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.an-Eating Tigers

There has been much argument as
to what prompts a tiger to turn to-
diet OF human flesh. In most cases II
probably begins almost by accident
A tiger, after two or three nights OF
hunting without kill. waits hungrily
beside a jungle path for what may
pass. Perhaps 1t has been beaten of
and bruised by some animal. boar or
buffalo, which it had attacked, and,
besides being half famished. is In no
mood TO tackle large or dangerous
game. when it chances that some
sauntering native, child. perhaps a
woman. thrusts irresistible tempta-
ton In its way. Having once learned
how feeble thing man is. how easily
killed and how palatable. it tries
again and yet again, until 1t becomes
the scourge Of man instead of being
his friond-tbe villagers best friond."
one authority calls it.
The theory that a man-eater Is al
ways an old tiger. more or less tooth
less and feeble, which has found the
strain Of catching vigorous wild game
been upset by the bagglng of notorl-
GUS man-eaters which were found to
be young animals in the full pride OF
their powers and 1t Is likely that
the taste for human flesh Is passed
on from mother TO child. the tigress.
herself man-eater, teaching her cubs
to hunt as she hunts.
How terrible thing man.eater
may be can be judged from the fact
that tiger generally kills every
second night whether its quarry
be man or beast. Having killed.
it makes one meal that night,
then drags the carcass some
where into cover and more or
less conceals 1t as a dog may hide
bone. On the next night its habit
Is TO return to the same kill. and 1t
Is In that second visit that the hunt
er usually finds his opportunity. II
is not the rule for q tiger TO return
again a third time, not because It Is
above eating carrion. but seemingly
IL tires OF the carcass which II has
already twice mumbled over. Thus
one tiger has been known to kill reg
ularly its 15 natives a month with al
most mechanical punctuality. An
other. which seemingly did not con-
fine itself entirely to human flesh. de-
youred an average OF so people. men
and women. for several years: while
yet another is reported to have
stopped trafic on n public road for
many weeks. There have been both
English sportsmen and native shikaris
who have accounted for their hundred
tigers and upward; but many tiger
has killed more human beings than
apy man has ever scored tigers On
the other hand. II sportsmen some
times fail to bag their tiger without
excuse. native women have been
known to beat of the "dcep-mouthed
brute, dread of the brown man. win
nothing more formidable than a BAN.
boo cane, and It is recorded that
missionary has. successfully stood one
of with Chinese umbrella.
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Killed by Walrus

Inspector Pelletier, with noncom.
missioned officers and troopers OF the
Royal northwest mounted police, who
started in June last from Edmonton,
Canadian northwest, on patrol duty to
the arctic regions, recently reached
Winnipeg on their return journey
From Edmonton the route was taken
by sled and snowshoes across the con-
tinent. through the great northern
wilderness. by way Of Great Slave
lake to Baker lake. thence overland
to Fort Churchill on the Hudson bay,
and back to Winnipeg by way OF Split
lake and Norway house. Important
geological discoveries were made.
Details OF the death of Corp. Il. L..
NJ Donaldson, one of the detachment.
which took place while cruising from
Cape Fullerton. 500 miles TO Fort
Churchill, have been furnished to the
Field. London, Corp. Donaldson and
Corp. Reeves started from Fullerton
In a 44-foot III. B. cruising yacht. ac-
componicd by an Eskimo half-breed
named Ford. They made the cruise
all safe. and at length reached Marble
island, some miles down the coast
from Fullerton. The Eskimos have a
tradition regarding this island which
they believe TO be a great iceberg
turned by a spirit into stone OF pc
cullar whteness. No Eskimo will land
upon It When the boat drew near.
the officers seemed to see the island
moving up and down In the water, but
the Eskimo cried that what seemed
to make this island move was the
presence OF an immense herd OF wal
rus.
Donaldson then determined to get
near them in the dinghy and have a
shot at them. The yacht lay by while
he killed or wounded several of the
herd, but his barrel becoming hot
he started to put back TO the yacht
This gave him trouble, as the whole
herd was now thoroughly excited.
Donaldson and Reeves then set out to-
gether to skim the edges OF the herd
and secure the tusks and heads of the
animals killed.
Soon terrific roars in the wotcr
astern warned them that they were
cncircled. Huge bulls kept rearing
suddenly all about them. and with
four sets of tusks they decided to pull
back again. An enraged bull now
came up with crash right beneath
their keel, raising the dinghy clear of
the water and throwing them both
overheard.
They made for the yacht, but after
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though II woman is unable to keep
up with the tribe on a march she is
shown no mercy, but is killed and cut
up for food on the spot, This. bad as
II is, may be kinder than leaving her
to die slowly of starvation In the bush,
or to become the prey Of wild animals
that infcst the forest; and the blacks
never cucumber themselves with sick
or lame on the march. 1t is the same
on man-hunting expeditions among
tribes that hunt for food. The women
are not sought after at such times. but
| have no doubt that IL woman were
shot by accident. she would be pres
emily devoured.
The heads Of those killed for food.
az I have already said. are rejected.
but the teeth are extracted and serve
TO make ornaments, such as necklaces
and armbandS. which are worn by the
women The hair, too. when it is not
the thick wool Of the negro. is used
for plating into ornamental strips.
Very often the skin is removed from
the body of the victim, and is made
into drum heads. In this fashion they
are, il report is true, followed by the
ladies OF Paris. who, according 10 the
latest fad. are said to carry books or
purses bound in a strip of human
skin. The skulls are stuck up on posts
around the village. These central AT
rcan cannibals have not the belief
which is held by others that to eat
the heart of any enemy will give them
his courage. or that by eating his
arms they receive his strength
While I was conducting a punitive
expedition against the Msbode, ] saw
a boy hit in the shoulder by a bullet
from one OF the muzzle-loading guns
that are used by the natives. such as
they receive In barterlng with the
traders. Looking supremely uncon-
cerned and apathetic about the whole
afiair, he was carried to one side by
the men nearest him, called the men
the camp where the other wounded
were lying. They objected that he
was only boy and II did not matter.
berated them for their insuboriina-
ton and saw my order carried through
But for some time afterwards the men
continue TO grumble. saying / might
just as we'll let them have the boy for
killing when the work of the fight was
done. The boy recovered. and re-
manned with me for considerable
time; but the two men, as we'll as
many Of the others who had heard Of
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and having his own suspicious he
searched the ship and discovered parts
OF the men. smoke-drled and hidden
away in the lockers of the six Ban
gala. whom be was then handing over
TO the authorities
The ordinary native preparation OF
human flesh for food is not so elab-
crate ss that observed by the Ban
galas, but is nevertheless carried out
with great care. The body is first de
capitated and cleaned out, after which
1t is held over an embcr fire and thor
oughly slnged until every trace of
hair has been removed. Then it is
carefully cut UP into joints, and is
cooked-as much as is wanted for i'm
mediate consumptlon-in large pots.
the rest being thoroughly smoke-dried
over a greenwood 1re, But the natives
will cat as much as possible while
they can, for they are improvident in
everything, taking no thought for the
morrow. and being ignorant of the
most elementary principles Of domes-
tic economy.
WOMEN SELDOM VICTIMS.
When prisoners are taken It is very
unusual to kill the women for food;
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Keep Land Idle

The richest soil In the United
States, eXcelled only by the produc-
tivity Of the Nile valley. is in the
delta region in Mississippi Some
day. says Prof. Glenn w. Herrick. II
will be the richest and most populous
region in the union. 1t lies along
the western part of the state, ex-
tending from the mouth of the Yazoo
river north nearly to the Tennessee
line. and outside OF Egypt it has no
agricultural rival in the whole world.
Yet rich as 1t is and great as are
its possibilities, the scourge OF ma
laria has kept much of it in its prim'
tive wild forest, barred out immi-
grafton and forced the price OF the
land down TO u mere fraction OF its
intrinsic value. Land hungry as the
average American has been for gen
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the doctors fees. For the employer 1t
meaps the loss Of labor at time per
haps when it would be Of greatest
value II 1t does not mean the act
ual loss OF labor TO the employer 1t
Will mean a loss In the efficiency OF
his labor. To the farmers 1t may
mean the loss of their crops by want
of cultivation. 1t will always mean
the non-cultiyation or imperfect cul-
tivation of thousands of acres of val
liable land. 1t means liStless activ-
ity in the worlds work that counts
power OF the people.
Finally 1t means from 100000 to
5000, 900 or more days Of sickness. with
all its attendant distress, pain OF body
and mental depression 10 some unfor.
tunate individuals OF those five states,
1t has been demonstrated that the ma
laria mosquito can be eXterminated
both in tropical and semi-uopical
countries, and the enormous economic
loss of malaria can be prevented. The
progressive men Of the south are be-
ginning to realize that the problem
which confronts them is serious and
of far reaching consequences, and 1t
will not be long before this obstacle
TO southern progress is attacked with
all the weapons which modern science
ginning of a new era in the growth
and expansion of the south, and 1t
cannot come too SOON
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a few strokes in the icy water Reeves
turned to go back to the dinghy and
clung to it. No sooner had he reached
it than Donaldson suddenly disappear
ed amid commotion in the wator. He
was never seen again.
Reeves himself had miraculous es-
cape. After clinging for considerable
time to the capsizod boat, in water
where icebergs are numerous. he at
length reached shore. When he was
on the verge OF perisbing, Ford. the
Eskimo, reached him and was the
means of saving his life. Ford stripped
the soaked clothing from the officer
and replaced it with his own warm
garments, and chafed his limbs
Reeves legs we're liberated from the
effects of the icy-cold salt water. and
1t was only his strong and healthy
constitution that enabled him to re-
cover
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to attract my notice as they passed
my tent
In reality most Of them are ashamed
of being cannibals. and are much con
fused il interrupted in their grcwsome
work, Nearly always after a fight.
when they have cut up the fallen and
are bringing in the flesh. they will
carefully conceal their tracks, so that
il you wish to pass through in the
same direction they will pretend to
tell you much better way. This is
bad path. infested with snakes and
wild beasts. II is quite dangerous, and
You must cross a wide river, etc. etc.
But over there. there is a very fine.
clear. easy path" and so on. But they
will never let you pass the place
where they are cutting up the bodies.
II they can possibly prevent you by
guile or force.
The Bateke tribe. whose home is In
the neighborhood OF Stanley Pool. are
not as a rule to be considered canni-
balls, but the allied tribes. the Apforu.
and the Bateke of the French Congo.
follow this practice TO some degree.
as do section of the Balolo, whose
dwelling is on the banks of the Ruki
river. and among the swamps OF Ma
linga Other branches Of the same
tribe show no signs of II
The whole question is wrapped In
mystery, but the authorities / have
quoted, and my personal observations,
practically cover all that is known on
this matter In central Africa.
Copyright. 1879. by Benz r. Hampton)
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how Shakespeare gained his knowl-
edge of "the anthropodhagi. and men
whose heads do grow beneath their
shoulders" Did he mean cannibals
and stunted dwarfs? We shall never
get to the root of his shrewd omnisoi-
ence.
The practice of body.snatching from
the cemeteries Is frequently rcsorted
TO in the Bangala country, where the
inhabitants are habituel cannibals. AS
a consequence Lcopoldville. the chief
station on the Upper Congo. is obliged
terry, as the Bangala are constantly
coming and going. against whom sew
eral cases of body-snatching have been
proved. This practice became at one
time so common that nothing short OF
capital punishment had any effect in
putting stop TO it,
MEN KILLED FOR FOOD.
The Bangala. besides feastIng on
the bodies of those slain In battle, are
also in the habit of killing men for
food. Their method OF preparation la
n cruel one, but It is curious, and one
is inclined 10 think there must be
some hidden origin and history behind
H. The prisoner or slave who is to
grace the feast Is not killed outright
broken. after which he is placed chin
deep in a pool OF water, his head be-
ing fastened to a log so that he may
not be drowned. On the third day he
is taken out and killed, This process
is supposed 10 make his flesh more
tender, but it Is difficult to SEQ how
the Bangala can have arrived at this
conclusion,
Mrs. S. l.. Hlnde tells the following
story. which will serve to illustrate
the man-eating propensities of the
Bangala: when l was returning
from Stanley Falls on my homeward
journey six Of the crew were in irons
on board ship, whom the captain de-
liyered up TO Justice at Bangala for
having eaten two of their number
was not at the trial, but the captain
told me that two OF the crew had
fallen III on the upward voyage, and
had been allowed 10 rest for a short
time. On the next ration day these
two men were missing, and. upon
making inquiries, the captain was in
formed that they had died In the
night, and had been buried on shore
This. however. did not satisfy him
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PIoMIEs NOT cANNIsALs.

The same argument applies also TO
tho dwarfs or pigmy races OF Central
Africa, who are of a very low type.
They build the worst huts of any peo-
pie in the district; they have no arts
nor do they till the soil Nomadic to
the utmost degree, they subslst almost
by hunting. trapping and fishing.
Yet they will starve sooner than eat
human flesh, In this | am confirmed
by Cassati. who. in his Ten Years In
Equatorial Africa" gives ample teS-
timony. instancing a fight. and the
reyeling OF the victors as they feasted
on the bodies of the slain. while their
allies, the pigmies, weary as they
were from fighting. secured the coun-
try round searching for vegetable
food.
DR.. Parke. by the way, in his book,
Experiences in Equatorial Africa" in
clines 10 the opinion that canniballsm
among the dwarfs does not exist.
though they do not make a general
practice OF it. MY piGmy." he says.
tells me that the people OF her tribe
rarely eat human flesh, and are
ashamed OF doing so" The doctor,
however. made no attempt to verify
this assertion. and frankly | do not
believe II is at all reliable. I have
lived among the pigmie9 at various
times. and have had excellent oppor-
tunity for studying their character
and customs, but have never encoun.
tered a single case Of cannibalism
among them. nor did | ever hear OF
one. II an isolated instance should
have occurred | have no hesitation in
saying that it was the result of imIta
tlon. for the pigmies are very prone to
initiate their neighbors both in peace
and war
1t is nice literary question as to
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own species seems to show that n
certain degree OF intelligence was
first attained" With this may be
the custom is most prevalent among
tribes distinguished by a certain so
clal advance
While instances OF resort to human
flesh as food in times OF famine are
widely diffused. the most common
perstition that by eating the heart or
other part of an enemy, to which the
practice is often restricted his PROV
ess is assimilated and acquired. A
true note is struck when the writer we
have quoted says that this habit, be-
wards persisted In from choice" in
Manyemaland and other districts of
the Congo Free State human sacrifices
and religious rites are wholly distinct
from cannlbalism, which is persisted
in deliberately.
Livingston, who was the first Eng
lishman to cross the Manyema coup-
try. Travelled through the district in
company with a party of Arab slave
traders. under whose protection he
placed himself in 1S69-pot from
choice, but as the only means by
which 1t was possible for him to pcne.
trate into those dangerous parts. The
journey WAS protracted. halts were
long and frequent, and so he was en-
abled to watch closely the habits,
haunts and customs of the Manyema
people.
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DEAD ENEMIES EATEN.

I saw another side of cannibalism
during the same campaign. | was sit
ting outside my tent in the cool of the
evening. after camp had been pitched.
watching the men get their food ready,
The days work had been a hard one.
and a good many on both sides had
been left dead on the scene of the
fight; there were also a large number
of wounded, and fewer men to gel
through the camp fatigue work, so we
were not clear until nearly dark Pres
emily in the deepening gloom a man
passed me. with packet on his
shoulders. neatly done up in banana
leaves. asked him what he was car.
rying. Food" he said; food for the
men, | asked what food IL was. and
ne replied that II was banana food. AS
a matter Of fact he and several of the
other men were going continually to
and fro from the scene OF the fight.
cutting up the bodies and bringing
them down in small parcels SO as not
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the circumstance. were highly disgust
ed with me. and labored long under a
sense of having been the victims of
gross injustice
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LIVINGsToN'S TESTIMONY.

Very slowly and with great reluc.
tance Livingston became convinced
that. from whatever cause their canni-
belism might have originated, it had
then nothing to do with superstition
OF religious rites, The natives made
no eDdeayor to conceal their liking for
human flesh, and the great traveller
could no longer close his eyes to a
salf-evideDt fact Since the country
was full of animal and vegetable food.
and starvation was an impossible plea,
cannlbalism could alone be accounted
for by the assumption that it was the
result of depraved appetite, OF the
outcome or gTeediness. Yet said
Livingston, they are fine looking
race, I would back a company OF
Nanyema men to be far superior in
shape OF head, and generally in physi-
cal form, TO the whole Anthropological al
society"
This unnatural practice stands by
itself. seeming not in any way to af-
better emotions. Thus. tribes to whom
cannibalism is quite foreign are in
many cases more bloodthirsty and far
less advanced. both morally and social
ly. than others openly addicted to 1t.
1t does not follow at all that because
the natives OF the interior evince a
liking for human flesh they are, on the
whole. inferior to those VINO treat the
practice with contempt and abhor-
renee,
On this subject Mr.. Herbert Ward,
author Of Five Years Among the
Congo Cannibals," makes the following
statement: 1T must not be supposed
that the cannibal tribes Of the interior
are altogether brutal in every action
Of life. On the contrary. | have OBJ.
served more frequent traits OF affec-
ton for wife and children than are
exhibited in the conduct OF domestic
affairs among the people OF the low or
or Ba Congo country, who are not
cannibals.' This remark comedies
so exactly with my own observations
that am glad to quote it in full,
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y THE main my obscr-
vatlons upon the de-
grading vice OF canni-
balism agree with those
OF other explorers Liy.
iDgston for a long time
refused 10 believe In
the practice until the
inexorable logic OF
facts forced conviction
on him when he came
in contact with the
Manyema. Both Mr.
Herbert Ward. the aus
thor of a noto on The
nri--ip and nictrihIi.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-08-12

OUTSIDE Of Seattle Judge Thomas
Burke. recent convert from demo
cracy who is candidate for United
States senator ON the republican ticket,
is almost absolutely without follow
ing, and in that city his supporters are
largely confined To the tinanciers and
those interested in corporations The
rank and file, the mechanic and labor
ing man, the artisan and AGRICULTURAL
Isl, the bone and Sinew and consequent
lv the great bulk Of the republican
party will not support Judge Burke.
Not because he is not aman OF marked
and acknowledged ability, but his
record before the public is too well
known. No reelection is intended upon
Judge Burke As a man Of accomplish
meutS and probity, but for Years he
has been an active attorney in the en-.
ploy Of great corporations ami combin-
ationS az capital, and stood for. or de-
Tended. the admission Of, Oriental la
Dor, and hence the opposition 10 his
candidacy by a vast majority of the re-
publican voters. There i great hue
and cry against members Of congress
tainted with monopolistic tendencies
branches Of thar body and they are
not confined 10 one party is the cause,
more than anything else, OF the exis-
tence Of \ factional tight in the party.
1t is u>elesS 10 endeavor to elect more
OF that class. The people will not
stand for them. No matter how capa-
bile they may be, the record behind
them will not down, and all the >opheS
try that can be used to further their
candidacy will avail nothing Aside
from his record as referred 10 Judge
Burke was an active and leading dem
ocrat in the state for years He has
taken no prominent part in the coun-
>e!> OF the republican party He has
not aided in the success Of that party
when the aid Of every man capable OF
taking part in campaign was neces-
Sary 10 win success The veneer of re-
publicani>m IS very thin on those pa
pel> claiming 10 be republican that
will support democrat in the party
on probation, and if ex-demoerats are
10 be preferred 10 republicans in the
distribution OF Offices why not go 10
Z hSr marry I'm, ,1,a-ar;al ~ I'll oI ~.
positions OF honor and trust.