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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
VISIONARY SAW ELEVEN SAIL
ORs KILLED AND EATEN.
IS WRECKED ON AN ISLAND.
Miss Tuthili, With Others, are Pursued
in Canoe BY Party Of Ssvages-
Saved in Nick of Time by Ger
man Gunboat.

Chicago Beulah Logan Tut
hill, 80 years of age. Methodist mis-
sionary, whose ancestors were mis-
sionaries before her, told the big
Methodist camp meeting on the Des-
PLANES river how she saw eleven per-
sons killed and deyoured by cannibals.
She was taken to the Caroline Islands
when she was six years of age and be-
gan her missionary work when she
was II. In 1900 her parents left the
Carolines and went to Sidney, Aus
tralia. She remained on the islands
for several months, and then she took
passage on the steamer Aragul for
Sidney A terrific storm drove the
vessel near the island of New Ireland,
200 miles northeast of Australia, and
Miss Tuthill was swept overheard. She
was an expert swimmer and was
picked up by some Christian Malays.
They were subsequently wrecked on
sand bar. on which schooner was go
ing to pieces. This bar was two miles
of the cannibal Islands.
''As the tide began to rise to free us
the horror began" she said "One of
our lookouts gave an exclamation of
terror. We looked. and there on the
shore we saw horde of savages COM
ing down the beach-fully 200 of them
lin full war panoply. armed with
shields and spears and heavy clubs
They stole down upon the schoon-
er and then attacked 1t with a rush
The sailors made no resistance. They
had concealed themselves in the hope
of escaping, but one by one, eleven
men in all, they were found, dragged
out and killed with blow on the
back of the head with a war club |
Then they dragged the bodies ashore
and prepared for the feast They |
beat on tom-toms and strange drums.
1.-The victims were laid in a circle
on the ground while the savages
brought brushwood and great logs for
the fires. Then strange thing came.
They seemed actually to make a sort
Of religious ceremony out of this hor-
rible affair. They beat their tom
IONS and pulled their hair and uttered
their weird. cultural cries.
"The rest is too horrible-how they
cooked their human food, how they
danced about their victims, how at
asst they tore the smoking human
iesh to pieces with their nails and
eeth In mad orgy. The chief ate
irst, and then allowed his followers
o partake.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31

The palm family bears longer
leaves than any other known tree.
fhe Inaga palm. growing on the
banks OF the Amazon. has leaves
which reach from 80 to 80 feet in
length. and 10 to ~ feet In breadth
Specimens OF the talepot palm. a ma
tive OF Ceylon. has been met with 20
feet long and is feet broad These
leaves are used by the natives to
make tents. and. thus employed. they
make very efficient shelters from rain.
The leaves OF the double cocoanut
palm are often 30 feet long and sew
oral wide. The leaves of the canni-
bal tree OF Australia resemble broad
plauks aud are frequently 10 feet
long. 30 inches broad and y feet
thick at the base These boardllko
loaves all shoot out at the top and
hang down so as to form a sort of
umbrella around the stem. The UNI
brella tree OF Ceylon has leaves OF
such enormous size that single one
will cover from 10 to 20 men. and
ofton serves as a canopy to a boat,
or tent for soldiers. a specimen
leaf taken to England measured 80
feet round
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
A Birthday Custom.

A pretty birthday custom is OBJ
served by a fmily rejoicing in the
possession of six beautiful children.
On the first natal day of each child a
tree is planted. and each succeeding
year the same custom prevails
When the tenth birthday is reached
real festival is held. and the tree
planting is made the feature of the
occasion. There is a procession
around the lawn, and the birthday"
child is permitted to choose the va.
riety of tree to be planted, and, II
possible. it is obtained. Oftentimes
there is tree guessing" contest of
some kind, or the refreshments will
all be from tree" products 1t is
needless to say that these children
are devoted to their own special
trees. and watch their growth with
scrupulous care. 1t is certainly GUS
tom worthy of emulation. and not ex-
pensive. so it is within the reach Of
almost every one.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
WOMAN TELLS OF
CANNIBAL FEAST

AT last. when 1t seemed to me that
! surely could stand 1t no longer, the
sayages formed in line and started to
march away. The tide had flowed in
and we were free. The frightened
sailors who had rescued me made
haste to pull away
'Dut now we were seen. The saw
ages broke their line and rushed to
the beach. A score or more of them
entered canoe and pursued us. We
had lead of several hundred fathoms,
but their canoe, driven by score Of
savage arms. fairly leaped through
the water.
They gained upon us, fast, faster.
turned sick at heart. | hardly had
strength to pray.
The island is a German possession
though inhabited chiefly by cannibals.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31

here was work for a society for pre-
vention of cruelty to children. The
girl crouched in a corner, with her
massed hair about her face, and gave
no heed to anyone, nor could she be
made to show that she understood a
word addressed to her
When anyone reached hand to
her she viciously grabbed at it, The
congressman reached out his hand,
which the girl made an effort to grasp
but she was more successful when his
friend attempted the same expert
ment, clutching it with great force.
She threatened to scratch and bite.
but as he offered no resistance the
girl Immediately stopped her attack.
The congressman asked for an ex-
PLANTATION. and the keeper, after the
most outlandish stories, finally ac-
knowledged the girl was his own
daughter. Watson saw the prosecut-
ing attorney, who will stop the un-
natural exhibition.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Immense Steel Plates.

Tho shell and boilers of the new
Cunarder being built at Wallsend.
England. are said by Consul Metcalf
to be constructed OF the largest steel
plates In the world. They are silicon
steel Weighing ten tons each The
boilers alone will weigh over 1000
tons. Massive ingots and slabs
weighing IL and IA tons. are continu.
ally passing through the rolling mills
there tor this work.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31

Three miles away, across the bay,
there was German station, and for
this we headed. They gained on us
more and more. We could hear their
savage cries but, thank God, there was
a German gunboat in sight. They
saw our predicament.
CHANGING toward the warship | saw
a little puff of smoke curl out from
its bow and a four-inch shell came
across the water toward
the cannibal canoe. 1t missed. Then
another, and this time it hit squarely
and exploded and dealt death and de-
struction. l could see the survivors
jumping into the water and swimming
for the shore.
The Germans welcomed us and
could not thank them sufficiently"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Sanitary Nose Bags.

In reply to inquiries in regard. to
the sale of sanitary feed bags for
horses in England. Consul Grifiths, Of
Liverpool, writes: Much, Of course.
depends upon the style, quality, dur
ability Of the bags. and very Inn
portant item is the cost. The nose
bags (ventilated) used here are made
Of strong cocoa fiber, and are sold for
three shillings (73 cents) each. Bags
of the same material. leather-bot-
toned. are sold for Is Sd (r.09)
each leather-cornered bags, IS Sd (Ss
cents) each, and extra fine manila
bags, $1.09 each"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Water in London.

There is an increasing tendency on
the part of large consumers of water
voirs in the lower geological strata be-
meath the capital rather than be in
debted to companies for their water
supply. The latest institution to show
Its independence in this fashion is
Clements Inn. where, not 20 yards
from the Strand, an artesian we'll has
Just been tapped, after three months
boring, at de-th of $50 feet.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRY.


In the opinion OF one who has tray
eled much and observed closely, the
most truly and rightfully contented
people In the United States to-day are
the small landowners In what Is
known as the Upper White River Coun-
try. anywhere from Newport, Ark. to
Carthage. Mo. They are contented be-
cause their surroundings are Ideal and.
until recently. the great. uneasy, dis
quieiing world. with Its artificial needs
and inadequate compensatlons, has
been 10 them but little more tangible
than dream. Here, still existent
and by reason OF their very rarity ~
this day and time more detachable
than In the past. are the conditions
which have ever appealed with ire
sistible force 10 the Independentspir-
tied Angio-Saxon. Every man is the
supreme ruler OF his own little prin-
cipaiity; acknowledging no master
save the law-and possibly his fem
pnlne helpmeet; cringing to no EN-.
Oloyer; asking no fayors from the
world. save those that his neighbors
freely extend and expect as freely ia
return. He lives In latitude where
the extremes OF heat or cold are never
known, and at an altitude that insures
perfect health. The richest bounty
OF Nature has been showered upon
him with unsparing hand. but II is a
question whether no more than dimly
realizes the fact. He accepts as mat
fnr Of a..
produces In abundance every Guilty.
able growth common TO the north
temperate zone. the surrounding for.
ests OF valuable woods and the under
lying stratas Of precious minerals, the
springs and streams OF translucent
purity on every hand. the wealth OF
fish and game at his very door. such as
less favored mortais annually travel
hundreds OF miles 10 find. He is con.
tented, but small credit is his for that.
for how could he we'll be otherwise
than content? II Is sad that such
idealistic conditions may not con
tinuc. but II Is written that the pres
ent possessors OF this favored land
must soon give place 10 others more
"plfttihtiNt VI IN lHtbfnUhfdDlt ltd- |
lures. A railroad has recently cut It's
way through the best OF this region.
and the unaccustomcd rustic of bank
notes and chink of coin win eventually
tempt the hill.dweller TO part with his
birthright. SO II has always been in
the worlds history-the good things
that are ours without price invariably
pass from our hands before we come
TO understand their value. The White
River country will shortly be discov-
cred anew by class OF immigrants
better capable OF Judging It's POSSIBLE
ties--the men who seek modest
homes whore the "lay OF the land"
will effoctually prevent crowdlng by
90 close neighbors, where their cat.
lie can fatten on free range. where
he wealth OF forest and mine awaits
development by intelligent workers,
md whore the game and fish offer en-.
oyable recreation TO all who have
sisure and inclination for sport
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Good Governor.

Sir william Macgregor, governor Of
Newfoundland. is one OF the most 70
remarkable men Of the British
colonial service. both physically and
intellectually; and. indeed, his her
culean strength has contributed in ne
small degree to impress the savage'
over whom he has been called upon
to rule in the past with a sense Of
mower of the British empire.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
She Devoured RavenousIy the Food
Thrown to Her.

The barker" announced that she was
gorilla girl" and very dangerous.
Her keeper would throw scraps OF
meat to her. which she would catch
with great dexterity and devour raw
enously. tearing the tendons with her
teeth and eating with horrible noises.
Congressman Watson became inter
ested. He gazed in compassion on the
girl and expressed the belief that
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Greeks Fond Of the swallow.

The Greeks regarded the swallow
with peculiar affection. There are
number OF charming folk songs to well
come the swallow. which comes unher-
aided from space. in night. and.
after brief stay. assemblies its bands
and vaniehes
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Given Due WARNING.

On an ash tray which has reached
England from Germany is the follow.
Ing: "Defilement of the room by ash
OF cigars is forbidden to the severest
Any one who. Notwithstanding. makes
guilty OF such a one will be punished
irrevocably by house arrest"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Daughter of Snowman
Initiates Wild Person

Hagerstown, Ind. Congressman
Watson and friends were at the
Hagerstown fair and in one of the
side shows they found what was rep
resented to be Filipino girl chained
to a post and half clothed in skins.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
journalistic Museum.

At Aix-la-Chapelle there is news
paper museum founded by Oscar Won
Forckenbeck. which contains files of
specimens of more than 1900 differ
ent newspapers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
We Make Travel Easy.

Five trains daily via the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe, Colorado to Kan
sas City, st. Joe, Chicago. Galveston.
Ell Paso, City of Mexico. Ask me
about reduced rates. c. F. Warren.
g. A., A. T. & S. F. Ry.. All Dooly
Block, Salt Lake City. Utah
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
Investment Worthy
Investigation

Money put in the bank brings a low rate of
ever. other Investments equally safe and
more productive. We list tull line Of the fol-
lowing stocks" and recommend them to your
notice. firmly believing that as = security giving
adequate results to the investor they cannot BE-
excelled.
Mccormick mowers binders, he ders eapers
and rakes
International Harvesters and Red Tar bind
Ing twine and rope.
Y. 5. Cream Separators.
4. X. Myers Bro. and Red Jacket pumps.
oliver & Deere Plows
Balm Cooper Wagons.
"a Co. gasoline engines for all purposes.
The best on earth. Demonstrations made.
J. l. Case threshing machines. engines and
horse-powers.
The most complete line of light vehicles Of
Tered at any point west OF Chicago.
Rambler" automobiles demonstrated for
durability speed and hill climbing propensities
The farmer. rancher, stock-ralser and the
OF stocks at Salt Lake City Ogden and Logan
Utah. Idaho Falls and Montpelier Idaho and
at the thirty additional stores we have located
at different points In Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
and Nevada.
Correspondence addressed to the above points
nearest located TO your residence or shipping
point insures quick reply
Our general offices at Salt Lake City Will b
closed at p. m. Saturdays from now until Sept,
lst, Inclusive. owing TO the fact that railroads
Will not receive freight after that hour.
sundays and holidays during the harvest sea-
son FORCE OF men are at work from 10 .. m.
until p. m. filling orders for machine extras.
Telephone us, Independent 100 and 1853, Bell 1853,
during the hours named
Watchman on the premises nightly.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
From vIadlvostok for Europe.

Once every week a perfectly
equipped express train leaves vladl-
vostok for Europe. The journey TO
Berlin may be comfortably made in
less than IA days and to Paris or
London In is days.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
WonderfuI insects.

Insects are tho strongest and swift
est of living things. In proportion to
their size and weight. Their flying.
running. jumping. carrying and kill
ing powers are wonderful. " hen meas
ured by their own dimensions.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
|'Iz1k3jx5
THREE @ CROWN
TEA.

For delicious favor. fragrant aroma and honsss
value IL is unsurpassed Six kinds. Natural Japan.
Young Tyson. Ceylon. English Breakfast ooione
nd c;upooroer Sold at your grocers' 10 fun
weight half pound red and colo cartons
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
AT THE "FOREIGN" WINDOW
How Uncle Sans StepchiIdren Re.
member "Old Country" Friends.
"Home and motherw

How Uncle Sans Stepchildren Re.
member "Old Country" Friends.
"Home and mother
These magic words are responsible
for the sending out of Cleveland daily
at this season of the year of thousands
Df dollars. AT the window over which
b the word Foreign" in the money
Drder Office at the postofiice, contin-
nous string Of people patiently await
their turn to send sums varying from
So to $50 to loved ones living in what
they lovingly call the "old country"
Out of their bounty Cleveland's adopt
ed children are sending something to
cheer up those who are living in less
favored climes. FroIh week to week
they lay small sums aside as the end
of the year approaches. When they
have accumulated the necessary
amount they troop down to the post
office, the one bank in which foreign
ers have absolute confidence, and send
to mother, father, brother or sister tho
tokens of their regard. Distances are
SO great that the actual money is much
more appropriate than any of the gaudy
articles which would naturally be for
warded.
ME getta twenta dol's WORTH" ex-
planned one woman as she elbowed her
way gradually to the window.
WHAT" demanded the clerk. He is
required to understand everything.
Me wanta twenta dol's," repeated
the woman.
"Oh, you want to send 500 home"
explained the clerk.
The woman signified with her head
that she certainly did want to send
some money home. Tightly clutchiHg
ber check, she made break to mail the
order. Her face was lighted up with
glad look
"Who are you sending it to?" asked
the clerk of the next in the line
''Mudder," says the woman. 1t is the
only word she utters as she lays down
two ten-dollar bills. Enough said. She,
too, clutched her order as if it was a
pardon from death and hurried away
to mail it,
Russians in large numbers, Italians,
Germans and Irish are among the daily
throng that seeks to make the loved
ones at home happy.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
SANTA CLAUS WORKSHOP.
Curious Corner of ToyIand Is the
Austrian Village ST. UIrich.

Curious Corner of ToyIand Is the
Austrian Village st. UIrich.
Tourists wandering out of the beaten
tracks of their kind occasionally come
to little village in Austria which pre-
sents the aspect of a corner of toyland.
The name of the village is st. Ulrich,
and nearly all of its inhabitants are
toymakers. Each household, too, has
Its speciality. One old woman has done
nothing but carve wooden cats, dogs,
wolves, sheep, goats and elephants.
She has made those six animals her
whole life long, and she has no idea
how to cut anything else. She makes
them in two sizes and turns out as
nearly as possible thousand of them
year.
She has no model or drawing of any
kind to work by, but goes on steadily,
unerringly, using gauges of different
sizes and shaping out her cats, dogs,
wolves, sheep, goats and elephants
with an ease and an amount of truth
to nature that would be clever if they
were not utterly mechanical.
This woman learned from her moth
er how to carve those six animals, and
her mother had learned, in like man
ner, from her grandmother. She has
taught the art to her own granddaugh-
ter, and so it may so ON being trans
mitted for generations.
In another house one will find the
whole family carving skulls and cross
bones for fixing at the bases of cruci-
fixes, for the woodcarving industry
has its religious as well as its amusing
side. In other houses are families that
carve rocking horses or dolls or other
toys and in still other houses whole
families Of painters-London Tit-Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
The Modern MistIetoe.

Prominent in the Christmas revels
and, with the holly, most essentially
"Chrlstmasy" of all the plants used
was the mistletoe. With us the old
significance and sacredness have gone,
leaving but charm enough to give the
well known privilege to the man who
meets girl beneath it. There exists
also in some places the tradition that
the girl who is not kissed under the
mistletoe will not be married for a
year. (The present writer once knew
thoughtful and provident damsel who
wore hat trimmed with the sacred
plant) But the kiss permitted in old
en- time was originally of the religious
variety, our mistletoe celebration be-
ing borrowed from Scandinavian lore.
Critic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
Edible christmns Nore1tien.

A housewife whose purse is light, but
who makes delicious things to eat,
planned this original Christmas for her
young friends: A box of animal cookies
to the family with three small boys,
homemade candy and stuffed dates to
college youths and maidens, two indi-
vidual plum puddings to the dear old
lady who keeps house by herself, a loaf
of salt rising bread and one of nut
bread to the bride serving her first
Christmas dinner and basket of
doughnuts to the eastern chap spend
ing his first holiday season away from
home. Mince pies and pound cake
were among her gifts. Ali these went
done up in the most attractive manner.
Chicago Record Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
SEVEN PAIRS, ALL BABY SIZES.

There were papa's socks and twenty pairs Of
lengthy wifely hose;
There were socks for Eddie, Willie, for EEphalet
and Nose;
There were stockings Of Madlda's, Esmeralda'.
and Susannes;
There were Charley's hose and Molly's. Cora
Bellies and little Dams.
Amayllis. George. Alphonso. Peter. Joseph.
Maud Eugene.
Arthur. Lizzie, James. Amelia. Mary. France,
and Irene.
Bngge. Reed. Lucille, Clorinda, Arethusa, John,
Estelle.
Matte. Lucifer. Elfrida from hi. lips their title,
fell.
But about the shelf there danged other hose
whose owners names
He could not recall to save him as he watched
the dying flames
Seven pairs. all baby Sizes each in age not quite
year.
"Geel" cried Nick. Been something doing since
the last time was herel
Glad brought stock Of rattles and lot Of
teething rings
Utah always gives market for such kindergarten
things.
From race suicide she ever has discreeily held
aloof,
And there's not home in Zion free from stork
tracks on the roof.
I,Joo
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
Santa Claus
In Salt Lake
Where the Good Saint Got
the Surprise of
His Life.
ITO thrifty Norman household came the

ITO thrifty Norman household came the
patron saint Of Yule;
He was putting like an engine, he wa,
a laden like mule,
For he knew a row of stockings such as nowhere
else is seen
Would be yawning there before him in the home
Of Elder Green
So he showed his pack ahead of him and started
down the hue.
While he muuered. This is something that |
hate like smoke to do"
Then he followed with reluctance through the
Smooty. smudgy air,
Quickly landing where the hosiery was hung in
many pair.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
Youthful Impressionism.

zone of the lads in my Sunday
school class" writes correspondent,
"had been to a musical service and
had heard there violin solo in which
number of the notes were played
with finger instead of the bow4pizzi-
cato, think, is the musical term. The
boy described is as "a piece with hic-
cough In 1t. .'"-Mancheste Guardian.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
Rural Excitement.

"Was there much life in the country
town from which you came?
"Well, guess! You ought to have
seen the gatherings in our cemetery Of
a Sunday -Harper's Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21

Show us the man who never makes
mistake and we will show you a man
who never makes anything. Wayland.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-21
The london ChiIa

The London chlld's life is often very
like a rabbit's-one long scurry from
superior belngs.-London Snectater.