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Downers Grove Reporter, 16 Apr 1896, p. 7

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.Jo- ‘cfiinnxrifia Tame-rum most A scccsssrm. tiers for the sake of the trophies. Any devoted scientist contemplating the etudy ot the heed-hunters in sitn can do so under fumble auspices on a group looted slightly north at Pntknl. between the means end Denna rivers. and extending through the hill country no (or no the boundaries of Ianitmr end Cochsr. In the group there are ntnething like forty-six viiiegee divid- ed into eight or ten dietinct sub-tribes; who ere on the iet-brothnrlyâ€"lore eon- ttnue principle generally at wsr with esch other. The leciel tattoo merits‘ ere identical. though the dialect. vary slightly. in the tastier oi tires. srms. houses. customs, etc.. the Noses annex! to be identified with the Batten in Sumatra. with the better known hun- ter: of the hush heed in Foruoee end Borneo. with the Milan shell-miter end with their new extinguished brethren of Amelie. it is said the! um preserve their totem or trim' merits. Not very fer away from the Key country. dwell the wild Wu, soother peopio siren to the hobby ot heed-eni- iectlng. Not much was known shout the Wise until I yesr ago. when llr. Beott superintendent of the Northern sun States under the Burmeee'gov- eruntent. mode the journey to their ter- ritory as n diversion to the pursuit of n deposed Tennhe. who had been giv- in’ trouble in Moughsn. Some very strange stories have been iioetlng nbout Indie sad Burmah for many years regarding the Was. The coun- try has been. to Burmeh especially, it lead oi mystery and table sud romence. end It is on record in the sunni- ot the kingdom of Are. thst the Burmese. nt- trseteti by rumors of wonderful gold pinneuesentl‘ruilentott.mi 'ge’stoeohmthewnwhow ‘ Tho Nun country don not exceed twenty miles Iquue and n Inuit: vol- umu for the energy 0! the Inhabitants that 1129 put tony years should have neon upward of twelve thousand mur~ HERE on many persons beeidee an- thropologists who will be interested to leern that one of the wild tribes of Indie. the Nasal. of the Assam hor- der. in giving up its meet dietin- guishinz permitâ€"â€" that oil headâ€"hunt- ing. Scientific India has been put into n ferment over the (act, which comee‘ ensured on the authority of Prol. Peel. the well~known English ethnologiet. The mere Anglo-indium will rejoice to think that his head will for the future be all the enter on his shoulders, and will probably bless the spirit of pros- reel for having touched the Nana and led them into paths of virtue. The un- thropologiet. on the other hand. will be glad to learn that. though the lndlan lint-cousin- ot the ferociou- head-hun- ter: of Borneo are contorminx to the more peaceful pursuits oi‘ civilisation. they have not been emancipated en- tirely, but still so about when the spirit move: them and cut oil each other'a heads with all the cheerful hioodihireii: nee: that has characterized them and their ancestors during untold genera- hrnelom 1‘:le Who III: In: and Pa- unp Thur loud. ll I'loyhl' of "a all." â€" 0W “um-cl. 0! un- mu IIMI W“ THE GREAT SAVAGE CANNIMLB OF BRITISH INDIA. THE HEADuHUNTERS. | Nature", moat honor is accorded to (hone nkul‘. e which ere acquired hy the lot-owe. of Individual members oi the i tribe, but travelers In the region being were! and luck being occasionally against the young warriors it is some- times a dlmcult matter to add the m' site number to the grove by the nod nonored mode of acquisition and than it is permitted to purchne the article iron neighboring tribes. who have to resort to measures which betray u eer thin luck of commercial confidence in the Wee in order to retain their own head: on their shoulders. and at the name time to insure the equivalent in 1 silver The prices run from two rupees weight at silver for the head oi n iem to a couple oi hundred tor unmet or tuhiouahie heads; and judging from the whole range oi prices there would seem to he a good chance (or an enter- prising man to nuke e fortune out of the huuiueun. The nrnctlce oi oileriug human hood: I! e propitiotory wriflce no the her- v-t god .4. of i. not ”all. to "then comes the deflation day. then. to the accompaniment of the village gongâ€"n hm log of wood hollowed out with 1 narrow sllt In the side and beaten with wooden mum-4m skull ll carried away and m up In the tam (7070. The acquisition of a head In snack-m humane: [or wldaprud "Mel", and the cmmonlnl ”lucked to the "plums" o! the price I. quite elabor- ate. It In Int or all put in I mm or matched cover and I: then ”in up lnalmorverched on them“: yahoo Intll ll ripen: and Matches. When he came to know all About "m tribe u was a manor of wonder to that gentleman me he and his party can: (rived to do no. Ono purpone which they lull!!! in to drive away the timid shuns, but the primary purposes in sacrificial. The harvest god or the Wu still demands human headl. and it is necessary to Add some nulls to the psthwoy every yelr it the crops are to be good. Reb- ruary Ind March are the busiest months, but there in no "close Won." ’l'iuo heudl of distinguished Ind piou- men no strangers an the moot onco- ciouo. and hearing this in mind, it in no wonder tint no tnveier prior to‘ Mr. Scott our contrived to return. There la a round hole In front. through which sometimes only the teeth and empty eymocketa show. and at other times the whole skull grins a horrlble ghastly smile. These head posts are very tripplngly called "Tnk Hang," or “K'rawng Ngnl," and there Is never a village so poor that it has not a dozen of them. while some that Mr. Scott encountered numbered a round hundred. [ This reputation is borne out by the experience or Mr. Scott. He tells that outside every village. though not neces- sarily nt my special point at the com. pm. in u: nvenue of skull. referred to in the euphonioue language of the peo- ple as the 0!: Gen Pout Kan. These grovee are conspicuous from I long dis- tance. They consist of strips of the primeval jungle. huge intent trees ieit standing where all the remaining coun~ try is cleared for cuttivation. The un- dergrowth is rank. and these avenues are usually in deep shade. Here there are rows of posts. all in one lineâ€"not on both sides of the pathâ€"decked with human skulls. .A niche is cut in the luck at the post with n ledge on which the skull can rest. ‘ lubjuntod than and out than all to platen. Since that (tune tho WI flu but had an “enviable reputation for thotr teroclty. their man or pure laid. their depravity. their fairy lake. and upechlly their nakednm' and their cumlblllnm. N HUNT. 3 The women an always depend upon (Mn: that I man u his new will at for methlng that H not on the mm. It would be plennnt'er lulu; in the world It then were not In fin, tool! In It. hm more dillcnlt to we a nun. There never was n and who would dlo (or a woman, Ind new a In: who has not and he would do It cheerfully. When the amngn woman attend: a play. she wants to use 1 noble youth mnmph over a lot at “principled old mnrrlod nun. There In only one mm for a nun to do when In and: lulu-ll! hurled to a ‘ wanna who may- unending m1, and mubmmnmnmumu m the mm The martyrs 3mm women m neur- ly always women who are Hunted pu- Ucularly well by their men tom. Holt icon)"- mnmg prov! that the! retard - man u a good Mend. it that they this their Ila to Mn. Thousands at people would ame- cmc sympathy and hen who never ask for n. ind never set It. Some barber is losing the china to make a great an by wt hunting a Paderunkl Halt Tonic. Mimi-nm' atom tho fancy o! you young In: lightly (ms to thought: a! truth: rabbits. - No In I: really when files In «mane n inn In. by [any M the depot to "It for It The trouble of": male child!» it. they soon outgrow n. nu hem. I.â€" nude-t. The best preacher on earth can no" . sermon by preaching loo long. There In no higher pain for a friend than to any um he is mmm. 80-2 mic m In have no um- um beyond mun. a colic-run of db- inn-0.0m nonai. Seton! mrlmda of horses that nurt- ed lnln Orrmn for Kentucky mm", in" stopped It Shoshone. Idaho. by the acne". and the harm um mun hum [M can and sold for Mt! can" (name. Tm: was man. pmfltnbh than :0 my the heavy [night mu with who! the homes would have brought II Keno lucky. INF“! the mu; m m pm II .4- \ “In". -. ‘ n. mm mums mu (be upon» mm tad boon tune: that k mt lo Ibo cemetery Ind walled Ilm been (or hot n mo unto. also II ml. No. they didn't mum-nun by mm!" sch other. The judge "Mom! . 60 mm mm! the photon-nor. be. nun “an ”autograph that“. IN. MI» dying Menu 0! the unity who: might. at uni-nod a: the "In and upon. have been Ioummmlnl In on raring h" A mild husband." A: lent. no says : Balm-u paw. i A Wu!" m. A young widow to London comm nu mm. ot I nun ”annulm- u uh an picture will. am kind no- “. our no loch-tone 0! hot “on: ammo.“ OI the any ”pom-d (M mama) ball: '0‘" to the mn- nrd and at one. opt-ad ll. Ilulm o! in [not arrow. no In! and wept tot noun. but be run not. mum on not dry and Donn and Itl'll‘h - II] and m DINO-mph" for the re- Among name 0! the more advanced Kacbln when lnhabltlns the country round about the Itlld Wu. (In Morin] or human bonds and human bodlu to the god- lu- ceuad. Ind the god a! lune-t hu to content hlmul! rm: tho ornaments and nrmenlu of the (emula- ~lo whom poulbly may eventually w turn. The tun-Mon tron heads to or ailments la more Ilmplo than It looks. Pm: men's heml- are Iuallpembla. Thea um: the growth of a Inlm o! Irrmlailm women'a hemlu no con-Id- orod soud mouuh l-‘lnnlly. when wo- men are too mm Io on. u ll. were. Ill untallln. mura- 0! supply, ll In not conducted a nflefllou on u wurlor'u com-nu or Illlll l! he [on out and pur- ‘ chum boul- lor Mum". The bold in the mln all“. It l- pnlonhla to be out-loud In war-1m! obi-hm“! mull Tho custom is found among the can- nlbnl tribes of the South Seas. ln some of the islands it is not the heads of strangers but only those of defunct chleia that are allowed the distinction 1oi‘ being placed on a pedestal. Herc. however, strange head: belng only good Wenonah to gratify the individual owner and make his friends envious-41w ob- Ject has nothing in do with the propi- tintlon of any partlcular god. but only the [nano- oi the dead chlet himself. who is supposed to stand guard from his coign oi vantage our the desttniea at the tribe. and who is prevented from going asleep and allowing those name destinies to look otter themselves by liberal “nations or road. hog and pooc- the Wu. Perhaps the most notorious hend-hunten are those oi Borneo. whoee general practice oi dupe-ins them around'the viliue in identical with that oi the Wee. Among the New. too. much the name incontin- exi-tIâ€"thnt in, the heads on oiiered 1to the node, hut feminine onprice to said to he one of the prime incentives. it the young women oi the tribe did not chnfl the young men because they had not earned their tattoo marks. then the young men would probably not set wild and go out and out oi! g t?” head: just to show they have grit n then! It looks u if the young women were not putlculariy critical. for something like hall the number of heads taken are those of their own sex and of chil- dren. Among the Disks the head in more 0! a personal trophy than among : the Wan, and in addition to the disposal ‘ of important skulls in I conspicuous line at the entrance of the village. every eeli~reepecting native has a choice collection ranged round his own hut. SOUTHWEST .RSEZ‘S. Talc: sun It h uncanny w m- ama I. mental lure to attract the “tuition of 1M Inhabitants of 11m n n too-flue m to menu artificial thunder and Imam and (rut che- trle m‘m witl u up of rum. On April “It and In 51-, the m0- mri, Knu- hm mum m- puny viii loll tickets at very 101 na- io point- ia linouri, Ram and Texas. For particular: “am, a. A. Che-trier. 810 Marquette Building. Chi. mu. m, or 1‘. B. Canker”. m um «mt. Dec 1mm. lows. mutual until: newmpci pub- nfied tic Chum Bull-[to- I Quincy II. It Ill. to gm Infant 60! h an 1mm. u, about tho um had-0H" m. lead nee-u II M u lb. "Dan M" 2“ Adam 8!. lean. and the up" mnmtumnflmtnm kit! 0! mac! )in'e'a'or mm b. a mum. c. . a 1'. A” cum 03A lzlndlnyl. 1890. an Nonl- nun Uu (Chicago 0 Nonl- Western B") will all non. Seam etc-run Ucken u very low rm to a large Inter of point. it mum We. lulu“, scram Water- llnm New; Nor mm and Soul nnou. II- d-dingtbe hm Bloc) mm m Fat hllAhfomton_lm to field A son-g Mp mu 0! April :1. II"! I.) 5, ml:- 213 -m be and from prludpnl mm, «was and um n or the mm. In all point. on It. uhvlm Nunhvlllo nilmd in Tune“. Alabama, lla- uulppl. Md. and a portion of Ken- tucky. u out ample tan in nu; mad Mp. Tickets vm In [and to nun wmua nutty-on In". on guy-lent at n to mm It mun-non. and will allow empower u my point an "a mu: bound Mp. Auk mt New nun about It. and I! he cannot tell ”alumna. uchu "It. to c. P. Mm. General Mum Ari. Lawns. In or 1. K. 11mm. . W. P. A. Chicago, In. nmm an. um All. your man In- MM vllh null-Ind ”ml- mlly l- mm arm-II ”an of “hp. Sun and hungry mu «:th to in In: It Ibo In “No up other Mill. and nomad In M m. «mum. mm!“ tom: "Oh. no!» mm! W. m gun; to MY. mum< I find km solution-hm. man. what ”In II no mmrâ€"‘lndanum (bolt Rd. awn: KINNAN A IAIVIN. wm Wu Tobin» Ohio. mm mm Can III mum humu- kmuuum.?mm Magnum uni-uh. . ant-m m... Tho"Cor-Ben"hucnmdu We can 0n mum Damn mud lot In‘ «to o! Cam-tn that cannot I. and 1 mm f‘lunh Cu". v.1. cur-.1031 A 00.. Tokdn. o. '0. Ibo «aw . Mn known I. 1.0099”th tynnrfiu‘uho; 'M' "iii: 'Mifiii" m‘ "Ebbâ€"“I6 In ”In. {nu-rm and Manda-n: mu?" a on n: amnion-undo um “I.“ An In“ All the member: of the royal funny ‘0! Enxlunl who hue and during um actuary are hurled at Windsor. with the unpack: o! In. The Duke 0! luau md hl- tutor. the Princes 809]“..VOI'O hurled In Kendal Omen «meaty. In Waco with the" expflclt «den. The Duko and nut-Mu or (.‘nmbrldm In Inutnd :0 Ken. Prlnreu Alu- nndn or Walt-u wu Imflod .1 Band- flnghun. The remain: or the Grand Datum Allen or flow are In the vault 0! bar tau-land‘s tawny. mar Dunn-â€" \ldl. 1h llissoerJ'soiilc Rallwsv in! Iron loutlh In“... To the South sud Southwestâ€"40 Arksnsss. Tens. Louisiana. South- west Missouri. Kansls sud Arizons. 0n lurch 10m. April '1": sad 21st, also Ilsy 51h. ilelssls will be sold si on ism plus 32.00 for the round trip. good for 21 days. with stop-over privileges. For psrticulsrs sddrcss Bisssll Wilson. I). P. A.. m Adams “not. Chicago. the Bloomers Failed. , Bloomers as an aid to smuggling were tried by two Ssh Francisco girls In an experiment that failed. The girls look passage to Honolulu on one o! the mail steamers, and excited the sus- picion of the Hawaiian customs om- cers by going ashore clad in volumin- ous bloomers. They were ioilowod to 3 house in Honolulu, where the discard- ed bloomers and sixty “as o! smug- gled opium were found. The girls were arrested and convicted of smuggling. but on appeal to the Supreme Court the case against them was dismissed be- cause their guilt. was not proven clear- ly. The girls returned to San Fran- cisco a few days ago in the steer-axe“ wearing skirts. 1 mu.“ tabo- muorvmto hum Oink-ago In" can. '0 .7 the ma! 0! ml. cmmr- uumu. Amflrln whim-I. Ml." II. a. comm-n 00., nusutu. mm. Noun. Anot- Pm. x" You. For an my mum a co. u1 Wubnh _Ave.. Chm“. o ”in. on Ill dun lnmd of In In pm me ly Simon-am! .9 III the mam. “rimming! mink!" hit-Jim a nwdnlanmldlplamu have been nun-I no uunlmnu- preu Indonrmm mind. ml.“ to In ulna“ Icrvloc In rum". New York luau. AI Import“: 003.140me to tannin. . Sm“!!! W9“? ____.___A,_,‘,, , .., . How to Make 6500 Yearly WITH :2 Hans. lune..." mm braâ€"afielâ€" iâ€"q. o: its 20.3. .3 v0.9: HIE-S.- Ill_l.l_a.u '5‘ E. Inf! E. (III... CHEAP RATES. lard u’mn'l Name. The statue of Lord Byron. which he- just been unveiled by King George at Athena. represent- ihe poet advancing with outstretched arms to meet Greece. who holds om. to him a inure! crown. Ruskin Inn aid of Turin} that he Ill “Ion! u A prophet to nvcal to 'en the mutation of the unlvoru.“ ti bonkiby all loading dru (MI. lun- {natural by, the cunomur “Syrup Con- puny only: rovontln fevon. Sold-choc. and 0M 91ij 9! IV in” For "Jo In 750 can; And m". 'I‘P‘volln‘. Whether on plmuro bent. or business. take on every trip I not". of Syrup of Fig: 3:. n It not. most manually [M a!- !ectuullf on th- Iklnoyu, liver and how“. prevent us tavern. bout-choc. and 0M looko- for "glint. The accidental arrival in New Zea- innd of two poioonous snakes among ballast from Queensland and South America alarmed the colonists, for the islands contain no venomous minim. though the climate is in places welt lit- ted for them. The result of the ohm was that parliament passed an act sub- Jectins to heavy penaltias anyone Im- porting dangerous serpents. m P380“ 0! PLANET. JB-. 0000'. ‘ We are not In the mulc- mom {to charge “to prlcu for Plan“. Jr tools. It In all nonunu In than m2 “men to all for toncy price- for union cultivator. and arm. when iron und was“ are so cheap. Show our price. to your hardware merchants. Show them to everybody! Planet. .Jr., combined drillu. other mdamcn'a price 09.00. our price $6.75; Planet. Jr.. double-wheel hoes “.00. our price $4.60, and so on! Potatoes, $1.50 a barrel. All price- {or seed: low. cm TM: flu and Soul Ion-y Cut this out and um! money along wuh order to the John A. Salter and Co.. La Crone. “’13.. to Insure getting above low prices. Mammoth catalogue, ‘ 3c posing; v.11. 4‘ chulm "Mob! nation-«noun 'tlnlflc' In: mun) I... launch-mun. In: M IM‘I‘IDIW‘I mun-I. wJu.m-7ruus.m.rs Pain 01m con- "" ..:8'|'. ”6038 OIL fi:"“-“~‘~“‘ W. I. U. CHICAGO. VOL. XI. NO. 1' "in, coma," unquhulu‘nmnnu. Ila. win-ii?“ Sim" an‘ m When terrified the enrich truck at the rate of twenty-Ive mllo- an hour. Over 006,000 mu. m mammal - yeuly tor the mututm'vt'w OI- ttactl. “I II." trial rm Ohm 'l'c-lo nah-um I. u." nun-mun. nun-m nu If who: tun-Ina will u. mm m The feeding upenuihfiio «In.» In the [nation Zoo no over 885,000 out your. Thoro tn (hm «much at (u_ town In the newly 010M city mull- at Bath. In. “Oh. I" ’ ammm... . , Noththlflynluhilm' V Imu "unlit. cud. boon II II " mutant-M. “hunch-gunk: A. “L .,_A_,A, LL” Ag.“ m“. M.

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