Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — A Village of Lunatics. [ARTICLE]

A Village of Lunatics.

Laos, in Cochin China. Is, according to Dr. Lefevre, a village of out and out fools or lunatics. A common form of mania with them is to believe they have a buffalo In the stomach. Hopeless cases of this delusion, or “plpop,” as they are called, are thrown Into the water and if they save themselves are accounted free from the possession.