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Show The Ordeal by Test. Weird tales of the remarkable manner man-ner of administration of justice resorted re-sorted lo by natives of the Lower Niger Ni-ger territory were given lately by a party of British traders who visited the river. If native Is accused of theft, the heads of the village make a decoction of herbs and put Into the essence about a grain of ground pepper. pep-per. The liquid Is then lightly applied ap-plied to the eyelid. If the subject weeps he Is considered guilty. Hut the murder test Is an Improvement upon that of theft. The "wisa man" of the district draws vessel of water, wa-ter, Into which he puts some poison Then he takes a cow's tall and "as perges" the eyes of the supposed as-seisin. as-seisin. If the man becomes blind he Is pronounced murderer |