The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN, FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1904. DROP DOWN DEEP SHAFT TO DEATH; Cable Parts ReleasingCage | | in Which They Were IRATE OFFICIAL OISTS CITIZEN Tax Collector of Fresno County ence Mine. ~RESCUI Y'I‘ Fifteen Men Are Killed in | the Stratton Independ- Being Hoisted. , Colo., Jan. 26 the main shaft of the mine six- | being hoisted seventh and eighth the cage got to the sur- | the engineer | » engine and the | man freight was ws frame, where 1 temporarily. e cable caused it to part, down T Two e cage, however, | gled with the timber | £ the gallows frame | L. P. Jackson, the sheave wheel the six e shafthouse ch w ment As the re-| | accident which occurred er the in The | was PABRER L~ S 10, S SR F e B Y The cable attached to the cage in use in the Stratton In- dependence mine at Victor, Colo., parted yesterday morning and sixteen miners were plunged | to the bottom of the shaft. Fif- | teen of them were killed. The engineer in charge of the ma- chinery surrendered himself to the military authorities pending | an investigation. A party of searchers who went into the Harwick mine yester- day to recover the bodies of vic- tims of the explosion nearly ck this morning at the | perished in the cold, the hoisting ependence mine, located | machinery getting caught and of this city, fifteen men| | holding them prisoners on the are dead and one other is severely in-| | lower level for six hours. ed. The dead [, SRR TR W. R. FRAZIER. | HN SEBECK at the stations at different points. e | Their arms and bodies were mangled, DWARD TWIGGS | their heads crushed and their clothing b= R decy | stripped from their bodies. At the bot- H A YOEMAN | tom of the shaft stands twenty feet of At | water, and lmq this the cage plunged. | Some of the miners were carried with | the cage into this sump. | VICTIMS ARE NON-UNION MEN. Nearly all of the men killed had wives TATEN | and children. Harry Goegen leaves a YK COCHRANE. wife and three children, who are in JACKSON | Michigan. W. B. Collins was a Baptist g minister and preached on Sundays at red James Bullbek, body | Goldfield. He was 38 years of age and tpruised and ecalp wounds. came from Cornwall, England. Edward CAGE CRASHES DOWN SHAFT. | TWiggs and Frank Cochrane were from the Coeur d’Alenes. Frank Gellese, the engineer in charge of the machinery when the accident occurred, surrendered himself to the military and was locked up in the bull pen. Gellese is a newcomer in the dis- | trict, but is said to have been strongly Most of the victims of the accident were strangers in the district, having | come from the Coeur d'Alenes, the | Lake Superior mines and other districts | to take the places of strikers in Cripple | Creek. | At alate hour to-night only one body | that could be identified had been taken { from the shaft. It was that of Harry & u " The other, James|Goegen, and was terribly mutilated. k a marvelous escape from | Fragments of four or more bodies were ol U injuries. | recovered from the warious levels and v articles of clothing which from his perilous posi- | mar n the shafthouse. boss and n down mber of the mine | a been going on to-night, three h were torn from the falling men were found. An investigation of the causes has expert cor 3 artment found that all the men who with the cage on its wild flight o the bottom of the shaft their bodies being scattered the engineers having been called in to ex- amine the machinery: but newspaper representatives as well as the public been rigidly excluded by the mine n control. STANFORD MEN RISK POISON | Mistake Is Made by University Throws an Inkwell at a| Students, Who Were Seek- Man With a Grievance| ing Lamps and Found Jam | Special Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call FRESNO, Jan. 26.—County Tax| STANFORD . UNIVERSITY, Jan. ector Hancock this afternoon George Adderson, the aged over- rew an inkwell t John Hendricks | of buildings, who in charge of then threw the latter bodily out | Encina Hall, the men's dormitory, is Collector’s office. [ having his troubles. NG PARTY NEARLY | recommended as a competent engineer. | H ks had been boasting about The board of trustees ordered Ad- the Co ouse during the day that he | derson to confiscate all kerosene 4 “clean out” Hancock’s office be- | ips found in the po ion of the students living at As the 2 | electric lights are cut off at 10:30 | o'clock each night, an extremely early hour for students who. are frequently | 3 obliged to burn the midnight oil, the ! are you thieves going to give | kncina men occasionally resort to b my money?” the use of kerosene lamps after the on was on him in a min- |electric current is shut off. nd he then advanced in a| The overseer of Encina did not ner toward Hancock | trust the work of seizing the lamps to \ his corps of Japanese assistants, but 7 made a personal room to room search of Encin 190 apartments and col- 1 by the man’s|jected a large number of lamps, is grabbed an ink- | which he cached in a basement room. t Hendricks, strik- | Several of the Encina men put their g him e head and cutting a |heads together and decided to regain g gash. Hendr staggered back {their property. They proceeded to i before himself | the basement and with a small bar K ¥ of him and was| pried the lock and staple off the door. All EST. 1847. COC Not only did they find their lamps, k’s POROUS PILIASTERS Are a universal remedy for Pains in the Back (so frequent in the casc of women). They give instantancous relief. Wherever there is a pain apply a Plaster. DIRECTIONS FOR USE For Rheumat - itise or eisewhere. or for Stiffness, eic Achi appiied as Wherever there g size and shape re ly to part z-ulho Pains | For Sere Throat, s or | Brenchitis, lcm Luags and for painfofand sensitive parts of the abdo- mes, apply as indicated. . and for cut piaster ot and cted as ve. Rheumatism, Colds, Coughs Weak Chest, Weak Back Lumbago, Sciatica, &c., &c., REMEMBER —Allcock’s Plasters are the plaster and have never been ity safe - they original and genuine porous Furthermore, they are | | shift was supposed to be of three hours | | leading citizens and members of the | society PERISHES Searchers in the Harwick Go Through Terrible . Experience. Stand Imprisoned for| Hours in Icy Waters on Lower Level. —_—— PITTSBURG, Jan. 26.—Almost zero weather and a biting wind late in the afternoon swept over the little valley where the Harwick mige is located, and nearly added another list of dead to the long black table. Not only was the work of search for the dead and living, if any are still alive, rudely in- terrupted, but cold and ice and wind combined nearly cost the lives of six- teen more men. At 38 o'clock this afternoon sixteen men went down into the shaft to do the | work of bratticing, bolstering, tunnel- ing and removing the debris that has so far barred their progress into the workings where the men were at | work when the explosion came. Their | only. Even at that it was a hard task. Even before the bucket reached | the bottom they were drenched with water, which the cold draught through the shaft soon turned to ice. Shortly after they were let down, two at a time, in the bucket, a tem- porary hoist that had been rigged up to Defng up the debris and the dead | was started down the shaft. Then came the snow and cold and wind. Agafn and | again efforts were made to reach the | living men at the bottom of the shaft, | but the wooden sides of the hoist, swollen by water, stuck.to the iron guide slide, and ‘then came hours of maneuvering: to reach -the bottom. ] The men-below had no means of| warmth and many of them, were stand- iing in deep water. Every effort was made to lower the cage, and finally it ] was loosened and got within twelve | feet.of the bottom. A’ timbér blown across the way by the explosion was in the path. The men were within'easy ! each-of a rope. but theig fingers, numbed and almost frozen by the cold, were unable to grasp the offered help. ; It was 9 o'clock when the first three men of the party who went down at | 3 o'clock were brought to the surface. | Not one of them was able to walk. i Henry Beckert said: “It was a frightful experience. We | | were too cold to work. There is ap- | parently no one to rescue. We had a hard time to find any of the dead. A shred of clothing here and another there, a jacket, a pair of overalls, but few bodies. “When we left the bottom of the shaft there were twelve bodies lying there ready” to be brought up. There are many others there, and the bodies of many will never be found. “The south main drift, in which we | worked, gives little chance for many of the men there being recognized. “In the north main drift the way has been cleared for some distance, but | we could not tell what was found there.” i Just after 10 o'clock the last of the | rescuers were brought to the surface. Some bodies will be brought out be- | fore daybreak. ———— . { Scots Honor Burns’ Memory. i SAN JOSE, Jan. 26.—The anniver- | sary of the birth of the poet Burns| was celebrated by the Caledonian Club | of this city to-night by a banquet at the Lamolle House. About 100 of the CRREEERRR RRERRERY RRRRRR PREVRERVIRR RRRVERRY. RERRRE RRRRY. RERRRE RRERRRRE, RERERR RRRRY, RRERRY RNy KRR PRERRRRERY BB RRRy B! were present. An elaborate menu was served and a fine musical | programme was rendered. James | Traill, president of the Caledonian So- | ciety, was toastmaster. Following is | the programme: “Patriotic Airs”: “Our Glorious Union,” Miss Maude Campbell; “The Land We Live IIL’" J. K. Johnston; fantasia on two bonnie | Scottish airs, *“Bonnie Doon” and “Bonnie Dundee,” Miss Irene Camp- bell; “The Land of the Heather,” J. C. Morrison; song, “Mary of Argyll,” Miss Eleanor Cator; “Robert Burns,” the Hon. M. H. Hyland; song, “Bon- {nie Doon,” Miss Richardson; “The | Music of the Gael,” James H. Camp- bell; “The Lassies,” W. S. Heron; song, “There Was a Was Born in Kyle,” David Wright; “Auld Lang Syne.” 5 - 2 but also a choice assortment of apples and jam, to which they proceeded to help themselves. Adderson declares that his delica- cies were poisoned and left in the basement for the purpose of killing rats. Evidently the Encina men can- not be killed by rat poison, for no deaths have been reported vet, al- though one man has complained of having had a slight attack of stom- ache ache, whether from poison or overindulgence in jam he is not pre- pared to say. The university authori- ties posted a notice to-day warning | those who had stolen the jam not to | eat it, as serious results might l’ollow| on account of the poison contained in it. However, the warning, it is pre- sumed, came to late, for no one sup- poses that the jam stolen on Sunday remains uneaten, —— e A SOME OF THE ODDITIES IN TRADE NAMES | How many New Yorkers there are who insist upon wearing good, strong, common-sense, English walking boots! They are supposed to have numerous qualities that seem to be lacking in the American article. But it so happens that exactly the opposite holds good in England, and, go where you will, you will see shoe stores displaying Ameri- can flags; and with American boots, shoes and siippers in the windows. The shoes we insist on having on this side of the Atlantic, and which are sold to us for “English made,” are sold to us in London, Liverpool, Leeds, and other cities of England as American made boots, and as such there is an enor- mous demand among the English peo- ple for them. Real English boots and shoeés would not be worn by American men and women, as they are broad and flat, with uncomfortable short vamps. Yet they have one commendable quality, in that they wear indefinitely. NOTE REVEALS | THE EMPORIUM | Colored Art Skins cn Sale To-Day 38c Good, large skins— reds,tans, browns, grays and" greens —at about . half their real value. Pocket Knives 25¢ Either one or: two good steel -blades, with a variety of styles of handles —white bone, imi- tation stag, black horn-and cocoa bola; good knives; little price. linist, will strate his copy. Zo-day only half a thousan women’s overseam and at wrist, durable, well fit- ting, first-class $1.00 gloves; special, per pair.. . . . . larly in all stores at $7-50, our very spe- cial price. $4.385 This Odd Design Chair, upho'stered ‘in’ Spanish finish leather, frame weathered oak finish, suitable for_den, library or hali; regularly - £9.00; our il i, exch . SOl D the 14-inch §ize , . Dust Brushes— With handle, all bris Cobweb Brush—For ceilings and corners . Laundry Brushes— First grade rice root . best make. . o Scrub Brush — Thick, heav Tam back, long bristles— inch . . . 380 ! 3<inch . 438¢ 4inch. Cuspldor or Toi'et Scrabs— Stout root, each . Marvel Shoe Shiner—A brush of fe't and patent leather and other shoes . . . / L * Dinnerware Gold Edge 10c each White Semi- Porce- lain gold edge and gold flower decora- tion; soup plates, salad bowls, des- sert plates and pie plates, each. 1 Qe and Musioc Sales Mr. George J. Hayes, composer and pian- ist, assisted by vio- compositions in our Music Department every afternoon this week, * beginning at 2:30. music this week 18c per Sale of Women’s $71.00 Gloves 79c¢ prime quality lambskin gloves, in tans, beavers, slates and fast blacks, with one row and Paris point self-stitch- ing on the backs, two neat patent clasps 79¢c $7.50 Rockers $4.35 $9.00 Den Chairs $5.40 Two Specials for Wednesday Upholstered Rocker—Golden quarter-sawed oak or imitation mahogany, highly pol- ished, best of workmanship, sold resu- Some of Our Prices for Household Brushes Floor s'gpps—‘qll hair—12-inch 7§g@, and | .. - 10 Wall Brush—The Hinds, adjustable extension handles, Family Paint Brush—The fia: kind, metal bound, good THE EMPORIUM. | CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- day Chronicle for special s yesterday. We announce This Yea demon- latest Worth 75¢ This | Jatest noveity veils, we are enabled price you can buy them for elsewhere. dotted borders, back with white dotte asscrtment of black and white mixe d pairs pique and Thursday, if quantity lasts, yo each o el e e Many designs of Spachtel Doilies, boards, on special sale to-day and 12x12 inches. . . . 9@ of Lot 1—Fine White Oxfords, weaves, colid texture; instead of Oc tle, largs .- $1.50 pico bristics - - 15@ offered at special sale. - 500 - 65¢ b”u!o,g scapes and figures, well JT26e| Wednesday oniy . . . . Fairness and justness to all our patrons, and our money-back guarantee back of every purchase. AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE The large lot of Dress Skirts advertised in Tues- day, if quantity lasted, were all sold before 3 o'clock you will not inquire for them and.be disappointed. Big Veiling Sale 70-Day and Thursday Floating Veils 33c By taking an immense lot of these very them at special sale at about one-third the The assortment includes black with black s, white with black dots, all white, and an in different designs, with piain chffon bands. the regular way; many of them, the $1.00 kind, to-day Sale of Spachtel Squares and Doilies An elegant line of very fine Swiss lace and Spachlel Squares, 32x32 inches, to.day and Thursday, it quantity iasts, Sale Waistings Select Spring Styles | $1.00 Values 59¢ A thousand of these samples, averaging in length 114 to 1% yards and 50 inches wide, real lace, including Trish Point, Brussels, Soutache and Tambour Muslins, worth i o, T e, s ey - Porto Rico Cigars 25c Oxfords l4c 65c Oxfords 38c 65c Flannels 38c Zo-Day Only—3 lots of choice w White and Colored Oxfords, THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. RERERRERERREEERE RERER REREREREREE RERRERVEEREERE RERERRRRE ERRER REREREREER. RERRR REREREERRR RERERRRR RRRRRR RRRRR Twenty ish ale Tuesday and Wednes- 50c and day . . Three this fact to-day so that r's First ““The C wild,”’ London, Crawford's and $1.00 to offer ed bord- d effects 33° Choice of sian Ov manufa ur choice at. . . formerl each, suitable for table centers or side- Thursday only— 1818 inches. . . .J40 Wednesday istings—2 lines new 1904 designs;’ some gold plated; some gray fin- with pretty stone setting, ex- tra length; worth Popular Novels “The Deliverance,” by Ellen Glasgow, and Marion $7.50 fo $12.50 Styles Now $5.00 them exclusive in design, fine in fabric, exquisite in coloring; coats that were now marked to ¢ any reservation . . Manufacturer’s Real Lace Curtains pretty Fifteen new patterns to select from— sewed, lined and laid—this week only 10c to 20c per yard cheaper than tapestries. 75¢;_to- . . 27e¢ Most Hose 250 Heavy cotton, silk fleece lined, very warm and com- fortable, without the objectionable feature of wool. all of the by Jack latest, our entire stock of Boys’ Rus- vercoats, made by New York’s cturing tailors; every one of y priced from $7.50 to $12.50 close, without . $5.00 Ages 2% to 6. weaves, crisp from the looms, and some choice Flannel Waisting, marked to start the season at less than they cost in the mills. On Sale This Week S 8 for 7 for in two different 25¢ a yard, to-day . 14c Lot 2—Imported White Mercerized Oxfords, also black and white; the 65c per yard kind; to-day only, yard 380 Lot 3—Wais:ing Fiannels, fancy corded weaves, French manufacture, strictly weol, assorted stripes and select colorings, 65¢ value; to-day and balance of week while quintity lasts . 380 Valentines Are Ready Matted Pictures 9¢ Some of the prettiest platino prints that we have ever Matted in extra black, gray and green mats, making a picture 11x14 inches. They are choice reproductions of popular subjects in land- Made Van Camp's bottle. . worth 25c each; special .. .9c Globe or e e — WAARA AAARAR ARRARAAR ALLAAE AAALA LLRUAL L QAARAARL ARG AALAANR AUAAA LATAR AAWANE WAAAA DAL Q000 A0 AW A in Groceries-Liguors Special Wednesday and Thursday Flour—Whole Wheat or Graham, 10-lbsacks . . 24@ Corn Meal—Bes: Eastern, yellow, 10-lb sacks . . 250 Eastern Cheese—Martin's best, b. . .. . . . 17%0 Kona Coffee—Our Hawaiian blend, b . . . . . 18@ Soups; for the two days, jtins. . ... . . . 280 For the twe days, per dozen . . 88¢c Gilka Kummel—Genuine imported, bottle. . . $7.00 Exira Table Claret—s years, gallon . . . . lc Club Cocktails—Manhattan, Vermouth, Whisky, etc., Kentucky Belle Bourbon- Choice Whiskies— Bourbors or Rye— American Club or West Indies — mighty good smokers. Products-—Beans, Macaroni and Cheese o Scur mash, full quart bot- Kentucky River, gallon .. . s$2.c0 WHARR ARRAARE AAAAR A AR AR AR R ARAAE DR AR AARAAAAR ARAA R R AARAR ARAAAR RAA AR AAE R AR AR ARAWR AAR AR ARRAAARA AR AR AR e | CRUEL CRINE Dead in the Hills Nearé a City in State of Oregon PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 26.—The| bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Brown of Reinbeck, Iowa, were found in the | hills south of town to-day. Mrs. Brown had been shot in the breast, and, the bullet failing to take effect, her throat had been cut from ear to ear with a razor. Brown had shot himself in the head and to make death certain had swallowed poison. The Browns came here some time figo from Towa. On failing to arouse them this morning Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith, with whom the couple had been stopping for two weeks, entered their room and found a note saying that both were tired of life and agreed to die together. The note left directions as to where the bodies would be found, and following the instructions, the Sheriff succeeded in locating the scene of the tragedy. The couple left a number of sealed letters addressed to various persons, one being to Mrs. M. A. Brown of Reinbeck and another to Thomas Brown of Summerfield, Kans. Mrs. Brown had addressed a letter: “Dear Brother—When this reaches you I will be no more. I have found another man in Oregon I loye better than my husband.” ‘ Her letter had been torn and thrown into a stove,: but failed to burn and was picked out by the Coroner and pasted together. It is believed now that Brown murdered his wife and then kiiled himseif. £ Pese ST R Mayor Harrison Gives Bond. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Mayor Harri- son, accused by the Coroner’s jury of partial responsibility for the Iroquois Theater fire, appeared in Judge Walk- er's court to-day and gave bond for $15,000. The Mayor is held to the Grand Jury. ———— ‘We give special attention to prevail- ing forms and engrave visiting cards, wedding invitations and announcements, correctly and reasonably, crest and ad- dress dies made to order. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. hd e BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 26.—The concert sched- uled for last night by Mme. Patt{ and her company did not come off as expected. Mme. Pattl's manager refused to let her appear, say- ing that the high altitude and smelter smoke had already affected the diva’s volce. ———————— This week 25 per cent reduction on every heater in stock. S8an Francisco Gas and Electric Company, 415 Post street. * —_—— JACKSON, Jan. 26.—Miss Katie Thompson. d 36 years, committed suicide Sunday morn- ing by swallowing an ounce of carboilc acid. She had long been a cripple and took her life ia a fit of despondency. | BULLET HURTS TWO CHILDREN Ventura Youngsters, on the Alert for a Burglar, Almost End Their Lives Aceidentally S o i 1 | Special Dispatch to The Call, VENTURA, Jan. 26.—Shortly after §| o'clock this evening Harry and Ruth Browne were accidentally shot at the Browne residence on\Yentura avenues one mile from this city. The children, aged 15 and 9 years, were alone in the house at the time. They are the young- est daughter and son of a former Au- ditor and Recorder, A. W. Browne. Mrs. Browne was visiting at the Binn's house. The other members of the fam- ily were downtown. A noise at the window startled the girl. ‘It was thought that a burglar was attempting to enter the housec. Harry and Ruth both rushed to their mothér's bedroom for a revolver. It was not supposed to be loaded. Harry was breaking the weapon in order to load it. There was a cartridge in the barrel and it was discharged. The bul- let passed throuigh the fleshy part of Harry's left hand. Then it entered his sister's breast bver the heart, striking a rib. The ball glanced, followed the rib and lodged under the left arm. Dr. Cunnane, the attending surgeon, says that the girl had a narrow escape from instantaneous death. She is now under the influence of opiates. The bullet will be extracted to-mor- row. - Immediately after the accident the lad ran to his mother at Binn's residence. He left a trail of blood both going and returning. —————— Fox Hunting About Rome. Rome has a delightful climate the whole year round, and from the end of November to the middle of March ig an ideal time for hunting; then the hounds meet twice a week. On such mornings the riders leave Rome, or the villas round about, in time to be on the field and ready by 11 o'clock; for the hunt is always several miles from Rome, some- times on the rolling, partly timbered land to the northward, but more often on the level plain. Such a meet is to Rome what a Meadow Brook meet is ‘to New York. It means a morning gathering of fashionables, with time and money and distinction to its credit. Swift moving motor cars, lumbering drags and four-in-hands, smdrt phae- tons, barouches, victorias and dogearts hurry out from the city. From the es- tates of noblemen in the vicirity of the hunt come carriages, and men on the hunters which they will ride in the day’'s chase.—Outing. e A man does not have to take boxing lessons to qualify him to pack goods ln‘- a department store. IRATES T0 FAIR NOT YET FIXED Passenger Association Defers Aetion on the Schedule for the St. Louis Exposition o ol SR ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.—No agreement was reached at to-day’s meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger Association regarding the World's Fair rate, action being deferred until Thursday. The association * decided that east- bound trans-Atlantic -tickets from the Pacific Coast should be issued to include the steamer ticket, instead of issuing an order on the steamshipg companies, which had been the custom. Notice was served by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road that it would not participate in the nine months’ tourist rate to the Pacific Coast. The question of equalizing rates from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific via the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pa- cific was referred to a committee to in- vestigate and report. —_———— SANTA ROSA, Jan. 26.—The highest point in the hop market since 1802 was reached in this county yesterday, when L. D. Jacks, lo- cal grower. disposed of 150 bales at 2815 cents. C. C. Donovan was the purchaser. ————— NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—The Rev. Dr. David Hummel Greer was to-day grdained a bishop coadjutor_of the Protestant *Episcopal dlocese of New York. Fifteen Bishops took part in the consecration services. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 26.—Ex-Cir- cuit Court Commissioner Garrett H. Albers was found gmuilty in the Superior Court to- dav of perjury committed during a former trial for bribery. —_———————— LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 26.—Fire to-day de- stroyed the Goddard Storage Warehouse, en- SUPERSTITION OF THE WEST INDIAN NEGROES Signs of Coming Trouble, in Which They Place Most Firm Belief. The negroes of the British West Ine dies have many curious superstitions. They believe it is unlucky to praise a baby or to say that it is like its father or its mother. If you say to a Jamatca negress, “What a beautiful child!” you are apt to incur her bitter enmity. To give the baby good luck, they mark it on the forehead with a cross |in washing blue or tie a blue ribbon on its arm. They will never, on any ac- count, measure or weigh a baby, for that means the worst of bad luck. If a cock crows at the door. a gen- tleman is going to visit the house: if a hen crows, some member of the fam- ily will" die. If you carry a tree pepper in your pocket,’you will become poor. If you give a thing away and take it back again, you will have a sty. If you roll your eyes when the moon changes, they will stay crooked. If you kill a spider, you will soon break a plate. . If a lizard jumps into a tub in which clothes are being washed, the washer- woman must not touch them for four hours, or they will tear in her hands. If a John Crow (turkey buzzard) flies into the house, some terrible misfor- tune will happen. When the birds nest in your house a wedding may be ex- pected. ‘Whenever a negro hurts a black dog he always begs its pardon, because the spirits of black dogs are supposed to g0 into men’s bodies after death and cause them to walk the earth in the shape of a black dox. When a. West Indian negro cuts his hair he always buries the severed hairs. 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