The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 1, 1888, Page 6

Lockie heii a arian CANNIBALS ON THE NIGER. They Discuss the Question Whether to Eat Explorer Jotnston and His Party. The Sun gave a brief description the other day of the cannibals of the Congo basin, who are numbered by millions and extend over a vast ex- tent of country. Though the Congo region is the home of most of the cannibals of Africa, some tribes of | man-eaters may be found much near- er the sea than in the Congo coun- try. Along the delta region of the Niger, and on some of the neighbor- ing rivers emptying into the Bright of Blafra, are some of the worst can- nibals in the world. Unlike many of the Congo cannibals who have provided themselves by their arts tribal government to be among the most advanced of savage people, the cannibals living near the gulf of Guinea are among the most degrad- ed of human beings. Mr. H. H. Johnston, the British consul at Cameroon, recently made a trip up the Cross river, which emp- ties into the gulf of Guinea, about 180 miles east of the main branch of the Niger. Mr. Johnston is well known by his geographical work on the Congo and his book on Mount Killima-Njaro. He had not ascended up the river more than fifty miles be- fore the people he met began to be very wild and excitable. In a com. munication just published in the proceedings of the royal geographi- cal society, Mr. Johnston says the people are all inveterate cannibals. They are continually fighing with each other in order to supply their larders with fresh food. In one hut which he entered a smoked human ham was hanging from the smoke- blackened rafters, and about a hun- dred skulls were ranged round the upper part of the city walls. One old chief who wished to convince Johnston of his very friendly feeling took a necklace from his neck and presented it to the white man. The ornament was made out of human knuckle bones. At one point on the river where the traveler was received with great apparent friendship, he learned that the natives were debating the ques- tion whether to treat the visitors as honored guests or to eat them, or at any rate to eat the Kroo boys who had paddled Mr. Johnston up the river. He decided that it would not be safe to extend his explorations further, and he started down the river while the natives were still de- bating what to do with him. As he turned his canoe down stream, how- ever, the noisy villagers gave chase, and there were a few minutes of ter- rible anxiety when the canoe ran aground, and hundreds of the yelling savages attempted to wade across the shallow water and seize the fugi- tives. Even little children, Johns- ton says, armed themselves with knives, and standing ankle deep in the water, shrieked at the top of their voices that they would like to eat the white man. The explorer, however, managed to keep out of the clutches of the savages, and get away without firing. The cannibal tribes near the Niger delta, in Angola and in the Congo basin are probably the only natives of Africa who habitually eat human flesh. Some tribes in east Africa, however, indulge in cannibal prac- tice during religious exercises, and they also sometimes eat the bodies of enimies slain in battle. They be- lieve that they are thus imbued with the virtues of the victims.—New York Sun. English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, sof} or calloused lumps and blem- ishes trom horses, vlood spavin, curb, splints, sweeney, stifles, sprains, rore and swollen throat, coughs, etc. Save fifty dollars by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by W. J. Lansdown, Druggist, But- ler, Mo. Viet yr Sedalia, Mo., July 25.—At arecent secret meeting of the state central | committee of the union labor party | of Missouri, held in this city, the i name of state senator Joseph L. Sea- | * born, candidate for Heutenant gov- Like Father, Like Son. Adry goods clerk who recently | disappeared mysteriously has been | heard from in Texas. Many years ago the father of the clerk disap- peared, leaving his wife and son to jshift for themselves. The grass | widow secured a divorce and mar- ried arich and popular citizen. A |few years ago the son married a most estimable young woman, but ‘as the husband became asemi-drunk- ard the young wife's lot was far from happy. Twochildren were the re- sult of the union. A few months ago the clerk received a note from a stranger, requesting an interview at a certain resort. On going thither the father and son met face to face, after u lapse of over a score of years. The father, after deserting his wife |and son, went west, finally settling in Texas, where he amassed con- siderable wealth. Returning to Buf- falo, he plainly showed the stuff of which he is made by proposing that his son imitate his example of many years ago. Strangely enough, the cowardly proposition was accepted. A few weeks ago the young man deserted his pretty and faithful young wife and family, and joined his father in the Lone Star state. The young wife has returned to her parents’ home.—Buffalo Express. William’s Australian Herb Pills. If you are Yellow, Bilious, constipated with Headache. bad breath, drowsy, no appetite, look out your liver is out of roder, One box of these Pills will drive all the troubles awaf and make a new being of you. Price 25 cts. Arty Pyce & Crumty, A gent Struck Silver Very Rich. Spokane Falls, W. T., July 25. The discovery of a rich quartz mine, six miles from the mouth of Ruby Creek, and fifty miles from the town of Palouse, in the famousagricultur- al and blue grass valley of the Palouse, bas caused much excitement in that neighborhood. A small ex- pedition set out for the scene of the discovery, and a large quantity of the quartz was brought to Palouse. Assay reports gave 72 to 78 ounces of silver, aad the wildest excitement soon took possession of the people. In a short time Palouse was deserted save by two men and children. Re- turning parties report that fully 500 men are now on the ground and little digging brings the happy owner of a mine down upon shining metal. The section of the new strike lies in the old Salmon diggings, which had 8 population of 30,000 not many years ago. In those days the placer mines of the neighborhood paid largely, but the district has been entirely deserted. A few Chinamen remained behind and worked over the dirt for a fourth time. Drunkenness or the Liquor Habit Positively Cured by administering Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific. It can be given in a cup of coffee or tea without the knowledge ot the person tak- ingit; is absalutely harmless and will ettect a permanent and speedy cure, whether the patient is a moderate drink- er or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunkards have been made temperate men who have taken Goiden Specific in their coffee without their knowledge, and to-day believe they quit drinking ot their own free will. It never fails. The sys} tem once impregnated with the Specific it becomes an utter impossibility tor the liquor appetite toexist. For tull partic- ulars, address GOLDEN SPECIFIC co., 185 Race st. Cincinnati, O. Shot While Asleep. Fort Smith, Ark., July 15.—Thos. Owens was shot and mortally woun- ed at his home, eighteen miles from this city, on the Arkansas River, by Lewis Sims. The two men had quarreled about two weeks ago, and on Monday last Sims left the neigh- | borhood ostensibly for the Indian Territory. About 2 o'clock this ;morning he stealthily entered the jsleeping apartment of Owens and | shot him in the head while he slept. | After committing the deed he escap- | ed on foot and is still at large, but jthe country is being scoured for (him and great excitement prevails | in the neighborhood. this city have joined in Officers from the pursuit. ener ge T afe Investment, chis guaranteed to br S, or in case ot fi t purchase price. On this ucan buy from our advertise ernor, was removed from the ticket | and the executive committee was in- Structed to fill the vacancy. Sea- born is a republican and declined to is ple: A WONDERFUL BLIND MAN. i | He Works the Type-Writer, Keeps a Set of Books and Does Other Remarkable Things. | I | | Pittsburg, Pa., July 25.—A most |remarkable blind man has been | brought to public notice by the proposed founding of an institution for the instruction of the sightless people of this city. His name is Alden F. Hayes, and he lives at Sewickley, one of the fashionable suburbs of Pittsburg. His father was the brilliant Gen. Alex. Hayes, who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, and for whose widow a pension bill of the same size as Mrs. Jobn A. Logan’s is now pending in Congress. Their blind son, Alden, is now about 35 years of age, and he carries on an extensive business as coal merchant. Heattendsto all the details himself without a particle of clerieal assistance. He is totally blind, yet he writesall his own orders by the type-writer for coal from the mine operators, takes the car num- bers when the coal arrives, weighs the coal by the wagon-load for customers, gives the drivers properly filled out tickets or makes out the receipts, receives money, counts it and makes change, keeps a set of books, walks to and from his home without company, and in fact goes anywhere in Sewickley by himseif, and without a cane. He is an accomplished musician. For eighteen years past he has been organist in the Leetsdale Presbyteri- an church, and he still takes every Friday afternoon away from his business to rehearse the music for this church on Sabbath. He plays the piano with even more versatility than the organ, and has handled the clarionet and other instruments for the Sewickley brass band frequently. Mr. Hayes’ musical methods are entirely different from those of the celebrated “Blind Tom.” The latter learns by air. Mr. Hayes does not, although he has a fine ear for music. He was a natural born musician. His technique was pronounced by critics faultless. For ten years he taught music, and only gave up the profes- sion when commercial business press- ed him too har!. He plays selections from all the masters—Mozart, Bee- thoven and Mendelssohn. He could, it is said, after ordinary rehersal, sit down at the grand organ of any of the city churches and without hesi- tation perform as well as the regular organist. In learning or rehearsing selections, the music, time and ex- pression must be read to him by an assistant. He listens toa line at a time, then plays it off. It seldom need be read to him asecond time. The blind coal dealer does all his own correspondence, using the type- writer. He is so expert with this machine that few professional type- writer operatives can pass him in speed. His fingering is different from that of most writers. It is by systematic use of eight fingers that he knows the exact position of every letter’s key. Writers who see use only two, four or six fingers. He fits his paper, postal cards, envelopes, ete., to the machine perfectly, the lining being beautiful. Eugene Kelly, the New York banker, can draw his check for $10,- 000,000. He began life as a peddler. Industry, economy and _ business intelligence did the work for him. Consumption Curable. It cannot be too often impressed on every one that the much dreaded consumption (which is only lung scrofula), is curable, if attended to at once, and that the primary symp- toms, so often mistaken as signs of diseased lungs, are only symptoms of an unhealthy liver. Tothis organ the system is indebted for pure | blood, and to pure blood the lungs are indebted no less than to pure air for healthy action. If the former is | polluted, we have the hacking cough, the hectic flush, night-sweats, and a whole train of symptoms resembling | consumption. “Rouse the liver to | healthy action by the use of Dr. | Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, take healthy exercise, live in the open , air, and all symptoms of consumption will disappear. For weak lungs, | Beware of the Widder. A weather-beated woman of mel- ancholy and discouraged mien, sat in front of 2 drummer on a railroad train. She was clad in rusty mourne ing, and her appearance indicated that her loss wasrecent. Whennear Chicago she turned to the drummer and asked: “What place are we coming to next?” “Chicago, madam.” “Lemme see; that’s aim’t it?” “Yes—certainly.” “I oughter know, but I forgot I bin in Ilinoy. I buried my first husband tigre “bout twenty years ago.” “Indeed?” “Yes; and from Ilinoy I went to Toway, and I ain't been there since. That was eighteen years ago. Went down to South Carliny from Ioway.” “Oh, did you? I've been there.” “You hev? Ever bin to a place called Black Snake Forks? No? Well, Hen Dodson lays there.” “Who was Mr. Dodson?” “My third man; and a right smart feller he was. He had a cousin named Hi Daggett. Ever runacross Hi?” “I think not.” “You'd know if you had. Every- body likes Hi. Him and me was married in Georgy, and he is buried nine miles from Atlanty.” “Oh, indeed! and do you live in Georgia now?” “Land, no! Ain't set foot there more’n a dozen years. I went from Georgy away up to Minnesoty, and I met Tom Hixon up there.” “Tom Hixon?” “Yes; him and me lived most a year there after we was married. Then a blamed old mule we had kicked Tom so fatally that I buried him one cold dey under the snow up near St. Paul, and sold off and went out to Kansas, near Atchison, and tuk up a quarter section of land jining a real smart man’s named Dill.” “And you—" “Yes, I married Dill, and he took chills and fever before three months and left me a widder afore the year was out. I tell you, I had mighty bad luck.” “IT should think so.” “That's what I have. There was Ben Barber; after me and him was married out in Californey we got along splendid, and was making money fast, when all of a suddent Ben goes hed first down a 900-foot shaft, and of course I was a widder afore the poor man ever struck bot- tom.” “Then you left California?” “Yes, I stayed there eight or nine months and then Bob wanted to—” “Bob who?” “Oh, Bob White; he was Ben’s pardner, and he never gave me no peace till I married him. He’s buried in the Black Hills.” “Great heavens!” cried the drum- mer. “Do you make a business of going around the country burying husbands?” The widow put her handkerchief to her eyes and said, in keen rebukee “That's a purty way to talk to a poor lone widder, that’s got her husband’s cawpse in the baggage car ahead, taking him outto Dakoty to lay him beside his other kin folks. You ort to be ashamed to be so onfeelin!” in Illinoy. Piles! Piles! Itching Piles. Symptoms—Moisture; intense itching and stinging; most at night; worse by scratching. 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