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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1911
CUBAN VOODOOS SUY
Keep Parents on Island in Con.
stant Fear.
Authorities Act to Prevent Further m..
man Sacrifices by the
Worshipers.
ITavann, Cuba.?With the recent sudden
outbreak of cannibalistic practices
by voodoo worshipers, which have resulted
In the deaths of at least three
Innocent children and a half dozen of
the voodoos, the latter by the applicaf
tlon of "lynch" law for the tlrst time
In this country's history, fathers and
mothers ure living In constant fear
that their little ones may he spirited
nwa.v by the superstitious negroes to
be offered tip in sacrifice to "Chan go,"
the god of the "Brujos," as they are
called In the fast ilia n language.
The voodoos are divided into various
sects, each with its separate god.
The latter include "Rnbngueye," god
of sickness; "Klecttn." god of Injury;
"Olorruun" god of misery, and
"Change." the terrible god, to whom
human sacrifices are made.
"Chango," according to th<? voodoo
belief, was the s?o? nf ni..?
* "?.i i mm 31 nil
Anaragun. Hp was slain by Klecua,
tho "god of Injury," and ascended Into
heaven from a eelba, or god tree, in
tht month of May. It Is in the month
of May, therefore, that the "Hrujos"
observe their holy week, when Chnngo
Is expected to make a weekly visit
to the earth, descending by the oelhn,
his sacred tree, always on Monday.
The followers of Rlecua do not directly
offer human sacrifices, although
their healers sacrifice the lives of some
patients by giving them poisonous concoctions,
supposedly a mysterious cure
for some ailment. In order to restore
to health some other patient. Eleeua,
being the "god of Injury," his followers
believe that good can come to one
person only through Injury to another.
Voodoolsmi Is not practiced by the
negroes, alone. Many white persons
also are said to secretly take part In
their religious meetings, and accusations
have been heard in various quarters
of the difficulties encountered by
officers seeking to break up their temples
because of the obstacles placed In
their way by persons of Influence.
An active campaign by the authorities
tn Havana and other parts of
the Island have resulted In the capture
of numerous "Brujos" and the
seizure of many curious and weird objects
used by them.
High Heels Leeeen Vitality.
High heels prevail In spite of the
promise of something wiser in build
coming Into popular favor. Yet, to
quote a well-known doctor: "No woman
pretends that stie Is comfortable
when wearing high heels nor can she
hope to be graceful when wearing
them, for the body Is thrown out of
poise and the action of the feet Is restricted.
More serious than her nwkxvardness
Is the eventual Injury to her
health. For In the effort to preserve
tier equilibrium the shoulders are
throws forward, depressing the '-host;
breathing Is Interfered with, and that
means poorer blood and a tlnal dt?
crease In vitality. This comes gradually,
hut It Is Inevitable when n woman
persists In wearing very high
heels. Her heels should conform to
the arch If her Instep."?Exchange.
Use for Surplus Munitions.
An Interesting suggestion has been
made by a prominent Swiss meteorologist
and physicist. M. de Quervaln of
Zurich, to the effect that the vast
stores of munitions collected in the belligerent
countries during the lost four
years be utilized to advance the cause
of science Instead of being merely flred
off to make a Roman holiday, or
lae sunk In deep waters to avoid the
latent dangers which reside In them.
Ry detoning these explosives In definite
quantities, at definite placet, and
at definite times whose dntes are announced
In advance, a possibility
would be presented for the solution of
many Interesting problems In physics
and meteorology. The project might
advantageously be carried out In this
country.
Mrd I* Terror to lug*.
A cliff awallow will ca( a thousand
tiles, mosquitoes. wheat-midgets or
beetles that Injure fruit trees In a day
and. therefore, are to he encouraged,
saya the American Forestry assocla
Hon of Washington.
This bird la also known aa the care
swallow because It plasters its nest
on the outside of a barn or other building
up under the fares, t'olonles of
sever;if thousand will build their nests
together on the aide of a cliff. These
nests, shaped like a flattened gourd or
water bottle, are made of bits of clay
oiled Into pellets and lined with straw
or feathers. This bird winters in the
tropics.
Attachable Lamps.
A new electric lump will not only
stand wherever It Is placed on n flat
surface, but the buse also comprises a
rllp which may be clamped on any projecting
edge or post. Also the lamp
may he hung on the wall or placed on
a flat surface, using the dip as ? base.
Since practically all articles of furniture
have either an edge, a post or a
flat surface, It Is possible to use this
lamp almost anywhere. As the clamp
Is fe't ''noil, there Is no danger of
scratching or denting polished surfaces.
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^yUiOUND THE
AMERICA
y Repatriatii
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PLENTY OF ROOM IN TRUNK
Small Receptacle Once Sufficed to
Carry All the Worldly Gooda of
Noted New Englander.
Fol lowing the discovery. not long
ago, of nn Interesting old trunk In
which I>nnlel Webster rnrrled his legal
papers comes the finding of another
old trunk that George Nixon Rrtggs.
a former governor of Massachusetts,
carried on his hack when he pilgrimaged
from the town of Hudson,
N. Y., to Adams. Mass., there to begin
studying law. Governor Rrtggs has
not remained so fixed In memory as
Daniel Webster, but he was a famous
man In his time, and Is Interesting
today because at the national temperance
convention In 18.12 he took a
stand ror total anstinence. i.ater. as
president of the Massachusetts T.eglslatlve
Temperance society. hp marched
In procession through the streets of
Koston. although on this occasion there
Is no record that he carried his trunk.
The trunk, Incidentally, Is one of the
little ones common a hundred years
sgo. snd Governor Brig** In Inter
years repaired It, and affixed a card
tailing how he had brought If with him
to Massachusetts. "It contained," he
i wrote, "my entire worldly estate, all
of which was not worth $10."?Christian
Science Monitor.
Development ef Army Searchlight.
A review of the work of the army
engineer corps In the war, first Issued
hy the war department, aavs that
the corps produced a new form of
searchlight more powerful than any
that had preceded It In any army. >rlth
???.? Oaconil AoM armv had heen
, OIHI.H ,
partially equipped. "It weighed," the
report nay*, "one-eighth as much as
i lumps of former design. coat only onej
third as much, was ahout one-fourth
as large In hulk, and threw a light 10
per cent stronger than any other portable
projector In existence." Still further
to perfect the searchlight, our engineers
were at work on a remote conj
trol when hostilities ceased.?Scientific
American.
|Bk|dMM N_ ^imw^ffi^f:- j aT%:M^H99BKi^^^
When hostilities ocnsed there wer
millions of prisoners of war of all .
wlioiu is well known to ull the worl
supplies of clothing, medicines and si
Central Powers us soon after the aria
permit, uuil the work of getting the pr
tries vrr.a soon begun. In this photo
packed up and restored to something
that wLU curry theiu out of bondage
WON FAME AS ADMINISTRATOR
Sir William Macgregor Will Lceig Be
Remembered for His Good Work
in West Africa
Sir William Mucgregor was not tlx*
li-ust of tin* hits of good lurk which
this empire owes to the Scottish strain
of it. In the far-sundered areas of
West Africa and the Western I'uclflc
ho achieved distinction which will not
pass.
The world knew more of him as Pacific
high commissioner than as governor
of Lagos, hut to many Europeans
lo West Africa, and to those folk of
long memories, tlie African races, he
will always be Macgregor of Lagos, tlx*
pioneer sanitarian who begun processes
which have made Lagos n place
livable for the European and more
livable lhan ever before to Its teeming
African population.
The pedant may say that "circuinspiee"
scarcely applies where the benefactor
has only cleansed nir und ronds
jnnd purified water sources; neverthei
less, to no man could It lie attached
'more fitly than to Macgregor for his
work In that steady hive of activity.
The natives hnd a real affection for
him, for they knew he believed In
them, and Africans, like most other
sons of Adam, esteem that even above
good drains and pure water. lie had
a very clear apprecfhtlon of the terrible
danger of dermal) rule In the
tropics Just because of its thoroughness.
There are endless stories of him on
the const. One Is of an otlicial who,
nffer a tour in tlx* bush, told the governor
of an exceptional JuJu he had
seen?"exactly like a human being,
sir. only, of course, of wood."
"Nam* sac exceptional." Macgregor
remarked, and followed It tip with a
chuckling soliloquy, "I've seen some In
the ser-r-vlee."?Manchester Ounrdlnn.
THE LANCASTER IS
WOULD WITH Sl\
LN RED CROSS. \
ig Prisoners. /# \J '
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n In t^A hoiwlt, /^# ?k<xlM rr?^..A *
V 111 luiinio VI lliril 1 riliuil Uipiurs
Allied countries, the terrible plight ??f
il. Ited Ct>>ss workers, carrying relief
ipplementary foodstuffs, penetrated ttie
Istloe ns the military authorities would
Isonera started back to their own coun- j
graph a jroup of these men are seen
Ilk* uoruial health, awaiting the train
USE BUZZARD AS AIRPLANE
Rice Birds Take Free Rides Apparently
for the Pure Fun of
the Thing.
Size and strength are popularly associated
with victory, especially
among the lower animals, hut in many
cases this Is far from being the case,
particularly In the bird world. Among
the rice flats of the Carolinas. ther#
abound nt sotne seasons tiny rice birds,
birds so small that It takes two dozen
for a good meal, even though bones
nnd all nre eaten.
The great buzzard Is found circling
over the flats at all times. He dreads
the time for the rice bird to come,
for he Is then nearly pestered to
death. It Is a common sight to see
one of these tiny crentares fly up to
a buzzard, nnd, after dodging this way
nnd that around the awkward bulk,
flnnll.v alight well forward between the
buzzard's wings on the back. Here
the little passenger grabs a few feathers
In his beak and holds on for grim
life. After enjoying a ride for as
long n?< he desires, the little fellow
hops off and Is gone.
The peculiar feature of the whole
performance Is that apparently the
only purpose the rice bird has In getting
on the back of the buzzard Is to
take a free rhle. It puzzles every one |
who chances to see the little play to
And any other reason; yet the fact j
I i t-iiui 111^ ? 11;11 11 i> it i ri*i|ii(*m iM-rurj
rence, iiml the 11111?? birds seem to on*
Joy It hugely.
"Mugwump."
The modern word mugwump Is derived
from the Algonquin "mug(
quomp," meaning n great man, a
chief, and Is said to have been used
i among the Indians and whites of
Massachusetts and Connecticut in the
, seventeenth and eighteenth centtfries.
! The word was later used In a humor'
ous, or satirical sense, and was ap|
piled to a person who thought hlm(
self of consequence and Importance.
In this sense the word was long In
local use and often appeared In print.
In U. S. political history the term was
first appllev in 1884 to the Independent
members of the Republican party who
1 openly refused to support the nominees
of the party for president of the
! United States, and either voted for
the Democratic or Prohibition party or
abstained from voting. The word was
j not generally known In any sense be*
- fore that time, hut it caught the popuI
lar fancy and wai at once accepted
by the Independents themselves as an
honorable title.
Energy r?4mm4 In Combustion.
I A piece of coal releases,.during combustion.
enough energy to lift itself
shout 2.000 miles, or say from New
ions to I'nnama, vertically upward
against constant tea level fravltatlon.
A piece of hydrogen, our moat energetic
combustible, releasea In combustion
an amount of eoergy capable of
lifting about four times as far, or to a
vertical distance (against sea level
gravitation) roughly equal to the distance
from New York to Mnnlla.
But a piece of radium emanation
yields without any combustion an
amount of energy In the process of Its
evolution that would lift It against sen
level gravitation, not only to the sun. '
but to the orbit of the plapet Neptune. J
the outside fencepost of the solar sys
tern, and whlA Is about thirty times i
further from the sun than the enrth Is. .
"It Must Have Been l>ead at least (1 I
Months Hut Didn't Smell."
"Saw a big rat in our cellar last
Kail." Writes Mrs. Jonnny. "and
bought a 25c rake of HAT-SNAP,'
, broke it up into hdiall pieces. Last
.week whiie moving we came across
?lie dead rat. Must have been (lead
six months, didn't smell. RAT-SNAP
is wonderful " Threo sizes 25c, 50c,
$1 00. Sold and guaranteed by Lancaster
Drug, and VV. S. Stew man and
Co.
fEWS. LANCASTER, S. C.
OLD SHELLS HURT CHILDREN
Many Are Wounded In Palestine
by Accidental
Explosions.
Jerusalem.?Many children nre Injured
each day In Palestine by shells
ii n< I explosives which were sen tiered
throughout the country during Hie
open warfare between the Turks and
the allies.
The hat tie fields cover such a I a rue
area that careful salvaging bus been
impossible, and the result Is that children,
fanners, or peasant women are
mangled almost every day by accidental
explosions.
A large number of the cases treated
In the American lted Cross surgical
hospital here have been bomb cases,
according to the physician in charge.
The hospital was operated for seven
months, treating a total of (108 patients.
In the various clinics and dispensaries
operated by the lted Cross
in connection with the hospital. 111,000
men, 40,000 women and 7O,0oo children
were (rented In II months' time. 'Hie
hospital lias now been turned over to
the city health department.
Making a Garden.
And because the breath of flowers
Is far sweeter in the air where tt
conies and goes, like the warbling of
music, than in the hand, therefore nothing
is more fit for that delight than to
know what be the flowers and plants
that do best perfume the air. . . .
That which above all others yields the
sweetest smell In the air Is the violet
; especially the white double violet
which comes twice a year, about the
middle of April and about BaMholomew
tide. . . . Then wall flowers,
which arc very delightful to be set under
a parlor or lower chamber window;
then pinks and gllllflowcrs, especially
the matted pink and clove gilllflower;
then the flowers of the lime
tree; then the honeysuckles, so they
he somewhat far off. Of beauflowers
I speak not, because they nre field
flowers; hut those which perfume the
air most delightfully, not passed by
as the rest, but being trodden upon
and crushed, are three; that Is. hurnet,
wild thyme and water mints. Therefore
you are to set whole alleys of
them, to have the pleasure when you
wMlk or trend.?Francis Bacon.
".Mrs. KriU'li Tells How She tiot to
Know Hat-Snap."
"Have always feared rats. Lately
noticed many on my farm. A neghbor
said he just got rid of droves with
HAT-SNAP. This started me thinking.
Tried HAT-SNAP myself. It killed 17
and scared the rest away." ItATSNAP
conies in three sizes. 25c, 50c,
$1.00. Sold and guaranteed by. Lancaster
Drug Co. and \V. S. Stewman
and Co.
imsas&ssistfiBsmsM
BIG 1
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POl
bfj A fine stock of high
If ever, as most of the
gcj LADIES* READY-TO
I Ladies' Coat Suits. Serge,
$12.50, $17.50 $2
LADIES* DRESS
Serge, Poplin, Silk in all i
$4.95 $7.95
| LADIES' SKIR1
I Serge Poplin, Taffeta,
shades at . . $2.95 $4.95 $7.5
LADIES' AND MISSEJ
Broadcloth, Silvertone Sil
shades and styles at
. .$4.95 $6.95 $9.95 $17.51
Ladies,' Misses' and Chih
$1.49 $1.98 $2.25 $2.50 $5.0!
MILLINERY MIL
BP Complete line of up-to-dat
BP ladies and children
$1.98 $2.98 $4.95 $7.5<
<' i otui\)?- r
1\ IA/ I IlliHI I I J
Men's Suits, all wool, at
$10.;,0 $14.95 $19.r?0 $25.00
Young men's Suits
$14.95 $22.50
Men's and Bovs' Overcoai
$5.50 $ 1.95 $6.50 $950
Men's and Boys' Pants a
Men's and Boys Hats ani
M. P0L1A
in issssm
MAN MERELY POOR SECOND
Swiftly as Aviators Travel Through
the Air, the Swallow Easily
| Outflies Them.
I Doubtless the swiftest passage over i
r lonjr distance ever matlc by man was
i mil < ! uic oaring aviators wiiii new
from Newfoundland to Ireland. Tlioy
traversed a space of 1 ,1)82 miles in
t?7li minutes. That was at the rate of
nearly two miles a minute. To he preetse,
it was a mile in 30.18 seeonils. i
For a much less distance u slightly
higher speed was made hy ?n army
airplane between Boston ami NewYork.
The distance of 175 miles was
made In Hit minutes. That was a mile
In 28.45 seconds, or more than 185
feet a second.
That is rapid traveling. It is not,
however the swlftiest aerial tlight
known. A swallow could liter: lly tly
round and round one of thus? airplanes
when the latter was at top
speed, ''arefully conducted tests hy a
French scientist have demonstrated
that the speed of a swallow in full
(light sometimes goes as high as 200
feet a second, or at the rate of a mile
in IS seconds, while the ordinary (light .
of a swallow Is 210 feet a second or
considerably faster than the airplane.
Platinum Wonderful Metal.
The American Museum of Natural
History has Issued a bulletin giving
many Interesting facts relating to
platinum, one of the most striking of
which relates to Its ductility. The
marvelous ductility of platinum niuy
he conceived when we consider that
<illt t\f ti citttrln i rnt' aiii\oa ?w* >oo??l
It would be possible to make an almost
infinitely slender wire that would
renrh from Santiago, Chile, across the
continent to Klo Janeiro, a distance of
about 1,80<) miles. To draw out platinum
Into so exceedingly fine a wire It
Is covered with a thin luyer of gold.
This wire Is drawn to the thinness of
the former one, and the gold Is dissolved.
A small section of this second
wire Is then given a coating of
gold, redrawn and the gold covering
dissolved. After this process has been
repeated several times the wire finally
Is still Intact, but virtually Invisible.
One Frenchman's Sacrifice.
Thirteen sons dead, that represents j
part of the war's cost to n French \
farmer who lived at Kcninghe. near
c
Tpres?surely a record. He had .10
children, and 20 of his 22 sons fought ' ,,
on the various fronts. In 1917 the ^
widow of one of the sons was killed
by a Herman shell at Dunkirk. The t
farmer himself and one of his daughters
met n tragic end. In October, I
1914, they went to Lille to take part $
In celebrating the hundredth birthday f
of a relative. They were met on their '
return by a German patrol and were
hot. ! 1
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LIAKOr
grade Merchandise at r<
m had been bought befor
WEAR. I)
Poplin at All wool Serf*
2..>0 $37..>0 up feta Satins, at";
ES. Dress Ginhan
shades at
$14.95 $22.50 Heavy Outini
????? Heavy Cottor
36 inches Pie;
Satin in all Good Mattres
0 $9.50 and up
v coats. ;
. Good Heavy I
k, Plush in all
C.ood Sheetnij
[> $22.50 $47.50 Apron (.nigh:
Iren Sweaters. ^
f) $7.50 and up
Wool and Col
iLINERY double bed at . .
e millinery for
SHOE!
) $9.50 and up ^e aro bead
????????? shoes to fit the
>THIN(? Ladies' hitfht
at
$.15.00 and up Children Shin
$27.50 $37.50 ,!oys' Shocs
Men's Dress
$12.50 $15.00 $3.50
11 sizes Trunks and S
rl Caps 1.9}
vnrr Our Motto:?Hon
lYvrr Fair and Squat
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Break Up That Cold;
Avoid Influenza
You can't afford |lo trifle with a
cold. It may W\ui to mllums.* or
oilier serious trouble. Start figbtlag
it at once v II
MOTHEBflSJOY
ca^LSALVE
ApplW rxtrrnan* to tk>
Ithr>Mt and civ-St. it JtJy MM
prn?"nit<-? to Ui-iv-at ol tl*f ??- MJ
fl.injni.ition. rrlirvinc < mur*.
tion and *ip>tim, and aiding to M^W
pmv<-nt pnoinnotua It is
nuthiriK. srinn- M^W
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lutelv ti.itmVnw
t/> tiw lnntftrjl \ Malr- jtMn
skin I Jfxtori \
recommend it
your d-tlpt iu
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THIRD
RED CROSS
ROLL CALL
November 2 to 11, 1919
Time to Re-Join
RAT - SNAP
Also mice. Absolutely prevents
(dors from carcass. One package
troves this RAT-SNAP oomea in
akes?no mixing with other food.
Guaranteed.
25c. si/.e (1 cake) enough for Panrv,
Kitchen or Cellar.
50c. si/.e (2 cakes) for Chicken
louse, coops, or small buildings.
tl.OO size (."> cakes) enough for all
arm and out-buildings. storage
luildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and Guaranteed by Lancaster
Jrug Co. and VV. S. Stewman & Co. t
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easonable prices as Eg
e advance in prices ; j
rv (;oods
e, Poplin. Silk Poplin, TafiOc
$1.25 $1.98 $2.25 yard
is, Fancy, Large Plaaids at
20c and .'15c yd ^
g. all colors 25c ^
i Flannel . . . .25c and .'15c fcg
aching . . . .20c and 35c yd kg
>s and Feather Ticking at
22c 35c 50c 69c yard pg
->hir( Cloth 25c and 35c yd *,]
K at . . 17 1 -2c 25c 30c yd j^hj
ams, . . . 17c 25c & 35cvd. ?qI
ILANKETS
:ton Blankets, full size for
$2.19 $2.98 $3.19 $6.50 up p
Sri]
8 SHOES g^j
quarters for solid leather ^
family |=jj|
op Dress and Work Shoes jni
. . .$2.98 $3.50 $5.50 $8.50 pj
?s 75c $1.25 $2.25 $3.50 up
$2.19 $3.50 & 6.00 (ng
and Work Shoes at
$4.50 $6.50 $7.95 and up
nit Cases at
* 2.98 4.95 6.50 9.00 14.95
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*e Dealing our Success.