Show A Strange God Tree What is fa a god od tree Nobody knows or Ir had ever ever heard beard of such n a thing until until un til m not long agoa agoan gon go tn n ethnological ex- ex er plo came across quite a lot Jot of them themon on certain little known islands along the west coast of Sumatra The god tree Is carved out of wood with witt curiously fashioned branches of f fth th the tha same material l. l On these thebe branches are hung strings of bright colored bits of clo cloth h and tiny baskets filled with grains of rice The whole affair Is not more th n three feet high According to the belief belfer of ot the na natives na- na tives of ot the islands aforesaid a n god lives In the tree He lie Is not a 8 particularly particularly partie good sort of divinity and if he lakes takes a notion to leave the tree he Is liable to do folks a mischief The best way to persuade him to stay at home homo In the tho th ree is to ma make e the latter attractive by adorning it in the man manner manner mannor I ner nor described and by supplying lying rice In baskets for the god to eat The god is a household god and the tree which he Inhabits Is kept in a corner of the family dwelling |