| Show SKILLFUL IN USE OF POISON South African Bushmen Had Weapon Which In Other Hands Might Havo Have Been Invincible The bushmen Africa's pygmies of the South who vho succumbed so quickly to civilization are becoming rarer every day Famine wars and the whiteman's white mans man's encroachments have killed 01 off thousands The one great achievement of ot these children of the woods Is their skillful use of poisons In the hands of a more subtle people the poisoned arrow might have haTe been an Invincible weapon but for the bushman It only delayed Inevitable defeat The bushman's arrow Is a toy of ot U light ht reed until he turns It Into a a. 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 these thes nat natives Tes Special men of the tribe prepare th time poisons for tor their purpose usually heatIng heatIng heat- heat Ing lag them In a 0 dish before dipping the tha dart Into them While thelt theiL poisonous brew to cook the poison polson con- con dance about the fire In excitement excite excite- merit nent at the coming coining hunt or combat Skulking In breathless silence upon an Imaginary enemy they suddenly leap up and discharge the fatal arrows after which they CM noll e n. n v. v n OA v u I part of ot the victim victim and writhe and howl with all alJ the agony of the hunted Exhaustion and the completion of the poison Jolson put an end to this vivid re re- i |
