The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, April 06, 1900, Image 2
f.i !4 MB ft t S J. i i I It '8 is RUNNING A Queer Form of Insanity to Which the Natives are Sometimes Subject. Much nttontlon lins been called to the number of men In the nrmy serv ing in the Philippines who have gono Insane. The government has Bent n special commission out there to Investigate- the matter, and tliero has been talk of a mysterious (Unease called the "Soudanese Fever." It Is believed by some that this disease Is peculiar to East Indian and African tropics; that It was this which caused Dr. Peters to get Into trouble for hilling Africans, nnd mado the French olllcers In the In terior of Africa recently slay other olllcers Font to their relief, Is one theo ry. Everjbody has heard of the Malay who runs amuck and, frenzied, kills right and left until he himself is kill ed. The word "amuck" Is a corruption of the Javanese word "amoak," to kill. Thero seems to be no doubt that the Malay occasionally goes crazy through the overindulgence In opium or hasheesh and, springing from his "shack," runs through the strectB of his village, killing all whom ho may meet. When In a Malay vlllago tho cry "Amuck" Is raised, it is llko the cry of "Mad dog!" In an American vil lage, ami the populace turn out with long bamboo spears and kill the man as soon as they can. Hut the "Soudan ese fever," If it exists, Is another thing apparently. It may he that tho dis ease which has aflllctod whlto men In the Philippines and In equatorial Af rica, Is only n variation of apoplexy, brought on by iudulgeuco In heating and stimulating foods. Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman, who has visited the Philippines, and was with General Hates when tho general made his treaty with tho Sultan of Sulu, Is Inclined to doubt tho existence of any such thing as tho 'Soudanese Fever." Ho says: "I bellovo tho army ration Is the cause of tho spread of Insanity nmong our troops serving In the Philippines. The ration Is perfect ly unscientific. It might do well for temperate or nrctlc climates, but to ftcil men on so much heating food ns Is given to the soldiers out thero la absurd. "Vo hear a great deal about natives of the Philippines running amuck, es pecially thnso who live on tho Sulu Islands. I do not believe that those wild outbreaks of murderous passion are brought about by any peculiar physical disease It Is rollgloiiB frenzy, usually fostered for political reasons, which causes the natives to run amuck. I Investigated the subject somewhat while I was In the Sulu Islands, whore tho natives have been given most to this sort of thing, and found that In every caso which I could coino at the murderous Insanity of tho men had .been produced deliberately. When n native ofllclal of the Mahometan tribes In tho Philippines wishes to work woe to an enemy ho gets together some re ligious enthusiasts and has a sort of revival meeting. With promises of seven wives In the seventh h-iaven nnd like Inducements, and with most artful Incitement of tho religious feeling of the men ho hns selected, ho gets lit J chosen ones Into a state In which (hey freely offer themselves for the sacrifice to kill until they themselves nro killed. As soon ns a man declares 4hat he Is ready a stout leather thong Is tied about his person In such a man ner that every step causes him excru ciating ngony. Then his crease, or crooked sword, Is given to him, and ho Is turned loose. Driven frantic by the pain which his every movement causes, ho rushes on, killing as ho goes. Thero used to bo a lot of this sort of thing In the Sulu Islands when tho Spaniards were thero, but when the Americans took chnrgo tho sultan and hlB Datoa wero given to understand that such customs were not looked up TIE FORT AT Tho Boer fortress at Johannesburg, ono of the strongest armaments In the world, occupies a splendid position on top of Hospital hill, which commands the road to Pretoria. It stands out above tho plcturesquo and comfort able residences which abound In tho outskirts of Johannesburg. Tho fort is rectangular In shape, with two bas tions at opposing corners. On each of theso ImBtlons Is mounted a 23-centl-meter qulck-llrlng gun, with two llauklng Maxims for enlllnde tiro. On tho Bldo looking townrd Iiarnato park are four small quick-tiring guns, whllo on tho opposlto side, which faces Jo hannesburg, Is the entrance. This In AMUCK IN on with favor by this government, nnd somebody might be held responsible. The result Is that there has not been n caso of running amuck In tho Sulu Islands since our troops took charge there. "We hear onco In a whllo of Malays on board ships running amuck. I be llovo that In such cases their frenzy Is not due to any peculiar dlsensc, but to tho fact that they have been driven to extremes by abuse and cruelty. Wo hear of Scandinavians doing tho samu thing sometimes. No, I am not a be liever in the 'Soudaneso fever' nor In tho army ration." THE ELEPHANT SNEEZED. Uliviivctil Ktmit Alinuat Cronteil a I'milc Ht tliti oo. Jolly, tho zoo elephant, Bticezed the other morning and all the zoo attend ants took n vacation to laugh. Tho elephant sneezes only about onco In llvo years. When ho sneezes It Is an omen of prosperity, Indicating abun dant crops nnd great commerclnl ac tivity. Tho phenomenon Itself forma an Interesting spectacle. Everything was quiet In tho zoo, when somebody JOHANNESBURG. genious entrance traverses the ram parts at an angle of forty-five degrees. Within the court, right and leftof tho entrance, are stables, whllo under ono of tho bastions are barracks and a magazine. Tho other bastion covers olllcers' rooms nnd a somewhat small er magazine. I.ong before tho out break of tho present South African war this fort at Johannesburg, llko tho rest of tho Trunsvnal forts, was well provisioned and supplied with an Im mense amount of ammunition. So to day It stands almost lmprognable. Tho accompanying Illustration shows ono of tho fort's bastions nnd gives a good Idea of how the qulck-llrlng gun lint been mounted by tho Boer artilleries. THE PHILIPPINES. shouted to Lecturer Rollins: "Look out, tho elephant's going' to sneeze!" All tho attendants deserted their posts and ran to look. Jolly had drawn up A VICTIM OF PHILIPPINE ISLAND INSANITY RUNNING AMUCK. his sides until his back was humped. His tall was stlllly horizontal. His mouth was open nnd his eyes wero shut, whllo great tears the size of pea nuts rolled down his leathery face. Thero was a great drawing up of tho sides, a long continued convulsion, n trembling of the Hour nnd then an ex plosion like the report of the Hoer can non "Long Tom" at Ladysmlth. Half a bucket of water shot out In a stream toward the monkeys' cage, while tho elephant's legs ti'embled as ho pre pared for a second sneeze. Thero was a rumbling like that of an earthquake and a volcanic crack. All tho animals set up a roar. Dewey's cat Jumped down on the back of the goat and every monkey screamed shrilly. Tho quagga brayed and the kangaroo barked. Tho leopards snarled and Prince Tiny Mlto nearly tumbled off his platform. Jolly had been known to sneezo only twice before since Director-General Botock hod owned him. UNEXPECTED IInpirnnil In Unite tho Umint Way, an the Huricron Kxplnlned. "Somo of tho queerest experiences of a doctor nro pretty certain to bo con nected with the administration of anes thetics," said a New Orleans physician, chatting the other day with a news paper friend, "and nppropos of the sub ject I recall a llttlo story that I don't mind telling, ns tho Incident occurred long since and In another city. A doz en years ago, when I was temporarily located In St. Louis, I was called ono day to tho old Llndell hotel to glvo chloroform to a young woman who was about to undergo a slight surgical op eration to remove a morbid growth In the enr. Tho patient, ns It developed on my arrival, had boon married only a few days before, and was In tho city with her husband on tholr bridal tour. Although quite handsome, sho was no longer exactly In her first youth, nnd sho wns very much averse to having and sho was very much nverso to hav ing her husband present at tho opera tion. However, ho Insisted, nnd sho finally agreed that ho should stay, but I noticed that sho seemed very nervous nnd preoccupied. Tho operation, ns I said before, was trilling. Sho took tho chloroform easily, nnd all went well until sho was Just regaining con sciousness, when she opened her mouth nnd out fell a set of false tcoth. Sho had said nothing nbout that detail, and tho truth was that sho had hoped, poor woman! to pass through tho ordoal without tho fact of her wearing such things being known to her husband. But the effect on that Individual was unexpected. Ho gave one horrified glance, and then rushed nt the old sur geon and seized him by tho throat. 'You Infnmous scoundrel!' ho yelled, 'you have broken my poor darling's Jaw!' At that stage of affairs I beat a retreat. I never did learn exactly what tho husband thought had hap pened or what sort of explanation was offered." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Cowboy Illackitiiltlilng. "Up at my camp near tho Four Penks," told Jim Bark, tho well-known cnttlemnn, "the boys are all handy with a rltle. We've got n lot of guns up there. The old-fashioned black powder Winchester has been discard ed, and nothing but the best goes. Most of the new guns were bought dur ing the Spanish war, when we would experiment all day with tree trunks nnd rough trenches, learning the art of war at home. We found that n bul let from one of the new Winchesters driven by smokeless powder was good for four foot and more of pine timber, and for more than an Inch of Iron. I thought the boys had done nbout everything In the shooting line that could bo dono long ago, but I was mis taken. I sent them up a wagon. In hnullng down some firewood they broko the bolsters all to flinders. Tho bolsters hold up the wagon bed, you know. Well, the boys Ilgured out all right the rebuilding of the wood parts, but came neir being stumped on the Iron fixings. They got some old Iron wagon tires and cut them In proper lengths, but hadn't a way that they could sco to punch tho necessary bolt holes. Flnnlly the question wns solved. Ono of tho boys carefully marked the places for the bolts, stood tho pleco of tiro against a tree and put a bullet, 30 caliber, through tho tire at each place marked. It was a novel sort of blacksmlthlng, but It worked." Arizona Graphic. A rri'innt for 1'npii. Tho children wero making their plans for Christmas and their mother was helping them, while their father was deep In his evening paper. But ho could hear, and this Is what ho heard: "What aro you going to glvo papa?" asked the mother. "I think," said tho eldest, thoughtfully, "that I will give him nn alarm clock." "An nlnrm clock!" exclaimed tho mother, "Why do you want to glvo him an alarm clock?" "Because," answered the child, with nn earnestness that showed she had given tho matter some thought, "If ho has an nlarm clock at tho ofllco maybe ho will know when It Is time to come homo to dinner." Curiam) Wunirlni; of Kniuk, During tho volcanic eruption In the Hawaiian Islands last summer, the tmoko roso to a height of between live and six miles, and then drifted away to tho northeast. At n dlstanco of fiOO miles from Hawaii It settled upon the surface of tho sea, nnd wns then car ried back by the northeast wind to its placo of origin, where It nrrlved a fortnight after Its original departure, nnd covered tho entire group of island? with Its heavy pall. GDDLESS NEW YOLK.1 HOPELESS PLACE FOR CHRIS TIAN PREACHERS. Many Cauiaa Contribute to Thlt, but the Main Una la Tht the Jawa Are Crowdluc Out the Ctarlittau Churclim. The most hopoleas place on tho globe for satisfactory Christian work Is New York, according to Rev. Dr. Daniel N. Martin of Newark, N. J. "Once upon a time," says tho Newark divine, "Bon- day and church-going wero identified togothsr. Now Sunday Is Identified with manifold forms of recreation. The majestic king of days has lost his throne nnd his scepter In New York. In fact, he has quietly been put to death. Thoy began by smothering him under those big white and black blankets called Sunday newspapers. Whllo ho was still breathing they drove tho street cars and excursion trains over his body, nnd what bonos were left unbroken hnvo been ground completely to powder by the millions of bicycles which roll over'hls pros trate form. "Every preacher In New York, with possibly two or three exceptions, stands in his pulpit on Sunday with old REV. DR. DANIEL N. MARTIN. Nehcmlah's question tugging nt his heartstrings, 'Why Is tho houso of God Forsaken?' Forsaken by the poor because they have worked so hard through the six days that the seventh finds them in bed trying to secure the necessary equipment for another week's tussle with the wolf. Forsaken by the rich because they have played so hard nil the week that they are ab solutely too worn out for worship. Forsaken by the vast foreign contin gent, who have never been bred to hab its of church-going. Forsaken by that Increasing class of morally corrupt men who feel that religious convic tions do not depend on church attend ance. Forsaken, of course, by that multitude of men and women to whom life has no serious meaning, who aro living In the animal nature and arc satisfied with it. Forsaken also by that numerous class of indlfferents who, whllo they may have no moral slant to their lives, have drifted out of all church atllllatlons, to whom tho call to worship Is like the dim echo of an Alplno horn, who are more thrilled by the breakfast bell than the church bell, and who uso Sunday to visit and receive visits. "Then thero aro hordes of pooplo who regulate their church-going by tho thermometer and the barometer. If tho weather Is too hot or too cold, if it rains or Bnows, they never attend divine worship. "But the final and far more serious discouragement to church life In New York Is tho stupendous growth of tho Hebrew race. Nearly every name on tho Broadwny stores between the Bat tery and Twenty-third street 1b a Jew ish name. The Jews are becoming tho merchant princes of New York. They are still the chosen people. They aro settling down Into the best parts of Manhattan island. Pastors suddenly discover that their churches uro sur rounded by dwelling houses occupied almost exclusively by Jews. I can point out not only whole blocks, but wholo sections of the city, Inhabited by tho Hebrew race, nnd In tho finest residential portions. They tnke pos session of n neighborhood so grndunlly and quietly that a pastor discovers that his church, onco launched In a Chris tian community, Is suddenly stranded high nnd dry In a Jewish one. After n while tho original membera drop oil, and tho thrifty .Tow has his oyes on the bargain counter, for churches ns well as other merchandise. He need not go to tho trouble of building n synagogue, ho can buy a church far cheaper. A prominent rabbi told a city pastor that if the terms could be agreed upon ho could buy twenty or thirty churches between Fiftieth nnd Ono Hundredth streets. Americans have been com plaining for a long tlmo that tho Jews wore crowding tho Genthes out or business. Is It possible that tho Jews nre ulso crowding the churches out or New York?" Tart. Tact Is born with somo mop and women, llko the supple, delicate fingers of the nrtlst'B hand; nnd thoao who have it uso their gift Instinctively. It is not measured allko to those who hnvo It. Men possess It In different de grees, while others again aro wanting In it altogether. It Is tho outcome of Intellectual and temperamental quali fications, and Implies tho possession of clour perceptions, quick Imagination and delicate sensibilities. It Is theso that glvo tho tactful person his subtlo Intuition of another's mental processes and modes of feeling, nnd In tho samo amount exactly tho right method ot dealing with these. iNip marry.ngermany. Iteil Tape Atnarlrnni Hare to Go Through to Get the Knot Tlml. An unfortunate citizen of south Da kota, of German birth, went to Bavaria a while ago to wed the woman of his choice. The young couple wore all ready to have the ceremony performed when tho unpleasant discovery was mado that the Bavarian authorities re quired certain proofs that It was prop er for the marriage contract to be made. This necessity, bpb the New York Sun, required the production ot various documents from the United States, and four months elapsed bo fore the marriage was permitted to take place. The dilemma of this cou ple has moved Mr. Stern, our commer cial agent In the city of Hamburg, to give some advice and InformaUon to Gorman cltltens of the land who con template marrying In the old country. This advice appears In our consular re ports which, as a rule, deal far more largely with commercial than matri monial Interests. It nppenrB that tho laws concerning the marriage of for eigners In Germany have recently boon revised and more stringent regulations are now In force, as Germany does not Intend that any mlstako shall bo made If she can help It. In the first place It must be proved that one or both of the contracting parties aro really for eigners. A certificate of naturalization In a foreign land must therefore bo produced, as a preliminary. Then tho authorities In the foreign land must provide nnother crt.llcate to show that they know of no Just cause or Im pediment why the marriage should not take place, and this document must be verified by the German nmbassndor or a German consul. One or the other of these officials also mut certify to certificate of birth, which the appli cant Is required to produce. If there Is any consanguinity between the cou ple, the applicant must produce proof that In his adopted country this rela tionship forms no Impediment to the marriage, and It he han been previous ly married and has been divorced the decreo relating to the annulment of tho marriage, verified by a consul.must be forthcoming. Perhaps an appropri ate title for these new marriage laws would be: "Acts to prevent foreigners from coming over to Germany to mar ry Germun girls and thus deplete tho population of this great empire." ROMANCE OF AN ECO. For a full-fledged romance to hatch from n common hen's egg Is n rather extraordinary occurrence, but this 's what has transpired ns the result of nn Idle action of a pretty iown girl and the mystery-loving nature of a govern ment employe In Cuba, the egg acting as a means of Introduction. The opening chapter of tho romance dates from last summer, when the egg reached Miss Lizzie Gllday, a clerk in an egg-exporting establishment In Fort Dodge, Iowa. During a period of rest Miss Gllday inscribed her name and address on a lnrge white egg with In delible Ink. It was shipped with a big consignment to a New York dealer, and made a part of one of the first shipments of American eggs to Cuba. Tho egg at last came. Into the posses sion of Charles P. H. Smith, one of the United States civll-servlco men at Guinea, and he noticed the address. He wrote to Miss Gllday and In due season received a replyi Tho corres pondence thus opened contlnuod, pic tures wero exchanged and tho romance developed. In tho near future Mr. Smith will Journey to Iowa, and as soon aB ar- MISS LIZZIE GILDAY. rangements can bo completed, will, It is said, return to Cuba with the bride which was brought to him by nn egg. Cuban KnKr for Kdurallon. The whole of Cuba, according to a report mado to the govarnor-genernl by Aloxls Fryo, superintendent of Cu ban schools, scorns to be on fire with enthusiasm for education. Six weeks ago there existed In tho Island fower than 200 schools, all based on the old Spanish foundations, with the excep tion of a few that had been established more than a year before In Santlugo by Gen. Wood. There aro now 2.068 schools In the Island, of which 201 are In Havana city, 162 In Mntanzas city and 170 In Puerto Prluclpc city. Tho schools that have nlready reported show an aggregate nttendnnco of more thnn 100,000 pupils, and Mr. Fryo bo lleves this attendance will havo In creased to 150,000 before Juno 1. Tho Moral of It. Sunday School Teacher What are wo taught by tho story of Lot's wlfo looking back and being turned Into a pillar of salt? Jimmy Tuffnut Not to rubberneck. It