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Show M CANNIBALS UP TO DATE. H Man-Eating Tribe Has 8ome Ideas of H Civilization. H Tbo man-eating Hattas of North Su H matra havo a postal system. They H mako use of hollow treo trunks at M crosc mads, nnd these primitive letter H boxes aro largely patronized by young H men and women, who read, nnd write, M and correspond In a degraded nntlvo H script, which Is traced on palm leaves H In vertical linos that run upwards and H from -left to right, H These Ilattas, though undoubted H cannibals, aro skilled In ngrlculturo M and in raising stock. They form largq B communities, havo an organized gov M eminent, hereditary chiefs, popular H assemblies, and a written civil and B penal code. Their plcturcs(Uo dwell M Ings havo been compared to Swiss 1 chalets, and tho ground floor Is re- sorved for their 11 vo stock. For their H skill In Iron work, pottery, and weav. M' log they aro probably Indebted to M Hindu teaching, and their roputslvo Hv habit Is combined with a belief In a M ' trluno deity, Creator, Prosorvor and B Dostroyor, |