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The Disgusting Habit Is‘COmmon
in All Countries.

Tribes of Indians Who Mix Mud with
Their Bread—Some Singular Bea-
sons for the Abominable
Practice.

Among the extraordinary passions

for eating uncommon things must be
reckoned that which some people exhib-
it for eating earth or clay. Of this prac-
tice, which would appear to have once
prevailed all carer the world, says the
Philadelphia Times, numerous exam-
ples were cited by Capt. J. G. Bourke,
United States army, in the ninth an-
nual report of the bureau of ethnology.
In some places the custom has degen‘
erated into a ceremonial, while in
others the eating of this strange food
still prevails as a kind of necessity to
the lives of those who are addicted to'_it.

The Mexican devotees picked up a
piece of clay in the temple of Tezcatli-
poca and ate it with the greatest rever-
ence, and also ate a piece of earth in
swearing by the sun and earth. But
the use of clay by the Mexicans was
not merely a matter of ceremony, for
the substance seems to have been an
esculent in common use. Edible earth
was sold openly in the markets of Mex-
ico and appears in the list of foods
given by Gomara.

Cabeza de Vaca says that the Indians
of Florida ate clay, and that the natives
offered him many. mesquite beans,
which they ate mixed with earth. Vene-
gas asserted that the Indians of Cali-
fornia ate earth. The traditions of the
Indians of San Juan Capistrano and
vicinity show that they had fed upon a
kind of clay which they often used
upon their heads by way of ornament.
The Tatu Indians of California, accord-
ing to Powers, mix red earth into their
acorn bread to make the latter sweet
and cause it to go further. Sir John
Franklin writes that the banks of the
Mackenzie river contain Ilayers,’ of a
kind of unctuous mud which the Tin-
neh Indians used as food during the
seasons of famine, and even at other
times chew as an amusement. It has a
milky taste and the flavor is not disa-
greeable. The Apache and Navajo
branches of the Athabascan family of
North American Indians are not un-
acquainted with the use of clay asa
comestible, although among the former
it is now rarely 'used, and among the
latter is employed only as a condiment
to relieve uthe bitterness of the taste of
the wild potato. 'In'the same manner
it is known to both the Zuni and the
Tusayan.

In South America, likewise, the eat-
ing of clay prevails among the Indians
on the banks of the Orinoco, through-
out Brazil and on the mountains of
Bolivia and Peru.

In western Africa the negroes of
Guinea have long been known to eat a
yellowish earth called by them
“caouac,” and the f..":'-"“.‘ taste of
which is very agrees..- to 'leem and
said to cause them no inconvenience.
Some addict themselves so excessively
to the use of it that it becomes to than

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practice of consuming it.

When the Guinea negroes were in
former times carried as slaves to the
West India islands they were observed
to continue the custom of eating clay.
But the “caouac” of the American
islands, or the substance which the
poor negroes attempted to substitute in
their new homes for the African earth,
was found to injure the health of the
slaves who ate it, and so the practice
was long ago forbidden and has possi~
bly now died outin the West India colo-
nies. In' Martinque, a species of red
earth or yellowishtufa was formerly
secretly sold in the markets, but the
use of it has probably ceased in the
French colonies also.

In eastern Asia a similar practice
prevails in various places. In the
island of Java, between Sourabaya and
Semarang, Labillardiere saw small
square reddiSh cakes of earth sold in

the villages for the purpose of being‘

eaten. These were found by Ehren-
berg to consist for the most part of the
remains of microscopic animals and
plants which had lived and been de-
posited in fresh water. Some of the
Japanese, too, are addicted to the
practice of eating earth. ' Dr. Love,
some time ago, published an analysis
of a clay which is eaten to a consider-
able extent by the Ainos; it occurs in a
bed several feet thick in the valley of
Tsie—tonal (eat-earth valley) on the
north coast of Yesso. It is light gray
in color and of fine structure. The peo—
ple mix with the clay fragments of the
leaf of some plant for the aromatic
principle it contains.

They eat the earth because they think
it contains some beneficial substance,
not because it is a necessity with them.
They have meat and abundance of
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Several pounds
are boiled with lily roots in a small
quantity of water, and afterward
strained. The Ainos pronounce the
soup very palatable.

In Runjut valley, in the Sikkim Him-
alaaas, a red clay occurs which the na~
tives chew, especially as a cure for the
goitre.

In Smith’s “Aborigines of Victoria,”
it is stated that a kind of earth,
pounded and mixed with the root of

. the “mene” (a species of Haemadorum),

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Painted on a. Grain of Com.

It is said that the smallest piece of
painting in the world has recently been
executed by a Flemish artist. It is
painted on the smooth side of a grain of
common white corn, and pictures a mill
and a miller mounting a stairs with a
sack of grain on his back. The mill is
represented as standing on a terrace,
and near it is a horse and cart, while a
group of several peasants are shown in
the road near by. The picture is beau-
tifully distinct, every object being fin-
ished with microscopic fidelity, yet by
careful measurement it is shown that
the whole painting does not cover a
surface of half an inch square. 2

GUN AND SABER.

GRAY horses are considered stronger
than brown ones, and hereafter only
gray ones are to be used for artillery
purposes in the Russian army.

LIEUT. BERSIER, of the French navy,
has invented a compass which does
away with a steersman, as the compass
steers the vessel itself.

BRIG. GEN. THOMAS L. Casey, just
retired from the regular army at the
age of sixty-four, has for the last seven
years had supervision of all the river
and harbor improvements in the United
States. =

THE sultan of Morocco likes to look
on the faces of his foes—when they are
dead. He lately received, at Fez, two
cart loads of salted human heads, the
remains of Rahauma rebels. They are
to adorn the city walls.

COMMODORE POTTER, the ranking ofli-
cer of his grade in the navy, has just
been placed on the retired list of the
navy upon 'reaching the age limit of
sixty-two years. He has been in the
navy since February, 1850, having been
appointed from Illinois, though a na-
tive of New York. .

GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, who has been
delivering his famous lecture in Arkan-
sas and Texas, has had to content him-
self with four hours’ sleep out of the
twenty-four, owing to the inroads
made upon his time by ‘old comrades,
who insisted on keeping him up half
the night to talk over the war. "

MAJ. J ED IIorcnKIss, of Virginia, in
.a talk about the battle of Fredericks-
burg before the National Geographical
society the other evening, expressed
the opinion that the famous stone wall
where the southern riflemen checked
the advance of the Irish brigade was
probably the scene of the greatest
slaughter during the civil war. ,

FOR WOMEN’S" WEAR.

COLLARS of ribbon and lace are in
general use. The one object in making
up these collars is to evolve some orig-
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combination.

GAUZE ribbon ruchings are very much
liked for trimmings, especially in black
on dark materials. There is nothing
softer and prettier than a gauze ruch-
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RIBBON ruchings are made by plaiting
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box plaits at one edge. This is set upon
wide turned-over collars of velvet.
Some of these collars have revers ex-
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THE use of ribbons is universal, and
the variety to choose from is endless.
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ribbons, velvet-edged gauze ribbons,
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SPECIES of snakes that are enemies
of one another in captivity will coil
up into their winter sleep in the same
bundle.

DEW is not attracted by some colors.
Place a yellow board beside a red one
and a black one; while the yellow one
will be covered with dew, the other two
will be perfectly dry.

THE Arctic fox changes the hue of
his coat to note the change of season.
In summer his fur is dark blue; as the
cold weather approaches, the shade
changes until in winter it is snow-
white.

Pnor. C. V. RILEY thinks he has-dis-
covered satisfactory evidence of tele-
pathy among insects—that is to say, a
sixth sense, by which they are able to
communicate ideas from one to another
at great distances.

THE snipe has a nerve reaching down
to the tip of his bill. It is the only bird
thus provided, and this contrivance
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enabling the snipe to detect the pres-
ence of its food in mud and water,
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The Defense Anticipates Tron 13 With
Witness Ferdinand Wilckes.

HIS QUICK CHANGE OF FRONT

Willing to Testify Against Mrs. Fleming
Before She Secured IE1! Mother’s For-

tune — Threats of Indictment

For Contumacioue Conduct.

NEW YORK, May 29.—The trial of
Mary Alice Almont Livingston Fleming
for the alleged murdering of her mother,
Evelina M. Bliss, was resumed befd’re
Recorder Goff. Dr. Philip F. O’Hanlon,
coroner’s physician, was resummoned to
the witness chair and was cross examined
by Charles W. Brooke, leading counsel of
the defense. He said that after the au-
topsy all the organs of the body were re-
stored except the stomach. This was re-
served for analysis. He placed the atom-
ach and its contents in a decanter and a
cologne bottle. He could not remember
whether he put cork or glass stoppers In
the vesqels. He tied with a string around
the necks of the bottle and decanter piece!
of paper, upon which he had written a de-
scription. His opinion that the inflam-
mation of the stomach was due to an irri-
tant poison rested solely upon the Infor-
mation he subsequently received concern-
ing the result of the chemical analysis.

Women to Be Excluded.

Testimony of such a revolting charactei
will soon be introduced Into the Fleming
trial that all women spectators will be ex-
cluded from the courtroom while it is be-
ing submitted to the jury. The district
attorney takes this step in the interests of
decency and morality. His duty com els
him, he says, to present certain facts, Is-
agreeable ppd istasteiul though that duty
may be, but t a presentation is essential
and cannot be avoided.

The prosecution anticipates trouble
with one of its important witnesses when
he is placed on the stand. His name is
Ferdinand Wilckes, and he was expected
to testify to certain facts which would be
strong links in the chain of incriminating
evidence against the prisoner. Wilokes
has become recalcitrant. He was to have
met Assistant District Attorney McIntyre
last Tuesday for the purpose of giving cer-
tain information he possessed in'the form
of an affidavit. He did not meet him he
promised, but was accompapied by coun-
sel and declined to make a sWorn state-
ment, although he had promised to do so
and had had ten previous interviews with
the district attorney.

They Suspect Wilckes.

Mr. McIntyre considered this refusal so
serious that he informed Recorder Gofl
what had happened, and later intimated
that he would seek to have Wilckes in-
dicted for contumaolous conduct. “He
gave no intimation of recanting,” said
Mr. McIntyre n describing Wl‘dtes’ con-
duct, “until at or her share of he: father’s
estate was awarded to Mrs. Fleming and
part of the proceeds were drawn from the
city chamberlain, who was the trustee.
If this [sort of behavior is tolerated, we
might as well close the courts and give up
attempting to convict criminals. ”

Attorney Brooke Talks.

Charles W. Brooke, senior counsel for
the defense, treated the district attorney’s
statement with scorn. “If they indict

this man Wilckes and his counsel,” said '

be, “they will have to indict me also.
Wilckes is subpoenaed as one of nor wit-
nesses. I have not seen or talked with
him, but I know that in his absence from
his oflioe his desk was broken Open by
agents of the district attorney’s office and
his private papers were taken. Then he
was arrested and put under $2, 500 bail to
appear as a witness for the people.”

It Is the testimony of Wilckes that the
sensation lovers are most anxious to hear.
His life, it is said, has been intimately
connected with the lives of all the persons
interested in the present case, and the rev-
elations that the prosecution confidently
expected up to this time that he would
make promised to be of an extraordinary
and unusual character.

Fire In the Kremlin.

Moscow, May 29.—Flre broke out in
the tower of the Kremlin, but the flames
were speedily subdued.

The Weather. _‘
Rain, followed by fair; cooler.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock

. , Exchange.

NEW Yonx. May 28.—Money on call nominally,
at 196132 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. _
5%; per cent. Sterling exchange firm with -
tual business in bankers’ bills at 4.8dW.88M
for demand and 4.815.334.87232: br 09 days.
Posted rates, 84. ' 89 in 34. “(04.90. -
mercial bills. $4.87. Silver certificat , ,,
We: no spies. Bar silver. 68950. If?! 1:
dollars, 53%0. Government bonds; to y.
State bonds dull. Railroad bonds ste -y.

Closing prices:

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Bur. & Quincy. . .. 77 N. J. Central ...... ,
0.. C.. C. & St. L.. 34% North American"
Chesapeake &,O.. 16% Northern Pacific"

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General Markets.

New Yonx, May 28.—FLOUR—State and
western weak and lower to sell: city, _ pat-
ents. [email protected]; winter patents. $8.7 . . city
mills clears. 54350;“: winter straights. 83.86

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WHEAT—No. 2 red steadier on good to; gn
buying, sold off under 1i uidation. but r ed
on large receipts: May. 62% Add: June. 65 1-16

065%c. .

CORN—No. 2 has been steady. but very quiet;
May. 3436a: July,34%c.

OATS—No. 2 dull: July. 2314c; track. white.
state. 24-@2&:.

PORK—Dull: old to new mess. [email protected]:
family. $10©10.25. .

LARD—Steady; prime western steam, 34.50 '
asked.

BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 1033150.: state
creamery, ll@l§l§c.

CHEESE—Quiet: state. large. new cheese,
6mm?“ small. 7m7%c.

EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania. 12@
125a: western, 1111,12c. ‘ '
SUGAR— Raw weak: fair refining, 3%c.:
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