The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 175

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

are at present unoccupied. The population of this
part of the island is probably no less than 200,000.

In the Philippines the Sulu Archipelago and
several other groups are unoccupied; such is also
the case with the island of Samar. ‘he population
of these islands is approximately no less than a
half million.

May it also be said of these islands in the not
too distant future: —

Uplifted are the gates of brass,
The bars of iron yield;

Behold the King of Glory pass,
The Cross hath won the field.

F. J. L.

Expenditures for Luxuries
in the United States.

Does it take too much money to run the Church?
Read the following table of luxury expenditures,
based on United States Treasury figures, before
answering the above question.

Automobiles and accessories

(exclusive of trucks)...... $2,512,000,000
Cigars, cigarets, snuff, and
CODRCCO Mesicicissietete cle sesictslcie 1,740,000,000
Beverages (non-alcoholic), ice
GCTEAM OlCi ecto otcle slaleosielctc’> 830,000,000
Admissions, dues, etc........ 950,000,000
Candy tinistsseiisiete cea = «\netero 715,000,000
Jewelry, watches, etc........ 490,000,000
Pianos, organs, etc. ......... 460,000,000
Sporting goods, cameras, etc. 185,000,000
Carpets, trunks, etc. (excess
value on which tax is paid) 200,000,000
Fur articles ............+-:- 181,000,000
Perfumes and cosmetics..... 150,000,000
Toilet soaps, ctc. ........--- 148,000,000
Chewing gum ............ 50 $8,000,000
Firearms and shells ........ 75,000,000
Sculptures, paintings, etc.... 15,000,000
Electric fans, portable...... 10,000,000
Yachts, motor boats, etc.:... 7,000,000
Hunting garments, etc....... 4,000,000
Cigar and cigaret holders, etc. 3,000,000
Livery and livery boots..... 3,000,000
—————_ $8,766 000,000
Gasoline, auto repairs, and
garage rent .........-.--. $1,500,000,000
Luxurious food .... .- 1,500,000,000
Luxurious services ......... 1,000,000,000
Other luxuries — pleasure ‘re-
sorts, races, etc. .........- 1,000,000,000
—————_ 5, 000,000,000
Motal ne ciilerrejsieisiclaccierelerelerst-leisis erarele $13,766,000,000

The Head-Hunting Dyaks of Borneo.

As elsewhere already stated in this number, the
Dyak head-hunters of Borneo constitute one of the
most degraded tribes of the human family. They
are still to a great extent unreached by missionary
effort. H. W. Walker in his book, Wanderings

175

among South Sea Savages, says of their head-
hunting custom: “A Dyak maiden thinks as much
of heads as a white girl would of jewelry.... The
heads are handed down from father to son, and
the rank of the Dyak is determined by the number
of heads he or his ancestors have collected.” Mr.
Walker also says that the women incite the men to
go on these head-hunting expeditions and relates
a story of a young Dyak whom the missionaries
had ‘persuaded to give up the horrible custom of
head-hunting. The girl to whom he was engaged,
however, refused to marry a young man that would
not hunt heads and disdained to listen to all the
arguments he brought forth, until, goaded by her
words of derision, he brought the usual tribute.
But when his bride more closely examined the
gruesome objects which her taunts had led him
to lay at her feet, she found that they were the
heads of her father, mother, her brother, and a
rival! Mr. Walker ends the awful tale by stating
that the young man was seized, put in a bamboo
cage by his fellow-tribesmen, and starved to death.
F.J.L.

Has Your Subscription
for the

“Lutheran Pioneer” Expired?

OR WILL IT EXPIRE THIS OR NEXT
MONTH?

We ask every subscriber to take into con-
sideration the following

NOTICE.

Month and year of expiration are given
with your address on every copy of the
“Tutheran Pioneer.”

If right under the address of your copy is
printed “Dec 25,” it means that the last num-
ber of the “Lutheran Pioneer” you have paid
for is the December number of this year and
that you should renew your subscription be-
fore the end of December.

As soon as you renew your subscription,
the date will be changed according to the
number of years that you have paid in ad-
vance. :

DO NOT NEGLECT TO RENEW YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION IN TIME! ©

Your pastor or teacher will be pleased to
take care of your renewal, or you may send
the price of subscription to Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo., yourself.