The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-03-30

brown bear-that became so familiar
and loving that they acted as If they
were paying board at one of the ho-
tells.
They would hang around the kit
chen and the rear veranda and run af-
ter the guests, begging for something
nice to eat till they had made nuis-
ances of themselves. At last, after
they had smashed into hotel pantry
and frightened women and children
almost to death, the officials were
forced to shoot them.
Now the superintendent of the park
has Issued warning. He announces
that any one who feeds or pets the
wild bears will be punished. He says
that they are perfectly harmless as
long as they are kept in perfectly
wild state and left alone, but when
persons trifle with them they lose
all fear of human beings and pro-
ceed to do much damage to property.
And every now and then they hurt
somebody who thinks that, because
they have become familiar. they are
not dangerous any more.
CANNIBALS IN NEW GUINEA.
There are a few native villages
around Kerema, Papua, all friendly
to the Government, which they regard
as their, chief protection from the
mysterious and much-dreaded Kuku-
kuku tribe. These Kukukukus sound
more like something out of a mediae-
val goblin story than anything mod.
ern and real. They are cannibals,
and live high up in the unexplored
ranges one can see from the shore.
Their neat yam and taro gardens
checker the upper peaks like the tiny
squares on plaid coat, suggesting
that the cannibals are Industrious
and orderly, and fond of relish with
their food.
At times they descend In small, ac-
tive parties upon the tribes of the
coast, and stalk them from the shell
ter of the bush, until an opportunity
occurs of cutting off one or two alone.
They are little, quick and cunning,
and their death-dealing raids often
take place without exciting any sus-
picion on the part of the victims
friends, until gaps among the ranks
Of familiar faces tell their silent tale.
Not long before our visit they made
descent down to the very beach,
hidden by the forest, darted out, cap
tured two of the children play:co on
the shore, and vanished with their
prey before any one in the village
had time to take alarm. The other
children told the tale, and the magis-
trate went out, with handful of ma
tive police, to ambush the slayers by
night on their way back to the hills,
and capture them, If possible.
A volley fired in the dark was the
only punishment the cannibals re-
ceived, however, for they discovered
the ambush and got away in their
usual mysterious fashion before the
police could follow up their fire.
Traces of blood on the path showed
that it had been effective, but the
wounded or dead were spirited away
with the rest. Some of their goods
were found abandoned on the track
pipes, spears, betel-nut bags-and,
among the other matters, two neatly
tied-up parcels, which, on being
opened, were found to contain the
bodies of little boy and little girl,
cut into pieces.
Until last year no white man and
few natives had even seen Kukuku-
ku, though they had been the scourge
of the district for years. One or two,
however, were captured at last and
taken to Port Moresby jail to serve
term of Imprisonment. They proved
to be small, active, ugly men, very
wild and uncivilized, and SO nervous
that they tremble all over when
looked at.-Wide World Magazine.