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Eating Human Flssb.

The Battas Of the island Of Mas, opposite
Sumatra are inVeterate cannibais At their
yearly feasts numerous victims are devoured-
w nen they nave no prisoners they substi-
tute criminals or persons unable to nav
their debts The captain of a company Of
French soldiers found a young girl tied to a
Tree IN the woods, weeping and lsmenting
Aer taCe- Upon inquiry he ascertain5d that
owing small sum which she could not pay
she was devoted to death. He liberated her
gave her money, and sent word to the chief
OF the nearest village that he should avenge
any wrong done her. Two American mis-
slOnaries, with their servants, were killed
and deVOured some years since at psdano-
IN their unnatural feasts these savapes cnt
the nesh trOm the living bodies of their vic
uuns. Inc chief first GpprOpriatas the
nostrllls, the ears, and the desh from the boI-
low OF the hand and the insteps, and Others
IN turn are allowed to cut choice norsels
nom the hVing victim. All prisoners of war
ana CRIMINALS are condemned to be eaten.
The blood OF the victim is eagerly swallowed
Dy the participants in these fearful banuuetq
to which women are not invited.
1t Is a custom among the -Birhors. q Dec
can mountain tribe, to invite friends in case
OF death IN the family to partake of the
corpse. The PaFiRhs feed without scruDIe on.
carrlon, and evinCe no dislike for human
1000. The Gondes, another Indigenous tribe,
are addlcGed to the hOrFid practice Of canni-
ballsm. In the. account of the funeral of a
KING OF one Of these tribes in 1901 it is re-
lated that he was burned, together with two
Oh ms wives Inc remaining bones were
carefully collected, and, with the exception of
small quantity reserved for another pur~
pose, they were sealed in lar, and taken
back by faithful Brahmins to the Ganges
The portion reserved was powdered, an
mingled with rice grains, eaten by tweld,
Brahmins, who were thought thus to imbive
the sins Ofthe defunct
In 1920, so prevalent was the rage for
human flesh in the New Hebrides that the
wars could not supply victims rapidly
enough, but parents devOured their children
villagers their neighbOPs, and children their
aged parents. Bodies were served up whole
before the king only, and it is said that forty
victims, were counted at one time on his
table. For him were also provided living
arms, legs, and finally whose heads were
severed from the body with a sharp piece Of
hanrhoO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
the TERRORs OF CIYILIzAT1Oz.

The Injuns never teched him,
Nor the bars;
An the rattleFs never bit him,
An the train rObbers COuldni { get him
On the cars
Twas a frigid day an drizZly
When the rocky mountain grizzly
Ever crep' within rod of Jim, the scout;
An the catamOunt an bison
Never teched him more than pizen,
Which they allus more prefer to do without.
But he moved into the city
Just for fun:
An he sold his big six-shOOter,
An he thought it would not do ter
Keep his gun.
But a muscular garrOter,
Who was not a legal voter.
Robbed him Ofhis watch and wallet ike d child;
Then a gaspipe overloaded
Bust. and Jim he got exploded,
An came down considerable permiscuOus
and riled.
An the bunco steerers feeced him
Left and right;
An the gamins ulster boot him
An a slugger tried to shoot him
T. other night.
An a hCOdlum tried to skin him,
An an injine ran agin him,
An herdic an a boss car an dray;
An agin, little later,
In a rotten elevator,
He fell down thirteen stories IN one day
An his house it.caught afrs
T. other night;
An his gas meter exploded
(Jim didn't know it was lOaded).
Awful sightl
An his house was widely scattered.
Der the country it was bespGttered,
In shower Ofchunks and cinders so they said.
Jim was so completely shivered,
He hain't never been diskivered
But the coroner concluded he was dead.
Yankee Blade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
Calling tie BUn Moose.
From lie New YOrk Sun.


The time to call the bull moose is from the
middle of September to the middle of October
and sometimes later 1t Is the habit of the
female at that time Of year to seek open
spaces on the hills at shutdown and give voice
to mellow but far-sOundingCr Thisis the
signal to the male, and the call is not often
repeated before some shambEng bull is heard
crashing through the brush his long split
shoofs rafting at every step, on his way to
the rendezvous. This peculiar erv the hunfe-s
have learned to initiate with greater or less.
degrees OF eXaCtness, and made 1t an agent
Tor Turing their games into ambush. The
can IS made by means OF a horn rolled out Of
birch bark, to mouth which perfectly REQUIRES
long and constant practice. The hunter
when an adept at sounding the moose love
song, simply hides himself at q favorable
spot in the wilderness, and blows the horn.
AS he hears the bull approaching: generally
pausing in the brush at intervals to listen for
the cali and get his bearings. the caller
needs ali nerve and an unfGIimg
lip. The call must be tempered to the ap-
pro8cn OF the bull, and one false uut5 Is never
lost on that wary lovers true andOultivRted
ear. No COW moose ever Biurred a note or
sung too fat or too sharp floating her anna
tory invitation to her mate on the crisp air Of
an autumn evening, and the slightest varia-
ton either way in the sound will send the ex-
pecGant brute flying Ike the wind away from
the -treacherOus trysting PLACE dlsRpp pointed,
perhaps, but not as much so as the hunter
whose false lip lost him his coveted prize.
The female moose rarely calls after dark
the exceptional instances being on light
moonlight nights Consequently hunters sell
dom try to lure a buH by calling after night
has come on. If a bull can be inducedi to
answer moonlight call, however, the excite
ment Of the sport is increased. There. is
something decidedly weird and uncanny in
the sound of the startling call echoing among
the hills, their tops flooded in light and their
sides and bases wrapped in imPenetrable
shadow, and the answering below of the bull
as 1t comes out from the very depths of the
shadow As the huge animal approaches.
from the wilderness, and finally energies into
the mOOnlit open, the nerves even of the most
experienced hunter are strung at the severest
tension, while to the novice the suspense is
simply agony.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
Perhaps the Land Of seshe., ,,

From Charles Marvins English in Africa.
Amatongaland is so natural an extension
of Zululand that IN many maps it is colored
as belonging to it. Roughly it measures
nearly 100 miles long by fifty broad, and has
a population of 200, 600. Its form of gov
eminent is a limited monarchy. The country
IS divided into seventeen provinces, some Of
which are governed by princesses. The three
branches of the legislature are represented by
the sovereign and his Indunes, who live at
the royal kraal, and may be said to CORES
pond to the British House Of Lords and a
grand council or parliament of the nation.
This parliament holds the state and passes
all the laws. 1t is called up whenever ina
portant questions arise, and deliberatcs in
the open air at the kings kraal.
1t differs from the English House
OF Commons only in the members comprising
II being nominated by the crown instead OF
being elected by the people. Most Ofthem eX-
ercise administrative functions in the districts
10 which they belong. During the minority
OF the son of the late King who died in 1875,
the sovereign power is vested in the person OF
the Queen Regent Zambela, his last wife (his
hrsu having no issue), who is described as a
yOung and extremely pretty woman, with fine
anu deHcate lips, an oval face, and a small,
Weli-IOFmed head, set on a beautiful throat.
is extremely popular with the people. Her
cnle1 councillor, Tsigish, long trusty friend of
tne OLD King, Is very capable administrator,
while her white adviser" Mr.. Grantham,
son of the late Captain Grantham. of the En-
gIlsh army, ana native belle, possesses an
influence which has all along been exercised in
favor Of a rapprOchement between the ANA
tOngas and England. Hitherto they have
Frudently excluded whites from their country
to prevent the Beers from Overrunning it;
but their attitude towards England has all
ways been friendly.
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Potato Trust.

The six largest potato dealers Ia Boston
have combined in trust known as the Con
soHdated Produce company, lately organized
at Portland, under the laws Of this state,
with a capital stock of 100000. of which
s1O0, coo is preferred The object of this
trust IS said TO be TO- regulate the price of po-
tatoes. which for the past few years has been
subject TO so much competition and price-cut-
ting as TO take away all the profits of the
business. The members of the company dis
claim all intention OF creating a monopoly,
but the ten smaller dealers in Boston are
not re-assured by the report that the direct
Ors Of the new concern are to meet daily to
regulate and make prices for potatoes. 1t
is expected TO have things in working order
by next month. Dividends are restricted to
: per cent Der annum on either preferred
or common stock, but the whole ! VIII have
To be paid on the preferred before any on the
common is due. This new movement is of no
less interest to Maine farmers than TO the
emaller Boston dealers. 1t is In their power
to break IL mp, if they see fit Lewiston
Me- Journal.