker baskets piled with
bills of all denominations-and yet not
a complaint was ever uttered, not
even disappointment registered.
In my work l am thrown into close
contact with the human organism in
all its functions. l have studied hu-
manity all my life from the anthropo-
logical and psychological viewpoint.
And I have yet to find n better lab
oratory exercise than TO observe the
manner of men of all nations as they
see my raise and come back "a ma or
draw one card and bet into nay par
| hand. The psychologists verbalized
visceral and manual behaviors are
functioning at their highest when the
cards are dealt and some one opens
under the guns for the size Of the pot.
I can truthfully say that 1 learned
about men from poker.
Evening star., 1926-02-14
Daring Traveller in BakonSo Saved From Death by Toy Eeph

! other White man. formally proposed
I that i should settle in the place and
I marry his daughter.
In those days. as some people NAV
still remember. it was not usual for
iamsels To send their fathers to bro
pose L" young men: consequently. this
I ~aS my first offer of marriage and il
I eInbarra SSed me considerably. ] could
not tell the old gentleman TO go and
speak to mother. and | did not dare
! To refer him to Hilton simpson. be
cause, Just as much to annoy me as
To secure a further supply of chickens
! eggs. bananas and green corn tof
which he was inordinatelv fond, and
| with which he used to gorge himself
| iisgracefully). he was quite capable Of
:linchinS the bargain on the spot.
/ Simpson proceeded to tell me that,
even if the lady was not charming,
| though he was sure of the contrary,
| it was my duty To marry her. as my
| connection with the Kimi kambu
| would be of great advantage in col
l"cting specimens; he said | owed it TO
| he British Museum and to science.
answered that, as he seemed to ap-
prove of such a political alliance and
/ | did not he was the boy to contract
/ it. / told him that l was devoid of all
/ ambition. while he Was simply de
yourcd by it, All he could answer WAS
to throw his boot at me.
! asked Simpson to tell the old noble
man that | was married; I don't like to
tel lies myself. Simpson, meaning
we'll 10 doubt told the kini Kambu
! that ! Was already a much married
man, that | had spouses by the score.
many more than ] knew what To do
with. The explanation was accepted,
! md + possible, raised me in the esti-
nation Of tn" kifni kambu and the
pihcr elders.
| had all the time imagined that the
lpresentS had been preliminary TO this
| proposal. and had been sent by the
| kimi EHmbu'S daughter, so ] was
! rather astunished at receiving an
! other, . small basket full Of beans,
! ihe every evening of her fathers visit
| hilton Simpson again tried 10 be
| funny, and said that, as Stanley had
| been called the Stone Breaker tBula
| NatadD. 7 would be known TO posterity
| 4s the Heart Breaker CBula M'Tima)
| we were interrupted suddenly by
| the appearance of highly excited
Young woman mot the kimi kambu 5
| daughter(. who seized me by the arm
| and told me that her own people had
| tried to Kill her because she wanted
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to marry me. and asked me 10 protecx
her.
The comedy had suddenly become a
tragedy; the poor girl was obviously
If her head. She sat down on a chair
aud refused to move away. 1t was
very distressing; her people were
shouting at Us to b" careful because
she might become violent at any mo
ment. II only could get out Of SIGHT
She might follow them home. So Sinip-
son and entered the tent by one side
ana left il by the other: we had how
ever, gone only a few steps when the
poor dementcd creature. who had fol
lowed US into the tent, discovered our
subterfuge and tried to find us
We ran for all we were wort h. dodg-
ing through the narrow and low gates
from courtyard to courtyard. she
would have caught Us all the same If
Jones, my servant from the lower
kongO, had not deceived her hv run
ming III the opposite direction. and
talking loudly as if ne were address
ing me. She lost our track, aud when
she saw she could not find US she re
turned quietly TO her home, but it was
hours before Simpson and dared 10
go to ours. The next day the poor
girl was sent 10 some relatives IN
another village.
At length came thu day Of our last
march, which was, alas 20 be mv last
trek in Africa. The air Was sharp:
the sun, Just rising above the horizon,
tinged the country with gold but
bad not yet conquered the chiN of
the night. Along the ever winding
path, scarcely broad enough for our
feet the grass became eraduallv
thinner.
The caravan in front oS Is. Iihc
long snake, wound its way down tho
slope. The sun Got hotter and hottor.
the men felt life puisatiuG with IL
creasiug energy in their veins The
Banb;.la knew that this was the end
Of the great adNentur" Of their lives,
after this. a steamer would take them
to their homes to tell of all the won
ders they had seen and of some
others. One Of them started
song The other carriers took NJ
the tune and l. making light Of my
dignity, fell in with the familiar
chorus How could I help singing
when the world was so beautiful
All of u sudden we came in sight
Of the river and then we perceived
some whitewashed mudhouses; an out
post of Europe
We had reached our journeys end.
tCupyriSht. l9@6.f
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Mr. Tur!aN. British explorer
and authrupnlogist. and his com
paniun. capt. Hilton simpson. were
the first Two white men ever to
penetrate To the dread Bakonsu
one of the races which they dis
covered about the Great Lakes
OF the kunGo ThaS were accom-
panied by y faithful Bambala por-
ters, and 10y an amazing year-old
Muya MI child. called Ruya.
In last week ; article the author
told how Buya'S terrible volume
Of jungle hiilingsgate. vhich he
directed fearleSSly at any oppo-
ncnt. had pulled them ont of seV-
eral tight corners. And the night
before The events in this install
lu"nt, ShadowN Bakongo figures
about the partN'S tents had been
c"ntnunded hy = peal Of childish
laughter from Bula Their pres.
ent situation. nevertheless, is criti-
cal.
Mr.. Torday * a member Of the
council Of the Royal Anthro-
pulogIcal Society of Great Britain.
corresponding fellow of the Anthro-
pOlogical Society of Vienna. and
author of "On the Trail of the
BushonSo. camp and Tramp in
African Wilds." and other books.
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Continued from Second PaGe.)


make good poker players. There is a
reason for this. To illustrate it: At
one time l was in Lisbon. Portugal,
as naval attache, and was asked TO
sit in a game. Among the players
was the Countess -, an old woman
with a predatory beak or Il nose and
wrinkled hands loaded with diamonds.
In a short time I caught her at her
favorite trick-short- changing the pot.
If there was a raise of two dollars
she would put in a five-dollar chip and
take out four one-dollar ones. ! spoke
to her about it: she laughed it off, but
tried 1t again shortly. / never let her
get away with 1t if was interested in
the pot.
This illustrates the reason why
women don't make good poker players.
They are organized toward poker in a
different manner from men. Poker Is
a game Of deception; once in the game.
friendship ceases" and your one
thought Is to deceive your opponents
by every means in your power. You
exercise to the fullest your talents for
tricking the other fellow. But there is
a distinct code Of ethics. If Arthur
Roche bets out in the face of my two
card draw, ] may or may not believe
| him. He is probably lying outright.
But l am certain that he has put the
full amount of the bet into the pot
Now a woman Is even better organ
lied to deceive than a man. She can
summon unheard-of cunning and
trickery to her aid. But a woman in
a poker game doesn't know where to
stop. The ethics of truth-telling are
suspended during the game; why not,
argues the woman the ethics of max
ing change correctly. or not slipping
Il glance ut your neighbGrs hand?
Hence the unpopularity of women in
poker games.
I found poker an excellent medium
for the study Of the Oriental mind.
played in China, at Peking, with a re-
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I told him that we had everything
that we required, but that we wanted
to get back to our own people. He
demonstrated, asked us to stay on just
a few days-and finally we had to
give in. One day we received a depu-
tation from a Badjok chief who had
a village in those parts, asking us to
come and see him: as this brought
us nearer to the Kasai. we sent a
message that we would do so.
/ asked the chief for porters; he
put us off on some pretense; l re-
iterated my request, and he answered
by repeating his offer to keep us for
ever with him! He did his best to
achieve this; we could have every
thing but porterA
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steps; I meant to exchange it for some
curio. | went to my tent, took 1t out
Of the trunk and found it wss in per
feet working order. Then I explained
my plan to Simpson, who was much
amused by it.
Soon the younger chief, who had
always been well disposed toward us,
was prowling around our camp;
called out to him to come, as / had
something of great importance to tell
him. He looked carefully around to
make sure he was not observed and
then came, very crestfallen, and OBJ
viously perturbed by the turn events
had taken. ! told him that I knew
It was not through his fault that
things had gone wrong, and that !
had decided to show my gratitude for
his good will by giving him advice that
would save his life, and that OF his
family and friends.
This made him quite nervous, and
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sinthe strength, in quick time never
known to abSinthe'
Doubtless, the government would
put stop to it.
So, queer as ii may seem, both wis
dom and esthetics lie hidden In the
silly, greedy joke:
You know. you must drink double
AS a fact. they don't drink double
yet.
They get along with less effect. no
longer being habituated TO the
stronger.
Its prohibition was land isl a tri-
umph of French respect for law-and
of French laws practical wisdom,
Evening star., 1926-02-14
French Prohibition Of Use of Absinthe
Was Effective, But Has Been Modified

veneS for drinkers-and a notable con-
cession Of the government risks TO
turn entirely wrong,
The government, as | have said,
again INDUCES the people. II goes
them $3.50. The name Of absinthe
remains taboo. but substitutes of half
old absinthe strength are permitted.
so, with the new favorites. "Cresso-
nee and "Amourette," you can trickle
your water over your lump of sugar
in the good old way, take gulp or
gulps, dilute again, sip slowly, and
wait for the fascinating effect. only
Only. ii takes a lot OF slipping
Old drinkers of foolish waters find it
slightly slow. That IS no harm, for
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there was nothing I would not have
done to those who had harmed our
faithful companions; Simpson was no
better. We went into our tent to
prepare all the ammunition we had
and make ready.
Suddenly the joyful yelping of
Sanga announced the return of the
lost men. Life again seemed worth
while. Mayuyu. who had only once
seen the way to Makasu tthe Bashilele
village), had made a mistake in the
dark, and it had taken hours to find
the right road again.
The porters, more than we wanted,
were there before dawn next morn
ings have never seen people giadder
to Ge4 I'D cc kheiR yi2toyA and havo
Evening star., 1926-02-14
Air Mail Letter Boxes.

MAIL dropped 5000 feet from air
A'A planes into delivery fields on the
ground may be a common thing in
England if tests now being made there
prove successful, says Popular Science
Monthly. These letter boxes" would
be cleared spaces used especially for
mail. 1t is a waste of time, the British
believe, for planes to make a landing
every time mail sack is delivered, so
this ingenious scheme is being tried.
Details have been kept secret, but II
is believed that when first released
from the planes the bags will drop like
stones. At certain distance from the
earth, parachutes will open 50 that the
bags will float down the rest of the
way and land without damage. Wait
ing motor cars then will distribute She
mail.
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They were fond of their foolish
waters, more than any one can tell
but not to the point of ruin,
They proved, equally, by accepting
prohibition of their beloved drink
without evasion that they were any.
thing but rotten with its essential
oils and alcohol up to 90 degrees.
They had saved their brains and
nerves, in truth, by an esthettC in
stinct-entirely through the progress
i've dilutions which / have triad TO
describe.
And, now, just here where French
people and government show super
practical, a practical difficulty inter-
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takes double time
The old Green Devil was at 65 de-
grees, with the essences in proportion
very strong.
The substitutes are at S5 degrees,
with the essences naturally less in
proportion.
Call il, literally. half the old
strength.
SO, IL would seem perfectly simple
for those who have the time TO devote
20 it. to get one pre-war absinthe you
need only drink two present subst-
tutes.
You hear them Joking up and down
the boulevard:
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Crisis in the Village of Savage Tribe
Accompanied by Some Thrilling Mo-
ments-White Child's Photograph and
the Gallant Offer Of the Bashilele Wom-
en-Buya Replies to Bakongo Threats
With Prodigious lnvective-An Offer
of Marriage-Perpetrating a Kongo
"Atrocity.
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Bl T.. TORDAN.

EMF morning. III our critical
SojUurn among the Bakongo
VI when we came ont of our
i tents we found that all the
raSSava plants that sur
rounded them had been cut. the work
OF the shadows | had seem suppose
with the idea of giving them an open
space thai would permit them to at
tack lis from within the Stuckade.
Insults We're hurled at Ms from the
village and Ruya was our spokesman II
Ia give the necessary answers. The
BaknnCo were very poor performers;
all they could say WAS that they
would Kill Us. They never rose above
strictly parliamentary language: not
SO Buya. That boy was remarka BILE
for his oloqIence and for his power
Of inVectiVe.
Now anybody might have thought
OF comparing the old chief to a h;i-
boon, but il required Ruya To Iikeu
hlm to the reNerse of one. 1t needed
personal acquaintance with a dead
crocodile 10 appreciate the inSinua-
lion that the Bakongo possessed the
same perfume.
What European child of his age
nay, what European who is not
professional naturalist, would have
thought of calling the men behind
this insect builds itself Il shelter of
sticks stuck togetherl?
AT noon Simpson and | were sitting
near the tent. when | suddenly oh
served the old chief stroll up to our
1mprONlSed kitchen, take the fowls
tied up there. and walk straight off
with them. L had just time to say
hurriedly 10 Simpson, Don't look
around; the old bounder is stealing
our chickens, and if either of us sees
It we shall have TO shoot him or we
are done for"
As long as we We're supposed to he
in ignorance of the insult we could
think matters over, but if it We're
known that we We're CogniZant of the
theft, hesitation to shoot would have
been considered a sign of fear, and
would have been followed by an open
attack. We could have put up
fair resistance; we had our sporting
repeating rifles and our shotguns:
in Il wooden case we had some other
cheap rifles with a few cartridges;
but we did not have d single man
who could have handled one.
We We're in the center of a strange
country; even should we succeed in
getting through, it meant the loss of
all our precious collections. We had
to try to get away peacefully. But
how? The Bambala realized how
things stood, and never have they
shown more pluck than on this occa-
sion They came up to us. dressed
In their best clothes, and asked us to
let the enemy come as near AS possible
when he attacked, then to shoot those
who had the best bows and the most
arrows: the Bambala would then rush
out. get these weapons and fight.
"Of course we are few and they
many, but they won't get us cheap"
] had brought with me from Europe
a toy elephant which, when wound up,
would wave its trunk and walk a few
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tired naval officer. two sons of Prince
Ching and the uncle of the boy En-
peror-certainly distinguished com
pany. My game enabled me to OBJ
serve that the proverbial imperturba-
bility Of the Chinaman is largely bunk.
The Chinese have very expressive
faces and do not try to cultivate an
impassive countenance. I could read
their expressions with ease.
In India, on the contrary, faces are
difficult to read. The race habits, or
"mores," Of the two races are widely
different. The Indian is trained in