New-York tribune., 1886-03-28
~ LTEYT ~ 1HE HISTORY or CANNI-
BILISN.
~Liir ia real! life Is earnest!
And The oFarS L. Mt its goal.


Aud The grdce j. Mt its goal
On the western coast of Africa. where il il
crossed by ho cquan there live AMI move ana nave
thslr being -undry tribes Of cannbas Not many years
of ~ these tlihs mot youh "t another
rs Ia was Dasa tho delights the forest, and ate
hin. TINS did those two uututored minds enjoy the
bcaG;ics ui nature. each in his own peculiar way.
IN toe etiquette OF West African society II j. ueemed
and suoJle thin or a mau to eat person "ho Is
smaller than hin self ana in consC uence OF th and IN
spite OF the tact that tho eating might have been "cc
dontsl. n warn and animated cooluess sprang up
the tribes. little lator they met in battle,
anI the oc whose youthful mcnher had lost his liberty
while iu the pHrsuit Of happiness captured boy,-
\ creature not too bright good
For human natures daily food.
The captured boy about I0Ultecn years oi age, and
was to be eaten. Being son Of the aforementioned
1f,ncr he Was to he eaten not ony for Ills own sake
hut for his fathers sake
He seemed somewhat ayerSe to the idea.-the more.
that Jonahs with the whale I'D not esatlioL
PRECEDENT He hight perhaps have become recon
cilod 80 being devHUred 10y single individual but 1t was
painful 10 ini to rlet's family scattered. lie
oouM have endured to be eaten pat at time. out the
thUugut OF dying all simultaneously filed him
WITH mi.Si,iEs,. lie reasoned, too that If hc were
Iagt .keu of IN instruments lie might escape before IL
was e,orastnsy too lite, aud grow ont again. On The
,yhOlc however. he profcrrrd t. be eaten 10y proxy.
HIS c,ntnrs having trought him to their village had
tie him t. a stake sud sitting about wrapped IN
anticipation aud arranging prcllninarie for tlo ban
4urt.
Just at the moment when they aad eaten him long
enough in fancy and the point OF doing 90 in
fact, boat Was pushed up to tho riN bank near tten
aud lit.c wolnau missionary TO these particular
heathru stopped She. at home with her SICK hus
ban had ncard their months wafer as they passed. WIN
their captive ia the ely morning, aud knew that some
body shive ns tho brink OF being aSsinilatec
daylight came sic took heI boat and ioowod
them.
"a shs rowed up the river fearing that her coming
mght be too ato or her efforts uusvaliing, her mind
sou.hj an eptaph suited to the occasion He cometh
fcr; as Hu,yor and up, her kni heart rejected
bn,aCse It Suggested idea tnat might saddon his
mother 70 live in hearts we leave benud IA not to
e" was comforting, but IL not sufficiently compre
hen,ye- would he not be mmOraized t:Or time at
le,,u IN all manner OF vital orsans Just rs she had
beyuu to wonder vaguely would be appropriate
pace 10 put the raI Of persOn who had been caien
aud especially so Nalously eaten aS uis n'N' SIC 'ho
10 tEe SPOT Wore chnubal slh "as holding cArulVai
"a Above roIsed
i've socurty-not tnat they had most manly appetite
. at " iull not cat woman. but because thay were
~ fear of the Freuch Governlnen unler whose pro,
trctiou sh1 was ho"eFer' a5 "aH very Po'Sio 'n'
IN tneir excitement they had loot thor detection the
lazy uudonately clt sense oI ree' ht hhdlhH thcy
dl not ru-n 10 wecOme her; lett et'd 10 be CODY
receive ed. H., $1,000. -. -. -,
boy aud take hun away Il would also huvr Oern M
possible; she lifted tie flood gates Or her elpqueuor,
to se the IOi.t. There Irosou She sa which
,,ould promp' tnem 10 cHcn"nHa theu c"i ~" Tor
cIl Girl. sadly in tire majority In this "1rd' ana
3; Gne were ca'eU now and the boy ~ ume married.
another, wouli he very gracefully dlspn-rd Of
Moreover casirr t. swallow than boys, bong a.
Iir tudgh. Bat tHo siYHgr5 RET used 10 entertain
the protest. for aside t"e consideration that tho
nrsyest are the teuderes" II tory caught XII aud
merely Mentioned oIhk hrr she "aH eul'teV
urtl to t-rs Then ,Lc hope OF obtaining al ic',t
n Az of proo.c lug Lady sand thry were doing tncm
scvc. uusludurss and wasting law material g. eL
the boy now. "O' ini roves wondrrtuF wan yrar-.
aud tf.cr a. has crown luu-dthe 10 l5 !" prrlccuy
sccrt" lat an a.od BARBARIAN asked hcr Why sue
Uoutht 50. aud she coti" "ny Ip'h TiiN TiiN anu T"y
Hecause 90; AMI the aged barbarian sad size had drawn
a yunclu -Iou without evidence.
Fm,iIgt them irrruinrd t. the boy nobody and
10 do en- or newell employed hrgn zen to IN lace
tl'U To ljorIdtc mn al once 9pj Ci IoHrgei', $40
s,J. il I"tct factor III dire 'iI& thc uind' OF hls
parents. alI ~ te.rnius them thrlr ppeF po'Il"n III
how coul lis m"thcr brIho Ier Younger 'Ii.Iron 10
Lrgoe and good ""rNS by pro!i' ~ To ot lhtm Nlst
bachelor with 10 motn"r-.nr in Ia, heart SAIL they
would rci"y6 tue Iar"nt - ~ nco"venien0e Oh that
score ~ eating flt Ouuser children.
IN ,it her ARM. nrn:nd the hoy to prercu, MIN from
ci. dragged oi to tho slaughter. the tnoe went out 10
' ,j f..v ,n III lr' iiie Gnr CO. 4 man wLo Yields
his atrunl Nil TO tdc gentle UHuCuye OF woman Is
cIpaue u boer tuin.s tuan wasting Ills s"eetnoSS on
thU desert air hcatueu out the ye dhH II tHs case
10y the noys tnpe. me 5ptth went nome anu win
action IN feeling that he Is within days march Oi
I'm America clnnbalsm is generally restricted tn back
litug 4u} g. InA ou oGr 'Iruds IA o. coanty during
te summer mgnn'i AiAo%iv n a iH''r"i "n,.n , n"y
copk. and Crdy- Boiauy says of peanuts that they
are liked by ChllurcB either Iaw oI rOL>ied
Ilt Gur. .tIJu = r4t!ug Oag Lt!-hhot> on~I IUuG =
mttter NJ mere taste There rTu people wuO wouldn't
eat n lr g1 Ell tu tlirm; but evoty one has
rXptrirul,l owe ulauCAr, that Ac would have been
perfectly willing Ia have somebody else cot AMI Ia
Inality Wl"tt. tur " luNlaL. black-bIOTcI
Eirut down the children como ouf. aud IugcT,
one on 0Vt'y blade Ui Etar-, each oic drumming uh
TN ua aud each Y}lug WtI Tie ttHcr a., hr uowl, ia
AN uubupg pgl tongue ~nuc i-ufeIdJe TAIN "llru tho
lrarer 'earS is We won't hoT" til morning in
IIFti IAt A.
lu.-riu2 Dor hum -.h sui :Ir ius iuI the laStHR
pr,titulr uf III low VIII h5 Thankfully received
.rl led tho tat 81 Il s ltut."