AMONG CANNIBALS. AN EXPIiOUEK'ri ADVENTUKEB IN QUEENSLAND. While Men's Flesh Not Relished Be cause It Is Too Salty—Habits of the Savages. Explorer Lumholtz ha< just returned from Queensland, Australia, says the Pall Mall a/.ettc He devoted a year to the cannibal trilies inliabitiug a ter ribly wild tiaot ol country a couple of hundred miles north of Tuwuxvillo. Mr. Lnmholtz says: "To boric with, d n't imagine that because the tribes are eanniha s they are tlioreloiu loathsome or repulsive in up pestrance. On the oontrary, many oi the men nro physically flue follows, and some of tho women have pleasing feat ures. Then, when you call them canni bals you must lemcmher that human llesh is a very rare luxury, for they only eat fore u tribes. Native tribes, I mean, for tee ilesh of the whi o man is nasty to t e r palate. He lias u salty flavor which is very disagreeable to them." "That was lucky for you." "Well, no; if I were '.nee dead it mat tered little to me how my body was dis posed of. But being without morals and absolutely iudi erentto human life they would have killed me if they had dared for the sake of the tobacco and the few odds and ends I had with me. When I joined them lit first they were friendly enough. They wero a good bit afraid of the white man. and for an inch of tobacco apiece were willing to serve me. Then they respected what they callod my baby gun —my revolver— which I fired off evory night. But in time their fea s wore on, and there wore severs ntten pts to tomahawk me, but t was lucky. I had a splendid hunter with mo. who t vice ti iet.. I should have shot him dead, but I was a littlo loath to do so, as I was very keen about get ting that specimen of tho tiger luaisup ial. so I tolerated hint. Might is right among them. Tf I nad sljot a few of them my dangers would have been con siderably lessened." "To resume about the man eating, I 1101 er aaw a earn, bul (cast, but every night in their huts the talk was of women and human tlosli. Those were the stock subjects of conversation." "Not very different, from highly oul tured Europeans, Ml. Luinholt/. ? Women at dcooking." "f. wa: able to understand the a, for I had learnt the language, and I gathered that wh to man was no good- too salty. China man was not link bad. He ted 011 rice, and had a tender vegetable flavor about bim, like a mea y cauliflower. But of all tar eties there was nothing so sweet 11s a ative baby—so sweet, so juicy, so fat, so tender. Old men ami women were naturally tough and sinnewy. And the favorite parts were tho thigh and the flesh of the hand. Tho cannibal b aoks have no religion, no ceremonial, no idols, and the only a proucb to a charm was a bit of human fat wrapped up in grass and tied round the neck as good luck to your hunting. "If you want a wife, and havo]mouoy, which is tobacco, or a handkerchief, or a tomahawk—l should tell you that these artiu'es percolate through tho densest bush, und over the wildest ranges- you eau buy a wife. You may inherit a wife by agreement. You may get your dead brother's wife, but tho commonest method of acquiring a wifo is to go and help yourself. It you a. o a big fellow you wa k into the hut and take 'lie lady. Then there is a row, and you ' ave to tight, a duel with a wooden b oadsword, and thowomeu come down to lie light and howl and screech and bank their men, aud there is a teiublo to-do. It i the women who mure all tho rows, all the Wars, all tho feuds. It is always some Helen and some Paris." "And do the ladies like a change of husbands <" "They go, and J' li'i seem to iniDd it in the least." "How do the mou regard tho women, then t" "As useful drudges, to do all the work and make thorn comfortable. Tho black lei low ha es work. Ho only cares for hunting. He hates to rise until the sun is well up in the heavens a. d the dew lias disappca ed. Then ho and his friends do art into the forest -nd hunt, seldom bringing home the food but de vour ng it in the bush. It is one o 1 tho remarkab o things that the old men have alwa s the prettiest wives. There uro no Ohiofs. tine mail is as good as an other, but when a political crisis sir ses the old men are consulted, and tint in wliv the old men are the most influen tial. As for the young fellow, he. l'ten bus to do without a wife until ho is thirty. Throe Parrot Stories. There Is much difference in opinion, as to whether a par rut morel; imitates or whether il be posessed of reasou. Sure tho parrot Ahat leeps Abbering "protty polly'' d?fa not seem endowed with uiuol brain, but what must be said when wo hear such parrot stories as the following, ol whi li wo ure will ing to vouch foi the iruth pure and un varnished r A lady owned a handsome parrot, and loaving New leaii3 one summer she gave her pet to a friend's care. Polly soon heenme at home in its now quar ters; won d bow its head to its uew mis tress and say in softest tones. "That's it, rub pollv's had so, so, darling rub Dolly's head." That was imitative, what is this? One day its npatioss was eating plums. Polly was near; looking up, tho lady laughed and said: "Alia, polly, I have" plums and lam not going to give you any!" "1 don't care, said polly, "I jon't want any, anyhow I " A parrot belonging to a donr friend of the writer was very lii.ioli annoyed by tho pigeons, who would ei.tur his cage every morning as soon as ho left it and devour the remains of his breakfast. A bright thought- so it seems—came to polly. One day as 1m left his cage foi his nmrnlng wa khe turned and shut ho door of Tiis cage, and then gave a defiant look at tlm marauding pigeons. This lis always dd ulterward, and i-o K.ved his breakfast. Bt.nl another parrot ctory, also true: Once upon a time a ] arrot lived in a family which was very religions. Tho bird was accustomed to bearing daily prayers and verses of Scripture. Olio day*, after a severe illness, in spite of cure and attention, tlm p.flt'ot died. Its last words were: "Tho l ord be with you I"—[New Orlenns Picayune. A scHoonoiitL frolic was given in honor of Mrs. Cleveland by her college mates during her recent trip to Buffalo. The refreshments were crackers, passed around in paper bags, and tl o pickles wero out in force, whi o nardineo wore cab n with lingers instead of forks, and relished as m the old day a of dormi tories and early rising. The occasion was enlivened by reminisconeos of schoolday osca ades, when oysters were fried ovor a gusjet, aud cheese toasted 9B llftirpins. A TURTLE. BY CHARLES S. BLACKBURN. pi t las Senees. Snakes wriggled stealthily among the y limbs of a fallen tree, V where now and then a •P trout leaped at a school of minnows, which in their scampering terror jumped clear of the stream. Turtles dried their backs ou a log in the middle of the bayou. A kingfisher shot over tho water and sat himself on tho dead twig of a May-haw tree; a swamp-lark sang a sweet strain in his ear from the pawpaw bush behind him, which of fended his unmusical soul and he flew farther down to where a frog, caught by a moccasin in the tall grass, was crying out in a mortal despair that was almost human. On a tree that time had cast down and thrown with oue end in water and the other on the land, a man stood. He was lean and sad, with a grizzled gray beard that had once been red, a yellow complexion that had once been fair, and weak, watery eyes that had once been clear and strong. He held a hois d'arc stick in his hand, and troubled the water with it. The tur tles tumbled from their log at the sig nal and swam to him. There were four of them. He caught each by a flipper, and, lifting it up, placed it on the tree. Leaning against a limb and extending his legs along the trunk, he stuck the stick 011 the toe of his boot. They crawled to him, clambered 011 his legs and was trying to reach his face, like a pet dog caressing a child. He gave them no food and did not speak a word. After playing with them for half an hour, lie rose and touched the water with his stick, when they rolled off and swam away. "Good-morning," said I, casting my hook as he stepped ashore. "What do you call a good morning?" said he, plucking leaves from a cypress bush and scattering them over tlie wa ter. "This morning." "Why so?" "Because the trout bite," I answered, landing oue. "You aro a trifler, and illogical. Trout-biting does not make a good morning. A good morning makes trout bite." "You are a philosopher." "Most people call me a fool." "Why?" I asked. "Because they are fools themselves." "You are dogmatic." "Truth is always so." "You are singular." "Sometimes singular, sometimes plural." "Now you aro humorous." "Facts are often funny." "Yes, I am thinking of one now." "What is it ?" "Your companionship with tho tur tles." "Ah! did you seo them?" "Yes." "We are good friends. I never pur chased their good-will, either, with food or money, as we do that of men and dogs." "Barnum would give you SIO,OOO for , them," I said. He raised his stick as if to strike rae, but, dropping it 011 his shoulder, he turned about and walked down the hog-trail that led through the under growth. I followed him. Coming out on tho highway and crossing the bridge, 110 plunged into the woods and came to tho base of tho granite mountain that overlooked the stream, whore he stop ped. Thrusting the stick down his back, he began the ascent, pulling up by the bushes on both sides of a well worn path. The route was tortuous— around rocks, down rocks, and over rocks; but we gained the summit, a plateau half a mile in circumference. In the middle stood a hut of rough hoards built against a solitary pro jecting rock. The door stood open. He entered. I waited, hesitating. Ten minutes' waiting made me anx ious. I went up and looked in. There was a split-bottom chair, a low stool— nothing else. I entered and searched tho room. Tho man was not there. Turning to go out, I saw in the door a voung girl. She was bare-footed, bare headed, auburn-haired, black-eyed, slatternly dressed in a dingy calico slip, but tho prettiest little slattern I aver saw. "J beg your pardon, Miss," I spoke, 'but where is the geulloman who just went in the room ?" "He stands before me," she said, in A voico that tempted mo to clasp lier, despite her unroval attire. "I mean the other one." "There is no other one. You are the only one. Come, sit at my feet 011 this stool." And, giving me a swing by the arm, she set me down where she had bidden. She then seated herself in the, chair, and, placing her feet in my lap, said: "Ain't they protty?" "They are, indeed," I answered; "but your face is prettier." "Of course itris. Nothing is prettier than a woman's face. Kiss me." She bent down and I kissed her. But I was gettiug alarmed. "Miss," I said, "this is certainly a eompromising position, and were your father to step in " "Don't bo afraid; I have no father." "Who was the man who came in here half an hour ago ?" "This is he," tapping mo ou the shoulder with oue hand, playfully slap ping my cheek with the other. I thought her crazy. "Well, by all the turtles in the river, I swear " She turned pale, trembled all over, and would have fallen had I not risen and caught her. It was an awkward fix—on top of a mountain, in a hut, holding a pretty girl in my arms, and expecting every moment to be con fronted by her father, who, I knew, had a stout stick if 110 more dangerous weapon. She looked UP at me. faiutlv smiled, clasped her hands behind my head, and said: "You do not love!" This was a mistake, for 110 man in such attitude could have helped loving her. But I felt uncomfortable. "You do not love me," she repeated. "I have been waiting here, lovaide and faithful, for your coming, when I could I give my life to you. But uow, when we are on tho verge of complete hap piness, you break the spell by speaking that hated word, TURTLE!" Her face vanished as she spoke. In its stead stood the head of a black tur tle, its slimy flippers feeliug over my lace in disgusting caress. 1 catignt it by the neek and cried: "Great God, a turtle!" "Wake up, Jack! wake up!" said my companion, giving me a rough shake. "You've been gasping there, with the sun shining in your face, for twenty minutes, talking with a girl in words quite shocking. Yet there is onlv a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, for your last words were, 'a turtle!' " "Why didn't you wake me?" "I wished to study the psychological effects of deviled turkey, three pints of brown stout, and Amelie Rives." "Confound the book," said I, throw ing it into the bayou. It fluttered in the breeze like a partridge and fell open-faced upon the water; then il floated slowly down, encircled by a throng of wondoring minnows.— Clii cago Ledger. EI.K JIM'S EXCITING RIDE. 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