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Show Hisses When Ho Kills. "The Filipino," said a young Phlladcl-phlan Phlladcl-phlan whose term of service In tho army has expired and who 1h glad to get bnck home. "Is a curious mixture of the human hu-man being and tho roptllo. I think, however, how-ever, thai the roptllo predominates. Th" Filipino can ornwl noiselessly ' on hlB stomach. Just as a snake can. and most of tho human attributes aro lacking In his make-up. But the thing that Impressed Im-pressed mo most was tho snak-llko hiss that he Invariably emits before ho strikes. This seems to bo Just as instinctive with him as It is with tho snake. Thoro Is a sharp, Indrawn breath that comes ns a warning and glvc3 a man a second's tlmo to drop fiat, or to throw up an arm If tho antagonist Is within striking distance dis-tance with n knife. That hlwa, though, Is not restricted to tho Filipinos. I am told that It Is characteristic of all Oxl-, Oxl-, ontalfl." Philadelphia Record |