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SHADOW LEGENDS
Zulus Believe the Bodily Shade Is
the Future Spirit.
TAKING AWAY ONE’S SHADOW.
Why Soma Races Are Forbidden to
Look Into a Dark Pool of Water.
The Way Donald McKay Managed to
, Escape the Clutches of the Devil.
That mysterious counterpart of a
human being which lengthens with
the day and disappears with the sun.
to reappear more faintly with the
rising of the moon, which wo call a
shadow, has always struck the imagi
nation of man. It has played a promi
nent part in primitive superstition and
In later folklore. Shadows or shades
was the classical name or figure for
the spirits of the departed which still
remains in use.
This idea is not confined to civilised
races. Among the Zulus the spirit Is
the shade. Uishop Callaway, whose
knowledge of Zulu beliefs and modes
of thought was unrivaled, says that
the Zulus conuect the bodily shade
with the future disembodied spirit.
They believe that the shadow cast by
the body will ultimately become the
“itongo,” or spirit, when the body dies,
and they say that the long shadow
Bhortens "as a man approaches his end
and contracts into a very little thing.
■When they see the shadow of a utuu
thus contracting, they know he will
die. The long shadow goes away
when a man Is dead, and It Is that
which Is meant when It Is said, ‘The
shadow has departed.’ ” There Is, how
ever, a short shadow which remains
with the body and Is buried with it.
The long shadow becomes an ances
tral spirit.
Identification of the shadow in any
mysterious or spiritual way with the
person whose body casts it. naturally
leads to respect for the strange secoud
self. To tread on the shadow of a
chief Is an insult to the chief himself.
In the Institutes of Manu, the ancient
Hindu low giver, the law runs:
> "Let him not intentionally pass over
■the ghodo^ pf sacrcd^jmngesj of a
^natural or spiritual father, ot a king,
-of a Brahmin who keeps bouse, or of
• any reverend personage, nor of one
who has Just performed a socrlflce,”,
There are traces of tUo 0 |
■ these primitive Vay* sTregardlng a
the English country
natl| 1) ®+ l * /a< ,L ,s uuluck y t0 Cl-0S3 Lho
j ‘ a newly married man ns ho
£;■ j the altar; and in another rurul
^ojief that It Is unlucky to cross the
path of horses ploughing when the sun
is shining behind them.
Association between shadows and
mirrored representations of the human
form is obviously natural, so It is not
surprising to find superstitions about
the shadow mingled with widely scat
tered versions of the Narcissus legend.
The story of the beautiful youtb who
became enamored of his own image,
as he saw it represented in the water,
and languished thereafter till he died,
has its origin in the belief that trouble
follows from beholding the watery
imuge.
"Let him not look at his own Image
in water; that is a settled rule,” com
mands Manu, the Hiudu law giver.
The reason for the prohibition is to
be found in the beliefs of man in a
primitive state of civilization. The
Melanesians of the Pacific, says a
learned observer, say: “There is a
stream in Saddle island, or,' rather, a
pool in a stream, into which If any
one looks he dies; the malignant spirit
takes hold upon his life by means of
his refiection in the water.” Some
such idea as this was probably the
root of the Narcissus legend.
The Zulus explain why it is ill to
look into the water of u pool by a story
of a great beast In the water which
can seize the shadow of a man and
•when his shadow is gone a man no
longer wishes to turn back, but de
sires to enter the pool. He goes in,
dies, and is eaten by the great beast
which inhabits 1L So, says Bishop
Callaway, “men are forbidden to lean
over and* look into n dark pool, it be
ing feared that their shadow should be
taken away.” ,
There are other ways in which a
man may lose his shadow. There was
a temple of Jupiter in Arcadia which,
if entered by those who were for
bidden to do so, robbed them of tbeir
shadows.
In the north of Scotland there are
some quaint legends of folk who lost
this usual attendant In Sutherland
they tell more than one story of a
wizard named Donnid-Duival McKay.
Donald went to a school in Italy where
the black art was taught by the devil,
Who sdt in the professor’s chair, and
at the end of each term claimed as his
®wn the last scholar to depart Break*
lng up at this academy was naturally
a scramble, none wishing to be last
On one occasion Donald was really
the last but Just as the devil was
about to seize him, the resourceful
Donald pointed to bis own shadow,
which fell behind him. saying. “Take
■fjadow was seized, while ho fiflnself
escapes, and after bis return to Scot
land was never seen to have a
shadow)
A companion Illustration of “do'll tnk
the bln’most,” from Aberdeenshire, is
a story of a witch helped laird watch
ing Ills reapers, whose shadow wns
seized by Sninn, and who was ever
after shndowless. In llternturo Chu-
mlsso’s famous talo of “Peter Schle-
mlhl” Is a well known example of
the stories of the shadowless.—Now
Vork American.
REVOLUTION NEAR END.
Peace Is Drawing for the Troubled
Nicaraguans,
That the revolution In Nicaragua is
finally nearing an end Is indicated in
cable reports received In New Orleans
from Manugua and other Central
American points by not only the sym
pathizers ol the revolutionists, but by
those of Madriz . and agents of com
merclal organizations and steamship
lines as well.
For the flrs^tlme since tl^e revolu
tion started, advices received by botk
sides, as well as by disinterested par
ties, were practically the same. They
are to the effect that the Madriz gov
ernment troops have met with serious
reverses almost at the very gate of
Managua, the capital city; that Gran
ada had been capturtd by General
Luis Mena with an Insurgent army;
that the inhabitants of the Interior
are flocking to the standards of the
revolutionists, and that Madriz has
been succeeded in the presidency by
Jose Estrada, a brother of Juan Estra
da, head of the provisional govern
ment set up by the Insurgents.
Whether Jose Estrada will be per
mitted to retain the presidency if the
revolutionists succeed In taking Man
agua, appears to be a matter of doubt
It Got There Just the Same.
MabeJ—Such a joke on Mr. Gay-
boy! We were out on the balcony
between the dances, and he got the
sleeve of his dress coat all over red
paint from one of the posts that
were just painted.
Maud—And did you go near the
post?
Mabel—No. Why?
Maud—Because you have red
paint all over, the back of your
waist.
A Matter of Taste.
At a party in the country lately
kissing(games were played. A young
man who was present says the girls
fight now as they used to. But
we’d rather kiss a fighting country
girl than a fighting town girl. When
a girl resists a man usually kisses
her hair, and there’s a sort, of dead
taste to jute that you iea’t notice
in real hair.—Atchison Globe.
Fire From Friction.
The Australian bushman uses a
method of his own to procure a
light. First he selects two pieces of
light wood, each about a foot long,
from the cork tree or black fig tree.
One, a flat piece, he lays on the
ground amid a pile of dry leaves.
Upon this strip of wood he kneels
in order to hold down the ends.
Then he rolls the other pointed
stick between the palms of his
hands so that it bores a hole into
the flat strip of wood. This makes
fine wood dust, which catches on
fire, sending its spark among the
dry leaves. By blowing upon the
tiny light the bushman soon has a
fire, which he feeds with more
leaves.
Tho Gentle Touch.
“Do you desire my professional
advice?” said a doctor to a seedy
looking visitor.
“I merely desire confirmation of
a pet notion of mine that thorough
mastication is essential to diges
tion ?’’
“Certainly it is I”
“Exactly! I am glad to find we
are in agreement! Perhaps you
could spare me a quarter to put our
admirable theory into practice I”
A Stitch In Tlmo.
Dorothy was visiting her grandpa
rents in the country for the first time.
Seeing a quantity of feathers scat
tered about the henyard she shook her
head in disapproval.
“Grandpa," she said gravely, “you
really ought to do something to keep
your chickens from wearing out so." -
Delineator.
Her Advantage.
"I don’t know which is the tr hter
gossip—Mrs. Lovenews or Miss Scan
dalmonger.”
"They say Mrs. Lovenews has a cir
culation 2B per cent greater than Miss
Scandalmonger."—Chicago Journal.
Decision of character will often give
an inferior mind command over a su
perior.-Wirt.
MB. PERCY’S GOUT.
It Kept Getting Worse Until He Got
to the Dootor.
Mr. Percy was naturally inclined
to be aristocratic. He kept on the
walls of his library portraits of his
ancestors as far back as he could
bo sure of them and, furthermore,
took unusual pleasure in recounting
to guests their distinguishing vir
tues, says a writer in the New York
Evening Sun. The trouble began
when Mr. Percy put on his shoes
and found some little difficulty in
laciDg his right one. It was a tight,
close fit, and when he walked round
the room ho limped a little.
“What’s the matter?” asked Mrs.
Percy as he limped into the dining
room. .••<- -m >
“Oh, one of my shoes pinches;
that’s all.”
^hereupon he attacked the liver
nnd bacon and sipped away at his
coffee. When he had finished his
breakfast ho put on his hat, picked
up a walking stick which he had not
used for months and months and
sallied forth into the world. In the
elevator of his apartment house ho
met Mr. Stowe, one of his neigh
bors.
“Hello!” said Stowe.
“Good morning,” said Mr. Percy.
“What’s the matter with your
foot? Gone lame?”
“Ye-eh; shoe fits pretty tight this
morning.”
“Mebbe you’ve got the gout,
huh?”
Mr. Percy grinned. They parted
at the door, Mr. Stowe going to
ward the subway and Mr. Percy
making for the elevated.
“Good morning, Mr. Percy,” said
the janitor, who was standing on
the basement stops.
“Morning! , How are you this
morning ?”
“Oh, I’m all right, but you seem
to bo lame.”
“Yes, seems so.”
“P’r’aps you’ve got a touch of
the gout," said the janitor. “I wish
I could catch it too. But I can’t
even afford to get the stomach ache,
let alone the gout.”
Halfway down the block Mr. Per
cy met another of liis acquaintances.
“Hello, Percy!” said this one.
“What’s the matter? Got the
gl>ut?” • -V .>
Mr. Percy looked rather serious.
“I don’t know what it is,” he said.
“It’s swollen more or less, and it’s
painful too. Every time I bring my
foot down—oh, how it hurts!”
“That’s the gout, all right. You
ought to lay off from rich food and
6tuff like that and go it easy.”
“I guess I will too. This is no
joke, now, I’m telling'you.”
And when Mr. Percy left his
friend and moved on one more
block his limp became more and
more pronounced, and he even
seemed to take a certain sort of
pride in it.
“Rheumatism, Mr. Percy?” asked
a friend later on.
“No, sir! Gout, sir!”
<f Hurts ?"
. “Excruciating pain, sir! Still, the
Pcrcys have always had it, and I
suppose I must put up witlfit. Oiu
family infirmity, you know. I think
I’ll get off here and see my physi
cian. Well, so long!”
He limped off and in due course
of time limped into his doctor’s of
fice and described his symptoms.
“I see,” said tho doctor, writing
a prescription. “We’ll soon get you
all right again. Don’t worry.”
“But—aw—doctor, isn’t gout
chronic ?”
“Gout? Yes, gout’s chronic. But
you haven’t got the gout. You’ve
got the chilblains.”
“N-n-n-n-n-o-o-o-o-o!” said Mr.
Percy. “Is that all?"
Meanest Traders In the World.
There is a colony of merchants
in' Kingston, the capital of Jamaica,
who can give cards and spades even
to the bland Chinaman “for ways
that are dark and tricks that are
vain.” They take one match out of
every box they sell until they have
enough matches to fill another box
and so make an extra cent. They
shave tiny flakes off cakes of soap
and boil them down to make other
cakes. They put a thin layer of mo
lasses on the bottom of the scoop
with which they serve rice so that a
few grains will stick to the bottom,
These are only a few of their thou
sand tricks to turn a dishonest
penny. Without doubt they are the
•■st traders in the world. _
Subscribe for Tub Progress.
THE INDIAN’S BLANKET.
Great Care Exercised In Choice of De
sign and Coloring.
There are two important factors
that in the mind of the brave must
be present to comprise a genuine
Indian blanket, and the skill and
judgment he exercises in making
his selection are worthy of mention.
Whether he is to possess one or
twenty blankets hus nothing to do
with the great care used in select
ing them.
His first demand is that the robe
contain three colors—red, yellow
and green, usually ono of the three
being the prevailing shade.
Secondly, he demands that the
blanket have three hold stripes, all
the same pattern and carrying the
Bame colors, two being ten inches
from each edge of the robe, while
the third and center stripe is a
trifle wider and also runs the entire
length of the blanket.
When the blanket is worn by the
Indian the center stripe falls in the
middle of the back, giving the tall
and stately effect so much desired.
If, perchance, the Indian is in
mourning the pattern is not
changed, hut the blanket contains
only dark blue and black as colors.
The manner in which the Indian
wraps liis blanket about him de
notes very often his state of mind.
Grief or sorrow, for instance, would
he marked by the blanket being
drawn over the lower portion of the
face, leaving exposed the nose and
eyes only.
There is no article of wearing ap
parel as much used as the blanket
by the Indian. As a saddle while
riding his pony, a shelter or bed
while hunting or fishing, carefully
hung about the sides and bottom of
his tepee during the winter and an
indispensable covering the entire
year, the blanket is ever in use.
Even on the hottest summer days
an Indian would be laughed at by
members of his tribe should he
leave off wearing his blanket. His
theory is that if “it keeps out the
cold in the winter it will keep out
the heat in the summer.” While he
may not care to buy anything else
expensive, the price of a suitable
blanket is never questioned, but it
would be difficult indeed to deceive
hin^ as to the texture of any robe.
A squaw Will imitate aljnost any
thing that pleases her fancy, but in
the matter of her blanket or shawl
she exhibits an unusual amount of
individuality. With great care and
patience she designs her blanket,
and when she places the order with
the mill man he does not dare du
plicate it until she has had an op
portunity to wear it. If she makes
the request that it shall not be du
plicated her wisheB are regarded,
because it is the one article she pos
sesses in which exclusiveness is
much coveted and also because what
would please one squaw would not
appear at all attractive to another.
The lightweight blanket or shawl
is thrown over the head of the
squaw, and unless she is able to pur
chase a bright colored silk kerchief
it will serve as her only bonnet as
'Well. It is just as common a sight
now to see the papoose securely
hound on tho hack of its mother by
a portion of her blanket as it used
to he to see the wee head of the In
dian babe peeping from the “to-
kas,” or frame cradle, which was
carried on the back of the mother.
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Learn to say “No,” and it will be of
more use to you than to be able to
read Latin.—Spurgeon.
Keep Pounding Away
Every blow struck ■ by a
good, snappy, convincing
advertisement in this paper
STRENGTHENS YOUR BUSINESS
>w *f» Your rut at it.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Grady County.
To the Superior County of said County:.
The petitition of G. A. Wight, Ira
Higdon, M. G. McManus, H. G. Can
non, John B. Crawford, Walter Davis,
L. C. Graham, J. B. Wight, L. L. Bar-
wick, W. A. Walker, Wight Brothers
Company, P. H. Herring, M. L. Led
ford, Wight Hardware Company, R. C.
Bell, Thomas Wight, W. T. Crawford,
W. D. Barber, W. J. Willie, W. G.
Baggett, W. B. Roddenberry, Joe H’g-
don, J. A. Lindsay, Robert H. Harris,
E. F. Dollar, J. J. Coppage, Roy W.
Ponder, J. M. Sasser, F. M. Brannon.
T. S. Copeland, W. P. Smith, Ira Car
lisle, W. H. Robinson, J. G. Kincaid,
J. G.' Moore, T. M. Chastain, C. G.
Stephens, White & Stringer. J. W.
Booth, W. C. Jones, W. A. Carr, L. O.
Maxwell, C. H. Maxwell, H. J. Poulk,
Pelham & Havana Railroad Company,
J. L. Peebles and T. A. J. Majors, all
of the County and State aforesaid, re
spectfully shows:
1. That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made a body politic,
under the name and style of Progress
Publishing Company, for the period of
twenty (20) years.
2. The principal office of said cor
poration shall be in the City of Cairo,
state and county aforesaid, bat peti
tioners desire the right to establish
branch offices within this state or else
where, whenever the holders of the
majority of the stock may so deter
mine.
3. The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itself and sharehold
ers.
4. The business to be carried on by
said corporation is the editing and pub
lishing of a newspaper or newspapers
in said county or elsewhere in said
state, the doing of all kinds of book
binding and job printing, dealing in
stationery and all kinds of office sup
plies, and the transaction of all such
business as may be necessary in or in
cidental to the conduct of a general
printing and publishing business.
5. The capital stock of said corpora
tion shall be Three Thousand ($3,000.00)
Dollars, with the privilege of increas
ing the same to the sum of Ten Thous
and ($10,000.00) Dollars by a majority
vote of the stockholders, said stock to
be divided into shares of Twenty-five
($25.00) Dollars each, and to be non
assessable. More than ten (10) per
cent of the amount of capital stock to
be employed in said corporation has
been actually paid in.
0. Petitioners desire the right to
have the subscriptions to said capital
stock paid in money or property to be
taken at a fair valuation.
7. Petitioners desire as a corpora
tion, the right to sue and be sued, to
plead and be impleaded, to have and
use a common seal, to make all neces
sary by-laws and regulations, and to
do all other things that may be neces
sary for the successful carrying on of
said business, including the right to
buy, hold and sell real estate and per
sonal property suitable to the purposes
of the corporation, and to execute notes
and bonds, as evidence of indebtedness
incurred, or which may be incurred, in
the conduct of the affairs of the corpor
ation and to secure the same by mort
gage, security deed, or other form of
lien under existing laws.
8. Petitioners desire for said corpor
ation the power and authority to apply
for and accept amendments to its char
ter of either form or substance by a
majority vote of its stock outstanding
at the time. They also ask authority
for said corporation to wind up its af
fairs, liquidate and discontinue its
business at any time it may determine
to do so by a vote of two-thirds (2-3)
of its-stock outstanding at the time.
9. Petitioners desire for said corpor
ation the right of renewal when ana as
provided by the laws of Georgia and
that they nave all such other rights,
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like corporations or per-
missable under the laws of Georgia.*
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and style
aforesaid, wjth the powers, privileges
and immunities herein set forth and as
are now or may hereafter be allowed a
corporation of similar character under
the laws of Georgia.
R. C. Bell and
W. J. Willie,
j • Attorneys for Petitioners.
AugiSt 1910 fflCe ’ tWS thC 3rd day ° f
J. M. McNair, Jr.,
Deputy Clerk.
GEORGIA—Grady County.
1, J. M. McNair, Jr., Deputy Clerk
Superior Court of said county do here
by certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the application for
charter of Progress Publishing Compa-
ny as the same appears on file in tnis
office.
Witness my official signature and the
seal of this Court, this the 3rd day of
August, 1910.
J. M. McNair,
Dejpu.y^ Clerk Superior Court, Grady