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VOLUME
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDA.T, @€TOBEM 17, 1879.
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The Glare   County  Press.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY Al
Clare, Claire County, Mich.,
—BY—
ALVABO F„ GOODENOUGH.
A-fflve-frtraslm-g-* Eiatep.
The following Table of Advertising Rates has
been carefully arranged according to a plan based
on space required and time continued. Special
care is taken to set up and arranga advertisements
in a systematic manner, thus making them more
attractive than when jumbled together.
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Locai. Notices—10cts. per line each inserti©n.
Aix Advertising payable quarterly in Advance.
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"C.W.FEEBY
WHB^TOM»a: PEKRY,
r^wwisEs.©,
CIiABE,'*     =       =       MICH.
All basinass intrusted with them will receiv
prompt attention. Collections made and Real Ee
tateboughtand-sold. Office MaynardBlock^Main St
C. H. EL.DEN, jEWMiixiEB AND
dealer is Wall Paper, Books and Station-
cry, Se*vYvtng Machine Fixtures, etc., Clare.
(H EO.. W-. JEFFERIES, Judge 03B*
^OT Probate and Justice of the Peace, Clare.
Special attention given to making collections. Of-
ce on Main Street.
O.E0>. J. OTMMINS,
AUorney-at-JLaw and B&Ticitor,
Gourt Mouse Building, Farwell, Mich.
I'm a goodly youth of two-and-twenty,   -
And. un"broken, my days glide smoothly by;
For a lady-love, with money plenty,
Permits no cause for a tear nor a sigh.
Yet sighing I feel now would relent me;
Or, vriXh. a girl's weakness, maybe I'd cry;
For I say, with a vengeance, and no joking,
When one's secret leaks out it is provoking.
Now a maid Hove, ah I a damsel fair,
With cheeks like a rose and eye like a star!
In wooing I took particular care,
And soon I beheld my conquest afar.
But fee lassie I won this could not bear
(E'er <3race is so modebfc; in fact, we both are),
Tha* of our wedding one word should we breathe
Till "the day a garland was her head to wreathe.
" Because," said Gracie," I wish to surprise
Bame Rumor, t&e Misses Andrus and Grays.
Beside, how could I meet curious eyes!
' The fair bride elect!' as everyone says,
' Who wedded will be when summer-time dies
And fades gently into cool autumn dayBl'
I know I should blush and feel rather queer.
Now say not a word, love; promise me, dear.y
Of course I promised—how could I refuse,
When those blue eyes so earnestly pleaded?
Moreover. I think that nqxme would choose
To have ihe fact knowntill it was needed;
So o'er the affair in quiet did muse,-
And with our intent nearly succeeded,
When, lo! some "liy" reporter cut the cute caper
Of getting the news to stick in his paper.
Oh! wouldn't I like a punch at his nose
For poking his smeller where he'd no call;
A pity it is one naught can propose
Without these reporters knowing it alL
Thus, my secret (as the paper well stows)
Will be a surprise, if any, but small*;
But still, just the ss^me, we wedded will be,        '
But not a blamed "scribbler" there shall you see!
I say, young men on the hymeneal strain,
Try and outwit these newspaper fellows,
Else ne'er an intent will quiet remain;
For, if these "peers" of a blacksmith's bellows
Get"wind" of a fact they'll "blow" tt to Spain;
Now, if they'd wait till a wedding ii mellows,
Then the nuptials proclaim of the lover true,
The event would b-- more refreshing and new.
BLOOMIlfGTON. 111.
LOST OB" THE FliAIKSo
C.
C. CASTERIDIH,
Attoimey-a-Qd-Couiisetor-a'fe-lLaw, and
Counselor & Solicitor in Chancery,
€bwt Mouse Building, Farwell, Mich.
C. BODGE, Justice of the
o Peace and Notary Ptblic, Vernon, has
e
Good Fahmtng- Lands for Same
Cheap.   Titles Perfect,
Terms Easy-.
H. C. Dqdg-e, Frwel-Ej, Mich.
(T\ H. SUTHERLAMSl,
^"-©tary Futblic & Insurance Agt.
. ..   , itaiey to JLoan -
CDSS "ElSIPISI<DVxSxll) TSSS.&SL, _S©J3rAJ31MS
Court Mouse Buiiding^ Farwell.
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6. COOLEY,
DBALEEl ss?
Harness, "Whips, R©bes, & Blankets.
The best assortmeht of Trunks -and Traveling
bags in town, and prices the la-west.
THE BEST OF MATERIAL USED.
All work warranted.   Repairing done  promptly
I will sell cheaper than can be bought elsewhere in Saginaw "Kaliley.
TD> UBEN SMITSI,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
.Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
IZL&miK, MECIEL
Particular attention paid to looking'land, estimat
ing pine timber, adjusting trespsasses and paying
taxes for hon residents.
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company .of N-ew York
Strong and sound, with low rates.
"JMT B. JEFFERIES,
OHALEiS IH
FRESH & SALT MBAT,
Fresla suad Cured Flak,
Fine Groceries and GeneSjIal
Fakm Produce,
Cheapest TEA in Tows 1
Cash paid fo? hides.
MAIN STBEET, CLARE.
may  be
a guide,
, is with
HOTELS, LIVERIES, &c.
"M"EW   FUBNITIIBE,   NEWLY
Befitted, New Proprietor.
ST. JAMBS HOTEL,
"••"Jo IK. HSISl<n)-Wl?59 IP-rouDos
MOUNT PLEASANT,  MICH.
First Class Accommodations.   Good Sample Rooms
for Agents. Good Barn.
^
ILL BILLIARE HALL,
FABWELL, MICH.
finest""cigars,
Pure Wines, Liquors, Ales, Beer, Porter, Cider, Etc.
Those desiring a pure article are invited to call.
HENRY NEWTON.
QUMMERS & NEWTON,
Proprietors of the
FARWELL  LIVERY.
FORSES & CARRIAGES
TO LET.
Parties conveyed everywhere in this
section and vicinity.
i^r"Terms reasonable.
"TD^AGLE HOTEL,
Coral, Montcalm Co., Mich.
A. EBEB- GQODENOTJG-H, Prop.
A ITesimpe-irsimise lHl©*saseo
This is a new house, neatly furnished, convenient
to the trains, with good accommodations at reasonable prices.
An Old Ef-ronHersmam's Eamainis-Bem-oias.
!    An experienced guide   and  prairie
traveler expressed the -opinion to the
writer that there was & much larger
number of people annnsally lost upon
the Western prairies than was generally supposed.   "I mean by lost," said
he,   "people who wander away from
well-known land-marks and are never
heard of again; who -die of starvation
and that dread insa-aiiy which, generally speaking, overtfiies the lost person.   Of course we sead now and then
of such a case, but these are many whieh
never reach the public ^prints.   It is one
of the easiest thiagg an the world for
an experienced iravs&er to stray away
from' camp,, but a ve*ry -different matter
fat M to "find -Ms" 5wty :-:hMik-^!,g&Mr
Once out of sight ©I the wagons and
tents, and the whole plain is alike fco
him.   He stands always in a depression,
with the ground rising slightly on all
sides.  It is an opticaiMlusion, of course,
but it is very like walking in the center
of an immense sheet with its four corners slightly raised.   The earth meets
the horizon on every -side, and presents
the same unvarying view of  waving
grass and grayish brown soil.   There is
not a mark by whseh  one
guided.   To take the sun for
even on a perfectly-cslear da-j
most persons only to intensify the difficulty.   Unless one is &n expert in the
sun guidance, he may follow that luminary and yet continually go round in a
circle to the left.   The truth of this is
proven every year fey the recovery of
persons who are fouirad to have only
traced a large circle in their efforts to
escape, invariably coming round again
and again to the point feom which they
started.   The possessi©i*a of a compass,
moreover, seldom prov-es  of any advantage to the person Issfc on the prairies.   He probably never thinks about
it until he discovers that he is lost,
and then he has no   land-mark  from
which  to take his bearings.   I have
known repeated instances where persons have been lost on the plains and
afterward found dead with a compass
in their hands.
"As an illustration, I recall an instance which occurred some years since
on the Bed river trail. A Mr. McKen-
zie, a clerk in the trading-post at
Georgetown, started early in the month
of April, in charge of a smaE party, for
Fort Garry. The snow still lay deep
on the plains, but, the season being so
fo*"** advanced, wagons were used to
transport; their effects. Unfortunately
the snow did not melt so rapidly ss was
anticipated, and the party were, detained a long time on the road. About
thirty miles on this side of Pembina
they ran out of provisions. SfcKenzie
who was a stout, able-bodied man, accustomed to prairie travel, volunteered
to go ahead and obtain assistance. He
set out on snow-shoes, and expected to
reach the fort at Pembina- within twenty-four hours. Meanwhile his comrades
plodded on as best they could, and, after two days of suffering, reached the
fort without having seen anything of
McKenzie. Nothing had been heard of
him there. A party was at once organized, and a thorough search instituted
for the missing man. On the second
day he was found some seventeen miles
from the post, and a long distance from
the trail, lying beside a clump of bushes, frozen to death. He had taken off
his coat and vest and hung them on the
bushes, most probably to attract the attention of any passer, and lay on his
back in the snow, with his compass in
his hand. Now, here was a man experienced in prairie travel, an adept in the
use of the compass, yet who was hopelessly lost in a country which he had
repeatedly traversed. The experienced
plain men who found him knew at once
that, having unconsciously wandered
away from the trail, and, benumbed by
th© cold, he had lost the ability to use
his compass, and so lay down to die.
Under ordinary circumstances, the imwti
could have gone anywhere over the
prairie by the aid of his compass alone.
"The mental resolution of a person
lost on the plains is nearly always one
of hopeless confusion. Hot one man in
a hundred retains sufficient control of
his mental faculties to help himself out
of his situation. And the suddenness,
and completeness, too, with which many
minds give way, form one of the most
curious phases of thoir condition. Some
years ago I was guide to a hunting
party on the Southern plains. Among
the number was an Englishman, an intelligent young fellow of perhaps 25
years of age. He was an excellent shot,
but unacquainted with the prairie, and
I warned him repeatedly of the danger
of straying away from the party. For a
while he observed the caution, and
stuck close to the camp. But after a
time he grew more venturesome, and
seemed inclined to take his own course.
One day, when we were running buffaloes, he followed on after the herd, instead of returning to camp, as we supposed.    Upon our return H was
missed, and a seasrch instituted. In not
more than two hours after he was missed
I sighted his horse feeding alone in the
prairie.    A few minutes after H	
was discovered sitting on the ground
about half a mile away.   As soon as we
advanced toward him he started up and
ran off at the top of his speed. I knew
what wps the matter with l^rn as soon
as he jumped, but the rest didn't. Biding alongside of him, I jumped to the
ground and took after him on foot. After a sharp ran I caught him. He was
clean daft. The discovery that he was
lost, and possibly would not be found
again, had upset his intellect completely. He struggled like a madman to free
Mmself, but I held on to him. We took
him back to camp and tied him fast.
Toward night he began to recover, and
by morning he was quite himself. After
that experience he kept close to camp.
"I recall another instance which illustrates this phase of the lost, but which
had a more tragic ending. A neighbor
of mine, living in a new prairie country,
cut and stacked his hay on the plains
about two miles in the rear of his house.
It was Ms eustom^to visit the stacks and
haul the hay to Ms farm as he required
it. Be started one afternoon in midwinter, with "two small ox-sleds, to bring
home loads, taking with b-i-m a neighbor's boy, & lad of about 12 years of ago.
Thoy -res-oh'e^. the- .stacks^ ^loacLe-1 th©
return,'when -a violent storm came up—
what we in the West call a blizzard. It
was impossible to see a yard ahead in
any cfeectiora. Thinking it would soon
blow ev-ea*-, they dug holes in the stacks
and crept in. But the storm raged for
nearly ifaee d.ays without abating a jot
of its fecey. On the morning after their
deparfemje the two oxen were discovered
standing in the barnyard with their harness on, but without the sled. During
the day an effort was made to visit the
stacks, but the relief party became lost
themselves, and found their way back
with diffi-e-ulty. It was believed, moreover, tife&t the man and boy would remain
in the stacks until the storm ceased,
wMch was hourly expected.
"On the folowing day the storm
abated somewhat, and, in the afternoon,
a largear and more determined party set
out f osr the stacks. They were reached
with much dffleulty, but the man and
boy co-idd not be found. The holes
wMch they had made into the straw, and
into wMch they had crept, were plainly
-"risible, but all traces of their departure
were hidden under the drifting snow.
Search was made until night closed in,
when it was discontinued. On the following day it was resumed. In the
iorenooa the body of the boy was found
under the snow at a distance of about
eighty yards from the stack. He was,
of course, frozen stiC At a distance of
half a mile the man's coat was picked
up, but days of search revealed no
traces of his body. It was apparent
that they had left the stacks "in an effort to find their way home. But the
positions of the boy and coat were directly opposite to the route wMch they
should have taken. In the latter part
of April some half-breeds, wandering
over the prairie, found the remains of
the man sitting at the foot of a tree on
the bank of a small stream, about six
miles distant from the stack. The body
was entirely destitute of clothing, save
a pair of „ trousers. The man, without
doubt, had become insane, and had cast
off his garments as he wandered on. His
shoes, hat and sMrc were afterward
found between the tree and th© stacks.
Throwing away their clothing is a common act with the lost, and always betrays insanity.
"A man may easily become lost on a
prairie trail, or even a broad highway
on the plains, if he has no other landmark to go by. In the old days of overland travel to California it frequently
happened that parties who had camped
over night at a short distance from the
road took the back track in the morning under the firm belief that it was
the right one.
"It is astonishing how quick men
will get lost on a prairie. They seem
hardly to have time to get out of sight.
Sometimes, too, they are not found
again. Two young Canadians went up
the Bed river valley, a few summers
since, bound for Fort Garry. They
had joined in the purchase of a pony
and a rickety old cart at Fargo, and
journeyed together. One evening about
dusk they went into camp on the banks
of Goose river. After supper one of
them started off on the prairie to look
after the pony, wMch had been hoppled
and turned loose.   He failed to return.
The "J^lay •casiein all right in the-saom-
ings /vit the man Ms not been seen to
thiE'^Y. It is probable that when he
left ,''~3 camp he went in a "westerly direct: T'2.. If-he' did so, he might walk to
the ?fioeky nlountains without seeing a
hmcl-abeing.-        _- '..;■"
"/.-ijI'sa'Jd, people-disappear suddenly c:. the prairies -Jnd ate never hea^d
of rio.ve. But it occasionally happens
that pao-ple" are found also, or rather
that Jhoii* remains are,* v. The" most mx-
gulei «nd of .this -kliicf. coming to "my
knorkdge was that; oi two. lialf-breMs
whored been■ isiunting: buffalo in the
winDr. .They 'had -wan-flered i-jar'-'but
hide;'; *3igM- 6v©rt-cFok' tjliem before* they;
were ;-.bla to regain the shelter of. th©
timliC1^, _ To^pxotect themselves from.'
thet3i*i''ihey lay down in the "snow side
by i-:5<v tsa6L,-jTxapped *a.fresh.l)uffalb-
Mdcs ^Mly about them,-with the green
or llczhy side, put.- While they slept,
the;o*76il'lapp"mig;sides and ends of-the
hide froze fast and imprisonecl, them
like rJ',**d-ae. Tightly wrapped as they
werOj fkey could. ,not extricate t-hem-
selvcDi jond" so died of starvation.
Whcr.
pare!" \ent, showed the manner of their
Sound th© two skeletons,.s„roud*
.ihe-stiffened and half-deearyed.
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O^'Cicte Oi? SteiBD AfesisiAHT P. M. Gen.
,   WAsHiKGS&tf, D. C^.Sa-Dt. 20, Igift
Johnx?.IioBa,"Sgq., Cincinnati,OMo»-    '  ' •    ...
S^s; Eefe-Kting to previous co-ffresporiS^Qce
on tl:."} D_bJQcir, an-3 particalarly tp "year letter
of r-r-Stls nisii., yon are advised that ike depart:-^ Sao finally decided -that msSL matter
not.ccci'res-aed to a poatoffice shall not !>e for-
■wardefl to .destination.   EespectfnUy/       .
,   * • A. D. HtVSEBTj    - -  .
. "Third Assistant Postmaster GejExerol •'-'
" E?,T:!!l]beweli for correspondents to
takoGSvEe 'So direct their letters to'the
pro] jgi1 postoffice and not merely to the
naano of a locality. It will also.be.well
for ril persons writing letters! *%o place
thenciaeof their postoffice at thf'^p
of tlioiK letter sheets to' insure, a p^o-ps-f
diirhvionto the-reply. •   '_'•
Ib^ explanation of the abbVe.-it
mav lira "clte'd that OhofflestoiQ., Wv^su,
Che'.acme .of one o£  the .pnncipaL
zs
Charleston, W. Ta.   She
the  postoffice .is ]$^j0$$±i
•£":insaL matter for Oh'arlesltM-:
too:, of'u&at State, but there is no such
poslo' .c«
name ->£
a ."> -i
r''''£*""-••    ;_-
(tii-a "at—no or the j-a-atoHAja/, ■o^aiy:-4,'SSii
not belorwarded. Thesre are thousands
of s-imilar eases throughout the-country
where the name of the town jand the
postoffice are not the.same, and persons
using the mails must see to it that
their mail matter is addressed to the
postoffice.—Cincinnati Commercial.
At EXTEAOEBMAEl FEOFLBo
, Africa traversed by.: torn, aga-d ffie^gja^a*'
C!o*m*naaaide'c dameron's Account of #t_e Most
Ci*^ilfe®dL3E5ac0-mCteiiteal Aflacs. *
[From the London Tlme-J.]
At the meeting of the British Association at Sheffield, the well-known African explorer, -Gommander Cameron,
who was received with applause, apologized for not having Ms paper "prepared, but he did not believe,' in detail-'',
ing the manners "and cuitOms of the
people of Urua, in Central Airica,this
would be .a drawback. Urua -ises one of
the largest native states in Africa.''/It
■was bounded<m the east IbyT-anganyi-
k"% pn the north by indepe|tdeiit t^b'e^
■• -M 'Ifa-nguema, pn the west^y Ulun'da,-
•'aki|;.i>p. the south by mo^iMns"south!
of -t&elake of Bahgueplo^' The' greal
oM# .was. Xasoiigoy and. the. race wias
perhaps; the most civilized in 'Oentral,
Africa. .The chief claimed divine _on:
ors. On Ms death all-Ms wives save
one. were slaughtered at the gravea and
the on© whose life was not taken was
handed over to the cMef s successor.
The spirit of the. deceased Prince was
supposed to pass into the body of the
successor. The center of the religion
of the people was an idol, which >was
held in great reverence.
The idol was -placed in the midst of
a dense jungle, and it had for wife one
of. the sisters of the reigziing sovereign-
Under the prine|-pal.eMef were smaller
chiefs, whccolleeted. and paid" over to
the spVereign tribute.    He had seen
tMs tribute come in, and some of it
■finust have come from distant; parts of
the coijntry*   There was a' numerous
class of wizards in the'eountry who dicl
a large  trade  in idols and  efeffflmg.*
Many of the wizards- were' venfexlo-
quists, and in this way- the idols - -^ere-
made tp give aaswers to the questions
put to them.^ Caste was /very clearly;-
defined in the race.   Ho "one tee mi
down in the presence of fe© cMef .with-*
out permission, wMch was very seldom
granted.   In one .case -where, in th©
traveler's presences nativehadnegleot
ed etiquette, -severe punishmeht -^as
abo*jit to be infiicte-J/ b.at the .traVele'r
saved the offender.-        ,   s   -     '•* y.
__ Attthority was adai|itain.ed by muMa*:
tionV-' "Ha"adSj.>feet, -ears, noses,. .were:
mutilated, and thg- natives did not¥eeai-;,
toinlndit much. * One" woman- hadcuti
off her own ears.,* .This woman was .one
of Ess-ongo's. wives'; 1© lia*i sSbont 1.-0,00*
mar was on the saaUe "pM&eiples cs'fe©
grammar, of the Bwaeli'; -.     'C    -.
The first requisif^f & gbo&iM&tisfc)
genuine social" sympathy.' A\ms-_"moy
not say, put of some 'Selfish ^ao-Mv.©-- or
some motive' of '-person-^ iJolicyj, *€&t>
tolvX will become 'h'gfypjk t-aDseE.*2 Wj&
must-eiijoy society^mL&hsNe&,$emmi® >
desire to serve*an^;please." ^F^hm&'
all seen.- the MBiei who/tidke'-fp^ Ms*'
Own -purpose Q$,!tp0& -to ^Igaj^Q ImaseM*
•He 4s the-;wellTfci|pwi5  ®\$ksmj^^&d*-
,f*vvlHng>o£©.'./ThrS* jt^kejf '^^ef-nSita'-''
^eM^^iot-^mW, wfe"gI^4&^-^-*^r2-';
;-saMoni. 'tot >'%m •^•jsDifi^'ka^! tkizm$®&.
Prof. King, the balloonist, talks most
sensibly with regard to the possibilities
of the balloon. He'tells a, New York
Express reporter that it can never be
used as a carrier in the strict sense of
the term, because that is impracticable;
but for scientific research it is the only
■peans we have of studying th© higher
regions and learning about the upper
currents—about the formation of rain
and snow, and the action of storms. It
is the only thing by wMch we can reach
a point in the heavens clear of the
earth; and for these purposes it is invaluable. The day will never come
when balloons will be made to navigate
the air against the currents. That can
only be done by flying machines having
momentum, which a balloon is without.
You cannot throw a tuft of cotton
against the wind, for the reason that it
has no resistance. The balloon's mission is scientific in several ways. In
case of war it has been very useful in
escaping from besieged cities, Paris for
instance, and for military operations it
is the only way you have of looking
into the enemy's fortifications with impunity. It is also valuable for looking
down into deep water. From a balloon
you can look down to the bottom of
very deep water, because you are away
far enough to overcome the reflection
of the sky. Iu these ways balloons can
be made very useful, but as a carrying
agent Mr. long cannot see how they
are to be utilized.
_ la Treatment of a Spirit,
George Tomes and a friend from
Pittsburgh, named F. A. Tremain, went
to see a spiritual seance in a well-furnished brown-stone house up-town last
Sunday evening. They paid $1 each
for entrance. Tomes says: "When the
sspirit Mary came out into the room,
about eight feet from the cabinet, the
passage was clear in front of me, and I
went for her like a streak of lightning,
and threw my arms around her. She
screamed and struggled, and several of
the men ran to her assistance. My
friend started to help me, but he feE
over the seats, and the spirit got away
from me. The ghost weighed 150 pounds
if she weighed an ounce, and I fully
identified her as the medium. A woman
who had been sitting behind where I
stood cried out,' You nearly killed my
daughter, and you ought to be shot with,
a pistol; and I've a good mind to shoot
you for treating a spirit in that way/
The spirit had very little clothes on,
and her face was wMtened to give her a
ghastly look."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Edison hasn't yet got up a machine
wMch will materialize the' feelings of a
young man when he takes another
man's 50-cent hat off the tonsorial peg
and ascertains that its owner has meandered with Ms silk tile.
posed, to a great exfcent, of mutilated
people, whose affection for the chief
seemed in no way decreased; indeed, it
would appear that mutilation strengthened their regard for their cMef. The
name of the idol was Kungwe a Banza,
and profound reverence was shown to
it. Fire was obtained by friction from
a fire block, and in one case the cMef
used the shin bone of one of the other
cMefs who had been conquered. The
dress of the people was very simple,
consisting of an apron. Members of
the royal family wore three large skins,
and junior members of the family wore
aprons of green monkey skins.
The hair-dressing of tMs people was
curious, varying more with districts
than with rank. In some cases it was
worked up into four ring plaits crossed
at the top of the head like a crown, and
surrounded at the bottom with a band
of cowries or other shells. Skewers
were inserted in the hair, one end of
wMch could be used in tattooing. The
people were not a hairy rrce, but they
managed to grow their beards long, and
plaited them like a Chinaman's pigtail,
usually putting at the end of each a
lump of mud to weigh it. Some of the
beards reached to the waists. The
women, not having beards to amuse
themselves with, were tattooed extensively. Tattooing usually commenced
at the age of 7, and might be completed
about the age of 12 or 14, wMch was
the time for marriage. Beautiful patterns were used, and the tattooing was
done in raised cufcs. Sometimes a husband, when he was displeased with Ms
wife, cut off all these raised pieces, and
the woman could not appear in public
again; she was not received into society
until she was retattooed.
He saw one of their weddings, wMch
was very curious. The festivities lasted
several days. A ring was formed of the
natives, two men with big drums being
in the middle. The drums were played
and the people round danced. The
bride was brought out, dressed in feathers and other finery, on the shoulders
of two or three women; she was taken
into the middle of the ring, and was
jumped up and down on the shoulders
of the women. The bride threw shells
and beads about, for wMch there was a
scramble, as the possession pf them was
supposed to confer luck. Ultimately
the husband came into the ring, and
putting the bride under his arm carried
her off. The means of communication
was by drum signals. They had a call
on the drum for everybody's name, and
they could ask questions and convey
intelligence over hundreds of miles, and
receive answers almost immediately. Tn,
war, messages were constantly sent enormous distances to bring up reinforcements or to stop their coming. The
mass of the people lived in huts on dry
land, but there were one or two exceptions to tMs. He saw two lakes on
wMch people were living in huts. In
one case the people had covered over
the long grass growing in the water
with earth, and on that had built their
huts; in the other the huts were built
on piles. The language of the country
belonged to the same broad family
which stretched across the large belt of
&
no; power of -a talker.vsp,4^SKfe£"al-S&
' that 6iex*0|Mng .others to t^-'Ctof BiirV
ening ,to what'his .own insf-l-'&j'f sm&'
-suggestive *iitter>n*e"es''halye -cdleci-lofifife.
Genuine* soci^*'*spap^tay ahd-^ hearty
desk©, to please: otherlir'^e'necee'iic*^ tyjt
■produce- such & -ta&jsE, as'thfe., tsafiab
other is tolerable. Sod^sym*^©tfey---Iofe*
natural gilt,".andi.there is&.combmal۩a
of other 'gifts ..which jcoiis'p.tri.te -w&?J*
may be called esptfy, th®t\k.% ym^'^*
'sential ta •j'gopd'talk^,. l_Mseom'M4:>-'
•tion- Hicludes ip^lvi-dttali^s tact '*aS$T
wit—the ti^entls^it^tiU'iies and pec^Sfp^
characteristic charm "which."' emMd ~q
man to nse 'the "Materials 'ol qo&vw^r
tion in an ehgaginjg. -rayy en^ely lid
own; for ©very talMrc* has Ms 6tm^xsiyt
oi -saying - -good thmgs^-sg" veH"-Q£
•managing -conversation 'baaed1 .--urn M&.
esprit. ■    - .    * ''"-*; 'J"   • *
Yet it is true that this^e 'ss!§mm^miQ-
talkets -who depend appal Mmg ©cferit
gifts and such materia &i!fc^'gh&Zk
the usual interchanges-of ?g$#s"i-y.* vlfe
theiivia.terials'of eonve^atiojijW© muti
draw.upon 'knowledge?." Hp maa ®QMh&
a-thoroughly good ti|fe©.-£ ■ wh&ik$$$$i!i&
know*.'©; great deal/' SocM^ia^sixaj-jr'
^and-ilie^gift ot gab^gobuf*,!* Bvh**di :wa]f
"toward _ producing' ,@qpc£' '^omf&sd^MxMf
thptigh we hear' & greal «*te£! of lias H®4"
pf-"tp% among the.j-^p-%^ ^pm$ ssajS
exact 'knowledge ip\tilik®^-<s£§: 'Basis -©f
'good conyersatipiii"- •^''Jsapw.^a. ggeoli
many things V^^-i^li-qYe in Maid Ih®
bBB%^^%tpBf$e^M&^f&mBld-Qi gooS
-feoWe^tiojj, /llM%e^ IsJ nothing* Wx<&
"a*buno!a£|ee skdie^etaess-oil knowledge"
-"with which to fesnish \& t-aH&oE*' Hest
lite'!ito*^j3*lfei)-*"T"Ee* teeulty @& n^mn&Q
Facts- are   -#"'"**
*,* -s
Me   one.
lUSlvMQj   xSua.
thoughts, perhaps, are quite asvEXttahle^
especially as they are more stim-olating
to the conversation of a group. The
talker who deals alone in facts is quite
likely to have the talkallto himself,
while the man whp is familiar with
thoughts and ideas, as he has found
them embodied in literature, becomes a
stimulator of thought and conversation
in those around them. Familiarity
with knowledge and with the products-
of the literary art connot be too much*
insisted on as the furniture of gooeS
conversation.
Beyond this, the good talker mus&
be familiar with the current thought
and events of Ms time. There should!
be no movement in politics, religion;
and society that the good talker is not?
familiar with. Indeed, the man who
undertakes to talk at all must know
what is uppermost in men's mind®, and
be able to add to the general fend of
thought and knowledge, and respond to*
the popular inquiry and the popular
disposition for discussion. The man.
who undertakes to be a good talker
should never be caught napping concerning any current topic of immediate-
public interest.
How to carry and convey superiority
of knowledge and culture without appearing to be pedantic, how to talk out-
of abundant stores of information and
familiarity with opinion, without seem"
ing to preach, as Coleridge was accused
of doing, belongs, with the ability to
talk wed, to "the art of conversation.®
It has seemed to us that, if young peo*-
ple could only see how shallow and silly
very much of their talk is, and must-
necessarily be, so long as they lack th©
materials of conversation, they would
take more pains with their study, would
devote themselves more to the best
books, and that, at least, they would acquire and maintain more familiarity
with important current events. To
know something is the best cure for
neighborhood gossip, for talk about
dress, and for 10,000 frivolities and sillinesses of society. Besides, a gooti
talker needs an audience to understan-S
and respond to him, and where is he to
find one, if there is not abundant
culture around him?—Dr. Holland, im
Scribner's Monthly.
661
"anggo
A man in Ms shirt-sleeves was sitting
before the door of a rookery on Atwa-
ter street the other evening, when am
acquaintance came along and asked:
"Bill, was that your wife I met on
the corner?"
"I guess it was—she just started
out."
" I see she bangs her hair," contisueel
the other.
"Yes, she does, durn her!" growled
Bill; "but I've got th© advantage over
her, though. While she can only bang
her hair I can bang her whole body."—
Free Press.
While a negro was wMtewasMng in
the jail at Troy, OMo, a prisoner blackened Ms own face with burnt corlk,
daubed Ms clothes with whitewash, amd-
walked out unmolested.
3.