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Roast Pig, Canniba1 Style

sooty-browu color, hair grizzly,
frizZv brown, and across their faces
are weird splashcs of color, chiefly
bright red.
Tho Nautilus. ! discovered. though
thov are cannibals, are not actually
head hunters. They only eat human
desh whom the victim is killed in bat
tic or private vendetta; but then the
actual SLAYER is not permitted TO assist
at the feast.
Their liking for pigs amounts to
something like worship. Women nurse
Young pigs lust as they would babies
Ono woman killed her baby so that she
could nurse a Young pig.
At the big fessts Pig flesh is largely
eaten. Ono village Of about 100 houses
killed 40 pigs Tor their meal
The "rcliQiou of The Nautilus is
simrlv tho primitive fear OF ghosts
and spirits. They hayo not reached the
stage Of idoIstrv
Thcv believe. for instance, that tho
Gg trcc aud certain trailing plants arc
spirit haunted
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studded with rhiuc,tones. The Mis-
sionary society left in body.
Isn't this tcrriblc'.r cricd Miss
Surait again back in ber dressing
room She tried costume still more
abbreviated
Up from the orchestra arose her
figure of her grandaunt. a laLy graciug
4 certain plane in Tcrrc IIaute society.
"NALESKA." she shriekcd. "Go'
right back and oct dressed
Three usbcrs rushed 10 the center
Of disturbance aud therc arose a
wordv war rs 10 the maiJeuly aunt s
right to object to her grauduiece 81
ra'mcn'. At ;he end the grandauut
and the front rows Of balcony. gallery
anj orchestra marched out. Il was in
deed sad
And so merrily the evening pro-
@rcsScd. II mattcrcd not whether II
was the 1000 chinchilla coat. the
log collar. the fwcnty.karat diamond
solitaire that is the Suratt pride. the
diuDer rIug---thc gift of Duke Boris
Of Rrssia-the string of diamonds
tha, cnciTcies the lest Suratt ankle or
the bewildcring hats that have con-
tributed 10 the Suratt reputation One
and all, instead of arousing applause
brought only mutterings, whisperiugs
and anger. Upon the diamond anklct
the curtain was hastily rung down.
On the midnight train Nalcsha left
the Ettle home town. Magda stayed.
This shows how much more iutelli-
gent than Magda Miss Suratt is.
She II probably never. never 90 back
sympathetic friend-a copy of Suder
mann 5 play,
Miss Suratt sorrowfullv returned it,
after carefully marking the following
passage:
"'Whcn ! received the invitation 10
assist at this festival-whv they did'
me the honor. / don Z know--s very
curious feeling began 70 seethe
within me-half curiosity aud half
shyness half melancholy and half de-
fapce-which said: Go home incog-
alto. Go IN the twilight and stand
before the patcrpal house where for
seventeen years YOU lived in bondage,
There look upon what YOU were. But,
if they recognize You, show them that
bevond their narrow virtues there may
be something true and good.
And carefully annoted beside il was:
- What 5 the use''
MORAL-WIIEN YOU co BACK
TO THE LITTLE OLD HOME TOWN
BE SURE TO WEAR TIE SAME
YOU WENT AWAY IN.
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dow. from this table TO the old bureau
TINT was once my world
NaIcska Suratt, the simple. pretty
little daughter Of small town mer.
chant. young nlilIncr 5 apprentice
who responded to the lure of Broad
way, that national pathway o.
wasted hopes. became star Of the
theatrical world with the reputation of
being the most cxpensively gowned
WOMAN on the American stage. She
went back 10 her little home town Of
Icrre Hante. Ind, covered with silks
and satins of the fashionable modiste 8
shops; she wore the most valued
gems OF the Rue de la Pai1, and she
went back TO remember! From Main
street to Closson s shop, from the river
to the giant oak-that was once my
home -
And now, having done enough for
atmosphere and literary allusiou this
is how Valeska Surstt went back.
There isn't much use surely in iu-
Producing Miss Suratt. She has had
her name IN the papers 50 much that
almost every one knows about her
Just now she is starring in the 'iRed
Rose, and is in the middle west.
Torre Haute is there, too, To Miss
Suratt one lav came that same old
idea about "Showing the old town,
She had often had the idea before. but
here was the girl. the place aud the
time all in easy distance.
MY, but they II be proud of me, II
sclf-commuuei Miss Suratt. "I'll do
it right, too. III take the whole com
pany i'll and show the villagers Just
what an actress Naleska has become II
so in the dim dusk of an early
winter morning iuto Terre Hautc
rolled the eauippago OF VaIeska 1t
WASH I long before every Que knew It,
And here one must fall back again
upon the literary allusion. The co,nci. |
deuce is too pat, Miss Suratt must |
be imagined as having beep rolled up |
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Feared Shock to Humanity.

Studying the lie OF Leonardo da Vincl
closely, We discover and understand why
he bopt his most intimate thoughts Sec
ret II he mad revealed thcm all. he
would have shocked humanity. even that
OF Italy at the time OF ths Renaissance,
which had learned TO feel astonished at
nothing.
Once only me came near revealing the
dcepst secrets or his soul. The portrait
which Is shown in the Urfcii nj Florence
Is charming with its long hair and golden
beard, but IL IL not one Of the master
as IL was. II shows the Leonardo OF the
academy.
The portrait OF his real self Is the one
which he once sketchcd and which is
now kept IN the library of Turin. Here
the painter has shown the mystic. the
occultist. This ravaGed face, with its
expression of supreme iisdsin. ~ terri
hlc IN behold. II inspires fear. From
which world has this phantom escaped? :?
Thin Is indeed true portrait of tho
manuscripts In which the secrets OF fu-
ture conouests lie dormant.
There is nothing 10 do with this
man. said the Pope Of the Medicls.
Let us put ourselves in the Holy
Fathers place. lie had ordered q paint
ing from Leonardo and he was told that
before starting 10 paint. rho master must
distilI tho oils for his varnish,
"But nc begins with the ond'' the
pope exclaimed without suspcclin= that
nc had pronounced a profound truth.
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"She's an actress. aud If she wa.
my daughter she'd still be trimming
hats right here in Terrc ilaute, said
the :. \. r. II, Is. A. cit 5 unrightcou.
to wear $1,000 on ones back.
"What do you think she drinks p
! asked Magda's s stcpmotbcr OF her sis
fer the morning after the celebrity :.
advent ''Whv. coffee - :" No. =
f"Tea then "No. - Then it must
be chocolate. - q No; coffee AMI choco
late mixed"
Say said the head waiter after
Miss Suratt had brcakfastcd. "what S
grape fruit. Maraschino. Wanted thu,
instead Of pic. Beats me what idces
these people get rs soon rs they 20 10
New York. -
Magda, TO pursue the literary al.
lusion 4 little more. had really aw-
full time at home Miss Suratt docsu 4
say she did. But is is gathered that
II wash I 50 terribly pleasant When
one is fifteen wears away from Teyre
Haute after having lived seventeen in
Terre Haute-therc. isn't that uueal-
LIANT. we have given awav miss
Suratt's S age-one is apt To he on a
different angle copversationally and
sympathetically than one was seven
teen wears ago. The lights of Broad
way have different effect upon the
retina and so upon the brain thau the
lights Of Main street, Terre Haute,
1nl., have.
This phase of the coming back can
be passed over quickly.
''Ah, but wait ill night. Then II
show 'em.'' said Miss Suratt.
Night came. The op ry house WAS
glittering with lights. All Terrc Haute
came there. In the words OF the couu,
try correspondent. "All Tcrre Haute
was agog Indeed it was-uot.
SpIusters AMI matrons filed in the
gaps. The town girls and their swains
sugared the loaf Then Miss Suratt,
in a startling French model and pearl
studded dog collar. waited across the
stage Immediately there WAS com.
motion in The gallery. Out Of the buzz
drifted an insistent motif.
"pearls. indeed! Where did she
get thema' The chattering AMI
smiling halted the play. Several ushers
were appointed to demonstrate. And
that norton Of Terre Haute contiguous
and adjoining arose In wrath and left
the thester.
EsThis is terrible,'i walled Miss
Suratt in her dressing room. Regain
ing her courage. she capercd across the
stage in a black velvet dancing dress
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suPernsn or Renaissance. the victory over
Rrdvitation represented the acme OF free
dom, He thought Of Il always, but there
is nothing 10 show that me told his con-
tornporaries anything OF his ambition,
Aviation docs not figure on the list OF
wonders he promised Ludovic. If tho
duke Of hilano would engage his SeLV-
Ices, he promised 10 construct bridges.
20 draw the water from nroats, To sup
ply explosives. TO dig underground pas
saGcs and ito execute works of sculp.
ture 10 marble. bronze or clay. rs well
paintings equal to those OF any other
man"
And he adds: 'Tf any things should
appeal impossible to ANYBODY, I suggest
illustr'ous sire. To experiment with Them
In YOUR park
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Guards Secret Ambition.

lie surrendered TO tho duke OF Afilano
only hls talents An engineer and an,
artist, but kept for bis own workxhur
The mystery. OF tho greatest ambition of
his genius, Ope wonders how much time
lac had 10 himself. His life a Mi,anu
was ono continued squirt OF energy.
which did not seem 70 leave him n single
hour for rest on recreation. He makes
sculptures, paints, builds, plays the lutte.
makes military engines OF attack or
ganizcS festivals. gives himself up 10 4
thousand merccneI7 tasks. but still his
manuscripts nre there 10 piove that,
even so. i've found dime to bc alone
HG Tas cnrcftu not 10 promise his dos
pote 10 experiment with Il flytDg ma -
oHiTl~ in his park. Ludovic. who war ;hc
most rcstlcessly curioUs nj men. would
no; have lcfr him 4 moments poarr. His
reputation Is good among the writer's Of
history, who forgave him his porfidios
and vices because he earnestly tried 10
make Milsno The Athens Of italy and
because the doors of his palace were wide
open 20 ali mon With ideas. ~ was a
uogt Intelligent merIaatheniC rather than
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ccrer. Several OF his biosraphcTs have
tried To discover II he belonged TO a sec
ret sect. Eugene Muents has conscten-
tiously discussed tho question n he were
a magician a reader of the stars. Cab
yicl d'Annun5io has answered this qucs-
drama written Tor his "Tbeater OF the
Soul Edouard SEIZURE let's Leonardo
as 70 when he win teach him music:
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4 a kMOST everybody who has ever
~ left the Little home town in
|H the days Of youth 10 make Il
fortune in the big city has had
mat idea of going back some day
WITH bells and bells and still moro
bells on.
Lives there man with soul so dead
who never TO bmsclt has said:
E"fcD, when ! Get that million or be-
rome famous I'll start for the old
homestead in three automobiles with
a rapid fire champagne battery doing
eSeeution the minute / hit the village
limits. III ride up and down Main
Areet IN my new fur overcoat, scatter
gold pieces to all the kids, irrigate the
farms with bubble water. offer my dia-
uonis to the village council for light
ing purposes and start bank ac-
count for every baby that 8 named af-
Ter me. Then I'll bet that girl that
threw me over TO marry the town
blacksmith will 90 and drown herself
for sorrow.''
Or if it S a woman: "WclI, / think
onght to 90 back anil see the old
''su. | wonder how Sally Rogers,
s''m J. used to 60 TO school with, is
wing along since she married that
mny viii Hopkins who used TO
nrg in the choir, Poor Sally--an
Even children now. But then, she
neTer did have any ambition, | II just
'aEe Clarlse and the butler and tho
enauifcur aud three or four trunks aud
ave The poor souls treat. | sup
pose they never 10 get j chance 10 sec
nsst real style is! And that nasty
@rs Hnmptylnk who never would in
vlte me 10 her little two by -four lawn
psrtiss-yes, it's my duty to 90 back
and show the old town they have some
hing to he proud of, =
VI course. as the headline indicates,
.o's IS about how Miss VaIeska
'u'att' The rcd ink. largest wood type
-etress who astopIshed the country ns
'no Girl With the Whooping Cough, -
vent oack TO her old home town aud
noat happened, But it hasn { got to
INC place 10 beciu with VaIcska AS vet.
'ue foregoing is what is called getting
atmosphere. 1t is presentation OF
,uo central psychological fact in home.
~ EVERYDAY disguise, Next must come
'ne literary allusiou or parallel. il pos.
s'''e-seo Rules of the School for
journalism No. 69% Where Is the
"'ernry slIusiou!
""' The MaGda Of the great Ger
'"Sn novelist aud dramatlst. Sudcr.
'""nh' OF course. Magda was a tenn
,s'"'nental lady who left her little
vne town because her papa insisted
'ost sue marry the minister.
Inc difference between Vnleska AMI
-aaeda Is that when Magda came back
9ae STAYED, but YaIesba took the mid
"g"e Train away from tho little home
'oWh III Mysteries.
su''''nnuo, in his preface, puts the
'p'ay place in "tbc principal city of
'oVlnce. Timc-The present
:, 'aleska Suratt WAS born in Terrc
nso'c-pr pronounced Tcrr' Ilut-Iu.
lana Her time was about two weeks
ago
.nls ia the way very dear fricud
!, "iss Suratt Describes il: "'Magda.
ao 'nacunous child of simple German
S io'E, was The little girl Of the
',"gc who went iuio the outer world
.o'ne pcrsouaGc. Il noted actress
W singer. an International celebrity;
~ '"en she returned to the village to
'sAaemeer-' from that door To the win
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just the Same.

George Ade. the American author. re-.
Gently heard that an old lajy from the
neighborhood IN Indiana where he was
born was in town on visit 10 a rcla-
tive. Mr.. AIDE thought that theater
tickets would be fitting attention,
and, on consulting her as TO what she
would prefer TO sec. she said that she
had seen '.The Merchant of Venice
over thirty years ago, and had always
desired to sec il again, He accordingly
procured the tickets.
The next jav be called TO find out
bow she liked the performance. a. com
pared with what she remembered from
long ago.
"wcll.' y replied the old lady, 'Vsu-
ice seems TO have SpruGcd up "A right
smart bit. hat that ShYlock is the same
mean, grasnipg cr,tter that ho. used to
be. -
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About Terre Haute ran the same con
sternation, she has a coat that
reaches the ground and is made OF real
cbinchilla. They DO say she paid Sill
600 for it, remarked charter mem
Der Of the Terre Haute Sewing circle
60 the corresponding secretary of the
ANIMAL Terre Haute Bazaar sssocia-
ton,
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and Sudscious heroes. In regard 10
aviation. touch the end. with which
Leonardo wanted so begin? The frowa-
ing old on the portrait at Turin
seemed 10 forbid the modern people ID
study the things he did not discover
II shall teach YOU music. FITfanikio,
when have learned 10 fly.'
Fsrfarikio has grown UP. be knows
music and MANY other things. Tho
rrown OF the. magician scares him not.
But. as he is not uDSrateful. he will
write at the bottom Of tho stern portrait
this simple phrase OF the good Nasari.
Truly admirable and heavenly vas
Leonardo. son OF Ser Piero da Ninci"
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in Stmpt HoneTo Was $500

to the hotel from her train, the Suratt
homestead being considerably on the
outskirts Of the town.
Sudermann saws that much couster'
nation was brought to the German vii
lage by the extravngances, the polished
luIuriousness that Magla had acquired.
Why SAYS her stepmother. eyes.
terdav half dozen trunks came from
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the hotel All, what is there in them
all? One whole trunk for hats! A
peianor of real point lace aud open
work stockings, with gold embroidery
and Gin Whisper silk chcnises.
What! Silk!f cries the listener.
And upon being assured raised her
hands in horror and walls: ''lt's
simply sinful. -
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Da Vinci's S Dream True.

The problem OF the man bird indeed.
did keep Leonardo da VtDci awake many
nights. For thirty years he dreamed aud
sch0med to solve H. The day whcn man
travels FREQ and easily like y bird
through air, his first pilgrimage ought
10 he Mil5nc. 10 Leonardo da Ninci's
home.
Flying. indeed. wnE \ desire worthy OF
lis noble and ambitious soul. 10 the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-07

the Matulu mountains we found a
tribe Of caunibals whose married
women have the almost incredible Gus.
tom oi fstiening sncklinC pigs at their
own breasts.
Pigs thus uourished are esteemed
even greater delicacy than the tenier
flesh Of somo tribal enemy child, In
decd. truo capnibalism among these
people is losing ground against the at
fractions Of roast pig fattcned on hu-
man milk.
It was between 1000 and 5000 feet
up tho mountains that we came upon
the Mafulus small people entirely
naked save for strip of bark worn
round the loins. Their SKIN is dark
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The everlasting Girl question Is es ssily
and entirely solved BY tbe insertion OF
a little want "ad in The Tribune.
Bell phone 800. Ind. 500,
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Ma gic to Reality.

VIII perhaps our twentieth century
which has neither supcrUen MOI, ma
giclans. but simply humble scientists
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BY PROF. r. w WILLIAMSON,
Explorer and Fellow of tho Authropo
logical Institute.

explorations, covering five
months in Pspua--British
New Guiapa-resultcd in at
least one genuine discovery. In
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when the human eagle scars into space
like a king OF birds, / shall teach YOU
music. Farfapikio. when | know how 10
fly."
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,eonardo had told him
tioD. Ludovic would
pair Of wings for his
Leonardo. who was q
.ng employee. would
OF fulfilling his wish.
the secret struggle
TO the pride OF dis
Somebody has said
him "A wonderful sor-
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u great prince, IL l.,
OF HIS chief ambl'
have demanded a y
next carouSal, and
faithful and obligl
have been capable
4! only to get peace.
Finci preferred
with tho impossible
coyery or invention.
that he hod within
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10

stout people eat very little. Usually
they take a good deal Of liquid nOur-
ishment or are not inclined to exercise.
In some cases there is a constitutional
reason for the increased weight and a
physician should be consulted
For the really obese, exercise Of anv
kind Is difficult, but for the woman
who is just beginning to get stout
dancing. swimming. fencing tennis
bicycling-an these things are to be
recommended as wei as regular work
in q gymnasium, or homework. with
the exercises. some OF which have al
ready suggested, and others mentioned
below.
Exercise to Reduce the Waist and sb.
domen.
Lie fiat on the back on the floor
hands clasped under the head Iift fhe
LETT leg to perpendicular position
toes extended away from the bodv
stretch the hip and thigh muscles vfe-o-,
ously. Return the leg to the floor
keeping muscles quite stiff Raise the
right leg and repeat the exercise. After
pracucing this alternately u times
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10

kick the legs vigorously with thlsh
muscles relaxed
Exercise IL-Stand erect, hands on
hips twist the body at the waist, tuI llLll-
ing first toward one side, then L9 % 3.,, q
the other. Keep the chest raised anu
shoulders back while doing this move
ment
Exercise IU--For reducing the lump
at the back OF the neck, stand eIeeH
lead very high. Lift the shoulders
draw them back as far as possl pie.
now move them in a circular manner
backward. up and forward, putlng
great deal of vigor into the mollons
with the desire TO heighten the clIcu-
latiOn in that particular and very us
figuring lump on the back carry ths
shoulders back whenever you can re-
member to do so. even If the position Is
stiff and awkward. This exercise ana
the following one will help reduce the
size OF the bust
Exercise IN.-Stand erect with hands
on the chest Slowly stretch the arms
and hands back as far as possible.
keeping them on a level with the
shoulders. Inhale deeply. Bring the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10

hands. back to the first position. Dur4
ing this exercise keep pressing the
against your collar. Repeat mani
times.
You can get thing in q hurry. be-
cause every bit Of fat has 20 be literally
burned out Of YOU with the oxygen you
breathe. and the exercises are 20 aid
You I'm this process.
That is why 7 say. Fat people. get ont
OF doors. Its fresh air pumped into
your lungs that is going to consume
the carton or fat which worries YOU
so much.
The better the air the quicker tbs
results.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10

IF you have ever been to fashion
able Turkish bath where the wealthy
fat lady is catered TO you know
why she doesn't get thin. no matter
how much money she may spend or
herself
This is the ordinary. procedure: En-
ter Fat Lady
"Oh, my dear. I'm sure I've gained at
least 10 pounds since I was here be-
Amore but how can II There la SO
ouch TO do Vow. Lizzie" (this to the
Ruent bath attendanD 'I want YOU
work over me as hard as you can.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10

] shall stay here all the afternoon and
M sure I can melt off some OF this
flesh %
Wen, she stays there for hours. por.
spring freely and being rubbed and
pummeiled until you would think there
ought TO be some reduction in her
weight, and probably there would be-
TOO, in time, only after she has been in
the bath Tor two or three hours she
energies with most enormous appe-
ute and feeling that she should really
indulge herself after being so good
about taking the hot bath and trying SO
nard to reuuce-sLe orders a meal that
staggers even the waiter. who is sea-
soned 10 the orders OF the Fat Lady.
Then she tell you that nothing helps
her, and that all methods OF reducing
flesh are foolish and useless.
As Ions as you are going to be self
indugent about your diet il is quite
useless TO try TO reduce.
An Unhealthy Appetite.
The appetite Of a very fat person Is
often unhealthy, quite as unhealthy as
their fat on the other hand. some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10
THE COURTS.

EIGHTH COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
W NJ Peticolas, J. F. Mckenzie and E.
F. Higgins, Justices.
Motions oveTruled-S. Y. Biggs ct al.
vs.. John Miller etal, from Ward county;
appellees' motion to strike out appel
lsnts' brief.
H. N. Horton vs.. Henry NJ. Half. from
Midland county; agreed motion to post
pOne submission until May g.
Motion granted-S. V. Biggs ct al vs..
John Miller ct al. from Ward county;
motion of Barstow Irrigation company
to strike out certain documents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10
Are Ynu Wei Infnrmeds
- Judge.s -

Any one answering the following
questions correctly may consider him
self or herself cultured
Who was the first PelOponnesus2
Who traded his birthright for MesO-
pCtamia?
What was the date of the Delaware
Gap2
Bound Themistocles and name lis
tributaries.
Whom did Aquiline marry and how
many children did they have2