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Show SKILLFUL IN USE OF POISON South African Bushmen Had Weapon Which in Other Hands Might j Have Been Invincible. The bushmen, Africa's pygmies of the South, who succumbed so quickly, . r . to civilization, are becoming rarer every day. Famine, wars and the white man's encroachments have killed off thousands. The one great achievement of these children of the woods Is their skillful use of poisons. In the hands of a more subtle people the poisoned urrow might have been an invincible weapon, but for the bushman It only delayed Inevitable Inev-itable defeat. The bushman's arrow is a toy of light reed until he turns it Into a certain death dealer by covering the tip with one of his favorite poisons. A certain caterpillar of the jungle, the most venomous snakes and spiders, poisonous roots and leaves all yield their power to kill to the use of thes natives. Special men of the tribe prepare th poisons for their purpose, usually heating heat-ing them In a dish before dipping the " dart into thetu. While waiting for their poisonous brew to cook, the poison eon-coctors eon-coctors dance about the tire in excile-I excile-I ment at the coming bunt or combat. Skulking in breathless silence upon tin imaginary enemy, they suddenly leap up and discharge the fatal arrows, after which they shift easily to the part of the victim, ami wriihe and howl with all (he agony of the hunted. Exhaustion and the cotnpletl.m of the poison put ' an end to (his vivid rehearsal. |