Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-05


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AUSTRALIANS CANNIBALS
What Prof. Lumholtz Found in the
Wiids Of Queensland.
uNCoUTH sAvAaEs WHO DWELL IN LAND OF
AND OTHER STRANGE ARTICLES OF DIET-A
RACE THAT 10 DISAPPEARING.
Prof. Carl Lumholtz Of Norway with the
breast Of his dress coat glittering with medals,
which he has won by his scientific achievements,
succeeded in sending several distinct shudders
down the spines Of the three or four hundred
people who assembled in the National Rifles
Hall Friday evening to hear him tell Of his ex-
periences among the Australian cannibals
These shudders were mingled with a sufficient
amount of laughter and interested attention to
render the evening most enjoyable and in
structive one. Gen. A. W. Greedy, the chief
signal officer, introduced the lecturer
on behalf of the National Geographic Society,
under whose auspices the lecture was
given. Prof. Lumkoltz spoke with a con-
siderable accent, but made himself understood
without much difficulty. He drew a contrast
between the civilized portions of Australia,
which are fully abreast with the rest OF the
world In art. science, refinement and business,
and the other wild, uncultivated portions
where the inhabitants are of the most degraded
70 tha 1otfo nDsn a.
in 1880, in the cause of science, having for its
object the discovery Of the fora fauna and
aboriginal habits Of that almost unexplored
portion OF the globe.
WHERE EVERYTHING rs CONTRARY
He spoke Of the popularity Of everything,
the apparent reversal of conditions in this land,
where the women have no beauty where the
birds do not sing, where the flowers give forth
no odor and where the dogs do not bark; where
the swans are black instead OF white, where
many of the trees have no leaves and many
others have leaves that hang on edge so that
there Is little shade; where the trees shed their
bark instead OF their leaves and where the
fruits have their stones outside instead Of in.
The landscapes Of Australia are more gro
tesque than beautiful; the soil is rich and the
vegetation luxuriant large number of lam
tern slides were shown, Illustrating life among
the uncouth natives Of Queens which was
tho province penetrated by the explorer
He went alone among the blacks, at first
making friendly advances to those with some
degree OF civilization and living with them,
and then gradually pushing inland to the
rougher, less cultivated tribes, until he reached
the heart OF this uncOuth country, where men
live in the fashion Of the primeval ages and
have taste for human flesh. The .civilized
blacks are but few degrees removed from
absolute barbarIsm, their civilization consist
ing mainly of the knowledge that if they kill
European they will be shot. They will wear
clothes ii they can get them, but they are con-
sidered as mere ornaments and not as useful
articles. They will wear q heavy jacket all
Gay day, long with VIZ the ,os sun making
then at night when the temperature
gets down to the other extreme and one almost
freezes they take off all garments and lie hud-
died together in their grass huts shivering.
Nevertheless, there are but few coughs or colds
to be found among them until they begin to
imbibe civilization and put on Clothes when
they tape cold, catch fevers and sicken and
die. They object to any kind Of work and are
sometimes too lazy to search for food.
cHILDLIKE AND BLAND.
In all Of their characteristics they are like
children, the creatures OF the caprice of the
moment, tricky, untrustworthy, without any
idea of truth and no reasoning perceptions,
The result Is that white Australian will never
let black man get behind him. for ne would
Kill 10 ever present and the slightest emotion
OF plque, envy, avarice. will lead to a cruel
murder. They are tall and slender rather
graceful but with less bodily strength than the
European. Their features are typicallv negro
| fiat noses, low foreheads and broad mouths.
The eyes peer keenly out from their heavy
| brows until age turns the whites yellow and a
fiendish look Of a beastly nature supervenes.
Their teeth are naturally white and regular
but are used for so many purposes of which a
white man would never dream that they soon
become broken and worn down to the gums
When back tooth aches blood is sucked from
the cheek of the sufferer by a brother. When
front tooth becomes out of order a wooden
peg placed against it and sharp blow dis
lodges it. The old women are extremely ugly
and would be killed off by the men if it were
not that they are OF service in hunting food.
QUEER ARTICLES OF FOOD.
The food consists Of horse flesh, lizards
Larvae, and nearly everything that moves
Fruits are not eaten much, but there is a queer
mixture OF grains and other vegetable matter
laboriously prepared SO as to remove the nat
taste and has little nutrition. SO that one has
to eat an enormous quantity of it. There is a
certain white wood grub, about the size of q
finger, that is esteemed a great delicacy. 1t il
placed on hot ashes and soon crisps When
broken open the inside is found to resemble an
omelet. both in color and taste. The appetite
for human flesh is noticeable in all Of the I'M
civilized tribes. aud is gratified whenever there
is an opportunity. One will never eat another
OF the same tribe, but considers a man Of
another tribe as legitimate prey. White maui.
meat, they say, makes them sick. so that
European is safe from their cannibalism bu
he will be killed for pipe Of tobacco. China
| men are regarded as very toothsome, but art
| rare delicacies.
REGARDED As RARE MoRsELs
The palm Of the hand and the thigh are tn.
parts most relished, but the entire body will Dt
eaten If the captors are very hungry. The fiesl
is always broiled by being placed in hot ashe,
or wrapped in grass and put into the fire. Tn,
kidneys are first cut out, a. that insures gool
fortune.
| During Prof. Lumholtz's stay there were two
| or three blacks of other tribes killed and eaten
| and one or two children. baby is a rar,
treat, but as rule, the mothers are exception
| ally kind to their children and raise them will
loving care. In some rare instances the corpse
! of relatives are eaten. ''Poidero'' is the nam
for man meat, and the sound of 1t makes tn
| eyes OF the hearer sparkle with a fendish igh
that sends chill through the white behOlder
lhis curious race OF men il rapidly dying
| out, numbering at present about 80, 900, and il
a few generations they will all be gone, with
ont leaving trace OF their existence.
| Disraeli's Self Control.
| From the London Star
| Iheard 4 curious and cha 1T eristic storv n