The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-24

self certain parts which are supposed TO endow
him with the manhood ind strength Of the
original owner, and in the main these parts are
tabu to women The rest of tho body is cut up
and distributed by the military and supersti-
tious heads of the community to warriors whom
they particularly desire TO honor. There is in
the members of the body no apparent distinc-
ton, aud individual gastronOmic taste alone
governs the distribution. Tho thighs are uata-
rally most sought after, then the ribs, and next
thoupper arms; tho skins and forearms are less
considered, and after these Joints are cut off
there ia no little choice in the remainder. The
fingers and toes are always claimed by the
children as delicacies, and the women always
get the heads, hands aud feet The feast ends
when the last Of the meat Is eaten. and tho
village returns TO its usual diet of fish and
vegetables until another raid furnishes the
material for such another enjoyment
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The only quadrupeds found INDIGENOUS
throughout the island subdivision, or the world
loosely grouped together as Occanica. the
pig aud the dog, both good articles Of food. In
one island is found one OF these. in another the
other; rarely indeed arc they found together.
The only other mammal available for food is
man. why, not, them" says Maiwai, ." eat
manP We do not eat our own people in our
own village for that would stir mp strife among
ourselves and we should be divided and become
weak anu an eb5y prey 10 our HeipNuOT5s Aub
our eighbors--tbat's a diflerment matter.
They will eat us il they can; they steal our
yams; they tear down our taro terraces; they
are nuisance in every way; why not eat
them2"
To explain to Maiwai why he should not eat
up the nusances who steal his yams it would be
necessary to begin further bacl, and instill into
him several lessons of civilization.
WHITE MEMS CHANCES OF BEING EATEN.
What chance does n white man have of being
eaten in tho Western Pacific?
An excellent one indeed. Not that the peo-
pie will view him primarily as an article Of
diet and rush wildly to put him to use in that
particular. but they viii incline TO kill him az
an intruder and dangerous to their peace, and
once killed he will certainly go to pot in it's
most restricted sense. Commands among them
profess not to like the white mans flesh ms we'll
rs that of the native. and found their objection
upon his saltiness. This may we'll be so when
one considers the large amount of salt eaten by
tho civilized, and particularly by those who
land upon tho islands after a voyage in which
salt horse and salt junk have alternated for
days aud weeks as the staple food The island
era are learning that the murder of a white is
likely 10 bring retribution in its train, and so
refrain from molesting him without cause, but
tribes may seem to them good cause, and tho
white man is dubbed aud eaten. Tho life Of
who have effected Judgment on the islands is
therefore at best precarOus. and may at any
moment end in the cannibal larder.
Comrades: Ii you wish for profitable hnsi
ness, we refer you to tho advertisement on
page 3, headed Better than Pension"
Sioux peTfiuoBs Remark.
Ne,e York World
Sitting Bull recently lost $50 at poker. He
seems to BIO in the Siouxp.
Ancient Electricity.
[Baifinoye Americana
That electricity was known in early biblical
times is proved by the fact that Noah first made
the ark light on Mount Ararat
What IL Is.
[Lijel
Temperance Orator-What is it, my hearers,
that drive mon to drink2
Voice from Back Seat-Salt mackerel.
Happy DeliVeranee.
Detroit Scrrsl
Proud Mother--Oh, John. the baby can walk.
Cruel Father-Good. de can walk the floor
with himself at night then.
Insarmouuiable.
Toncn Topiesl
Quiney-If ii were not for ono thing would
marry that girl.
Ricksecker-Whats the objection.
Quincy-Sho won't have me.
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