New-York tribune., 1896-12-31
- A CONSORT FOR THE KING.
OI,MALEA OF fLLIKA TAKETH UNTO
HIMSELF A WIFE.
HE WAS FORMERLY PLAIN JOHN F. HOBBS OF
NORTH CAROLINA. AID SHE MISS ELLA COLI
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OF ROYAL POMP.

OF ROYAL PoMP.
On the third floor Of a modest building In
urper Fourth-ave last evening the King or the
"cannibals that each other eat " took TO hi'hsei'
a Queen to sit on his throne and rule his dusky
suh,ec.s with him. His kingdom lies afar III
the waste Of the Southern Pacific. but from the
confines Of his island home his was the only
white face that looked upon the tumbng waters
and So three years ago. he came a-)ourne!ihs
for n royal mate. and he found her at NO. 90
Fourth-sve She was Miss Collin. the daughter
If Peter Collin. tailor.
When His Majesty was born in North Carolina,
.hirty-flve years ago they called him John +.
Hobbs but when in his faraway kingdom MS
loyal subjects PROSTATE themselves in the dust
before the mighty throne, and in token of theif
realty bite big chunks out Of Mother Earth.
they address him Oumaea. which, being
translated means Caesar, Kaiser. Gar Most
Mighty Potentatc. Exalted of the Earth. King OF
Kings or some such trins The European situ-
ation was not affected by the birth OF John +.
Hobbs nor dii any Of the soveregrs OF Europe
telegraph congratulations to his fond parents
Eut then none Of these things happened when
Patrick Gleason was born: and everybody knows
he IS King OF Long Island City.
HOW HE GOT IN THE KING BUSINESS
Mr. hobbs has been IN the king business only
six years but already he has a monopoly or
that line Of trade in his Kingdom. which consists
Of a group OF four Islands OF the New-Hebrides
called Illika. BEFORE he became king he was
engaged I'm tho newspaper business in Australia
10 that country came rumors that certain base
traders Of Queensland were Turing the poor
natives on board their ships and carrying them
away.to slaver,. At the instance OF the London
Labor Society. Mr.. Hobbs embarked on sailing
ship for the purpose Of Investigating the mat
Ter but the star OF royalty hovered over that
ship and kicked ur such storm that the craft
seemed about to founder. wherefore. her crew
and passengers put off in small boats Now the
star OF ROYALTY cared naught for anybody but the
future king. That's why everybody else was
drowned and on the third day Hobbs saw land.
and three canoes full of natives saw him at the
rame time. Inasmuch the sea air of the New
Hebrides Is an excellent tonic for the appetite
and the said natives were hungry they put out
10 the future sovereign and brought MN TO
land
Hobbs wasn't saying much. but he wished him
self back In his little boat when he observed
that his rescuers were disc ussing the relative
merits Of two cooking utensils They were crude
Of manufacture but their use was evident. One
Of them was pot and the other was unmistak-
ably a skewer.
"Ry me- halidom." said Hobbs. "howe'er II be.
:. seems to me It's out Of the frying pan into the
being fried 70 make Ikan holiday. I'm
aoubtedly Hobbs had then and there been served
Nd saut6 or fricassee or the half-shell
Laurel had not his captors all At once noticed
,ha his skin was white This new one on
them So they decided to reserve him for the
royal dime museum.
Anyhow" said the native. who seemed to be
the leader 'he looks like he was tougher'n billed
owl
DEATH OF THE OLD KING.
The nlikans We're al th~ time AT war with
nelghhoring tribe. and during his captivity. be-
Ing allowed 20 have an extra long rope on holi-
DAYS Hobbs taught his captors thing or two
about warfare. He taught them how to use a
sword and spear at short distance. and also
how 10 form scientific ambush. Thus the ILL
kans sm0te their enemies hip and thigh. But
Hobbs ate very little. being cautious about get
ting fat. In 1890 the tribe big battle over
their enemies and the old King delighted
That he spent four days and four nights eating
Yoast pig stuffed with bananas. and Herewith he
drank much cocoa wine He had never heard Of
King johns lamentable death from overdose
Of lampreys. Consequently he ate, drank ana
died. and they buried him with his fathers.
Now 1t seems that III Illka the civil ana me
military orders are at variance. and. the OLD
King having no issue neither order dared pro-
claim cne Of It's members King. so they COM
promised Hobbs. who neutral, but who
had narrowly escaped joining the military
order through the medium Of pot, a skeWer
and Rot fire.
The Illikans used TO be connoisseurs in the
matter Of human flesh. When they ate mis-.
s!onary or a prisoner Of war they strung one or
his teeth round their necks. The Kings chef
adviser has sixty Of them in his string, Bn,
cannibalism is no more. The King persuaded
his people that every time they ate man the;
ronbcd the great white spirit Of soul that
belonged TO him; But so far as can be learned e9I
the chief with sixty teeth holds the record lie
SAYS he can even eat thirty in thirty days
but. alas. civilization will not suffer IT,
The largest Of the four Illikan islands Is forty
miles long and fifteen miles wide. In a. four
there are about 10000 subjects. IN 1893 King
Hobbs went a-sailng from his kingdom ana
came 10 the Worlds Fair to represent a south.
ern country and The sydney Morning Herald
and he has been in Europe and this country
ever s'nce. keeping In touch with his devoted
subjects by means of few ships hat sail there
The chief industry Of the islands IL their pearl
fisheries and the King says England wants
them but Is restrained from taking them py
reason Of treaty made with France.
SIMPLE FOR A SOVEREIGN
There was little of pomp about the wedding
last night The ceremony performed by the
Rev NJ Stolge OF the Gustavus Adolphus
Church and there Christian bridesmaids
and other orthodox things. At the close OF the
ceremony. however the King turned and faced
his bride and. raising one hand said i take
YOU. MIalic Cquecn), TO my royal house and make
YOU queen Of on my throne THIS he
said IN Illikan but he meant it just the same.
TIE brides sister. Miss Alice Collin, acted as
one bridesmaid and Miss Clara Carlson was me
other The best man was George ShaWde ana
George Collin acted as usher
The royal party left the city last evening ior
Washington. They will go 10 their island KING
dor, earlv in the spring And no doubt there
viii be great goinrs:on IN Illika when the King
OF the Cannibal Islands brings home his bride
In the Old days they would have boied 'he
ponulafion Of "A mission house I'm token or
thanksciying but. alas the old days are no more
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