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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.
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