The chronicle=news., 1913-10-28
Iloaf on IHI Wild
MAN OF D0RNE0

we nbvV WV H'Ss0 vs. w." " wv ~ss''
al Horned, and his dog and his child
and his xlfs. AMI tac rest ot his be-
ionxinss - enumerated In the ditty
OF our childhood. aud now conac~ u
description Of hia chanctcft ftstics
which prove To b- queer enough.
from a. Enritsh clergyman who
kaows the Wild man better than the
late Phiueas r. RarnaiA. who first
exhibited one OF him Ia the United
States. over did. ThiA clergyman .s
the Rev. Edwin ~. Cones. who sI'ent
~ years Ainonx H.. Srn Dyaka. "r
wild n,cu Of Borcno. aud who's. ac-
count of them is hixhiy entertaining.
According to Mr.. Goiccs. who Is now
Ia London G~orsc Washington would
b. canonircd By the wild mon OF
lscreno did they happen to know that
such person ever existed. for they
are almost II not quite tho most truth
flul race on tho earth So disgrace.
full. In fact. do they consider the de-
SesNtW6 vs. WuSts W 81 uussus" .s"as
such conduct ia handed down to pos-
tssity ~ ? .cssies rpstosn. u..
'Thcy heap = vast pile Of brauchcs
Of yces In memory OF the naa who
his uttered n-'srrat iir." says Mr..
Comes. $50 that futtSfe EcucrStions
may know Of his wickednsss snd take
warning Ly It. The persons deceived
start the tuEou ebuis--ti,c liars'
rnound---hy hoapinx ur u large num-
her Of hraIches IN somc conspicuous
sp0t by the side o the path leading
rom one village to another. Every
passefby contributes to II. aud nj the
sainc time curser the nun In memory
Of whom II is
The DyakS. vino uscd. O course. to
be hcad-huntcrs. but are not onw to
any extent. would afro apparently.
agree with Punch's famous nnswer
to the question: rs life worth liv-
ine:" which was. "it depends on the
liver" for In Dyak-Ia,id this much
maligned organ. instead OF the heart.
ID supposed 10 be the seat Of the var
ioGs qualities and emotions.
when" saws Mr. Comes. the Dy-
AXIS wish to describc the great cour-
age OF n man. they say he has a
brave liver. Intelligence alec re-
sides in the liver. and a man of know
ledge is one possessing an 'enliehten-
Cd liver. Kindness is the quality of
theSnian who has large liver and
perseverance that Of one who has a
hard liver. A weak. undecided man
Is spoken Of Ms one who has a soft
liVcr''' .e
Logic appear, to be the wild manor
Boreno's weakest point.
The most contradictory opinions''
SAYS Mr.. Comes. "seea, to dwell to-
gethcr in perfect harmony, In tho
t,irsid steram Of this mind. He can
not distinguish. for instance. between
coincidence and causation. aud will,
argue that because grandfather died
after he had climbed tree. therefore
hts death was caused by his climbing
the tree. and CONSEQUENTLY neither
hts father nor himself nor his child
rem are to climb trces. If they wish
to enjoy good health.
The faculty Of moral perception
is &c indefinitely latent among the
Dyaks." sdds Mr. Comes. that one
is inclined to say that they POSSESS
no conscience. In snstc OF this in
his jingle home. the Dyak is remark.
'ahle honest Families are often away
from their homes for weeks at @
..tl,ne. and though no one is left III
charge of their rooms in the long
Village house. things are seldom lost.
sometimes Dyaks become denorslized
by aesociating with other races in the
towns, but case OF theft among the
Dyaks in their native wilds is "in-
deed rare"