. THE OMAHALPAILY BEE , MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1885.-TWELYE PAGES.
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I CRAY-HAIRED AND GREAT ,
The Political Opinions of Freil Douglass on
Onrnmt Events ,
J ic Colornil MUM'S Future Koforni
ill tlio White House The
C' , ConklltiR Crcswcll
ami Cox ,
"Caru , " the Washington correspondent
of the Cleveland header , writesI met
J'rud Douglass to-day and a ked him what
he thought of .Senator Sherman's Ml.
( jilcad .speech , which the democratic pa
pers are so bitterly denouncing. The
veteran abolitionist replied : "I thought
very well of it , and 1 liked Forakcr'a
speech , too , Hoth of these speeches pro-
pouted tlm real living issues which now
i'\ist , and a campaign fought on any
oilier issues ought to fail. The trouble
with the last presidential campaign was
that the republican party made their
light on the basis of the body being more
important than the soul ; the tarlli' was
considered everything and the human
rights' 'of ' the newly enfranchised race
nol'llug. What bhall it , profit a man , a
party , or a nation if it gain the whole
woi'Td and lose its own soul ? "
, "What do you think of the present ad-
inlnlMratlon ? " I a.skcd.
rf u. > iij rtVn bolding ollico under it , " was the
"reply1."They " have not removed mo as
YOl.'though ' 1 am openly and avowedly
tt republican. I believe Mr. Cleveland
to be'an ' honest , well-moaning man , and
1 think he will do the ri"lil ; as fnr as ho
sees. . ' " ! ! . Whether he willsucceed : in lire-
pen ing the civil service spirit is hunt to
I'ay.-and whether ho can overcome the
Spoilsmen of his nurly i a question. You
Ciliinol , wrvo Gou and Mammon , and a
president inu. t be either a democrat or a
republican or a mugwump. "
'How about the future of the negro
under the present regime , Mr. Douglass ? "
" 1 think there will bo progress , " was
Ihe reply , "and if would bo almost athe
istic for me to think otherwise. No , I
cannot but feel that our race will move
.steadily Onward toward a better civiliza
tion. 1 have seen such great chaiige.s in
iny past. 1 have known the day when
New Kngland was the South , when
Massachusetts Mississippi , ami w'hen
New York was North Carolina. 1 think
tile change for the better will still go on ,
and that the future of the colored man
will be yet brighter than it is. "
I SAM COX IN TI-KKKV.
! T hoar that Sam Cox is highly pleased
"with hisjoeoption in Turkey'ami that
his position bids fair to be a nleasant one.
It is doubtful , however , whether ho will
remain there throughout the administra
tion , and a friend of his tells me that he
took the position mainly to get out of
politics. Should he return to this conn-
trj' he will probably live in retirement , in
2STow York , devoting himself to lecturing
and literary work , and it may bo that he
will still own 3 , house in Washington.
Slim Cox is in j .od circumstances. His
wife wild an lli'Ircss , and Mr. Cox himself
has done very jVjsll at the law in the in
tervals of hi.s congressional labors. His
hook will probably pay him boveral times
a congressman' # yearly alar.y at least ,
and from his long experience as a public
man he has'galiicd such a knowledge of
American history and politics that he can
always make more by his pen than by
shaking the sides of the country in the
halls or congress.
There are a number of
HAD THI.VOS ABOUT Till : AVIIITU HOL'SII ,
and the time will come when it will be
devoted to business and the president
will have a mansion in which to enter
tain mtuatetl hi another part of the city.
At present the president has no privacy
whatever. He is besieged by callers day
and night , nml ho cannot take , a walk
without hi nig as much of a show as the
'procession ot a circus. The half of the
great bnilding is open always to visitors ,
and the other half is never shut to sena
tors , icpro'-ciitatlve.s ' , or any one of of
ficial impoitanco. The president can
never get away from bis work , and if he
is a man with any conscience the .super
abundance of it must haunt him night
and day. The presidents of the past
have approoiaUiu the necessity for a now
executive mannion , and nearly all of
them for a couple of decades back have
Worked upon plans for the thing. The
'architect of the now library has gotten
'up plans for a new white house , or a
roundelingof the old c-o as to leave the
old in tact , but to add to it , The wh to
house at present is an ugly building a
'great squaic pile of stone painted wliho.
'Its glare hints the eyes on a hot day , and
' ono turns to the forest of elms surround
ing it , to the sparkling fountain in it.s
front , or the green lawn for relief. A
half moon of grass lies in front of it , and
u s-'emi'cirelo walk runs around this lead
ing to iho great porch , which , ugly and
massive , stands in its front. If you walk
up this , before you got to the door you
must pass a railing over which you can
hardly fail to see the president's servants
washing and doing up his linen. The
architects of to-day w no would build a
house so that Its laundry could bo .seen
from the front door would have a hard
time making a national reputation.
The rooms of the interior are cut up
into the most inconvenient shapes , and
the east room , full of beauty in some re-
spools , is wide , Mill' , and dreary looding ,
except when the great jnibllo comes , on
imisso , to sue the president , and with
overcoats on arm and hat in hand walks
about and stares at the furniture , and
tries to snip pieces out of the lace cur-
t'lifis "for relics. This ea l room was
HI ) ginally intended as a banquet hall ,
and ft was so u < ed for a long time. Thu
nroVtint 'dining room is far to small , and
its'fimiituro is shabby. At present the
great ho'rfco looks more like a barn than
a ph'Vid ' nt's mansion. On tlio stairs
loading to the president's rooms the oil
clojll linn been worn raggi-d by the feet
of n thousand ollico seekers , and the
pain } ' tili the outside of the house hhou's
phiinly'whoro the painters have been
patching' up the dirtiest places with a
nu > v coat of white lead.
llOM'Oi : C'ONKMXCl.
! Ono of the great oveiui of the coming-
year at Washington will be the memorial
services which congiv will hold in
honor of ( Jeiso.ral ( Sninl , and if , as has
been suggested , Itoscix Conkling should
bo choion to pronounci the eulogy , his
hpi'Pi'h vvlll probably go down to posteri
ty a's one of the great "specimens of
American eloqu-nee. 1 talked with ev-
Postmaster ( JeiioralCroswoll about Conk
ling at Ml. MeUrogor while ( Irani was
lying in his rollln not a stones throw
away Irojn where wo were si'.iaking. '
Saw liot "J , consider Ko-coo ( 'onkling
the gre.llost debater on earth. His com-
maud of language surpa-sos that of any
jubliu ) I'rian 1 know , lie uses many mi-
-omnifn'wm'd | and in such a way that
his shade of meaning Is expressed in the
i li tihorto.it and mou forcible manner.
Ills speech nominating Uraut at Chicago
was one of the greatest orations of our
history. Do you remember the yer.su
with whieh.hu began it ? "
"YuV'eahl. 1 , it was something like
thief : "
' Ji you n k HIP whence my candidate ,
My fcueir ! | > lvi > li > ill Iw ,
Hooomoa I rum Apimm.Utox
Ami It.s famous apple lice. "
' "Well , " continued Ocnoral Creswell.
"I can tell you where Conkling got that
Terse. It was not original with him , but
was the work of a friend. Some time be
fore the emu itio i ho and thu friend
WITH out riding together , and the friend
rend to Mr Conklt g a poem whlih he
ail been > vritln < ; about Grant The
above was ono of the verses of the poem.
When it was read Conkling said.1 ' 'That
is a good thing and 1 may have occasion
to two it. " Ho then made the poet read
it over covcral times until ho hail it thor
oughly committed to memory. The
stpady applause of full fifteen minutes
which followed it when ho uttered it at
Chicago showed that ho was not mistaken
in its value.
value.COKKUVO'.l
COKKUVO'.l Fl'TtWK.
"Do yon think Conkling has any polit
ical future ? " I asked.
"Ho may have , " was the reply , " " "t it
seems to mo only in one emergency. If
a mighty issue should come before the
country and the people nhoultl bccomo
involved in it to such an c.Mcnt that the
issue overshadowed the men who repre
sented it , Conkling might come to the
front as olio of the great orators of a
party and as such regain his old foothold.
At such times loaders bccomo heroes in
the people's eyes , and such an occasion
may yet remake Hoscoc Conkling. The
great mistake of Conkiing's lifo was in
his attempt to go back to the senate. Ho
made the attempt against his better
judgment and I don't believe he intended
to makij it when he tendered his resigna
tion. "
OIIANT.
At this point tlio conversation tun cd
to ( Jrant and Mr. Crcsswcll said : "Gen
eral ( Irani had as pleasant relations e.v-
Kling among his cabinet oflicer.s as any
president who over sat in the while
IIOU-.P. Ho permitted cacli olllccr to
manage the details of his own depart
ment , and if one ; o Hi cur wanted anything
of another lie went to the cabinet olllcur
and not to the president. . . 'erfectliarmo-
ny existed among the cabinet. We had
a free interchange of views , and though
General ( Jrant always spoke first and
generally had an opinion of his own , ho
tulvKed with his cauir on most mutters
of inin ] > rlanrc , '
Speaking of
.
the present administration is attempting
to cut down Jiis salary as the lawyer of
the Alabama claims court. His salary
has been $8,000 a year , nut a very largo
salary for a great lawyer in these days ,
when Hen Imtler and llo eoo Conkling
are said to make from liflj to one hundred
thousand yearly from their law business ,
and whim senators make a number of
times their salary in practicingbeforetho
supreme court here. Mr. Cresswell has
been thirty-live.years ; in the practice of
law. lie is a Maryland man by birth , a
graduate of Dickinson college , andhobo-
gan his legal labors when Clay and Web
ster were yet living and when Chief Jus
tice Tiling had jvt ten years and more
to spend on thesiipreme'bcnch. General
Cresswell has repeatedly hold public
ollice , having been in both hoiisosof con
gress , and also in CJriMit's cabinet. lie is
now Jifty-f oven years of ago , and is as
strong and active as any man in public
lifo. Tall and well made , ho has a line
appearance , and lie would be a marked
ligure anywhere , lie has a full , open
face , bright , friendly blue eyes , and a
lon ' , silky brown beard , whiih falls upon
his bioad elicit. He is a pleasant man to
talk to , and has generally something to
say. 1 fe understands himself pretty well ,
lee , and Comptroller Durham will have
to jump about with more than his usual
agility if he gets ahead of him.
Tra I'ians. ,
New York Times' "Is. Colonel Maple-
son to have the house as in former years ,
free of rent V" the reporlerasked.
"Colonel Maple ou will | lfiy a stipulated
rental for tlio use of the Academy , which
has been estimated K > as just about to
cover the running expenses of the house ,
and the stockholder will retain the use
of their boxes and beats. We have no
desire to make money out of the colonel ,
but wo want the relations between him
and the bo.ird in the future to bo those of
business , as man to man. We give him
no guarantee against lo ? , as we have
done in former years. IIo must look out
for his own finances and I believe when
he finds that ho cannot lean upon us ho
will manage to make both ends meet.
You know the cry has gone out that
Italian opera is dead in KeyYork. . We
don't believe this and we rulv on Colonel
Maple.sou to prove that Italian opera is
still a vei'i lively.corpse. " "
' 'lias ho furnished the board with a
list of his company "i"
"Xotyot , but wo are looking for his
prospectus every day. It ought to como
soon , as the colonel and his company are
booVed to sail in the City of Chester on
OetoVcr IS , and ho certainly ought to
send Vis plans in aihance of him. Ho
has premised U > mnko his opening night
one of jVreatchitarid ( worthy of the mag
niliconlvioij/ii which ij waiting for him.
1 was torn by a friend of his that he in ]
tended to open \\lth "Lakme , " but wo
ha\o heard nothing about it from him
personally. Ho is keeping ycry quit-l
about , his plans , as he. has hccnaduscdto
do by his triendn. I know that Palti has
canceled her European engagements lo
si lift here ytith Maplcion , and that ho
will also bring Scalclii , fiianinni , llawlli.
and Do Anna. Outside of these 1 enn tell
you nothing of his company. After his
season here he is under contract to direct
music festivals in Chicago , Cincinnati ,
and one more western city , and then ho
will take his company to Mexico. I
know that ho has been offered a largo
guaranty to make a tour of .South Ameri
ca , but , \v he ! her he will accept or not I
can't .say. One thing you may say : M.i-
jilcson's operatic career in this country
is by no means at an end , and I only hope
he will have a MJIISOU in New York that
will cheer his heart. "
Oat Pni'tlcs.
Now York Commercial : Cat parties
are the latest entertainments.
Kccently a young girl , the happy
posses.sor of a line Maltcio e.it , invited it
number of her friciuls to bring their pet
cats to live-o'clock tea , each cat to have
a ribbon lied about its nook coarcspond-
ing to that worn by it * mistrn s. At the
appointed houi ; Ihe cats made their ap
pointed hour the cuts made their appear
ance , in ch argn of their respective
owners' . After tie | feline introductions
had taken place , some of which were the
reverse ot friendly , games worn intro
duced , and soft balls , toy mice and other
objectH dear to piivsy's heart , were pro
vided. These pastimes , howovcr , I
grieve to say , worn sometimes
marred by a vigirous Map when
Uvo strangers came in collision ,
and oncti tlm boligereut iiu.s.-ies had ( o be
separated by friends. When lea was an
nounced , a table furnished with saucmv >
of milk and small cakes , and with cush
ioned stools' , \\M dlsolo.sed. The lloral
decorations consisted of catnip , lavondcr ,
grasses and bright ( lowers. The cuts ,
placed on their rrspecllvu sl ( > ls and at-
tendril by their mhtressos partook of the
good cheer .sol bcforov them. Their bo-
luvlur was citiito correct , With their
fore pav. s on the table , they lamxid the
milk wit libi'.pommg propriety. When all
wt-ro satislh'd , there was.ii comical sight.
ICach picisey begun making her toilet ,
and the facu'Wasliing was decorous in
the extreme. After leaving the table , a
Mtrig of caUdp was given each kittio , and
the feline happiness was complete ,
These sprigs were tossed in the air ,
caught , ami Joviugly caressed. As each
kittui departed , it wis ; , presented with it.s
ball or toy mouse as a memento of tlio
parly ,
As n I leaf itil > licl ( < > ! ' Her
lioslon Journals "lie's not what you
call strictly handsome , " said the major ,
beaming through his glasses pn a homely
baby that lay howling in his mother's
arms , "but it's the kind of face that
grout , on you. " "It's not the kind of
liw tKat rcwa on you1 was the- indig
nant . nd uncxpccUd reply of the mat r-
mil b ! ] , "yo i d bo uittfV looMny If
you had. '
AUSTRIA AND AMERICA ,
The Ohina of Europe that Insultingly Bo-
. jcotcd Minister Kciloy ,
Opinion oT nu AiiPtrlan-lloi'ii Amerl-
cnii on Ills Native Iiand's Hostility
to Our People.
New York Sun : I have just finished the
reading of that remarkable new book ,
"The History of China , " by Hubert 1C.
Douglas of the British Museum. 1 have
laid aside the volume regretting it is no
longer , and ready to pronounce it tlio
best and most readable history of the
Flowery Kingdom. In reading it I have
neglected the current events , and as I
now take up the evening paper 1 read of
11-.i rejection of Mr. Kclley at Vienna.
Thong i I am an Austrian by birth I can
not ho p e.Nclaiming ! "Austria is as fur
behind the times as China ! " Verily , It
seems -o ; and the book of my leisure
hour is 0.1 if it were a story of'my native
1111. . .
It is too true , Tn the fullness of the
word the world knows almost as much of
China as of Austria. My land still lives
the bounds of the seventeenth century ,
and has a settled prejudice against
modern tilings that arc. not hoilhanian.
It boasts of its army and its educational
advantages and there is pride in Aus
trian arms , and there is glory in Austrian
education. Education there is really up
to the times.
A peculiar feature of education in
Austria is the industrial school. Thcro
are now 75 of these , with 1 ? : ) teachers
and some 5,000 scholars. They embrace
21 dill'erent , industries. Of the number
2J ! are devoted to weaving , 1-1 to wood
working , 5 to lace-making , 4 each to
pottery and carving of woods , and others
to painting , embroidery , turnjng , sculp
ture , mechanics , and various industries.
Seven schools are located in Vienna , and
have 25 teachers and 700 pupils devoted
to textile industry , turnhig and clock-
making. Tlio other C3 are scattered all
over the empire , the textiles , however ,
principally in Moravia , wood industry in
the Tyrol a'nd ceramics in Kohcmia.
Their purpose is to furnish skilled labor ,
and to render Austr'm foremost in indus
trial arts. Perhaps , it might be well for
the United States to make note of the
competition that in this way is preparing
for American manufactures.
This matter a ( lords opportunity to say
that not a few of the manufacturers of
the artistic textile fabrics of Vienna are
so dissatisfied with their surroundings
that they would be only too glad to trans
fer their industries to the United States.
This applies especially to the tapestry
weavers. Their art was introduced just
two centuries agox when tlio edictf
Nantes drove the trench Huguenot arti
sans into exile , and in consequence of
the industrial education and the encour
agements on the part of the Imperial
Museum , there are now a great many of [
these artisans who arc ot pre-eminent ,
ability , but who have the narrowest of
avenues opened to their skill. If there
is to come n demand for such skill , it will
come from the New World.
We , want those artisans , but AilSli
does not want our products. It is littrd-
esl of hard work for American inantutlc-
turers to win and retain tlio markets of
Austria-Hungary. Our goods are handi
capped there by national jealousies and
prejudices , as well as by the short
sightedness of time-servers and an elaboration -
. oration of protective duties and formal !
tics. Our invasion excites the deepest
rooted feeling of opposition ever mani
fested from both the native producers
and consumers. This opposition takes
different forms , and resorts to every im
aginable device. The damaging reports
of the public press lead all else , and ono
is priilegcd to read of the poisonous
character of American canned meats and
fishand other damning trash that detur. >
the masses by fear from using our nrp-
ducts. The native manufacturer ijjjd
producer is always pressing the goycpn-
iiient to enact decrees preventing their
introduction or hampering the trade ' .so
that introduction will be unprofitable.
There is in effect an embargo against ( lie
importation of canned goods and pctro
leuin , because of the enormous duties.
Furthermore , this opposition often finds
.shano in counterfeiting ourinventionsup
to the patent itself. 'Ibis applies to do-
me.stic utensils and agriculture tools , and
to sewing machines and stoves. Natural
ly the imitation i.s bungling , but there is ,
nevertheless , a remarkable display of
talent in some of the work. Amijtcra-
lion is a wonderful thing , and dilution is
a step in science that i.s not ami cannot
bo beaten anywhere else. For instance ,
it is no uncommon thing for a Viennese
shopkeeper to take one gallon of ourker-
O ! > ono and make six quarts out of it.
And our mineral waters and medicines
are served in the same way. Our lloiir ,
when brought into Austria , cannot bo
reeogni/ed , and is made so heavy with
baryta , plaster of paris and potato flour
until it is no wondnr that the bakers aver
Unit they cannot make good bread of
American Hour. Our lard i.s doctored in
many ways with tallow and horse fat ,
and tlif more it is done so much the more
is there a howl about American adulter
ation ! Our government energetically
met the charge against our pork , and instituted -
stitutod an investigation that completely
vindicated the American hog , though
still the oll'cctn of that prejudice is felt.
Close following the criisado against ;
pork came a blow at our beef. Doctor
Kammerer , city physician and head olli-
cor of the sanitary department of Vinnna ,
gravely proposed an extension of pro
hibitory measures to hoof because ol its
alleged infection of trichina' . Of cour.-e
this was absurd. The amiable trichina *
has none of the John Uull about it , and
its existence in beef is an utter impossi-
bility. This was pointed out , to Doctor
Kaiumerer by a young American medical
student , and had the cllcot of putting the
learned physician horsdu combat. Had
it gone on trichina ) would have been
loimd in our egg.s next ,
There is a .senseless warfare against our
agricultural machinery , especially tlio
reaper ? ! , because the laboring class im
agine they injure their intoroMs. At onetime
time there was a mean show of .spite cul
minating in the burning of reapers , but
at present the laborers have put aside
their rabidity anil are content to meet thu
obnoxious machines by charging the
same for binding the grain cut by them
that they would ask for hand uuttlngand
binding. Hut it i.s not profitable lo light
the advancein agriculture , and In the
very ncur future the landlords will have
it arranged so that no matter what form
of insane opposition nuiv arise , our. ma
chinery will triumph. The objections of
Austria , you will note , are against ICoiloy ,
pork , reapers anything unit has the
meed ot the Yankee in it.
There are not so many Austrian emi
grants as ono would think there would
bo , because the government , actuated by
a motive of nslf protection growing out
of a stern military necessity , does all it
can to prevent emigration. A short time
ago seventy ( iiilii'itiu peasants families
wc.ro stopped at the station and forced to
return homo , although they wore pro
vided with prepaid tickets. Another
company from the dls ricU of I'iUnu ii'l
nrno arrived at KraKnn for the purpose
of setting out for America. Tlio men ,
foiling arrest , went on fool to a hj-
station several miles distant , proposing
lo join their wives and children at that I '
point on their arrival Hut the police1 '
prevented the women ami children from
3epu'ting : , and In conKeuirneo the men
Wi ro obliged to return to Kraknu muih
. tlulr \ill Sui'h proceedings
tint be feel tint thcj cannot aflord
arc not infrequent ) for the powers
to lee the people , who must re
main behind for Marv.ition's snko.
And it in in a mannpr justified , after all ,
for thorn is a public dpbt of nearly three
thousand millions of florins , with an an
nual interest of umvard of one hundred
million , and the ilebt of CLsleithanin into
the bargain , The Rothschild consortium
controls the conversion loan , and there is
a great demand for the rentes ; but there
are thirty-seven million people , and
almost as a matter of course the outcome
is a yoke that is hard to bear. Meanwhile
the government disposes Its finances in
the way of the Credit Foncicr , and pub-
lie credit is poorer than in any other
other state. If you mease , it Is distress ,
and it becomes cmnmitic from the bur
den of taxation anil the dillieulty of find
ing now nourccajof public revenue. The
people might not care so much jf wages
were not so low. The cost of llvingliow-
ever , is not FO very great , and , indeed , it
is said that though the mode is so dill'er
ent , tlio cost Is nunrnr that in the United
States than it is in any other European
country. This-applio sto food , clothing
and rent. .
The working , clauses are , as a rule ,
very steady and iiidiftrioius , but do not
and cannot save , much money. They
have no signs of lambltlon , and con
tentedly plod oiii like a dumb animal.
They have none'oMho anarchical spirit
of the Russian nlid ( ieriuau , no labor or-
ganizalions , and rarely indulge in
strikes. Physicullylhl'ir condition is not
peed ; morally they are unbridled.
Though beer is their bread , they have
their frequent spree ( katzcnjammcr ) .
Of political rights they have none , as in
order to vote the workingman must pay
taxes amounting to $5.00. Of the Uo3
members of the house of deputies but five
are industrialist' . Consequently , no
changes of an economic nature are of
likely occurrence , and , moreover , the
present condition of trade precludes the
idea that there will bo much , if any , bet
terment of the condition of the wage-
earners. What , then , yon will ask , will
the harvest be ? There is but ono an
swer : The harvest is passed for Austria-
Hungary long ago , and the future of the
state is not roo. > except so far as _ it con
cerns the military side of the nation. Of
the arlny is pride , is fear , is glory. That.
bounds all. Moils r.
A DISTANT PEOPLEs
Ciiui-autcristiu * of tlio Terra
del FuosoIwH.inXlio WOIIIOII'H
TJOVO fbr Tobacco.
The Terra del' ' Fuego Indians , the ug
liest mortals that ever breathed , are sil- .
Ways on the lookout for pas.sing vrssi Is ,
and conic out .in canoes to beg and lo
trade skins for /obacco , writes a correspondent
pendent to tluv New York Sun. The
rucgians , or "Canoe Indians , " as they ,
are commonly called , to distinguish them i
from the Patagoniuns , w'.o ' m'sliko the i
water mid prefer to navigate on horse
back' , hfive no settled habitation. They
are a ( simple people , with a dirty anil
bloated appcaraiico and faces that would
scare a mule. They have broad features ,
lotv foreheads over which tlio hair hangs
in tangled lumps , high cheekbones , Hat
noses , enormous chins and jaw.s , and
mouths like a crocodile , with teeth that
add lo their ropulsivoncss. Their skin
is suld to be of a copper color. They are
short in atatueroiuiu shouldered , squattj
and bloated , a physical deformity said to
be duo to the fact that most of their lives
are spent in cauoe.-i. The women arc
evwi more repulsive in their appearance
than the men , and the children , which are
uncommonly numerous , look like young
baboons. ' 1 heir intelligence seems to be
confined to a knowledge of boating and
fishing , and Ihoy.'ioxereiso great skill in
both pursuits. Scientists who have in
vestigated them say they are ol' the very ,
lowest ordct of the human kind , many
degrees below the Digger . . nan. .
Althougl these iwoplo live in a perpet
ual winter , whyie it freezes every night
and alwayi snows'when the clonus shed
moisture , thcy , ; a almost Mark naked !
The skin of the otter and guanaco are
used for blankets , . .which are worn about
the shoulders and afford soin > ; protection ;
but under the. , 'neither the \vomen nor
men wear anything whatever , except
shoes and Icggmjj.jrnudo ot the same'ma- '
terial , whjch protect the feet tiom the
rocks. There i.s ijomo little attempt at
adornment madOtby both KO.\CS , in the- '
way of necklaces , bracelets , and earrings - '
rings made of lishi bones and .sea shells ,
which are of ton ingpnioiinly joined togftli-
u" . The wonniH will sell the skin blank
ets that cover their backs for tobacco ,
standing , meantime , as nude as a statue
of Venus !
Their food consists of mussels , fish , seiu
animals , and llcMli of similar sorts , which
they catch with the rudijbt sortoimple
ments. Their JlMiing lines are made of
grass and their hooks of lish bones. For
weapons they have bows and spears , the
former having strings made of the en
trails of animals , and tlio JaMcr being
long , slender poles , with t'ps of sharp
ened bone. They lso use slings with
great dexterity , which are made ol woven
grass , and are said to bring down animals
at long range.
During the day they are always on the
water , in canoes or dugouts made of the
trunks of trees , tlio whole family going
together , and usually consisting of a
iniiiij two or three wives , and as many
urehinii as can bo crowded into the boat.
When night falls they go ashore and
build a lire upon the rocks to temper the
frigid atmosphere. Around this they
cuddle in a most all'ectionato way. The
name of the islands upon which they live
came from these lirus. The early navi-
gator.s , when passing through the straits ,
wore amazed to see those lires spring up
as if by magic all over the inlands every
night at sundown , und so they called
them Terra del .Fiiego. or the land of lire.
The Knglish dh'orton I ho appellation , and
thus the place K known as I'iroland.
No ono has over been able to ai-ceitain
whether they possess any sort of rejig-
ions belief or have religious ceremonies.
Across the .straits the I'atagonians , or
horse Indians , are of a higher order of
creation , and perform uncreil rites to pro
pitiate the evil and good .spirits , in which ,
like the North American savages , they
bi'lieve , but the Fuegiaiis are too degrad
ed to contemplate anything but the neces
sity of ministering to their passions
and appetites. They eai fish
and flcbh uncooked , and appre
ciate as dainties the least attract
ive morsels. Their language Is an
irregular and meaningless jargon , ap
parently derived from the Iatagonians ,
with which they were , .some time in thu
dintant past , connected , liishop Sterling ,
of the Church of England , a devoted and
energetic man , who has ohargo of mis-
ionary work in South America , with
headquarters on" the Falkland islands ,
has made .some attempt ( o benefit these
creatures , but with no great success , lie
ha.5 a little schooner in which he sails
around , and has succeeded in ingratiat
ing himself amqng the Fuegiaiis by giv
ing them priMoiilri of heads and twine
blank-els and clothing. They u.so the first
for ornaments-tho second lor lishing
gear , but trade oil' the other things for
rum und tob'act'u the first chance they
get. AH long aa his gifts hold out ho will
bo kindly received , no doubt , and his de
votion meet wit ji encouragement , but if
ho should laud among them without the
usual plumloj Uio > would probably kill
him at breakfast lime mid pick his ribs
for lunch. Toward the Atlantic coasttho
; uage.'i arc of a higher order , and the
bUhop has established a misnionary sta
tion in a little town in which tun , ) live.
Ilia assistants luivo succeeded In per-
'luuiing the inhabitants of this village to
ivcar clothing und ran a primary school ,
from \ lilch much good may cojue
Statistics show that Knqhuul n
is- . ? iit'i ' jifTu'itiMo' < iu i nus as fast
and Sr > m ,
' It will buy you a pair of pantaloons worth $7 , made by a nierchj
tailor , found only at The Only Misfit Clothing Parlors , 1119 Farnam
It will provide yon a pair of pantaloons worth $10 , in many sty ]
if any prove your sise , found only at The Misfit Clothing Parjors , ij
Farnain Street.
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It will buy yoii an elegant pair of pantaloons fully worth $
by a merchant tailor and found only at The Misfit Clothing Parlors , ll |
Farnam Street.
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It will buy you as fine a pair of pantaloons as any merchant itadil |
in'America can make you for $15 , found only at The Misfit ClothingJPs
: lors , 1119 Farnam Street.
It will provide you a suit or an .overcoat wliicli was made. '
merchant tailor for $25 each ; they can be found only at The Mis :
Clothing Parlors , 1119 Farnam street.
It will buy you a suit cut in a four button cut-away frock -coj
'which was made by a merchant tailor for $35 , you can't find it outsij
of The Misfit Clothing Parlors.
t - What Can foe Done with $20.00
It will buy you a suit or an overcoat which was made for $40 bvl
\ -i
2D vohant tailor , sold only at such a price at the Misfit Clothing Parloij
1119 Earnam Street.
with. j
It will buy you as elegant a suit or an overco at as any merojiaj
tailor will be willing to make yoii for $50 ; to be found only at the Mis ) ,
Clothing Parlors.
r ' ' l/Vliat Gail fee Done with $80.00
It will provide you an elegant silk or satin lined suit or an _ .
which a merchant tailor made for $60 ; to secure it come to the tOnH
i
Misfit Clothing Parlors.
What Gan be Done with $38.35
It will buy as fine a Prince Albert suit as ever an eye saw ; it wa
made by a leading merchant tailor for $70. To test the truth of thes
facts you are invited to call for an inspection at the
Open evenings xmtil 9 o'clock.