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Show A Strange "God Tree." What la a god tree? Nobody knowa or had ever heard nf such a thing until, un-til, not long ago. nn ethnological explorer ex-plorer rame across quite a lot of them on certain little known Islands along the west conat of Sumatra. The god tree la rnrved out of wood, with curloualy fiiahloned branchea of the aamo material. On these branchea are hung strings of bright colored blta of cloth and liny baskets filled with gruliig of rice. The whole affair Ig not niore than three feel high. According to the belief of the na-Uvea na-Uvea of the Islands aforesaid, a god lives In tbe tree. Ho Ig not a particularly partic-ularly good gort of divinity and, If ha tnkea a notion tn luuve the tree he la lluble tn do folks a nilsrhlef. The beat way to purauade him to atny at home In thu tree la to miike Ihe latter attractive by adorning It In tho manner man-ner deacrlbed and by supplying rice In liuskrls for the god to cut. The god la a household god nnd the tree which he Inhabits la kept In a corner of the family dwelling. |