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Show c vm a siAi aj ' IIU comitrprLsC.- eerirS.t;he DESEEET EVENING NEWS. Neatly most unhealthy In tha world. belOff fall Friday, -- w dlier.-::- 'I n! r? THE CANNIBALS OF AFKICA. DU Oil- the "strong man," was born In Ixndon. In 1710. and waa bred a carpenter, bat CUAlLIX'a UCTTM. S ithm," f--- Jul rri .J e like oih er ota. cn carltica asual except that the were. In hla ease: filled Arm and hands with miiicla.- - Ttro wonderful tor lea ofhU feats of ttrtogth ara well aaibeniicatsd. hold under perfect rtatraJnt. lie couldmm to himself, tha atronffeai with rod . He lifted a table ilx feet long, wltirflfJy ponsd on the end of It, with his teeth, and held it iu a horizontal rxoitloa a considerable time. He rolled up a pearler dLb welshing seren lbs., txxa as tbe Tttr wltUgfSCch der woaldroll rppartnt papers Ha apaahaatof held a pewter quart pot at arm 'a length, and squeexed the aldee together like an eggshell. He lifted 00 poundi with hi little finger, and waved It gen Uj around his head. Hellftexl aMr.Cham-Urs- , who weighed 574 aclerjrjnisD, and, 2tr. Cfcaxabers poo.nde.wiUi one hon one chair and hla head being: placed feet on another. At a blow, he struck a round piece of Iron one Inch In diameter, across his arm, and Until Ilka a watchbow. One night, observing he picked man asleep In his watch-boup box and watehman, carrying the load with the greatest ease, and dropped him veer the wail into Tin dale A butcher once passed a large window at which Topham was sitting. He stooped down and took half an ox from the fellow's shoulders with such eaae and dexterity that the man a wore the devil had flown away with hla beef. At a race, m man insisted on driving upon the track; so Topham took hold of the tall of his cart: and drew It gently back, the man whipping the horse like a madman all the time. When he kept a publlo house, two men were determined to fight him; so to satisfy them, he seized them by the napea of their necks, and knocked their heads till he got all the fight oat of together them.- - He astonished a sailor who presented him with a coooanut, by crackand upon ing it as you would a peanut; one occasion, he threw hla horse orer a turn pike gate, and, at any time, could go through the manual of arms with the beam of a house, Exchange. vX Louis Wnkty ZHspatdLi d w;UhL-mad- 6.0 o o r .a Keep Ceaslantly ser SAIJS ;2d v.'i ' " iitsh i rrri :0-- J ' AVJH ft A u cj .iii-5ic r.r" z'kT v3 fortst-coTere- e ww " ' "' " III I i 1868. :,ir.. - 1 I ' I - ' ? i ' .r: I - in.,. DESERET AIEWS v A . . , I. All tha Varieties of , The lecturer first spoke of the Inhabifornla Trill tants of tlx fllSaO: 23trys w not of 4 .:tft.'.ij.i,-n:f.d 4? n.Hs'tf i.-i- ' '.. . Ulnoos and region the equator Africa, extending from northward about twa degrees, and from within two or three in U of theISOwestern ' . Lit miles. , T. coast, eastward not lets than t5 to The cannibals believed the traveler tavia v v Suited r i! r? f one of thejr, be a spirit, and the King of 0 n t i' t, t ft - Y. tribes refused to see him, fearing tnat he did death would soon come to him if WILL rUSCZLAJSS ALL KINDS OF to so. The people turned out eu ms-sGREATLY BEDBCED PRICES r .4 behold him and aa.be passed through 'Ob! aee. he has their midst criednooat: on r ri t" i" toes tbein!" The black feet, and to a sharp 16 Queen's teeth were filed tattooed ' a'- tiULiIi all was and .hex OF body i,. edgy i CA01T, 1 are of TTT V over. Fond as the cannibals human flesh, they seldom kill a person for the sake of eating him. The bodies PRODUCE, and 1J of those, only, who died natural deaths or are killed in battles, are generally sTOcn; thus eaten. No family eats one of iu ! t own members, but makes an exchange ' ,,l t i of bodies with neighboring families. i that as It their i experienceIs deligive They in WAHTJ3D BY the Hash of their fellow-beincious that of the women being much more tender than that of tb men. Th navareattha bodies of their Chiefs Will find It to their advantage to gtre us a call. or kings, but . they bury them, with dl2hlj ELDnEDGEcS CLAVJSOII great respect. Among the Fan tribe and is slavery universal, polygamy They work iron prevalent. allghtly from the ore Into various useful articles, Etc., T17EIITY- EIGHT SIZES -- a but being fighting people, they prefer to make knives, or the cFT.rnn a'tep spears, axes and other implements of PaLOWS, of their war, which are very effective kind. The handles of the huge knives axe covered with the aklna of human beings who have sutTred death in battle. The houses of the Fans are of simple construction, being farmed of SHOVELS, X i: bamboo, and having two doors, but no v windows. The cannibals are a source of terror to all neighboring tribes and SPADES, last teu years have forced during thewestward towards the coast their. way ARE HOW MADE BY THE NO rREXOHT THE SAME TO THIS CITY ZoO mile, drirlojr all other natives beIIOEaS. fore them. Another noticeable tribe of , ON THE If oar cannibals are tbe Oiheba. In their Excelsior Manufacturing Comp'y. And aU kind of country elephants are abundant and are eaten by the natives. Ur?at nets are formed in the forest, about ICO yards ST. LOTUS. Farm! ii c Implements. out the twine of that IIEI'J GOODS! GOODS! creeper Ilffl apart, rilHESE WEMrKNOWN AND VERY POPD-about the trees, and then, when enLAH COOKING RTOVES bare been before Home-timare slain. TERLIS! REASONABLE easily tangled, they tne public since ISGL Each saeeeedlsf year has added to their popularity, nntll the name great iron bars are suspended ever bas become familiar In erery household In tne these nets, in such a manner that when AT West and Bouth. The demand for our the latter are disturbed by the elephant In its endeavors to free itself, the weight falls and breaks the backbone of the animal. Then again, very deep and last yar wu greater than we could supply with TOR ALL WHO WILL TAVOR THEM WITH tha slsea then made: anticipating: a stul areater spacious holes are dug la the ground. demand daring tbe present year, wanava made and lightly covered aver with limbs of 1 sizes, ana are patterns for several additional trees, and In these pitfalls elephants are to to ORDERS. manuiaciuretxe THEIR ' prepared f ie:, 7 frequently ensnared. A party of SCO CHARTER OAK STOVES , men, the , lecturer among the number. one day hanted and la three hoars Os per day, of ef ear T rales frees Caviller! killed twenty-fiv- e elephants. The flesh G HT DIFFEBE2TT SIXES. TWE2fTTEI was eaten roasted aud boiled. It was arrived. Ceaalatleg la avert el of every store we t&m Th long experience thry have had We gnarantea tha operation very tough, even after twenty-fou- r as referenea aniy one ofand oflr manaraetnra, hour's cooking. A looking glass being taa many thonsands that hare been sold, wtoerOP cannot fait to $ccure in buine9 (hit aver to- the Neither labor or ex- - CDDPLBTB STOCK ther mar be found. to of he .this tribe, present! lung make onr NEw pense has been spared exhibited, the. greatest astonishment to them a liberal portion of the OUAtiTJLlt UAK reflective powers, upon beholding its lie said it was "a devil surely." When Porrect Cookincr Stove, STAPLE AND FANCY publie patronage. and wa offer It to tha trade as the BEST CONthe adventurer left the Oshebas the STRUCTED. MOST DURABLE and UNIFOBM people were very sorry. They came out oneraUna COOK1NQ BTOVK In the market. to their village, and followed him some In sddltlon to onr EXTKN81VE 8TOVE BUSlNEHttwe are prepared to offer to Htors distance, saying, "The spirit has gone; Dealers, Tinsmiths and others la tha trade, tha The spirit has gone and we shall CAXal. AlffD a UK THEH AT assorunentoi atetaia largest ana most complete never see him any more. We have and Tinners' stock: in tha West. Oar arrangement with tbe tit. ixxils Stampiag Company seen what our. fathers before ua never enables as to kIts liberal discounts to large saw, and what, our children alter, us of FRENCH 8TAMP D TINNED buyers ARE shall see." and Tinners' Sop the prices of ail articles of oar redoxl The ants, white and black, are a great rewntlj OWN MANUFACTURE, we belters dealers scourge to the country. JLlephant,Uons, ELDRED6E & CLAVSOII, housekeepers will find It to their Interest EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. and to send for Catalogue and Price Ust, and extigers, gazelles, saakes, insects Indeed, amine oar prices before purchasing elsewhere. every living thing fears them. They , OO-PFEE. : i5 Adoxessi march along through dense forests, in a or two line three inches in breadth, and Excelsior IfXanulUctiirliig Co miles In length eating every thing anitrr. xecra Mmri.or mal. Insect vegetable that comes in SOLD by Stove Dealers generally. their way, .They never change the diSHED. YE AND GLASS, Where) they will be pleased to answer rectness of their course, but dreading any enquiries about purchases. the sunlight, they dig into the earth when they approach it and tunnel their A. 11 r3laa ADTXaTUXXKllT.l way through until they emerge again d In the depths of wood DUCK & WRIGHT AHEAD. land. Tne Professor had seen the flesh of anewly-elai- n eaten otlentlrelv elephant A PRIME LOT OF As .may ba seezt by the following article. In leaa than three hours by theae raven which we copy from tha New Orleans Timet of ous Insects. When they wish to cross a 15th last. Back A Wright have born a off the stream a number of them cling together highest premium in the stove line at tha and rorm a suspension bridge fruxn the New Orleans Fair 81z entries were made with ! limbs of two, opposite trees, and over Buck's "Brilliant away ahead of tha heap. this animate bridge the remainder pass The great stove trial waa resumed yesterday in safety to the other side. The white o.ciocat, oeiore a largeiyincreasea crowd aiu over the ants were minutely described, and their Tne utmost good day topreceding.both seemed d among tha prerall, habits of lire characterized fully. Snakes spectators, all or whom seemed thorare found In abundance, and the stings oughly Imbued with the good old P. K. principle of "may the best stove win." Promptly an (vuouuu. oua&e to tha oicuesivi uim etc. etc little the committee appeared on the Judges' time Shoes, MOLASSES, a na favorite the dish, among seapU stand, Saunders, particularly, glowing with extives. The region about Cape .Lopes. citement and responsibility. The entries were on the western coast, about one degree Wbtca we ma same as at tne previous trial, and the en oar offer and Customers lbs People charred. glneers had not beenone below the equator, was noticed by the AJTD At ten minute to tha dram tapped, and lecturer, who said that ha was the first gcBrliy.ai o r run iiiMwju upt urDice, i biiiuku white man, not a slaver, whrt ever visti. wood rerry, led on in smoke, amid the crowa ana toaa cries or tio old cneer 01 uie ited that part of the country.! It was one." Charter Oak followed, and tha restIt,nn selected by the slavers because great LOWER RATES THAN HERETOFORE! vapor Immediately after. In four minutes, just vessels cannot pursue the smaller Illicit aa they were (aa wa might say round log the FAHGY craft further than a distance of fire or vjutiou la bread sltcicu, qiwrker riuv popped ail followed salt aa quickly aa though life de six miiee from the shore, owing, to the t on bat Back's the Issue, Brilliant had pended nre r .. r shallowness of the water. Another Dread . witn started in the store. f already 1 uea caiua- - vus cooss SOOniaUD view in choosing this point was uia iu(, point In a perpetual snapping of r AND giewea use tne Lores,uuura communication with the interireaJy ICVUUDUCa Mil luvtuMi the exupaiu Two more Train or by means of a large river, upon which arena. Stores were patted, coaxed andOTer ELDHEDGE & CU17S0U. petted were aa human are thoogn, they the slaves beings. All seemed A slave In transported. X conOdealof lnnlag,and tbe crowd enlivened the interior Is worth about a half a dol- peeled Iu a few days tne scene wiw numerous and on coast and the about twenty galcomments from time to time. enconraglnc lar, Mr. Perrv'a w lons of rum. .This commodity; t rum,) MTorca. one Cotton Plant minutes At the speaker said, is largely dealt out by Its throttlepest threwtwenty valves and annonneed open WALKER BRO'S. to traders the natives, who drink it as that It wanted no more rut'. All tbe others -- auua AS the time wedowater. Many of the slaxes sicken up mui. mevpiug for the bread to be baked oil." approached, and die while waiting for a vessel, and J..l"' ment had Increased to a hsulng beat,exciteV both are a In Interred reserved within and without the arena. At last Peer, cemetery they 43 Its oat less bread turned la minutes; Norton's specially for them. No freeman dies in Fnrnsoa followed salt. In 4215; Cotton this vicinity without the sacrifice of 43. Charter Oak. In 4&a then Plant next, in then Good one or more human victims, according 44:20. and lastly Buck'a&lilUnUin Hamaiitan, 47. The grand result of the trial waa aa follows: to the rank of the deceased, being made svectssoa to Norton's iarnace, E. Wood Perry, bread afterward, so that the deImmediately HULIN CORN WELL, weighed 7 lbs S or; burned fuel TV lb. parted one may hare company on his IP El N S vnarver Oak, Bice, Bros. A Co.. to x Trluces When way the.splriMand, lbs 4 oxjbarnedfaelPlbs. MANUFACTURING STATIONER. die, as many as one hundred persons are Peerless, . . . frequently alain In obedience to this u rt ' Vurea wejghed 7 lbs horrid superstition. The Oboungaus os; burned fuel, 74 pounds. area tribe of little men, of about four AT Cotton Plant. Le nan bread T vraj weighed lbs 1 ox; burned fuel, 1i lbs. feet in height, who dwell near the equarr o Buck A fright, a read welsh,! Buek'aBrtlllant, tor, and at a considerable distance from T thai 4 hnmH f nal tllh. the coast. Their complexion is yellow, the At conclusion of (he trial, the bread and their bodies are covered with little taken charge of br tha Award in AULi VEIIY 3LOX7. locked up for an hour, at the expiration or and tafia of hair. Thejr remind cue of the o wss all eaten by them. In aVanee which It 3 little pigmies mentioned by Herodotus, J and the medal awarded l'ftbelrdQty. and it may be that they axe identical stores to BuckgoldWright, of 8t Loot? with them. They have many of the honorable mention being made o Hhe PeriMu! -A Co New Orleans- 3W characteristics of the gypsies and for Campman dlliAsl7-lmAw' ' fear of the cannibals, bury their dead In p the hollow trunks of trees, or beneath the beds of running streams. The kings of all the tritcs, as a rule, boast of the 1 51 i great number of wives which they One of these, an old man, said he Lithographer and Engraver ON IlAND, and rfor Eala rn CONSTANTLY suit had 300 wives, and probably QQ chilPurchasers, Wholesale or 231 PZASL TOXX. lie tall, by the undersigned, 8TSZZT, dren, and Vat Via wa a mimalnn . at hU place atGnn-nlaoC-- II i aiir ?'t'ri j e 1850 Sev. Goods. DO - lAi trareled onhIa "muscle." a Mfltrdi Ifa was -- a nulet. neaceful man, of middle K irAwiTrantfifr ifftfiw vr.vstr I DOODGIlllSf of minbm and swaxnps which breed ! - t lll : I a -- crrlro : i -- ; j f Ml i L 1 T-- A. 1 . - try GEOCGE : ' . CAWUOir, EcUiwr. ' - i i titJ pr"'r Pioneer : .., .;t3L ,ii': Mountain the of Country. Rocky Paper rr? s' : vs , t f"'-j- i ' 1 m j: , t,.- ; a - -- - hory-Ing-grou- pre-eminen- tly -- , . DIC SlBWffl'A ' 1 ., 1 i ri 1ST WM-D- I M ?j. x, gs lxiima r 1 in .Country Dealers nd. HAS AX 1 EztensiYa andlhcreasiiig CircnlatioD - NEWSPAPER AND ADVERTISING UEDIUU o;coLinission; X es ELDREDCE WALKER 1 '. . Has already gained great popularity. - ! . I ' Full Telegraph Reports, Ksuahle Local Items, . 1 . , Correspondence, (Home and Foreign 'J And Educational, Agricultural, " ' Railway and Domeatla News, n " once a weekl"' Discourses of the First Presidency and of Ui Twelrs Apostles.' ' V"-And- THE CLAWSOrJ. - ; AJro-AS- DECERET TJEWS, - DRY GOODS (Published erery Tuesday and Saturday widely circulated throagnout the City an t, IS all parte of the Terrltorr. and has adran- - tagea which commend It to all who Airm to get the newa oftener than once a weear. TEA ; 7 ; : . THE DESERET-- NEWS, - NAILS sl-3- JlBD::m m deeply-shade- weekly; EstzblUhed June 15th, 1Q50, Is published erery Wednesday, and haji Tins PAS?EB ciiictjijs.ttow o ulsgist OT TXXB - BOCBT hn-m- or axhlblt-oisan- GARDEN TOOLSI i pnurjKiGsniiARS! --' -- . . .. ,, . tsr a.w Ka Boots and Shoes, I ILE TJ E. T , i . 3 a T?.! I j ix.it- - A STANDARD - HOUSEHOLD JOURNAL Ckmlbiiiel or tlie three OresOavtioa - Palters cXa weetc. ll.ooo. -- . .... . i . TERBS FOR THE DAILY t One copy, one year. .110 M SOS . slxmonthsv. three inontha. . a is v Hate and Caps, : t If TT contains a Summary or the News of the JL Wea Telegraphle, local, miscellaneous. lAimrauo ana. x oreiga xewa, ana icaitorisi Artlctea upon transpiring erenta. and is In . erery particular GnOGERIES. . FA'R:IVJ:D:NG - - FOR 1HE " TV'r alx months. One copy, one -- Sai-WLlXL- Ti ' ' ! 1 ' t M .15 to sea s three montha. i- TOM , FOR THE WEEXLYi One sopy, onaysay,:'7 t - six months. .three months-- -- JOS .ace Clothing, rv,,.." -- At-en-f. EtDREDQES' M poe-ea- a. ANGUS IS. CANNON, General Business riTAD Sanpete County, bend on your ordersT n, dm-l- m OLAl7GC:j, IIEV7S JOB PmilTillG OFFICE additions HAVD7Q xeeenUy reeelred ex tens irelarge tock. Is now .t ccrar lata In tha oueofthe rac--prerlooaly West, snd haa ' eurrior laclllUea for tne exeenUon of all ln( a of 1XX3K and JOB PIUirrLNO with Keatnesa ror Promptness and Price "i? eaAirMUon wlUbegTisTMteed. |