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Show A Strange "God Tree." Wlint Is n god tree? Nobody knows or had ovor heard of such a thing un-til, un-til, not long ngo, an cthnologlcnl ex- plorer enmo across quite a lot of thorn 1 on certain little known Islands along tho west coast ot Sumatra. Tho god treo Is carved out of wood, jfl with curiously fashioned branches ot i the same material. On these branches fl aro hung strings of bright colored bits of cloth nnd tiny baskets filled with grains ot rlco. The wholo affair is ill not moro thnn three feet high. ; According to the belief of tho na- tlves of tho Islands nforcsald, a god c rssa lives In tho tree. Ho Is not a pnrtlc- tlvjiH ularly good sort of divinity and, It ho H takes n notion to leave the treo ho Is. liablo to do folks a mischief. The 1 best way to persuade him to stay at )l homo In tho treo Is to mnko tho latter '( attractive by adorning it In tho man- j ner described nnd by supplying rlco j In baskets for tho god to eat. T The god is a household god and tho tree which he Inhabits Is kept In n jjj ' corner of tho family dwelling. j |
