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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
CANNIBALISM IN CHICAGO
ANTaROPOPHAGY WAS pRAC
TICED THERE 100 YEARS AGO.

@4OGO II Ghh 1OO Y SSAHo 4GOs
Miami Indians Used to Roast Prisoners
ofWar at the Stake and Then Devour
Their Bodies-The Ceremony Was
Religious Oae, and It's Performance
Devolved Upoa One Particular
Family.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There was one spot on the North Amer
lean continent, aud only one, Of which we
lave authentic account. where man-eating
people dweit. and that dark spot was found
within the geographical limits Of what is
no" the states of Indiana and Illinois.
here, prior to the beginning of the present
century, was found society of savages be-
longing to the Minneways (Miamis), who
ueVoured the bodies OF prisoners of war
mat were burned at the stake. The writer,
while resident of Fort Wayne. Ind, over
my years ago, whore the Miami and
1o1Iawatomie Indians then resided, had
often seen very old, shriveled-up squaw,
afepulsive-looking creature, who, it was
Sala' was descendant of the family of
man-eaters belonging to the Mismis.
remember one Sabbath afternoon in
september, 1886, while taking stroll with
my aged friend, Jeane Battiste Bruno, an
va french engage and Indian trader, then
d. leaSC 80 years old, very intelligent man,
having boon educated for the priesthood.
. a1u possessing an extraordinarily good
n-ehlory. We had reached beautiful spot,
q euaA grove that skirted tho banks Of the
o.. Joseph river, a mile above the town.
81 l. Nv,s ln oil TOD hon nFf no
81 eEin, he gave me thrilling description
y. me terrible defeat Of Gen. Harmer
a. THIS very spot in 1901. He
vas spectator of this engagement.
~ sanguinlry and disastrous in
ss results. While taking canoe with sew
So Sc indians in it wns passing down the
49, On discovering Bruno the canoe
N &c &c headed for shore, landing at our feet.
az once recognized that same old bag of
81 t. 1Gu law as one of the party. After a snort
an an win Bruno they turned into the stream
# III and passed on up to the town.
tuen told my companion the Oft
n pea1ed story that had heard regarding
ba woman. He said that it was true; that
d. Hau known her for over forty years; that
e tbo was the only daughter of White Skin,
al ~ h .asI head OF the family of man eaters.
rar Ale" her father" he said. "when | first
- 70 this part of the country to trade
~ iIa the Indians In 177O. White Skin at
ana . uule was said to be about 90 years old,
"a &C. ~ doubt it was true; yet he was an
& rat, g Industrious man, possessed OF q very
tmo a' ~ memory. The family during the
z no, / Knew them consisted of the old
Tba,, an aged son, and this daughter.
& gsrJ resided on Eel river. They
WI fan,jiAA hown far and near as the man-eatiDg
The ~; The Indians seemed to shun them.
hue hue Old man and his family manufactured
skirAlns-were tanners or dressers of deer
num-, lney excelled in that business. For q
chasiHSer OF years l traded with them, pur-
vbaro thelr skins for the Detroit market,
found a ready sale for them. l
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

couldn't afford to contribute to Its support.
found that the widows mite had gone
out of style, and its modern representative,
the "spinster's Michel" was no more popu-
lar. kAfter seeing the look OF panied SUR
prise on the deacon's face upon depositing
one or two of those humble coins on one OF
two occasions gave up church-going to join
the innumerable host OF those that 20 ia
perditlon because they think they can't
afford to 60 to church. btill, this was an
experience which has proved OF use TO me.
but il has not yet condensed into "Chad%
band" a Robert Elsmere.n or John Ward.
Preacher My health failed, and i re-
turned home to endure three years OF
invalidism. During this time l was in'
capacitated for combining work, and by
writing, whiled away the time. which
hung heavily on my hands. | wrote
childreu's stories, love stories. and
newspaper letters AS this time first be>
came acquainted with the syndicate. From
it received my first pay for child's story.
Part Of the proceeds invested in a cheap
copy of Keats" and on the fly leaf wrote
the fact above stated.
Since then I've had my "ups and downs"
with preponderauce of the latter. | was
pleased with my new calling, and was so
anxious to have my wares published and
paid for that l left nothing untried. ]
came across some advice to Young Au-
thors" one day by very young man who
was the Infant phenomenon" of literature,
SO to speak, of that year. l made careful
study of his style and found it consisted in 8
liberal sprinkling OF two adjeotives,
''clever" and bright" When l tried ID
my publisher wrote back that needed an
addition built to my vocabulary, or words
to that effect. That discouraged me, and
wasn't getting on at all. In desperation ]
thought of posing as an actress. who had
turned litterateur. but failed at the outset.
for had never been on the stage enough I'd
substantiate nv claim to even bad
acting. But at last / hit it. l thought
of a scheme that was both "clevern and
bright" and. what is better, successful
wrote to a very high-toned publisher, stat.
ing that was the daughter Of the famous
confederate Gen. J. Davis Smythe. and had
a work ready for publication entitled "The
Riddle Of the Lion" written in
strong, lurid southern style, that / was
certain would rebound to his glory to
publish and that would expect 80 per cent,
of the profits. To my surprise he took IL
and now Pm kept very busy writing for
every one, and trying to prove my southern
contraction. When you read about the bril-
liant and versatile young southern writer,
how she dresses, what she eats, what she
wears, her sweet southern drawl and nau
seam, you may know that / am meant; /
am the latest success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
Put Eis Foot in Il

Mrs. William Douglas Sloane Is swell,
says the New York Recorder. 1t is proper
teen that Col. Cuthbert Larklng, who
is over here for the Viyian-R oberts wed-
ding, should be presented to her. Mrs.
Sloane was gracious, and invited the
handsome British soldier to call ito soc her
daughter, who is just coming OUT Last
Sunday the gallant colonel sailed forth on
his quest. He walked up Fifth avenue and
down Fifth avenue, and rang numerous
bells-having forgotten the number given
without finding any Sloanes. lie made his
apologies at the opera Wednesday as follows:
"By Jawve, yer know, Pm awfully sorry.
l walked up and down Fifth avenue, saw
white churches with steeples, and, by Jawve,
] saw some ridiculous looking houses where
they said some Vanderbilts Iva" "l live
in one Of those houses" said HRS. Sloane
icily." II was Miss Vanderbilt" Tab
leaul
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

He-Mrs. Spinner looks unhappy. Aren't
her social ambitions all gratifedl
She-No, She has become prominent
among the Four Hundred, but has been
blackballed three times by the Daughters
of the Revolution. Life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

THOUGH some people rail at foot ball,
There is very little doubt
Twill be found a useful study
II q war breaks out
~ WASHINGTON Stoy,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

Mrs. O'Hara-It is in great trouble OF am.
Me husband has been STINT to jail.
Mrs. O'Toole-Shur and it's nothing you
have to complain av. Moi husband gets out
av Jail mkt wake. Ochonel ochone.
Harper's Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

Indigestion. Dizziness. Take BEEcHAM's
PILLs.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

Miami Indians Used to Roast Prisoners
ofWar at the Stake and Then Devour
Their Bodies-The Ceremony Was q
Religious Oae, and It's Performance
Devolved Upoa One Particular
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

No QUESTION has attracted more
general attention in late years than
that of how cities shall core for the
youth that is drifting toward deprav-
ity. Emerson has said THE truest
test OF civilization is not in the success
nor the size OF its cities nor the crops
but the kind OF men the country turns
out !" Civilization has come 10 accep
Emerson's definition and this question
OF how to take care OF somebody else's
boys. or girls who are not cared for at
home and make good citizens OF them,
is no longer/eft to those who are
called phiIanthropists, preachers and
teachers. Business men have come
to regard IL as one OF the great ques-
tions which they must help to solve.
They have been compelled to do this
often by their interest in their own
successful conduct OF business.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
SMALL LAPsEs.

How Slight Changes In the Text Have
Made 1t Ridiculous.
1t was but very small and even
insignificant change OF letter which
rather spoiled the impressive elo-
quence Of a preacher who. warning
his audience against idolatry in place
OF Bow not thy knee TO an idol, y
made false step and said: Bow not
thine eye to a needle" In the same
way, q young clergyman. in giving
the hymn. 'Conquering Kings !"
startled his congregation with the an
nouncement The hymn tonight will
be .Kinquering Congs-Kinquering
Congs'" Much the same was the
pitfall into which reverend gentle
man walked when in place OF saying.
"Behoid the fig tree how 1t withereth
away" by a simple transposition OF
two letters he asked his audience to
.Behold the wig tree. how it fithereth
away" The preacher who. describ-
ing conscience, asked his listeners
whether there was one there who
had not felt within him the effect OF
a half-warmed fish. After this the
instance of the parson who announced
HE spake the word. and cattlehop-
pers came and grassipillars innumera-
ble." seems almost commonplace So
too. does the mistake OF the priest
who assured his congregation the
other day that lit was easier for
rich man to pass through the eye OF
needle than for camel to enter the
kingdom OF God. "-Argonaut
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
A Dakota Court.hip.

Mrs Sarah Blumfeld. an Ohio
woman who has recently taken up a
Dakota claim and incidentally inter-
ested large number OF Dakota bach
elors rashly tells a friend OF her first
Western proposal.
1t was an elderly, wealthy and in
fluential citizen who stalked into the
lady's little kitchen one morning with
out the formality OF an introduction
and blurted:
Say. Miss. you don want to git
married, do youp'
mo sir, l don't' COMPATIBILITY.
mo fence. l hope. mumP"
None ut all sir. Good morning"
That's the way they do things in
South Dakota. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
i MEALS BY SCHEDULE.

Close Figuring ms to What Can H.
Il have only two minutes to get my
breakfast and catch my train, said a
tall man to the waiter in a railway
station. What can you give me in
the smallest possible time? Take into
consideration. too. the fact that have
left my false teeth under the pillow at
my hotel"
>, 1--WE have just the thing for you,
SIR" and he Immediately brought a
cup OF coffee and piece OF lemon pie.
The gentleman sat down and in less
than a minute from the time he gave
his order was rushing toward the
Office for his ticket
..He made pretty good time" re-
marked customer who sat at the
next table.
'Oh. that's nothing" replied the
waiter; 1--WE beat that every day. /
once knew man who came in here
who had only sixty seconds in which
to get his breakfast buy his ticket
and reach his train"
What did you give him?"
Two soft baked apples aud glass
OF milk. He finished in just fifteen
seconds, took another fifteen for the
purchase OF his ticket and when last
saw him he was walking up and down
the platform smoking cigar impa-
tiently waiting for the train to start {"
II suppose most passengers who
come In here are in a hurryp" the re-
reporter for the Boston Herald asked.
Never saw but two who were not
and one of these was soldier who
had lost both legs in the war; and the
other was tramp who was waiting
for the night freight
when customer comes in and
says he wants something to eat in a
hurry, / ask him how much time he
has or what train he wants to catch.
Now have list of those articles
that / can serve and which can be
eaten in exactly the time the passen-
ger has to spare. To the customer
having one minute for luncheon 1
serve baked apples and milk II he
has two minutes lemon pie and cold
coffee; three minutes apple pie and
hot coffee; four minutes slapjacks
and coffee; five minutes, ready cooked
sausages and mashed potatoes; six
minutes fish balls and hash; seven
minutes cold roast ba,f and so on.
tell you we work on springs all the
time" And the waiter rushed off
to serve another customer who APP
peared to be in hurry.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

SALEM is a reminder. not only that
we have something uncanny to look
back to. but that we are already. even
In the short space OF two hundred
years so far out OF that era that It
seems more remote by reason OF pres
emit conditions than by lapse OF time.
Not that we have outgrown supersti.
ton. for it springs up in form so near
ly, like the old bugbears that 1t seems
as though humanity would never learn
to cast 1t out; but that intolerance. ut
least OF a sort that can harm. is grad
ually dying out The humbngs OF all
sorts that do thriving business IN our
midst prove this and 1t Is not thing
to be ashamed Of excepting that IL
implies an untutored gullibility in the
public. The pretended or actual sor-
ceries OF to-day are far moro noxious
than those which were supposed to be
practicei in the Salem days but no.
body gets scorched for them except
Ing in reputation. IL Is ono depart
ment OF life in which we seem to have
learned that It is no use TO punish the
offender as long as the offense is so
readily marketable
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
NOTES AND NOTIONS.

In France and Germany horses are now
vaccinated for the CHAMBERS.
Waves exert force of one ton per
square inch when they are only twenty
feet high.
An old lady in North Carolina last year,
after counting her chickens, estimated
that they would lay | 800 eggs during the
year A daily record was kept and at the
end of the year the number was found to
be !, 1903.
Not long ago in London preacher in.
dulged in little bit of sarcasm over a
small collection. when l look at the
congregation, /" said he, ~ ask: Whore
are the poorl and when look at the col
lection ask: Where are the rich."
Tho late Prince Lucien Bonaparte who
was unknown on this side of the Atlantic
for his attainments in philology, left a
collection of valuable chemicals, which
comprised the rare iridium and german
ium, which is held to be worth fifty times
its weight in gold. He bequeathed this
fine collection to the nation.
James Protheroe had an exciting fight
with bear in the mountains of Luzerne
county, Pa. The bear got hold Of tho
hunter, and both rolled down hill and
into hole which dropped them into an
abandoned mine The darkness was in
tense, and Protheroe did not dare to strike
match for fear of causing an explosion
of gas. For three days he wandered
about in a labyrinth of chambers without
food or water. Then he found an open.
ing long since unused, and came out more
dead than alive.
A queer case OF the loss of viii Is re-
ported from an Eastern town IL WINS
drawn two years ago and mysteriously
disappeared. 1t had been left upon
table few moments before the death of
the testator, near tho window, and the
wind carried IL into the yard From the
yard 1t disappeared completely. The
other day two hunters found a squirrels
nest in tree, and a portion OF the bed
upon which the bushy tailed nut crackers
spent their hours of ease, was the long
lost will II has been accepted as genuine,
and probatcd.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
suNFLowER SEED.
Shall We Learn 60 Eat Them ~ the
RussIans Dof

Shall We Learn 60 Eat Them ~ the
Russlsns Dof
In return for the corn which Uncle
Sam proposes TO teach the Russians
how to eat 1t is seriously suggested
that we shall adopt a few hints from
them respecting the usefulness OF the
sunfiower. There arc regions In the
West which might be most probably
utilized for the cultivation Of this
plant which has been found SO valua-
BILE for food purposes In the empire of
the car that 750. 900 acres in that
country are annually planted with it.
Two kinds there are chiefly one which
bears small seeds used for making oil.
while the other produces big seeds.
which are consumed In enormous
quantities by the common people In
the same way that peanuts are eaten
here. except that they are devoured
raw.
There is hardly another plant in the
world which serves so many uses, ac-
cording to the Washington Star. every
part Of 1t being valuable for one pur-
pose or another The oil Is so nutri-
tious and agreeable in flavor that in
Russia 1t has to a certain extent super
seded all other vegetable oils 1t is
obtained by passing the seeds beneath
millstones SO az to crush the shells
sitting them to separate the kernels
and finally pressing the latter in bags
OF horsehair cloth. The cakes left
after the oil has been expressed are
excellent for cattle. The shells are
employed for heating. special ovens
being made to burn them in. while
the stalks have almost replaced fire.
wood. being gathered and dried in
stacks in the fields A ton Of the lat
ter Is obtained from each acre culti-
waited. They mako q very hot and
quick fire
The seed Guns are utilized as food
for sheep. A big one when ripe will
yield 1000 seeds. The largest and
finest seed cups are selected in the au-
tumn and hung by their stalks in
dry place In the following spring
the seeds are shaken out of them and
dried in ovens for planting. At har-
vest time the flowers are gathered as
fast as they are ripe and spread upon
the ground to dry. Then the seeds
are beaten out of them with small
stick by whipping each cup. Finally
the seeds are dried in the sun or in
kilns and are sorted by means of
screens into different sizes.
An acre planted with sunnowers
yields 1000 pounds of seeds from
which 250 pounds OF oil may be OBJ
tanned. Ten million, quarts OF this
oil are produced by Russian mills.
Who knows that the time may not yet
come when small boys in this country
will gobble sunHower seeds at the cir
Gus just as they now consume the fes-
tive and odoriferous gooberp
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

The greatest heroes are the least
known In tho world. and those who
have made the loudest din are the
towards who have fled from their own
passions to fight with other mems.
Hence the difficulty Of moral govern
ment and hence also the common con.
sent OF the world to leave the govern.
ment OF the passions to mans own
self unless when they interfere with
tho rights OF the person or the rights
Of property.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

that he designed and drew that inim-
table model OF one-pound note that
gives one cold shiver even now-tho
victims on the scaffold; Britannia. in
the medallion busily devouring her
children; the & OF the note formed Of
the hapgmaD's rope; the manacled
prisoners seen In the window OF New
gate. letters and irons forming the
ornamentation. and the whole sub
scribed Jack Ketch."
The engraving was published by
shop on Ludgate Hill close 70 the
scene OF The hangings. 1t drew
crowds about the window. The hank
directors were furious. and would
gladly have prosecuted the audacious
artist But public opinion was on his
side and the print worked powerfully
In aid OF the movement for abolishing
the death penalty for forgery and the
like-an object eventually attained In
the year 1882.
1t Is not likely. indeed. that tho in
PRODUCTION OF fl notes In the present
day will rise to any such epidemic Of
forgery. But the danger is serious
one. and should be guarded against by
the production OF note which will
defy the arts OF the forger to produce
a successful counterfeit. 1t must be-
remembered that the progress OF
science has given the counterfeiter
many new processes which require
the aid OF the chemist as we'll as the
machinist successfully to counterfeit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

PEOPLE OF large cities where the
custom is uniform among doctors OF
giving prescriptions to their patients
to be subsequently filled by the apothe-
cary enjoy an advantage which is de-
MED people OF the country whore the
physician is not only compelled to
prescribe. but to fill the prescriptions
also. This advantage consists in the
valuable check which the druggist
amounts to whenever he audits the
physician's prescription. There are
absent-minded doctors just rs there arc
absent minded lawyers and preachers
and business men. 1t often happens
that a doctor writes one thing when
he means to write another.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30
Things Have Changed.

The popular idea OF the Indian
roaming over the prairies, living on
The fruits OF the chase and just what
he can gather does not properly
characterize all OF the tribes. Some
OF the Indians OF the South and South
west were excellent agricultrrists
In Georgia and Alabama, when the
white men first went among the
Natchez Indians, they found them all
cultivatIng maize beans sunnowers
sweet potatoes melons pumpkins and
large number OF the native fruits
growing in neutrality-suspicious.
honey locusts mulberry, black wal
nuts and shellbarks OF the best kind
we're sorted and planted by them.
Many OF the Now Mexican and
Arizona indians wore also far advanc-
ed IN the agricultural art
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

WHEN we stop TO consider that
about one-third Of the population OF
the country are youths under 81 years
Of age 1t becomes very serious ques-
ton as to what shall be done with
the boys and girls The children OF
the poor are worth developing and it
is not necessary to accept the old the
DRY that there is permanent Grimm
al element in our population by the
laws OF heredity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

Is THIS indeed the real standard?
The head not the hearth The intel
lect as distinguished from the emo
tons? May 1t not be said truthfully
that the criterion Of the age is not
either head or heart but pocket? The
one uniailing standard in America
appears to be money. When youths
in this hustling age are told to emu
late success the example OF success
presented is old Money Bags How
money Bags mado it is not in the in
curry.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

You have been great deal happier
since you have given up thinking
about what is easy and pleasant and
being discontinued because you could
not have your own will Our life Is
determined for us; and It makes the
mind very free when we give up wish
Ing. and only think OF bearing what
Is laid upon us and doing what is given
US TO do.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

z The casting out of the devil
of disease was once a sign
of authority.
Now we take a little more
time about it and cast out
devils by thousands-we do
it by knowledge.
Is not a man who is taken
possession of by the germ Of
consumption possessed of a
devil?
A little book on CAREFUL
LIVING and SCOTS Emulsion
of cod-liver oil will tell you
how to exercise him If it can
be done.
Free.
SCOTT Z BowNs. Chemists. I,s South 9Th Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod. liver
oh-sii druggists everywhere do. 81.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-30

Mira McMoriarty--Phat II your son
dom now, Mrs. O'Raferty?
Mrs. O'Raherty-Sure he's adopted
tn. stage as profession, Mrs. Nc
Moriarty.
Mrs. McMoriarty-A FIT avenoo
stage is It? M
Mrs O'Rafferty-Be away wild VI
nonsince! It's an actor he In He do
be a light comedian.
Mrs. McMoriarty-A loight comedian
is it?
Mrs. O'Raffcrty-Yis. He stands be
yant the back curtain, and his mouth
to hole, forninst candle, an whin
Pawnee Ike shoots at tn candle he
blows Il out