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EATH DANCES. ! Grim Funeral Customs of the Torrei' Straits Indians, | A new volume of reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedi tion to Torres Straits has recently been published by the Cambridge University Press, and it contains much information as to the sociology, magic, and religion of the natives of the western islands. The account of funeral ceremonies given by Profes-i sor A. C. Haddon, who was the leader; of the expedition, is of exceptional in terest. l It appears that from time to time a death dance is held #n which the per formers represent the ghosts of re cently deceased natives. The men paint themselves with charcoal and wear a curious ‘dress of cocoa-nut leaves and feathers. Each perform er has a mask and holds in his mouth a crescent-shaped ornament, which is a decorative sign of Kwolam—the mythical hero of the islands—whose exploits are the subjects of many le gends which have converted the war rior into a god. During the funeral ceremony the dancers give pantomimic representa tions of characteristic traits of the deceased natives in whose memory the dance is held. The object is evi dently to convey to the mourners the assurance that the ghost is alive, and that in the person of the dancer he is visiting friends. The women and children are supposed to believe that the performers are really spirits; and if a woman is known to have discov ered the identity of any of the danc ers, it is significantly remarked that “she dies that night.” The dance is thus of the nature of hero-worship, which is the only form of religion the natives seem to pos sess; for Professor Haddon says at the end of his volume of reports: “Unless the above-mentioned heroes be regarded as gods, I think it can be definitely stated that the western islanders had no deities, and certain ly they had no conception of a Su preme God.” Higher conceptions are, however, gradually entering the minds of the islanders as the result of missionary instruction, and in anoth er generation or so the death dance will probably be forgotten.—Leisure Hour. THE CAUSE OF GREEN SOLAR RAYS. The Action of the Earth’s Atmosphere as a Prism Explains It. Says Lucien Dudaux in La Nature: The green ;ay at sunset is sufficiently well known to make unnecessary any mention of the beauty of the spec table and the ordinary conditions of its observation. The ray may be seen on beautiful evenings on the sea shore and elsewhere, although the in tensity is variable; in gensoral it is necessary that the state of the atmos phere be such that the horizon may be clearly distinguished as the solar disk sinks be<hind it. In explanation of the green ray re course has been had to the theory of an optical illusion, due to the yellow orange light of the sun, which at the moment of the disappearance of the last small perticn of the sun becomes affected by the complementary color, green-blue. This has not been satis factory, and it has been suggested that the atmosphere acts as a prism, refracting the last luminous ray from the sun at the time of its disappear ance and decomposing and spreading it- out according to the succession of the colors of the spectrum. The red, orange and yellow rays are the 1283 deviated and are confused with the solar point of which they have the color, but the eye perceives clearly the green and blue rays, while the indigo and violet, which are the most dispersed and the most luminous, can not be seen.—Translation in Public Opinion. Rubber auto coats in pearl tone are relieved by collar and belt of black velvet. With Whiskerg and Wings. (From the St. Louis Gazette.) Lord Grimthrope’'s chief d'oevre in church restoration is St. Alban’s ab bey, and on one of the capitals at the west door of that cathedral he is rep resented in stone. He wears the old fashioned whiskers, with which at .east two generations of his country men have been familiar, and he is also endowed with angel’s wings. In Ancient Days. The old king was suffering with en nui. “Get off some jokes,” he roared. “Don’t you know I was born to be obeyed ?” “Yes, your majesty,” said the court jester. ‘“You are like a good suit of clothes.” “Don’'t dare to say it’'s because I give people a fit.” “No; it’s because you were made to order.” ; His Reason, (From The Houston Post.) “Jones is a friend of yours, isn't he?” “Sure.” “Then why don’t you give me an introduction to him?” “That’s why.” No Apology Needed. Chicago Tribune. They were speeding along the south side houlevard in an automobile. “What is that singular odor?” asked the visitor from the east. “It comes from the stockyards,” ex plained the chauffeir. “We’ll be out of reach of it in a few minutes. ‘“Oh, I don’t mind it,” rejoined the other. “It’s a grateful change from FlT3parmanentlycured, No fits ornservous nessafter first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerveßlestorer,2irialbottleand treatise free Dr.R. H, Kuixg,Ltd., Y3l Areh 8t | Phila., Pa, _When the Kaiser drove through Hame- Jin recently hundreds of childven stood along the route, dressed either as rats or in the picturesque costume of the famous “Pied Piper’s” period. Ido not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump tion has anequal for coughs and colds.—-JOBN F.Boyer, Trinity Springs Ind., Feb. 15, 1900, Sleepers of mahogany are used on the Mexican Central Raiiway. Ttch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by all drug)gists, $l. 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Belle—How do you know? May--I judge from her Jooks.