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Evening star., 1926-12-05

Coming in late after conference
around the camp fire. Humphries and
l stumbled over Payeye in the dark,
and he, suddenly awakened, retail
lated by biting Humphries on the leg.
Then, realizing what he had done.
he rolled out under the edge of the
canvas, freed himself of the sack in
which he had been enca sed, and fed
into the night. After that he avoided
both of us at all times. But Down
ing's kindness he rewarded with dog
like devotion.
One day a readjustment OF loads
brought to light a box of photo
graphic printing paper and Downing
invited Payeye into the dark room.
Before the boys eyes he removed the
film pack from camera and put the
films into the developer, passed them
into the hypo and washed them then
and there. Payeye watched politely,
but seemed impressed but little.
The next night. however, when the
negatives had dried. Downing started
to print. He made Payeye stand close
as the sensitiZed paper was exposed
to the negative, then was dropped into
the developer AS the solution got in
its work Payeye began to take notice.
Then it flashed upon him that he
was gazing upon the reproduction Of
something he had seen a day before,
and with a yell of terror he bolted for
the curtained doorway, became en-
meshed in its folds, and brought the
whole tent crashing to the ground.
1t was another youth, slightly older
than Payeye, who finally brought out
a new side of the mountain youngster.
l>n nrvtv :.
early in miserable little village
whose people had chosen to ignore us.
Suddenly far down the mountain
side a shrill, triumphant yell was
heard. We heard It at intervals for
several minutes before a figure burst
into view, running rapidly up the mar
row trail to the village
AS 1t drew near 1t proved to be q
youth and in his eyes excitement ran
high. He dashed into the village and
plunged into one of the huts. The
next moment he was out again and
on his head was a great bunch of cas-
sowary feathers.
Proudly he paraded up and down
before his fellows. then was invited to
a seat about the fire. No words were
exchanged. None were needed
The youth had become man.
Somewhere in the jungle he had taken
a human life and he had earned his
right to the feather headdress of
killer and was eligible to matrimony.
But whether it was a man. a helpless
child. or A decrepit old woman we
never were to know. To him and his
people 1t made no difference, and fair
means or foul did not enter into the
matter. He had killed, and that was
enough.
The sight of this other youth
achieving the rights of manhood
seemed to excite jealousy in Payeye.
He glowered at the other and once,
when they drew close together. snarl
ed at him much as would q wild
animal. These signs were not lost on
Humphries and he warned us to be
careful around the youngster.
He's quite likely to try out some
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Savage Spares Travellers Life Through Fear of Magic

The perils that beset an expedi.
tion of three white men in savage
New Guinea because of the anger
OF a native sorcerer were related
last week by Mr.. Taylor He has
travelled extensively in South
America, Europe and Australia.
While venturing into the in
terror of New Guinea, Mr.. Taylor's
party incurred the wrath of a
cannibal ma gician who gave the
expedition the evil eve"
The curse proving of no avail,
the sorcerer felt that his prestige
would suffer unless he injured the
white men and he planned TO kill
them with poison. A native con-
stable discovered the poison in
coconuts from which the whites
were about TO drink the milk.
The sorcerer vanished, but the
party was attacked by a large
snake This was also traced to
the magician, who had tortured
the snake, keeping a handkerchief
of one of the white men near it
so that when released the reptile
would attack the person bearing
the scent il associated with its
pain.
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around it far into the night. arguing
about something. crawled over 10
the door once and peeped out. and
Payeye seemed to he having a lot 10
say.
whatever II was. he must have had
his way about 1t. for pretty soon they
puieted down and he came into the
hut where was. He can't talk any
lingo / can understand. hut he patted
my hand as II to reassure me. then
he Law down on the ground and went
to sleep. | dropped off myself. and
the next thing l knew he was tug
Ging at my arm and dawn was just
breaking.
81 got up and found could walk
by holding on 10 things. Then about
dozen men. the fellows over there.
gathered around and started away
with me, they taking turns at hold
ing me mp on either side.
Il hadn't the slightest idea where
they were taking me. although Pay
eye kept jabberinG away laughing as
if it was all right. Then we got here
and found you and please pass over
some more food. A couple Of sweet
potatoes roasted In the fire was all the
breakfast | had"
IT'S the most Extraordinary thing
ever heard" Humphries spoke M
after hit. 81 wonder what made
Payeye stand up for you and save
your life. Why. man alive. he's as
much cannlbal as any Of them, and
he could have had human flesh and
won his manhood rights all at the
same time by killing you when he
found YOU helpless there on the trail.
/ can't understand IT."
Il = ~
THEN Downing voiced the theory
he had held all along.
"Gratitude, that's it, he said. 81
was good to the boy. and when he
had a chance To repay me by saving
cup OF tea. please"
HUMPHREYS Snorted.
"Gratitude- Rot" he replied Here.
we'll see what he has to say about II.
Payeye"'
The hoy. chewing betel-nut with
his fellows, got up and came over 30
us. He was his old silent. almost sui
len. self again. and plainly he didn't
relish our company any more than he
ever had.
FORMER" 3id Humphries, in Motu-
an. you talk to him. Ask him why
he didn't kill Mr.. Downing. Ask him
if his belly was sore for the white
man." which is the way in which the
Papuan described sympathy.
For several minutes FORMER and the
boy talked. Then the old constable
turned apolOgetically To us.
Masters" he said. "the hoy Is
young and he is a fool. He SAYS his
belly is never sore for anybody. He
says he did not try to kill MIR. Down
ing or let his friends try to kill him,
because the white man knows too
much and is great sorcerer And
Payeye was afraid that Mr.. Downing
would not die, but would point the
black box AT him and use puri-puri
and put spell on him"
(Copyrieht. 1921
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much none is spent for chewing
gum? Cigarettes? Sugar? Tea?
Coffee?" Another common question Is:
What effect has the aboishment of
capital punishment had in States
where it has been aholished?"
Prior to the adoption Of the Con
stitution. which provided for a decen-
NAL enumeration on which to base
representation and dire3 taxation. es-
Inmates of the colonial Population had
been purely conjectural. The first
enumeration after the establishment
OF our present form of government
was made in 1890 by United States
marshals, who made their returns to
the President. Each marshal was en-
powered to employ az many assistants
as he deemed necessary.
Decennial enumerations continued to
be made by United States marshals
and their assistan nts until and includlng
the census Of 1870. when the services
OF marshals were dispensed with, and
supervisors were appointed by the
President and confirmed by me Sen
ate. the supervisors, in turn, nomi-
rating enumerators in their respective
districts.
Meanwhile the scope Of the census
had been gradually expanded, the 1870
census for example. including limited
number of industrial and OccupatiOnal
at tfstics. and the 1910 census marking
the beginning OF an effort to make
the decennial enumeration the instru-
ment for ascertaining something be-
yOnd the mere number OF persons OF
each sex, and the number embraced
within each Of certain broad age
groupings.
Prior to 1910 nothing hard been done
systematically to show the growth and
development Of the country's indus
tries and resources, but by 1870 six
different schedules were used, relating,
respectively, to free inhabitants. slave
inha bitants, mortality, productions OF
agriculture, products Of industry. ana
social statistics. This radical enlarge
ment of the statistical field covered
is considered to have marked an epoch
in the history Of census taking in this
country.
Tallying machines to calculate the
census data more rapidly were nrst
used in 1870, and their efficiency was
such that machine shop was created
in which experiments were carried on
to perfect machine methods. In 1890
an electrical system Of tabulation was
used in compiling statistics relating
to population, mortality, crime, pau
perism and benevOlence. The ma
chine shop now has force of 19 ma.
chinists, and experiments are being
made with new devices that are in.
tended to speed up greatly the work
Of the 1890 census.
Although agitation for a perma
nent Census Bureau dates back
to 1s45. no action was taken In that
direction until 1909. when the Census
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ing or recovering his body. but
Humphries made me listen to reason.
"By now he's beyond any help we
can give him." he said, catching my
arm, 'even if we knew where to look.
No, it's much longer job than that
Naturally, his death must not go un-
avenged. but it will take months.
1--WE have one definite clue-Pay-
eve. Find that little cannibal and
we'll at least know where to begin.
But that is a man s-size job in these
mountains. if he doesn't want to be
found"
MOON the next day found us halted
in the bed of a creek. We had
not seen hostile all day. Bitterly
we accounted for this by our belief
that the savageS had satisfied their
craving for flesh and did not care to
follow us any farther.
Nevertheless we took no chances
Sentinels were posted in the jungle
on all sides Of us while our food was
cooked and eaten.
We approached two of them quietly
for they were i'm a listening attitude
and held their rifles at the ready.
'Daka? NNhat is it0'' questioned
Humphrics sharply.
"BobOi, taubada "a noise. mas
teri" one of them whispered back.
Then we. too. heard what their
keener ears had discernad first. the
hum of human voices, rapidly draw.
ing close.
Apparently whoever was approa CHI
ing was making no effort to conceal
the fact. and we probably would have
stayed where we were and met them
face to face but for one thing-Pay-
eyes unmistakable shrill laughter
ringing out among the trees.
Humphries clutched my arm. and.
followed by the policemen. we dashed
back to the creek. A whistle brought
in the sentinels. few low orders sent
the carriers scuttling out of sight
into the bush with their loads. a we'll
directed kick or two scattered the
last Smoldering embers of the cook
ing fire into the waters of the creek.
Then the police and ourselves
dropped behind boulders where our
weapons commanded the opposite
bank at the spot where the trail de-
scended 1t.
Our trap was laid and the curtain
was about to rise on the first art OF
our drama of vengeance.
A huge man whose matted hair
was shot through and through with
the feathers which bespeak the killer
was the first to scan the creek in both
directions. and the point of the great
spear which he carried followed the
line taken by his eyes.
A clever woodsman would have seen
enough in that one sweeping glance
to have warned him that danger
lurked near. But the big man was
deceived, and he turned and spoke to
those at his hack whom he could not
see, and himself descended to the
creek.
Two others followed him out of the
jungle almost Immediately. and hard
on their heels G>me Payeye and he
wore the feathers Of the man who has
killed!
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or by the 1OuleSt treacn >
ery-the ''pay-back" fol-
lows swiftly.
An unavenged murder is stain
upon the pride and honor of every
relative of the dead man. and il can
be wiped out only by the shedding
of more blood.
The SLAYER of a New Guinea native
is not always known. but his village
never is in doubt. Strong -lunged
men boast of it from the peak upon
Which the village stands until neither
friend nor foe for miles around re-
mains in ignorance.
So the relatives of the dead man,
stung to the quick by these taunts,
direct the pay back against the
village of the slayer and not the man
himself.
If he, or one of his relat tions. pays
the penalty, by so much more are
those who pay back elated and their
enemies made Wild but, failing
that, the blood of any of his friends
will do.
One "pay-back" leads inevitably to
another, with the roles reversed. and
SO rigid is adherence to the law of
a life for a life that feuds which had
their inception generations ago still
are being fought out. though their
immediate cause may have been for
gotten.
Then. too. murder is inseparah hly
linked with the social law which for
bids marriage to a youth who has
Evening star., 1926-12-05
Survivor Village Feud Gives Up Win Distinction

thing on one of us the magistrate
predicted. Don't let him get away
with anything, but don't hurt him un-
less you have to-"
That night when we found Payeye
bargaining with some of the noun
taineers and later taking possession
of a heavy bow and a handful OF
arrows Humphries quietly took
FORMER aside and warned him to keep
his nephew near him, and at the
same time told the police to watch
him. Payeye, he said, was ripe for a
murder.
The boy refused to go to the cook
fire to get his share of boiled rice. and
when 1t was placed before him. either
glowered at 1t and would not touch
it or hurled it into the bush.
Humphries caught him at 1t and
in New Guinea. raped him sharply
with a stick. Then he called FORMER
and asked him what allied Payeye.
Master" said the old constable. he
say he is sick of eating rice and bulla
macow and he hungry along m3n."
Back amid his mountains the can
nebalistic instinct in the boy had
leaped to the fore, and, If anything
was to be deduced from his frequent
display of the feathers in his netted
bag. he was ripe to pull off his first
killing.
But beyond secret instructions to
the police to watch the stripping.
Humphries had not wasted any
thought on him.
Now, as we clambered over the
logs and headed toward the village,
Payeye took the lead and vanished.
This night, when we counted our
party, we were one short. The miss
ing one was Payeye.
When We took the trail the next
day the jungle on all sides of us
seemed to he alive with natives.
Front, rear and flank, they harassed
us, never making a general attack or
coming close enough to do any dam
age with their crude weapons or to
compel us to fire upon them, but
keeping up en- incessant long-ranse,
guerrilla warfare which was nerve
wracking.
Mystified by this sudden active
hostility, we doubled our precautions
to insure safety. The police were dis
tributed throughout the carriers and
Humphries and l, who ordinarily
would nave been taxing turns abOut
at the rear or the front. were up and
down the line, seeing to it that the
police kept alert and prevented strag-
Cling.
As usual, we left Downing to his
own devices. He always was finding
something at which to point a
camera and, absorbed thus, seemed
to forget the danger Of becoming sep
arated from the main body.
Humphries had given him a body
guard-kiai, a big. rawboned chap
but recently recruited into the con.
stabulary. and still unframed in his
duties on patrol. But he could shoot,
and that was the flrst requirement.
1t irritated Humphries. however,
when he discovered that Downing and
Kiai had let the rear guard pass
them on this particular day. He
Evening star., 1926-12-05
ureau Records Yield Valuable Family History Facts

will be completed in considerably less
than two years.
The machines in use have multiplied
greatly the amount of work that can
be performed by one person. For ex-
ample the information contained on
the schedules of field enumerators is
transferred to cards by means of a
punch machine. at the rate of 1000
per day for each worker. The original
records of the enumera tors are filed
for future reference, all the tabulating
work proceeding from the punched
cards. which contain merely number
of holes. each hole in a position that
gives some important information.
The cards then are verified by means
of electrical machines which auto
matically reject cards improperly or
inconsistently punched. Following
this opera tion, the cards are sorted In
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i. S. Census Bureau

ters. printed bulletins and reports.
Many requests are received by the
bureau to locate missing persons. but
unfortunately the bureau has no
means of doing this. Hundreds OF
persons ask the officials to find them
husband or wives, as the case may he,
as for example a Baltimore man who
stated that in view Of the fact that
there are more women than men in
the world and my cage is empty,
please find me a mate-a plump one,
and young"
The most common inquiry addressed
to the bureau is: Where did the
calendar come FROM" Thousa nds OF
requests are on the subjects: How
Evening star., 1926-12-05

raised my revolver and pointed it
at his back body Just above the heart.
forgetting that Payeye alive was
worth a great deal more to us than
Payeye dead, and remembering only
that Downing was gone and this little
viper was responsible.
Then the weapon dropped from my
hand and clattered to the ground as |
sprang to my feet with a whoOp of
joy. Humphreys dragged me down
behind the boulder again Just in time,
for the big man, startled by my un-
expected appearance, had hurled his
spear at me.
But a little thing like that didn't
bother me then, for behind Payeye l
had seen Downing. limping painfully.
and supported on either side by q
naked savage, but undcniably alive.
Then Payeye leapcd down the hank
to the side of his fellows in the creek
and harangued them. and ] heard
Downing calling: Its all right old
eyes friends" "
WE came. but warily, and II was
w not until the big man advanced
and embra cod enCh nf us in turn that
we felt at case. Then we fell upon
Downing, come back to us as from
the dead, and wrunc his hand and
pounded him between the shoulders
until he begged for mercy and place
to sit down.
Last night" he said between
mOuthfuls of a corned beef sandwich.
II could have had meat to eat. hut I
got to thinking that it might he bit
0f Of ChanE nd I rcfr inn
| think those fellows there" waving
hand toward the men who had
brought him back to us. had long
pig all right. They seemed to he
barbecuing something in the village
where we spent the night. Anyhow,
I'm glad it was not I. 1t might have
been but for Payeye.
When I dropped behind yesterday
to take picture of some mountains
through an open space in the trees. I
wasn't watching where | stepped and
l broke through the moss between
some rootsejust off the trail and gave
my leg u wrench.
| told kiai to catch YOU and bring
some one to help carry me. He had
no sooner left than Payeye came
along. For a minute | thought he
was going to iab me with spear he
was carrying, and, remembering those
feathers he wants to wear so much |
confess | shuddcred
Il vanked out my revolver and fired
it in the air. Then all of sudden
there were lot of natives about us
and | figured it was all up with me-
But PayHye got in front Of me and
made them a speech and a different
sort of look came over their faces.
something respectful and with a little
hit of fear in it. Then they picked
me up and some of them carried me
off down the trail between them. while
Payeye and the others stayed behind.
They caught up to us again after
while and we went on to a village
They dumped me in smelly old hut
and built fire outside and STAYED
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an electrical sorting machine into
main groups, as. for example, by sex.
color or nativity, several different
sOrtings being required at the differ
ent stages of the work. The cards are
sorted at the rate Of 300 minute for
each machine, or approximately 5000
cards day.
Next, the cards are placed in cleo
trical tahulatinG machines which
transfer the information to printed
sheets, and which automatically add
totals. The various sheets later are
turned over to group of statistical ms
who calculate final totals. whence the
informa ton is mimeOgraphed and dis.
tributed broadcast to newspapers and
others interested in the data
Considerable interest has been
manifested in the bureaus recent
census Of agriculture, due largely to
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not earned the right to wear a
feather headdress by shedding hu-
man blood A full-grown man.
decrepit old woman or helpless
child may he the victim.
Villages without number virtually
have been wiped out by the pay
back" and the remnants absorbed by
other villages.
Such was the fate of the Oro-
Lopiku village in which Payeye was
born. BY the time he was Is years
old. he alone survived.
1t was natural. then. that his
thoughts should turn to the only
blood relation of whom he knew
Fonier, the village constable at
Rarai. in far-off Mexico. For Pay
eyes mother had not been noun
tain woman. His savage father had
carried her off during a raid.
FORMER Welcomed and was good to
Payeye, for the blood of his mother
entitled the boy to a share in his
uncles fortunes.
In his own village Payeye already
would have been undergoing the ini-
tiation into the ways of a man. and
might even have won the right TO
wear the insignia of murder. In the
little net bag which hung from his
shoulder he treasured a handful of
gaudy cockatoo feathers. from which
his headdress was to have been made
He knew that they never would
serve their intended purpose as long
as he remained in Rarai. for Mexico
had yielded to the mysterious "gova
men," which had a habit of getting
wild and Furnishing those who
I, @al-
never bringing them back. Moreover,
Mexico natives.
FORMER knew all this. of course,
and he feared to let the boy stay
behind when we began our dash into
kapatea on the trail of Yapitze,
devil of the mountains" He re-
quested that we take the hoy with us.
He's much too small for carrier,
yet he'll eat as much as full-grown
man." Humphries unused aloud. re-
verting to the one thing which must
be the deciding factor in his decision.
Sympathy for either FORMER or the
boy could not enter into it.
why wouldn't he do for a camera
boy" asked Downing.
"All right" said Humphries. Hes
yours from now on. but don't ever
try to give him back to me-"
X
ONE of the few times | ever saw
~ Payeye smile broadly was when
FORMER told him he was to accom-
pany us. Ordinarily he was a sullen,
grumpy little beggar, who had little
use for either HUMPHREYS or myself.
feared the police immensely and
would not associate with the carriers.
Downing's liking for the boy was
not a passing fancy. He favored
Payeye above all the other recipients
of his sympathies, fed the boy tit
bits from his own plate, supplied him
with high priced cigarettes, saw to
it that he was not deviled too much
by the others and even went so far
as to bed him down in an end of
our tent one night.