| Show I Some Interesting and N at Overdone Cannibals Canni bals I t a 1 century ngo tho experience of Thomas Kills 1 lIls ono of ot the tho crew CI of or the tho merchant steamer Astrakhan recently arrived at lit Philadelphia from Ja In Java va 1 tho of ot New Guinea would not have havo demanded a special act of ot faith for acceptance In III those days daYH cannibals common enough nough In III Iho remote regions of at tho south but tho present generation has hall been spared the harrowing details of It thelia faraway horrors It seems however that can cannibalism has hos not lIot entirely disappeared from fro III the face faco of at tho Iho earth Cil rth According to he ho and com companions wrecked last summer on tho northeast coast of or New NI W Guinea They Immediately surrounded by bya ly lya a swarm of ot naked savages who cup cap turM four of or tho party tho remaining tour four who Vho armed with guns ing Inland To 10 their great surprise tho Prisoners wIe not put to 10 death but wro lIero confined 1 in III comfortable nd treated with marked 1 consideration wing fed abundantly on on appetizing vegetable After several weeks they observed as nil the tho result of ot In Inactivity activity and tho wholesome food thoy ero Vero becoming b flit fat The moro o othey they tho moro marked became the tho devotion of or their captors Thoy were congratulating themselves that lines had been cost cast In III such pleas pleast t places when It occurred to that they being mado ready for forone wo one of ot tho Iho frightful banquets which aro aroa accredited a to this unexplored region I glon ghastly awakening them They Thoy resolved I to escape the at ut any cost They tried to 10 escape but their theil Inhuman captors on 1111 tho alert Thoy rhoy Wert sinking rapidly Into tho lethargy of or despair when Men tho were attacked by a n tribe of natives led by hy former ship hip companion who hud wen Oll taken lIken In III by hy tho thu Tho j permitted ultimately lo 10 return lo 10 civilization Among tho very el fow Inhabitable cor nell rii of ot tho mo which nut not i cl l been beell deprived of ut tho charm chunn nt ur nov elty It by hy frequent ami exhaustive news l exploitation tho great Island of or p Nell w Guinea ranks foremost It has wen cn a 11 wonderland tho marvel oui reports of nr tho early Portuguese Traders and missionaries Cronl roni nil 1111 seagoing countries have been at lit tho of ot tho html Its inhabitants and each succeed succeeding ing visitor drills abundant material for Illustration without trespassing tre ll on the rights of or his predecessors U It Is III In III a I country which literally runs riot rial In III ways that lire are alien nil on to civilization lion tion and happenings arc nrc not yet el recorded In letters Ono oC or din tho most recent contributions to 10 tho wonder serial of at New Guinea has been furnished hy a 1 naturalist and his hili hisson son a Il lad of at seventeen who have havo been beell exploring the tho central division of ot N Guinea for the tho double purpose of ot tho country and Its 1111 marvels and securing specimens of or i for tor tho museum of at a II great reat university Thoy net lIet out from Hull Bound with a 1 I I company of or native carriers bound for tor fortha tha tho Interior of ut the tho Island Part of ut tho Journey was accomplished In III canoes Most of at tho distance however waa covered on all foot and was marked by b many stirring episodes Tho of or tho way Were heightened by certain Hi particularly hy thick growths of ot sting stinging ing trees These curious trees In III size III e shape and foliage resemble sycamores Tho ho underside of or tho loaf Is III extremely rough anil HH spines a 11 stinging power like that of at the Iho nettle only much morn decided and the Iho Irritation Is III more lasting Tho slightest contact with n II leaf Is III to 10 wound First a n I blister appears followed by red ness covering about it II square Inch around each pustule aggra aggravates vates the Irritation which maddening Tho ho 1 lIn docs doC not lIot grow grill for tor twelve hours and the tho know of no antidote They take taho the ut ul utmost most euro CillO to 10 these theo trees a 1 berth that which results from the tho application of or menthol A form torm of ot blood bloodletting letting Is l also In III treat vogue ogue The operation Is performed d by 11 two 0 1111 who idt Il each other Tho fhe op all orator tho point of a II small drill drillot of ot cassowary I bone hOlle on a n vein In the others forehead the patient leans Icons for Cot PLAY FE j I t r 11 Them U alto nillo a IL smaller plant resembling which the use ns aH a II 1111 Ie I for all ull nil ail ailments ments AN AM as 1111 a II clump ot these plants Is III discovered women b gln III to gather bunches of or thu leaves which thoy tho preserve carefully for future re requirement 1 Thoy nil their bodies bod I Ill enough ellough to tauso Irritation Ihl I Is followed hy a I chilly numbness like tr J t t oJ 1 rZ y 1 C H 6 T f J i SCENES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA when a 1 puncture uro Is III made I lie drill U III removed and Hie blood Is permitted lo 10 flow supervenes the tho flow In III chock chocked ed by the application of athos to 10 the tho wound As 11 the tha explorer penetrated I the In III Interior they tho pawed through native nalle villages which ut ul first nt Deemed to 10 be de rio deserted After Atter AH All aged alTed and de would his hiM n n re humbly on till nil all fours and prostrating himself tho wonder wonderful ful white men lien At t hint hll hy hythe hythe the visitors peaceful attitude the Iho en tiro population of ot tho village would loul 1 como out of ot hiding Thc o Interior Papuans proved 1 to 10 bo ho u n Jovial und light people and when 11 their was II once gained thy they friendly und This fact I lH made evident to thu travelers Ira after u HIli of ot several ev rul clays ut lit ono one thello settlements They ro anxious to proceed further hut but found them absolutely u tel without bend which lire the legal leal tender of ot the Papuans Messengers le sent to the out for fUl u Ii r h supply hut but tho naturalist were wert impatient nt lo 10 proceed They resolved to 10 borrow I t ho h necessary funds from lh lr assembled the entire tribe tho was Willi explained In III a 11 lengthy harangue Allet tint worn nuked to themselves of oC coveted heads hell II they the wore lore III great quantities mid lend lell them In 10 the stran strangers gers with the that th thoy y be he repaid on the traveler re return turn tum mime weeks later Thin thy they ii Bleed cheerfully to do mid proceeded d tit lit to tu divest of all their cherished One OliO of ot the nice ruco of ot N New w Guinea In I exemplified 1 by hy tho Motu it II film of piebald beings origin Is III unexplained These Thelo unique seem to be father more limn Ihan the average natives of ot New NI Guinea and do not lIol Intermarry with llio Iho neighboring tribes They fhe hull build 1 their theil curious dwellings on Oil an lut open wooden framework The fhe miHir In II a 1 In made of t lonK Kro To 10 thin 1 habitation the owner and his hili family as ascend by II moan of ot a II pole In III Homo In thero aro oro bid hilI bidder der for the tho accommodation of or doI The arc remarkably III h but they are alIa fond of ot Inter Intertribal tribal exchanges manifested for forthe the part In weird dunce x ThoM who take 1 In need wear con COli continues entirely of ot mid body hotl ornaments made of ot beautiful feathers and the utmost eJ 1111 11 native They the a II native pipe made from a II length of lit bamboo cloned at lit both end and provided l with a IL aper aller aperture ture Into thin owning IM III thu end rt rf a M gr en leaf leat rolled Into Inlo the tha form torm of ot a cornucopia and containing a III hit bit of tobacco The from the tho burning tobacco Is fA drawn into tho hollow tube and when holl tho receptacle Is full tho halo holo holoIs Is plugged and the Inhales from the tho end of or tho tube luh Fortunately for tho are areno areno no dangerous In III the Island The Papuan 11 pUll II hunts wild with wooden and them and the giant cassowary Into nets MIs The wallaby a IL specks of ot miniature kanga kangaroo I roo Is IK alien in Ille bo name Thero Thelo lire man eating crocodiles In Income come of or the tho streams II I II and numerous poisonous serpents infest InCo t the thc denno forests There IN III it 1 spider which spins a II woh so that It Is III used by the natives for u It fishing not 1101 All that lInt U l ary Is l to set up In III llio tho forest a II bamboo bent at lit the top tOil Into a 1 circular form In III the tho night tho Iho spider comes and tills the circle with the Hi in web Fourteen of ot the eighteen known knowlI va varieties 1 of or birds of ot paradise common In III the Inland and ami there lire are emus emu cockatoos olI and lint birds of or plumage hi In great reat abundance IH III the Ilia habitat of ot the bower bowerbird bird which not only builds ono of at thu tho mout known to natural I U Ill I II I h hut but actually lays out a 11 garden around II It 11 Illek the tho or or orchids which abound In III the forests and them In III alternate rows row of or mauve and white IIII Tho Jho imputation of ot New NelV Guinea which Is ht larger limn Hug land la III lae e l at Although tho na natives tives are 1110 In III the full acceptation tion 1101 of ot he term not III they have hae In III Inmany many u n will lo to respond to civilizing Their vitality and lIIrI are 1111 little hurl horl of or marvelous Near tho tha h many of or them aro uro be to In h and they thoy I em eln to o I to be he taught how lo to tot t their fertile soil Although they exceedingly among they show no dispo disposition to foreigner Their capacity lo travel long ills In I n 1 limited 1 time In III almost In Incredible Incredible credible On one curriers to a Ii thirty miles JIB dis distant tant In un moun mountain tain region Thoy started at lit S 8 In III the morning and came back Into camp ut lit f 6 on nn thu afternoon ot at tho following day dl They hud had made thu Journey of oC sixty miles and on nil the latter halt half hall had been loaded 10 with burdens that would have hIO made u while man groan THOMAS W |
