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I ^ A REMARKABLE PEOPLE.
New Guineans Shy of Natives and
White Men.
Dr. Bruno Beheim gives the following
description of the mysterious
and little known race of the Kukuhuhus,
of New Guinea. The Kukuhuhus
are in a part of English territory
through which runs river Lukehamu
and which is situated near the
W German boundary. This territory is
looked upon by the said race as their
inalienable birthright, and every usurper
is regarded with hostile eyes. No
T European has been able to meet the
Kukuhuhus In their dwelling pliaees.
Prosecutors and English officials
have made repeated attempts to approach
them, but their camps were
invariably found empty, often with
the campfires still burning.
Many a time have Europeans left
presents highly prized by other natives,
such as corrals, red cloth, look&
ing glasses, axes, etc., in the deserted
camps, in the hope of establishing
" friendly relations with these people.
J ' But on returning to the same places a
few days or a few weeks later, although
the camp showed recent traces
of occupation, such as live cinders
and fresh footprints, the goods intended
for presents remained untouched
where they had been placed.
^ Other races of New Guinea fear the
Kukuhuhus as poison. They have
learned to their cost what it means to
cross the boundary. Some disappear
for all time, while others are found
dead, thrust through with spear
wounds. The Kukuhuhus, however,
do a bartering trade with other natives
in the following way: The lat?
ter bring salt, earthenware, dried
fish, etc., and deposit them in a cer/
tain indicated place. They then reo
fow hnnrs. beins: notified to
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do so by a curious cry from the disA
tance. The timid mountain dwellers
sj[ then descend to view the goods offered
for sale. If they want them they
put down other goods, such as skins,
k feathers and other jungle produce,
next to those articles wanted by them.
Then they retire in turn, and when
(the way seems clear the coast dwellers
approach again. If the latter are
satisfied with what is offered in exchange
they take the goods put down i
"by the mountain people and go away;
if not satisfied they retire again as
before with empty hands. These
business transactions between wild
races show a sense of humor that resembles
careful thought.
Doctor Boheim regards the Kukuhuhus
as the most remarkable of the
ethnological wonders of New Guinea,
and he was not successful in discov?
ering the secret of their origin."
Witches in England.
Centuries have passed since "witclioc"
executed in England, but in
very recent times they have suffered
physical harm. Doctor Jessopp knew
a Norfolk man who died in 1883, and
J in the sixties had joined with his two
"brothers in a night expedition to the
house of an old woman. They took
her out of bed, and, in the presence
of half a dozen other people, threw
her into a pond, "where she would
infallibly have been drowned, but
that some who were not so mad as
the rest cried out that she was sinking
to the bottom and must be saved."
The conclusive evidence against
her was that she kept a black cat and
wore a black silk dress on Sundays.
In 1882 there was still alive, and
master ih an elementary school, one
who, as a young man, had scratched
a "witch's" arm till the blood poured
down, because she had "overlooked"
him, and only so could his health be
restored.
A trial for witchcraft and sorcery
occurred in England in 1SS1. This
was the trial of the Fletchers, who
famnus rlairvovants. crystal
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gazers, and mesmerists?who gave
seances to which the whole fashionable
world flocked. They induced a
Mrs. Hart Davis to give them jewelry
and lace to the value of 10,000
pounds and when proceedings were
taken against them fled to America.
The husband managed to escape ar*
rest, but Mrs. Fletcher was brought
back to England, indicted under the
old statute of witchcraft and sorcery,
and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment
with hard labor.
Steps Led to Big Cave.
Edgefield, June 8.?Several days
ago negroes reported to Mr. J. N.
Fair that they had seen several white
.. men digging an excavation on his
plantation near Trenton. Naturally
his curiosity was aroused and he
went to the spot to find quite a hole
had been dug without any unusual
developments. The digging was continued
and soon a complete staircase
was discovered which led to an unripr?roi;nd
cave of considerable di
mensions but entirely empty, although
it was hoped and supposed
that the steps would lead to hidden
treasures. While quite a mystery,
the matter was evidently the work of
man, and the guess is that the work
was that of the Indians, this part of
; the country having been thickly populated
by them. Many have gone to
see the cave.
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VERY QUEER CASE.
Father's Spirit Calls Two and One
of Them Dies.
The death dreams of Joseph H.
Freedman and Max Freedman, brothers,
of New Brunswick, N. J., followed
by the passing away of Max.
were discussed with awe in that
city by many people for days.
Ten days ago Joseph dreamed vividly
that the spirit of his dead father
appeared and pegged him to join him
in the grave. This dream neither he,
his wife nor any other member of the
family told to Max, who was dangerously
ill of a kidney disease.
But his wife told Joseph's wife of
a dream the sick man had had and
Mrs. Joseph Freedman was startled
intn hvctprirs for in every de
BOAT TO PLY THE EDISTO.
Freighter Being Built to Bun From
Branchvilie to Charleston.
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An Orangeburg special to The Columbia
State says: W. F. Trumbly, of
Branchville, is building a boat to ply
on the Edisto river between Branchville
and Charleston. This boat will
carry freight. The boat will be about
65 feet long, 13 1-2 feet wide and will
draw about two feet of water. The
boat will be driven by an 18-horsepower
gasoline engine. The boat is
built as is allowed to come within
class Xo. 3 and will carry a crew of
three men.
Although the government engineer,
G. P. Howell, of Charleston, has reported
unfavorably on the Edisto
project, ana me piu?ycv_i.& anthe
river will not be opened to navigation,
Mr. Trumbly deserves credit for
getting ready to put a boat on the
river anyway. William L. Glover, of
this city, has been in Charleston recently
gathering data, and with local
data, will, with others interested in
the opening of the river, appear before
the proper committee and endeavor
to have the report of Major
Howell overrruled.
Dictagraph Talk Altered.
Atlanta, Ga., June 11.?Another
sensation was sprung here today in
connection with the local political
fight involving Mayor James G. Woodward,
certain members of the city
council and officials of the police department.
The Atlanta Constitution
this morning published what purports
to be an affidavit made by
George M. Gentry, the stenographer
who reported the conferences alleged
to have been held in a hotel room
here recently, in which a secret telephonic
device was said to have been
used against Mayor Woodward,
Thomas B. Felder, a prominent local
attorney; C. C. Jones, proprietor of a
near-beer saloon; G. C. February, secretary
to Chief of Detectives N. A. 1
Lanford and others.
Gentry disappeared several aays
after the publication of the alleged
dictagraph records of the conferences.
E. O. Miles, an investigator, declares
he located Gentry in Washington,
D. C., ?nd obtained from him
the affidavit which Miles turned over
to Mayor Woodward last night.
The alleged affidavit of Gentry declares
that his original transcription
of his notes of the conferences was
"padded" and altered. The affidavit
further states that Gentry did not
hear Mayor Woodward mention the
names of Chief of Police James L.
Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford,
as shown in the published record
of the conferences.
Graves of Early Egyptians.
London.^?The graves of the early
Egyptians, the very earliest in the
prehistoric era of King Mena, 6,000
years ago, were described by Prof.
Flinders Petrie.
They are curious things, consisting
in addition to the graves themselves
of small antechambers where gifts of
pottery and alabaster vases were
lodged beside the bodies.
They resemble the foundations of a
house as they might be laid down by
a modern child at play. First there
is an opening about eighteen inches
wide in the stacks marking the side
of the antechamber, which represents
the door through which the offerings
were brought. The antechamber and
grave are connected by two small
siits.
These graves, between 600 and 800
in all, are spread over a mile of desert
near Tarkhan. The presence of
so large a cemetery, Prof. Flinders
Petrie explained, shows that there
, must have been a large town here in
the pre-Menite period. This town
r.rAPPHpd thp founding of Memphis
and the excavation of its site will
show a stage in the conquest of the
land by the kings of Abydos. It is
therefore a most valuable connecting
link by which Egyptologists can ascertain
the culture, etc., of the people
in these pre-dynastic times.
The contents of the graves have
led to important discoveries. Seventy
skulls have been secured in a
perfect state. One grave contained,
not a human skeleton, but the skeletons
of three asses, presumably the
inseparable companions in life of
their owner and so were given a decent
burial. They are the most ancient
asses on record and their bones
have been carefully preserved. Other
tombs contained a pet goose and gazelle,
both lying over the human
skeletons. These were offerings at
me .gravr.
Although 6,000 years old, the
wooden coffins, which were made of
planks of acacia and shittim wood,
are in a remarkable state of preservation.
although before being used as
coffins they formed part of the tim- ;
ber work in houses.
"I once kept one grave open in
order to show it to archeologists,"
said the professor, "and foud that
its contents perished more in six
weeks than they had done in 6,000
years."
ll^ai 1 * 11A VV/ 1AV' V/vv/? J ? ? tail
it was the same ghastly dream
that had come to her husband the
week before.
Xot merely did each man dream
of the spirit of the dead father calling
him, but the words spoken by
the spirit were the same on both
occasions. Joseph Freedman is a
produce wholesaler at 131 Burner
street, New Brunswick, a man not
given to superstition. .Max was
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tHJUcl.il> piat'iitai.
One morning about ten days ago
Joseph came to the breakfast table
looking so pale his wife asked if he
were ill. He told her he was still
feeling the effects of a dream. A
gray, gauzy apparition had appeared
to him, had stretched out entreating
hands and had said:
"Come with me, Joe,. Come and
we'll lie down together up there
under the grass, where we can sleep
and not know or care what the striving
men are doing in the world.
Learn with me the wonderful things
that have come to me since I have
passed to where knowledge really is."
Freedman said he told the apparition
that he did not want to die, as it
would be cruel for him to do so and
leave his wife and children unprotected.
When that plea was made the
ghost vanished.
Max Freedman became very ill a
few days later and Joseph and his
wife went to Max's home in Cedar
street. To the consternation of Mrs.
Joseph, Mrs. Max began weeping
violently and said:
"It is hopeless, Max is going to die!
That can only be the meaning of the
dream he had two nights ago. He
saw his father's ghost and the old
man urged him to join him in the
grave."
How to Fight the House Fly.
Pyrethum powder burnt in a house
ci-nn^fips a fiv until vou can sweep
him up and put him where he belongs.
A little of this burnt' in the
rooms in the morning?after which
the rooms should be aired?will
make the house exempt from flies all
day. Twenty drops of carbolic acid
dropped on a hot shovel or on any
piece of warm iron creates a vapor
that lays flies low. The common
migonette plant grown in jars and
placed in a room makes things unpleasant
for flies. A handy thing is
the white clover. It is strange, but
flies hate the odor of white clover.
Have a little of this around in a vase,
and you will notice the flies have
business in the other direction. This
clover should be renewed every day
or so, for when it becomes dry it irritates
the nostrils. A cheap and effective
poison not dangerous to human
life is bichromate of potash in
solution. One drachm dissolved in
two ounces of sweetened water and
placed in shallow dishes will call the
long roll for any number of the pests.
Another remedy that for all purposes
has few equals is a solution of forma
lin, or formaldehyde in water, a
spoonful of this liquid in a quarter of
a pint of water left exposed in a room
will make the flies scarce in a very
short time. Flies are sensitve to
light; keep the window curtains
drawn, all except one little slit, and
they, will gravitate toward it. Then
you can easily drive them outside.?
Leslie's Weekly.
An Incentive to Save.
A California man of 30 has been
left $5,000 by his uncle on condition
that he first earn and save $1,000 of
his own. Until the thousand is secured
in the manner designated the
bequest will lie dormant.
One is inclined to commend the
judgment of the uncle. If a young
man has not sufficient will power to
accumulate $1,000 he is not likely to
possess the wisdom necessary to handle
five times that amount handed
to him as a gift.
The world is full of men whose
mental vision extends no further than
the next pay-day, who have no more
notion of saving money than they
have of growing tail feathers. Their
acquaintance among pool room habitues
is far more extensive than
among receiving tellers. A week's
idleness means a doubtful account at
their grocer's.
This young Californian will either
get his uncle's bequest or he will not
deserve it. In either case the money
will not be wasted.?Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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SPARTAN ROUGH RIDER DEAD.
Joseph Gosnell, of Ionian, Fatally
Injured by Fall from Horse.
Spartanburg, June 13.?Joseph
Gosnell, the fourteen-year-old son of j
J. H. Gosnell, a prominent resident of
Inman, died tonight of injuries which 1
he received here last night when he j
was thrown from a horse. He was
riding the horse at break-neck speed,
supposedly in order to cross the railroad
tracks ahead of an approaching
train. As the horse rounded a sharp
curve the boy was thrown. He was
found lying by the roadside unconscious
and never regained consciousness.
He is believed to have sustained
concussion of the brain.
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discretion you should use whe
w
Q you start to buying your suppl
nof necessary vacation goods, a
you want to be prepared for lot
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renewed vigor. A good suppl
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sary, and among these are th
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Cylinder Head Blows Out at Camden
Ice Plant.
Camden, June 15.?A cylinder
head on one of the engines in the
ice department of th% Carolina Public
Service Company blew out Friday,
narrowly missing Claude Lyon, a mechanic,
and Jesse Certain, a negro
assistane, who were working on top
of the engine at the time. A hole
was torn through the roof of the
building. The explosion released several
tanks of ammonia, which almost
overcame some of the workmen before
the ammonia valve could be cut
off. The accident will not cause any
shortage in the local' ice supply.
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I Talcums, II
Perfumes, 11
Toilet Water, j
Soaps, ?
* Stationery,
e Rubber Goods,
Brushes, L
y Combs, 2
IS T.:Li u_i_. 0
loiiei neips,
<1 Playing Cards,
y Leather Goods, ,
* Manicure Goods, O
* Thermos Bottles, 1
l Candies, Cigars,
Pipes, Cigarettes. J
Pharmacy
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the Lessons
children gather around
udying their lessons for
>ne often rings. A little
le road wants help from V
-en as well as grown-ups
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Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights
of Pythias meets first and fourth
Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visiting
brethren cordially invited.
GEO. F. HAIR,
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