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Well. rather. But I am expecting to
write book about cannibals. because
for many years before settled in Samoa
used to cruise about among their islands
and have seen a lot Of them.
yes. l guess I had some narrow es-
capes from being eaten; but, say. that
idea that they boil missionaries in a big
pot 10 a mistake. No. the missionary
convert the cannibals gets a dry cook
ing II they get him. They roast their
meat.
left in the Pacific islands, and there
will never be any fewer unless you use
guns ON them. You can't break a can
nibal Of his appetite for human flesh.
II you do convert him there is every
chance that IL he gets an opportunity
to 60 back to oannibalism he will do
20. The missionaries have learned that.
and out there you can't get one Of them
TO go within a thousand miles Of a can.
nibal island.
Il spent the whole night in tree within
a few hundred feet Of one Of those oanni-
bal orgies and it was a terrible expe-
rienoe. There was a party OF US in a
little schooner going about among the
islands looking for curios and things.
l think it was in 1884. We put In at the
Island OF Santo, one Of the New Hebrides
Islands.
THE natives were cannibals. but they
had war on their hands with one OF the
neighboring islands and we knew they
were away. There was botanist in the
party who was particularly anxious to
get some rare specimens Of orchids. 50
when we had landed from the small
boat he and left the others on the beach
and started of into the country.
we got further inland than we had
intended, collecting ourios and the
botanist plucking flowers. when sud-
denly we heard the sound of a gun. II
was the signal for US to returns We had
been in the neighborhood Of a waterfall
and the noise Of the water had drowned
shots that had been previously fired.
We'll, we pushed back to the beach,
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but TO our horror found our small boat
gone and there In the distance was the
schooner sailing away Coming In were
three big war canoes filed with natives.
They were all in war paint and were sing
ing their war songs at the tops OF their
voices.
I'VE thought they might be passing
on and would not land. so the botanist
and myself selected good sized tree with
a thick top and Skinned up ii. to remain
there until the danger had passed. But
to our intense alarm the boats landed
at the very spot where our little boat had
been and the men got out and examined
the tracks.
Apparently they were satisfied that all
of us had gone back to the schooner and
they decided to remain on the spot for a
feast. There were about 225 OF them'
men and women, together with a FEW
children. and when they came ashore
they dragged along with them ten cap
tiyes. among them two women.
First they lit their fires and then they
began to howl and dance about them.
They were painted with yellow and red
ochre and they had human bones stuck
through their noses. Some had head
dresses and some wore masks, but other
wise they were naked.
-One had his headgsar decorated with
a portion Of q skull. and human bones
Of assorted sizes formed band around It.
Another. the chief he was. had human
iawbones depending from the lobes OF
his ears. which were stretched until the
bones reached his shoulders.
They killed only two Of the captives.
They simply clubbed the prisoners on
the head and then threw them upon the
live Goals to roast. The legs and the arms
they cut into pieces and passed around
among the women and children, the
mothers giving the rarer and tenderer
portions to the last.
Darkness came on, hut il brought no
relief TO us. Our shirts had been torn
away by the thorns, and the smoke and
the odor OF burning flesh came up to US.
and those devils yelling made IL seem as
II hell had really broken loose. Their
teeth were blackened or redeemed with
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betel nut and fled sharp like the teeth
OF q saw. The captives who were still
alive yelled and screamed all night.
when daylight came the savage,
down 70 ths beach gOe tato their boats ana
started away. As soon as they had &C
out Of sight we unlocked ourselves aa,i
almost dropped to the ground, we wsrs
so nearly used up. and when We came
to q stream we fell nat and drank ard
drank. We had been in the tree thir-
Fortunately soon after the savapas
had got away our schooner appeared u
the offing. Our people were almost sure
we had been devoured, but they had coma
hack 20 make search. Both the botauist
and myself were threatened with BRAN
fever for time.
THE TASTE FOR HUMAN ELEsu
~The cannibals of the western Pacific
are a low, fierce negro race, blackor even
than the African. had at ono time an
overseer in Samoa who had boon a oanni-
bal. This man used to say TO mo svarv
morning. thinking he fiattered mo; Mas
ter, you are growing tattcr and fattar
What a lovely feast you would male
Why, IL I had you over at my homo |
could get a fortune r., in Ecarls for your
to 500 me who wns fat the ovcrseer would
congra tulate mo that I had such a fat
friend and how he could get all sorts Of
pearls for him over in tho Solomon
Islands.
when you speak to a cannibal about
eating human flesh thov say that wo do
the same thing They believe In reincar-
nation and say that when We eat beef
or rabbits or any meat IL Is only eating
human fosh in another form and that
the OK we eat win some day be man or
has bcon a man.
my overseer was fond OF telling me
that chickens worc not hit good as COM
pared with human flesh. IL you once cat
H. he used TO say. you will mover want
TO elt any othor meat
srhere used to be n notorious charac-
ter In the South Seas. q white man whn
was called Cannibal Jack. He was an old
sailor and they told it that he ate human
fiesi by preference over any othcr. Jack
used to deny this and said that he had
mover eaten a man except once when be
could get no other food. but the natives
used TO say that whenever Jack heard Of
an orgy that was going to be held in any
OF the Fiji Islands he would head that
way and partake Of the feast"
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A LIFE FULL OF ADVENTURE
CAPT. MALLS CAREER LINE
THAT or A HERO OF FICTION.

N u
al r.nnIn.,. W.nv NARROW Esc,nes
Tu1ce rooL I.a RI IN ,hr disturbances
Nm ssmoa--u.d o swim for HIs I.ITe
ID ,he S:re., hurricane -rhat wrecked
an. y,.-.n,,,.--ss.-v.,S =. 5sessStivs
I'm kIoodIl.e e-saw CannIbaI Feast.
they dressed him up with green's and slch.
sra Thea put him ON to bile:
~ And the missionary tasted downTEn' s"oo
10 'Ds'n 'O'A' OH '"' '"N"'
A cat has only nine lives. Capt William
Hnll. sometime OF County Waterford'
Ifeland, and at other times Of Australia,
@eEnoa and various other addresses IN
the South Seas, and stth again OF Alaska
and OF Siberia, and at the present time OF
Seattle. WASH. has lived more lives than
any eat that ever adorned tail. Not
that The captain has ever led a double
NE, but he has had the varied existence
Of hero Of fiction.
That Is not what Capt. Hall would
say, far from It; but he sat on a sofa
In the lobby OF the Hotel Victoria the
other day and for four hours held an
audience OF one spellbound Yet it was
only few chapters that he gave after
all. for the captain has some intention OF
writing q book about the 'oannibals OF
the South Sea islands. and IL was only a
peep that he gave his hearer into his ad-
Ventures among the man eaters, and then
be only referred to his adventures in
Siberia.
Capt. Hall took a prominent part in
the stirring times in Samoa in the year
81 the great hurricane and again in
tsso. Indeed IL 10 matter Of record
that hA nafr In N
xArgs party OF American and British
bluejackets and marines from annihila-
ton when they had been surrounded in
the bush by natives and three OF their
on1cers slain. He has been a North. Sea
dsherrnan. be has sailed on ships as an
er1cer. he has mined in Australia. he has
saiicd about and in and out among the
nanny Islands OF the South Seas. he has
had narrow escapes from the cannibals
and watched them at their orgies. the
while wondering whether he would be
called upon next to grace their festive
beAfd. He has fought in the wars Of the
itianders. He has been n prisoner on a
German warship. temporary corn
n1Ander on German warship md q de-
tecttve In Dawson. He has prospected
and traded in Alaska. he has been at the
-lrs "0 "eaAu SlAt
- haa .vsr h..rd - 60 aaS ~ e ~
h.en aIpoost frozan A., dsath in S;haria
4 N.rro,r as,sr~n.p IT, ..;s
Ia -, r,a,,h ~ ~, 49, -. .,.--s
~ a., ,,vhs,dv ex,sr d;d ,h.t 80, -, 60
AZ xTin ,nors t;r,es tb.r - o,,,,IS o,,n.
N vonr An vsrs and 80. OO''
-v,,, have c.rta;,I, h,. . .,.,
t,,res vas s,,g,es,.J A., h;,,,
-AdventprssS Oh 7 don,. L,-
aid .You raal,v hsvs -, h.na .'
narrow abaves IN apDrac;at, I;sa ond ~,
ss,v -tb.. ,o,J ,h,n.rs 'o INV. 0'
Uni. q can't HsITa ars. vial, 30 N.o
vorL IN ,hir,v vaar. - -. y,s. ~.
time be was hare ms S,ha,, he .. -. n-,S. ,
81 tha .h;r A.syr;sD M~r.roh ~ -. ~. !.
broueht the ceIebratAd sIayhan, Inn,ho
eor Rayrun,s Circ,,s 'O
Cant HaIl is short and s.o., TT.
~ n on,v Ave sa.t t,,,a h,,, ~ i.,,. o,' S-y'
80 ~, hss 60, -, a. 80 IS 80 ~;
The sun., 1910-01-30
A DETECTIVE IN THE KLosprky

Il knew that the men were In earnest
and II they heard me they would make
short work OF me. and as the boat was
lying st 49, lower end Of the town there
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1t fell to my lot. being a good swimmer.
TO take the end OF a line and swim through
the surf a. far as could with lt: Another
was To take hold OF the line further on.
the idea being to form a chain from the
snip TO the shore. This was at the hsiuht
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Owners of Horses and Stock
Attention!

Attention!
When your horse has colo, give
it teaspoonful on the tongue Of DR..
BOYD'S SURE POP COLO CURE,
and then wait few minutes and see
how quickly the animal is relieved.
Price so cents.
DR.. Boyd's Sure Pop Fever and
Cough Remedy will relieve your horse
of shipping cold, pneumonia and dis
temper. Price 80 cents.
DR.. Boyd's Eye Remedy will cure
inflammation of the eyes. Price 5ocents.
DR.. Boyd's Magnetic Ointment,
nothing equals it for sore shoulders,
cuts and scratches. Price 25 cents.
Dr.. Boyd's Horse Powders. This
remedy is a thorough blood purifier,
invigorator, digester, and thorough
worm eradicator. Price 25 cents.
DR.. Boyd's Poultry Food. Aids di-
gestion, gives strength while moulting,
stimulates the hen to lay in winter
when hen eggs bring the most. Price
25 cents.
DR.. Boyd's Family Liniment is a
great counter-irritant for all pains,
and preparationQf great power when
applied externally. Price Is cents.
For Sale by HARMAN'S BAZAAR,
Lexington. 8. O.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Why The Buys Best @1he
tMe2 Raising Corn.

Why i it that the boys who join the
corn clubs make such large yields, the
average corn yields Of tie South re-
main so low? No doubt these boys
have the advantage of good land, but
they beat the men On the same sort Of
land.
The answer to the question is not
hard to find. These boys employ mod
ern ideas, up.to-date inform alton, and
approved methods Of cultivation. Tney
know nothing to begin with, and know
that they do not. Many of the men
know nothing Of corn growing, but
don't know it. The boys have moth
ing to unlearn and all to learn. They
80 about their tasks ready to learn,
and read, and study the literature Of
the question with minds open to in
struction. In short, they learn, and
practice modern, scientific methods Of
corn growing, and consequently sue.
ceed. The men must follow the same
purse to produce large yields.
The fact that these boys are more
open 70 instruction, that they learn
more readily because of no prejudices
to overcome and no long-formed habits
TO change, brings home to as the i'm
portance of agricultural instruction in
the rural schools. To fit the teaching
of our schools to the life OF the pupils
is necessary before the gospel of good
farming can reach the hearts Of all the
people. When will our rural school
authorities wake up to this fact and at
t.in the courage to act?-Raleigh On.
o. Progressive Farmer and Gazette.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Saved an Iowa Mans Life

The very grave seemed to yawn be-
fore Robert Madsen; Of West Burling.
ton, Iowa, when, after seven weeks in
the hospital. four of the best physicians
gave him up. Then was shown the
marvellous curative power Of Electric
Bitters. For. after eight months Of
frightful suffering from liver trouble
and yellow jaundice, getting no help
from .other remedies or doctors, five
bottles Of this matchless medicine COM
pletely cured him. It's positively guar
anteed for Stomach, Liver, or Kidncy
troubles and never disappoints- Only
SOC at Kaufman Drug Co., Derrick's .
Drug Store, Sandel Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Blest Be The Tie

"What is it," asked the Sunday
school superintendent, that binds US
together and makes us better than we
are by nature?"
"Our corsets, SIR" piped a wise little
girl OF years.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Shall Women Vote?

If they did, millions would vote DR..
Kings New Life Pills the true remedy
fer women. For banishing dull, tagged
feelings, backache or headache, consti-
patton, dispelling colds, imparting ap-
petite and toning up the system, they're
unequaled. Easy, safe, sure. 26c at
Kaufman Drug Co.. Derrick's Drug
Stare, Sandel Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
For More Than Three Decades

Foley's Honey and Tar has been a
household favorite for all ailments of
the throat, chest and lungs. For in
fants and children it is be It and safest
as it contains no opiates aud no harm
full drugs. None genuine but Fol'y's
Honey and Tar in the yellow package:
Refuse substitutes. All Druggists of
Lexington-Henry Drug Sto:e Oh; pin
s. O.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Listen--How to Save Money!

Please call and see as and get our
prices on sugar, meat. -four, meal,
corn and cotton seed meal, and every
thing in the grocery line. We will
sure save you money.
Also get your ice and ice cream ex-
tracts. We can furnish you ice any
time during the week.
SUMMER & BOOZER,
swso Chapin, s. @.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
A man with decision can meyer b
said to belong to himself.

The splendid work of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets ia daily
coming to light. No such grand rem
edy for liver ard bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
them for curing constipation, sick head.
ache. biliousness, jaundice and indi-
gestion. Sold by All Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Fishing Tackle.

The Bazaar has just rec eived COM
plete new line of fishing tackle, en-
bracinp hook, lines, bo5s of every
description, gigs, corks, corks, trot
lines, poles, etc. We can supply your
wants in fishing tackle if you call
quick.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach,
swceten the breath and create healthy
appetite. They promote the flow of
gastric juice, thereby inducing good
digestion. Sold by All Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Foley Kidney Pills are autiseptic,
tonic and restorative and q prompt
corrective Of all urinary irregularities.
Refuse substitutes All Druggists Of
Lexington-Henry Drug Store Ohapiu
s. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Never hesitate about giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to children. \ 1t
contains no opium or other narcotics
and can be given with implicit conf
dence. As quick cure for coughs and
colds to which children are susceptible,
it is unsurpassed. Sold by AL Drug
gists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

1t keeps the society doctors busy
nowadays hunting up new diseasee
that the common people do not have.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

There is this to be said about the
apple tree-it uever hides it's fruit in
it's trunk.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Reports received in Spokane from
various parts of Idaho indicate that
the prohibition wave is assuming what
may te termed Statewide proportions.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

No man was ever so completely skill
ed in the conduct of life as not to re-
ceiye new information from age and
experience.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Many stories are like ashes when
thoroughly sifted there is not much
lsft.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
Lexington Pressing Club.

Remember that the old reliable Lex
ington Pressing Club Is still in bust
ness and is serving its patrons with the
usual promptness and care. We give
special attention to the pressing OF
Ladies skirts. Give us trial.
#. Lem Sox, Mgr.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25

Sheep are most persistent gambolers,
though they are constantly beirg
deeced.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-25
CT Gets Mad.

At New York a big black house ca.
rendered mad through the loss OF her
kittens, which were drowned, attack
ed the three months old baby Of Mrs.
Henry Sauer, pulled it from the baby
carriage and threw it to the floor, frac-
turing the baby's skull The catcoucf =
ed and snarled and then leaped upon
Mrs. Ssuer, nearly gourging out her
eyes and tearing her face. The cat
was subsequently shot by policeman.
Aim at the sun; you may not reach
it, but your arrow will fly higher than
if aimed at objects on a level with
yourself.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
Freight Rates
May Rise West
Of Windy City
Tariff Under Discussion by Railroad
Men in Chicago and Advance
is Predicted.

CHICAGO, April 6.-Pians for an advance
In the freight rates on many commodities
carried by railroads running west OF Chi
cago, it is believed, we're discussed at q
meeting Of the presidents and chief execu-
tive officials IN Chicago today.
Officials were present representing the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, st. Louis
& San Francisco; Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific, Illinois Central. Chicago Great
Western, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroads.
The question Of advancing many Of the
commodity rates in carloads from Chicago
to Missouri river points and ST. Paul were
considered, it is said. Railroad officials
nave declared that an advance on some
rates is Inevitable in view of the general
advances in wages to employees and the
cost of material. No statement was given
out by the officials, beyond saying tbs
nothing definite had been accomplished.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The extent OF
the rate-making power of the Interstate
Commerce commission was considered be-
fore the supreme court today when argu-
ments were made in the so-called Mis-
souri, river rate cases.
Colin c. II. Fyfe addressed the court on
behalf Of shippers in central freight as
ISOLATION territory, urging that the orders
affecting seaboard territory worked an I'M
Just discrimination against them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
Accused Sisters
Appeal to Church
Three Women Charged with Murder
of ocey Snead Appeal to the
Methodist Conference.

NEWARK, N. j., April 6.-The three aged
Wardlaw sisters, in Jail awaiting trial,
charged with the murder OF Mrs. Ocey
Snead at East Orange last November, sem
a letter todsy to Bishop Anderson and the
clersymen Of the Methodist conference, now
in session here, asking for assistance.
The letter tells of the life OF the late Rev,
John b. Wardlaw. father of the accused
women. who for fifty years was a Metho-
dist minister. The women say they are
victims OF the most extraordinary and
phenomenal injury that they have been
falsely accused, and ask the conference tc
give them its aid by bringing spiritual
administrator" to them and doing what
ever else lies In the power Of the confer.
ence to assist them.
The letter OF the aged sisters was dis.
cussed Informally at a meeting of Bishop
Anderson's cabinet, but the conference ad-
journed without taking official notice OF
the matter.
Accompanying the letter wa an enclosure
from Bishop Joseph S. Key Of Sherman.
Tex. saying he had known the Wardlaw
Family for fifty years and that the sisters
are among the most cultured and refined
women OF the land. The charge against
them he characterized as ''unthlnkable."
Two other bishops and hundreds OF Meth
ocist ministers, the sisters say, have sent
them letters expressing faith In their inno-
cerce. Or, Jesse L. Hulbutt, superintendent
Of the Newark district, explained that the
conference could not help the prisoners, as
II would be necessary to constitute itself a
court of justice to do 30.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
Clayton Again
Chosen Mayor
of St. Joseph
Former Chief Executive Reelected
Over Police Commits.
sioner.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo, April 6.-Alvah p.
Clayton, democrat, was today reelected
mayor of st. Joseph by 1854 votes. His
opponent was Frank b. Fulkerson, repub-
lican police commissioner, who was running
on a strict law enforcement platform.
Clayton carried with him the entire ticket,
with the exception OF Frank II. Allen,
assistant postmaster, who was elected audi
tor. one republican councilman was also
elected by a small majority.
On account of the platforms under which
the candidates ran, the vote is also taken
as an expression on the question Of saloon
regulation, Mr.. Fulkerson, as president of
the Police board and member OF the Excise
board, with the mayor, having hewn strictly
to the law and closed a large number OF
saloons.
Mr.. Clayton is past imperial potentate Of
the Shrlners Of North America.
JOPLIN, Mo-, April 5.-The democrats
elected seven out OF eight councilmen in
the city election here today. The result
leaves the city council tied, with the repull-
lican control of the American administra-
ton depending upon the mayors power to
vote In case OF a tie.
WEBB CITY, Mo. April 5.-with the ex-
ception of W.. u. V. Spencer, mayor, and
A. II. Redding, judge, republicans, the DEM
ocrats elected their entire city ticket here
today.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, April 5-The
democrats elected four out of five council
men today, with a tie vote for the fifth.
They also carried Governor Hadley's ward,
which heretofore has gone republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
Germany Faces
Serious Strike
Among Builders
Three Hundred Thousand Men Reject
Wage Schedule and Extensive
Walkout is Probable.

BERLIN. April 6.-The prospect OF the
most extensive strike in the building trad IS
which has ever occurred in Germany is
held out by the decisive action of the dele
gates representing the Socialist Federation
OF Trades Unions. comprising 100000 brick
layers, carpenters, masons, builders and
laborers, at a meeting this evening, at
which they unanimously rejected the pro-
posed wage tariff which the Master Build
ers' union had drawn Up. Such a strike
would affect at least $4,000 men, spread
over the entire country. About SC, 900 mem
bers of the Christian trades unions In
the same ranches nave also decided with
out a dissenting voice TO Join in throwing
out the employers proposition.
TIL workers demand hat the schedules
shall be drawn up by an equal number of
representatives OF the workers and en-
ployers. The latter. up to the present, have
6isclaimed such a method OF reaching ar
agreement. The men express themselves
as determined to remain firm. They have
been agitating for a considerable period for
shorter hours and increased wages point
ing out the great rise in prices of the
necessities Of life.
The employers appear equally firm. Their
union will meet within a few days to a
sction relative to the workers resolution.
Should the demands OF the men be refused
work will Immediately cease.