The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 10, 1883, Image 1
TRIMEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBO1RO. S. C.. NOYEMBER 10. 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848.
NO LONGER ISMILING ISUIIA.
My soul to-day
Is far away,
8ailing the Vesuvian bay;
Miy winged boat,
A bird afloat,
Tu% lutos round the purple peaks remote.
Round purplo peaks
It sails an( seeks,
Blue Inlets, and their crystal creeks,
Where high rocks grow,
Through ( >tlis below,
A duplicated goldein glow.
Far, vague and dim,
The mountains swim;
While on Vesuvius' misty brim,
With outstretched bands,
The gray smoke stands,
O'erlooking the volcanic lands.
Here Ischia smiles
O'er liquid miles;
And yonder, bluest of the Isles,
Calm Capri waits,
Her sapAhire gates t
Beguiling to her bright estates. f
TH'E HOUSE OPPOSITE.
At the death or her brother Wilfred,
Vivit de Forest felt broken-hearted.
1 lhad been her only near living rel
V.l
ative. The news of his death had come
to her with fearful suddenness. (alle
to a Westein city for the purpose of
superintending some business connected
with the estate of his late lather, Wl- p
fred (who sometimes, though rarely, V
had periods of dissipation) was shot in
a barroom quarrel.
Poor Vivia had suffered teiribly.
The funeral was over now, and the dull
quietude of her present life had a mo
notony which almost made her long for
the more exciting painfinness of the
previous week.
A distant cousiu of hers, an elderly e
lady, had come to Jive with her ju the a
large family mansion, 'which was now
Vivia's exclusive property. But old
Winifred Carr was rather doleful com
pany.
To-day it had rained dismally from t
dawn until late in the afternoon. Vivia
could not fix her thoughts very long oni
the books she was reading. In spite or
herself they would somehow wander
back to recollections of her dear lost
brother, of their childish life together,
and of the untimely death which had
parted them now. g
Hoveral times during the day Vivia atj
went to the window and looked out
upon the rainy street.
In the house directly opposite was
one special window, where, ever siuce a
morning she had. seen a girl of her own
ago. re
The girl was very pale, and wore an
exprcssibn of undoubted woiriment.
Some times Vivia thought that she ro
gazed toward her own window, with a e
wistful, appealing look. tO
bhe had known in years past, the a
previons occupants of this house, but
it had recently passed into other hands, pa
and she had never known the name of
the people' who had taken it. Now
and then the pale girl whose sad looks n
had to-day attracted her notice, had Y0
been before seen by Vivia. whiile as- g
cending or descending the stoop, But tli
she had never seemed as troubled as at sh
present. a
"I wonder what her trouble is,.' ba
thought Vivia. "Ah, I am sure it is b
not as bitter as minel' b
She started while this thought was th
crossing her brain, for the girl oppo
site had made with one hand a quick, "
beckoning gesture, that there seemed u
no mistaking. And after having made
such gesture she had hastily left the
wndow. to]
In about ten minutes she returned fr(
jagain, however. Vivia was waiting Y7
for her, If ever girl had a kindly to
heart in her breast, that girl was Vivia 0
de Forest, She now made signs which b(
plainly indicated:
"Do you wish mc to come over?''"
An eager nodding of the head gave
emphatic affirmative to this silent ~
guestion. ei
"She is in trouble." thought Vivia. ~
"I may do some good; I will go!" li
The rain had stopped. It was now bi
almost nightfall. Vivia threw a dark ~
shawl about her shoulders to defend her -
against the raw December wind, and ha
* ran aicrossa the street. She had not to Y7
ring the benl. The (leer was opened as
she reached the top stoop. The pale "
*- girl opened it herselfI.
"It was good of you to come," she
said, whli'o her diark, sad eyes sweptY
Vivia's face as they stood in the hall
;'together.
"I hope I can be of some service to ))
you," Vivia answered. "You scerm to
be in trouble. I know nzyself what n
,trouble is. Pray tell me how I cant
~'help you."~
They were presently seated together,
and the girl had taken one of Vivia's I
hands betwooen both her own.
-I nave a brother here in this houf e,"
~"she said, "wvho is pursued by the polie
Hie wishes to escape. Once in a foreign a
land, he can elude the law's vignance. 4
I am quite alone, being an orphan, and ~
i only having Hugh to love and eare for ~
1 out of all the world. I wanted to fly
with him, but that, he says, is impossi
le. He will not hear of it, though he ~
promises to write for me to joia him l
after lie is safely meyond pursuit."
And wvhat erime has he committed?" 1
askedN Vivim,
K Oh, it was no crime," answered the 1
girl. "He has been f alsely accused of I
d murder."
"Falsely accused," murmured Vivia;
"how terrible! Have they convicted
1dm?"4
"No; lie has not been tried yet. He
was in St. Louis only alshort time ago,
when a friend of his, from whom he
K had but recently parted, was ound
killed in his hotel. Hugh was arrested
on the charge of having murdered him,
but escaped."
"And why should he not have faced
S' his accusere?" questioned Vivia. "Was
he afraid to do so?''
".No," said a voice ini the door way.
Vivla looked in the direction whence
the voice had come.
A very handsome young man, though
worn and haggard-looking, had just
entered. It was Hugh.
"I see, Ella," he said, "that you are
trying to enlist the sympathies of this.
Indy in my hahalf, Eint have you
hought of what a reckless thing you
,re doing?"
"You need not fool any tear of me,
ir," said Vivia, quietly. I should have
10 motive in betraying you, even though
thought you guilty."
"Rugn is as innocent as I am!" ox
,laimed his sister, in a plaintive, tear
iul voicn.
The young man was now close at
livia's side. The dimness of the room
kad not previously let her see how
andsome he was. He fixed his darkly
orillant eyes intentely on Vivia's face,
nDd said:
"If I had passed through a trial I
aight have been sure that circumstan
ial evideuce would have convicted me.
)an you understand this?"
-"Yes," said Vivia, "but surely, if
on are innocent, it would have been
etter to suffer conviction than go
lirough the rest of your life a fugilive
rom justice."
"I do not think sol" cried Ella at
[lis point. "I would have him live at
ny cost I"
More than an hour elapsed before
ivia went home again. And she visit
A that house many times more during
ic next fow wvks. Both she and Ella
elieved that her exits and entrances
ero watched, Pud that Hugh's presence
icre was suspected by certain spies
sted in the neighborhood, but they
ere not by any means sure.
By this time Vivia had silently ad
itted to her own heart that she loved
.ugh Robertson. It had been love at
rat sight' with her. His beauty and
is melancholy fate had both produced
wastrois results with her young, ro
antic soul.
She had determined to help him to
cape. She was a girl of strong wil
id intlexible determination. One day
0 Fita to him:
"1. have been working out a plan. The t
>uso directly in the rcar of yours is -
inm. I purchased it yeslerday. To- t
orrow ni;ht it will be quite vacant,
>l can cross by the back fences, and
t into the next street through that I
use, Tihere will be a carriage wait- r
g for you a few doors below. It will g
ivo you wherever you wish to be
ivel.'" i
Hugh's face lighted with a softly 1
ateful -mile. Ella thiew both arins r
out Vivia's neck and rapturously .I
ised her. r
On the following night they all three 11
At for a few last words of forewell, 0
it before Hugh's venture was ti'ed. h1
Iu the back garden a ladder was tl
idy, by which Hugh woud climb a,
to the garden of the ottier house. 1
agh, Vivia and Ella all stood in i 0
.):n which communicated with the s8
u piazza. -ugh tirst said farewell fl
ElMa, who eLung for a few minutes u
)lnbg aliout. his neck. Then he li
med to Vivia He uas frightfully V
10. tj
"What I have to say," lie began,
alla ought not. perhaps to hear. It t]
y kill her. IL will probably givo
11, Vivia de Forest, an intense an
,isl. I have deceived my sister up to t
is moment. I am iiot innocent. I t'
At the man of whose murder I am V
-ims:d-ishot himi1 Openly enough, in a
rroom in Sr. Louis. He insulted mel e
was very much1 enraged! We had P
th been drinking. There is no doubt c
At I was terribly to blame!"
"Hughl" now broke fro'n Ella's lips,
his4 cannot be! You are deceiving r
I. il
"Would I were!" he murmured; "and C
mid, too, tiht' this were all I had to 9
.1. But it is not all. Vivia de Forest,
m the first moment that I looked on
iu I loved you. Bu1t it was days be
eeO I knew who you wvere. Wilfred
Lidwell wvas your halt-brother! You
ar a different name from his."
"What do you mean?" falterel Vivia, 1.
th paling chteks, l
"Ah, why did' you not remember lI
ien you first met me,'' Hugh Itioh- Il
t-o no11w crie.d, "'tmt I b~ore. the e
we name (commnon at na'me as it may t
Lve been) as the man who shot yourt
other? But you (lid not think o1 ibis!
>u pitied me! Then you eared for me
-oven lovedl me, Vivia, since at this
>ur I need not deny that I gnessed a
mr love! Yet all the while I was-oh i
caven! how hard, it is to speak the
urds!-I was your brother Wilfrett'sJ
urderer!"
A faiot shiveringir moan broke from
ivia's lips, T1he next instant she and
Ila were clinging together, ais if for
utual support. It was a common mm-<
alsc wvith the two unhappy creatures.
'ich hadl been cruelly deceivedl. Each
iw woke withi horror to a realization of
ie truth.
"Fa",rewell" they now heard Hugh
111 to them, while they stood with
cads boweri on each ether's shoulder.
God guard both of you if we should
over meet again."
Thowy heard him 0oen the window
na go out into the garden Then came
uite a long silence. And then a gruff
o1ce whose tones seemed to curdle ther
iood, called out amid thle still night:
'Stop. or I fire."
There was no answer. Perhaps three
eonds of silence followed, and then a
een pnmt >l shot rang out on the tranquil
ight air. After that lucre was a long,
cavy groon.
"lie has beeni shot!'' cried Vivia,
rnoking wvith dilated eyes into her com
sanion's ghastly face.
It was true. Vivia's plans, shrewdly
5s she had conducted tnem, had been
vatched, A neighibozung house had
icon taken by the deetives 99 a post of
)bservaltionl. Perhaps, after all, Hugh
Loertson's appearance, climbing the
>ack fence there in the bright winter
noonlight, had been somewhat of'* a
urprise, else the shot wvouldi net have
>con fired. But it was a shot that
aroved fatal.
A few years later Ella Robertsor mar
tied, but Vivia do Forest has never
banged her naume, and never will.
I'here are somel woundls that, although
they (do not kill, never heal. And|
Vavia's is one of thlem.
A BUnnivAN of the Sky:i The reason
why the lightning does not strike twice
mi the same p lace sleeause nothing of
the place is loft to strike after the first
mound.
HorrIblo Hayti.
An American traveler in Hayti says;
we left Jamaica, however, in late July
or early August and steamed across
through indigo seas to Jacmel and other
Haytian p)orts, making the circuit of
the entire island, shootiug into shelt
ered harbors here and there. Nearly
always the mountains lay like great
iridescent lizards against the horizon
monstrous saurians sprawling Im blue
or in bronze-green against the edge of
the sky; singular and fantastic moun
tain piles in whose hidden gorges the
balf-wild negro tribes live and spawn.
The infainles said to be practiced by
this population are beyond description.
Cannibalism is said to prevail; the white
man is held in the greatest abhorrence;
and we heard of the rooted determina.
tion of the jet-blacks to exterminate
the yellow-skinned, feeble, mulatto
castes of the sea-ports. Our captaii
warned us not to spend the night on
shore in any of the pors we visited, for
fear of personal violence or of simple
malignity. Tihe island is pretty thickly
peopled and is divided between the
IHaytians of the West and the light
skiinned, intelligent, French-speaking
San Domingoans of the East.
Tie greatest dissimilarity exists be
Lween these geograpl; ical divisions.
The San Domingo people are full of
miergy and push, eager for railroads and
tlegraphs, enlightened and more or less
3ivilized. The laytians are reported
)y those who know thei intimately to
1) savage depraved, ol)posed to every
'orni of white civilization, and devoured
)y the most baleful vices and diseases.
'hey speak a French jargon very hard
.o understand, a lingo made up of lacer
ited French conjunctions and genders
>lentifully sprinkled with words of their
nn coinage. There are peculiarly hor
-ible maladies prevailing among them;
heir sense of decency is of the stightest
nid their reputation for trickery is such
hat we had to guard ourselves con
tantly against their cunning and fraud.
The country is one of striking love
hiess, a flower-garden stocked with tile
arest growths. We saw the finest
rowths of rosewood and inahogaiy,
voods smothered I imperial vines, an
timosphere hiden with suggestions of
lossoming spices; but to get to all this,
othing but dillicult bridle paths or in
ccessible lanes, with here and there a
oad wide enough for a carriage. We
ict troops of silent, malicious-looking,
blique-glancing blacks as we rode on
orseback or wandered through the
>wns; creatures that gazed with
nmazeient and horror to ;30e white
copIle iIVa(inlg their doniesue. One
Id wonan riding on a tall horse was
startled by our cavalcade that she
>rgot herself and was suddenly taken
nider the china by an over-arching limb,
fted off her animal, and deposited not
cry gently on the ground below, to
liilillnimtl 111111111111t f th~ nit "tyv
it waspin la shocki lo hear
me stories of liaytian depravity to
'Ihichm we had to listen-the foul su
erstitions, the rank barbarism, the to
t] illiteracy and indifference to educa
on prevailing in the country. We
'ere told that a traveller had discoverea
uman flesh for sale at one of the mark
Ls of the interior, and had bought a
iece of it to bring away with hini as a
utriosity and as a pisce of evidence'ot'
ie state of things there. Wiichcraft,
oodouism, nameless immorality are
unpant. I there is any Christianity
, is of the lowest type. The grossest
orrupLtion festers in the municipal or
anization and Im tihe a(lministrative
heme, if there is anythiing that can
o called such.
Enting at, Night.
Popularly, it is thought i njunrionu,
utt uniless dinner or sumpper have beenui
tte, or the stomach disordered, it is
armless and benehicial, i. e., if one be
ungry. Four to live honurs hiavinig
latpsedl since the last iueal, inxvalid- and
hie delicate should always eat at bed
imne. This seems heretlical, but, is not.
rood, of sunple kind, will induce Sleep,.
knimials, after eating, instincmtively
leep. H~uman beings become drxo wsy
,ftter a full meali. Why? Blecause blood
s solicited towardL the stomach to sup
>ly the juices nleedled in dligestion.
Ieince tihe brain receives less blood than
luring fasting, becomes pale, anid the
>owers grow dlormiant. Sleep) theretore
imsues. This is phlysiological. T1hie
ainking sensation in sleeplessniess is a
all for food, Wakefulness often is
nerely a symptom of hunger. Gratify
he desite and you fall asleep. The
writer recently wams called at two a. in.
o a lady wvho assured himui she was dy
ng. Thein body was warm, the hecart
loing honest work. To 1her indigna
ion, lhe ordlered buttered bread (hot
milk or beef-tea w~ere better) to be eaten
it once. Obeying, the moribund lady
was soon surp~rised by a return of life
andl~ desire to sleep).
T1hie feeble will be stronger at dlawn
if they eat on going to bed. Fourteen
hours lie between supper and breakfast.
By that time the fuel of the body has
become expended. Consequently, tihe
morning toilet fatigues many. Lot
such eat at bed-time, and take a glass
of warm milk or beet' tea before rising.
Increased vigor will result. "But the
stomach must rest." True. Yet whlen
hungry we should eat. Does thme infant
stomach rest as long as the adutlt's? T1hne
latter eats less often merely because
his food requires more time for dhiges
tion. Seldom can one remain awake
until half-past ten or eleven p. in., with
out hunger. Satisfy- it and sleep wilhl
be sounder.
During the night give wvakeful chiil
dren food. Sleep will follow. TIhie
sick should invariably eat (luring time
night. This~ is iniperative. At inight,
the delicate and children may take,
slowly, wvarm milk, beef tea, or oat
meal gruel. Vigorous adults may also
eat, bread and milk, cold beef, mutton,
chicken and bread, rawv oysters, all, ot
course, in moderation. Do not eat If
not hungry. Eat if you are.
'/Ac Mexiean Government is eour
aging the manufacture of paper and tex.
tile fa brics from Oaetu,and has recently
granted important conessions to th<
individuals..ho propose engaging in the
new industry,
How to Subdue a Wife.
Col. Smuggins is a rare gentleman of
the old school, while his wife is a
devotee of the new. Up to the present
life to the twain has not passed on
"golden wings," but the time has been
filled in a slipshod, go-as-you-please
kind of way. She has always had her
way, and lie has aiways submitted un
der protest. She is proud and defiant,
and pluck to the core. It was the
dream of his life to subdue this deflance.
Ile had studied for years a plan to ex.
periment with his wife without any
practical result, when one evening, not
quite a nonJih ago its lie was seated
up-stairs quite neglige, the idea which
has since worked like a charm struck
hin. Like the matheipatician of old
lie rusheid wildly down-atairs and yelled
"Eurekal"
Ilis wife loomed up, and he recover
ed. Ile swore nothing 1S the matter
but she told him lie wa%- iotting, and
that It might be against a lone woman
like herself. For the first time in years
he kissed her a regular Judas Iscariot
kiss, which was so unexpected site for
once ceas.ged to animadvert upon his
wrongs and his coldness. This was time
scheme he intended to try. As loug as
he had been married his wife had never
gone in bathing at the bqach, although
ie had importuned her a hundred times
to go with him. He soon discovered
the reason. Sh hated to appear in a
batiing-suit that would display her
thin form, for in public 8ltc did not ap
pear thim.
lIe had an india-rubber bathing suit
made that could be inflated and depos
ited it at the store where his wife trad
ed. le gave the head clerk a pointer,
aid promised hin to treat to chai
pagne i! lie succeeded.
His wife went to pricegoods as usual
when the suave-mannered clerk told
her that a man in New York had pat
ented a bathing suit of india-rubber for
ladies that were thin, but, said he,
"Mrs. Smnuggins is not on the thin list,
and I'll not show It." But she desiredi
to see it. if not too much tropble. Af
ter a thorough examination, she told
hiin ter niece was comiuug shortly
to see her, and site would buy it for
her.
What was the Colonel's surprise to t
liear her say next day if some husbands
were like other husbands they would
Lake their wives in bathing. lie asked t
tier to go that evening, and chuckled 4
inwardly with diabolical glee.
At the bath-house she took a long
[Lme to dress in her room, but Ie wait
d for her with patience, confident of
success.
When she emergbd from the room
die had time "patent" o-? under the
)thter suit. She looked s round and r
)unp as usual and W4ii"Acimnhuly past d
Ilis triumph was near. In the foam
ing waves they went. It was new to -(
ier. She enjoyed it. So did he. 11er t
Friends were theie, all surprised to see I
ier out. The sport became general (
tow. The Colonel swam around his I
wife, and did something with a sanall o
p)eIkife which he immediately drop- a
)ed in tihe water. Int a few milAutes 0
tis wife called hhn to her, pale and a
trembling with fright. ]
"hiubby," she said, coaxingly, "ly i
lfathigsuit is torn, and I don't want t
to go out before the crowd."J
"&Let me see," lie said. t
"Oh, no; can't you believe ue?" i
ILe told her coldly no, aud, further- c
more, sie had to walk out before the <
prowd or not go out with him at all. I
Thtings looked dreadful for her niow,i
and( site called him pet names, just like I
s~he (lid before they were married, be-<
fore she promised to obey, love anid i
ebei sh, and all those things. She toldi
iin site had imptl0oed upioni Itis good I
nature, that hte was an angel, and that 1
from thtat imoment her life would
trembled like an aspent leaf, while otte
little hand clutched thte rope, anid the
other was held out to him in mute d1e
spair.
Col. Smuggins wvas ntot stone, so her
child-like forin wr's gathered ini his
arms and site wvas takenm out unmobserv
ed an~d takeni home. She is now the
sweetest andl most tractable wvife on time
island, anid Col. Smuggius is a happy
mnan againi. But shte never dIreams of
the put-up trick, and the Colonel is
contenited to pay thme annuity to the
clork in the way of treats to keep it a
secret f rem heor.
The Now Giamet of Rlidegarde.
The progress of fashion is ever re
tarded by the opposition of sticklers
for propriety. Very likely the new
game of Ilidegarde will encounter
adlvcrse criticism. Many a staidl moth
or will not let her. daughter play it,
though the girl, if shanely and grace
ful, could not possibly be emptjloyed to
greater admiration. Iildoegarde is a
combination of foot ball and cricket, a
big, soft ball beinig struck with a wideO
bat as well as kicked. It is the kick ing
that ill subject a girl to cotmendma
sinb t e will be able to stand it
if flly onvicedthat shme looks wvell
at thte exercise. As 1 viewed her at the
new game, on thme secluded lawn of a
Washtington Iheights residence, she
wvore what I learnmed oni inquiry wvas a
casaque, made of stock i net clotht, wvhich
fitted hter body very closely. Tro be
exact in small piarticulars, it wvas
double-breasted, antd hind a stand-upl
collar anid lapels like a main's coat It's
feiInini ty was ehstab~lished, however.
basmnall sash draped at the back.
'Iluere wvere skirts, too, bitt they wereo
brief and scani;. Ilow else could shte
kick freely? Manifestly, there must be
ito dress restrictions about the feet
that are to be used at llidegardo.
Croquet and lawn tennis are both pas -
sive compared with this sport. It it
exercise of the most active sort, and a
means of striking more numerous and
varied attitudes to the minute, if the'
layer is quick and pliant, thtan anty
previous undertaking by the softer sex.
Solid and rathier heavy shoes, with
broad soles, low hteels, and bulttoned
firmly aroun~d thle ankles, nmust he worn,
for good kieking can't be done in
French gaiters or N{ewnort tien.
Tonquln.
Few , words are necessary regarding
the Ailthamito Administration in China.
The system is precisely that of tle
Chinese. Tonquin Is divided Into six
teen provinces, seven of the first order
eight of the second, one of the tbird
the latter two orders being attached to
the first. Each commune has a mayor.
Each lot of twenty or thirty communes
forms a sub-prefecture; six of these
make a prefecture, govorned by a tuan
fu or prefect. Provinces of the first
class havoe'ach three great man darins,
similar to those of China; the first is
tongdoe or governor,the second bochink
or treasurer, the, third anoat or judge.
Once Tonquin had a viceroy, but lat
terly it was found unwise to have olli
cials of such high rank and power per
manently there, and only an occasional
royal commissioner is sont to report.
The titles viceroy and govornor repre
sent very dilrerent positions from those
of .similar officers in China, where the
power, wealth - and responsibilitses of
those officets are considerable. In
mountain and plateau districts there
are tribes forming administrative divis
ions, the oflice of mandarin being held
by a tassu, an aboriginal hereditary
chief, similar to those of China. Ton
quin has copied from China, as indeat
ad, its admiiiistrative system, and bor
rowed its literature, religion and man
ners; in fact., Tonquin is a copy of the
level parts of eastern China. Nothing
new, nothing original, arrests the at
Lentioni of the stranger who has travel
led i the Celestial 'lnlpire. The Ad
[ninistration, though Admirable, fails
liere as in China, and from the same
reason, the main cause. being the imiade
juacy of pay. Corruption as a flue art
las been carried to the hijhiest limits.
W1hen1 you learn the scale of ollicial sal
Iries you will understand one reason
vhiy honesty is an unknown quantity
n Tonqui, at least, among ollicials.
l'he monthly pays are: governor, 16s
irofect, 2s ld; private sokliers, Od.
higher ofliciais have to maintain a
,ertam d7egree of pomp. Their ap
)ointmcnts are gained on the Chineso
onpetitivo system. An Annamese
cholar is as conceied, priggish and
a1orant of all useful knowledge as
us Chinese eonfrcre. Thle Annamite i
nandarin has the reputation, adcord
o the French, of bei'tg shrewd, cun
uing, cruel and oppressi ve3 to those be
eath him, aId of being subservient to
kose above him, and, above aIll, to un
Lorstand the (ar 4l'allend,. I see no t
Cason to doubt. tihe julstice of tlie crit i
isin.
Not Dying ot so Fast.
According to the latest data in the
ossession of of the Interior Depart
seut at Washington te number of In
ians in tile United States in 202.000. t
ian tribes receiving suppliC ffolW fIyO
overnment reasonably accurate statis
ius have been obtained, -I in niiking
isies of goods to the IIndials the in
ividual receipt of each heatl of a famni
v is required. Tle accounts division
C the Indian Ollice therefore po.sesse L
register roll of the names of all heads
f families to whom goods, up1)l)lies or
unuiLies are issued by the Government.
i most of the States there arn relmain
11g sm1111 commuuities of Indians, liko
lie Six Nations inl New York, tie
'asteri Cherokees in North Carohuna,
he Mialmis inl Indiants. &C. Ilavil)g
bnal property, they maintain a tribal
rganization, i'oi Indian hOlliev exor
ises a soi t. of guardianshilp over them
n1 the protection of their fumds, limit
ng tihe contracts they may ma)1K3 and
1h0 fees they may pay to attorneys, dec
iding questio:As of miembershtip in the
ribe, etc.; but they are self-support
ng, anid receivo no gods or supp)1lieisI
r'om tlie G overnmcint. The sanme nmay
e saidl of tihe "'live civilized tribes"' of
,he Indiani Territor'y,and~ of tihe Inldiansg
if the Pai lic coa1st, although someit
tf thle hatter' ri'ive abouit live
er cent. of their subs'stenee friom the
D~epartment. They are niot dependent4
11pon the Glovertnent for the supply of
heir daily wants, andt contsequietttly tihe
Iidiani departmnent is tnot alhe to obtin
Lfiom them such minuito anid (detailed
reports as aire reqjuirmed from the semi
savage tribes. In some eases thie Gov
srnmnenb is therefore in posse:ssionl of
bettor statistics fronm bte "wvihl" tril:es
thanii from suchl as are partially civil iz
ed, or at least self-supporting,
Leaving tile five civtdized tibes of
bte Indian Territory out, of the ques
Lien, these statistics shlow that tihe In
(dins are nlot no0w andl for several years
Past have not beeni decreasing in nlumi
Lers. Tile birthts 'reluortedl in all tue
tribes last year aggregated 2003; thte
nutmber of deaths was 2478. An exam
mtation of bte repiorts from all the
Agencies ill detail shlows miany inisLtn
ces of decrease; but te general result
is as stated. It is nob claimed that
these figures are eithler complllete or ex
act: but they are, beyond reasonable
doubt, sufficient to estabbsh~ the fact,
that thme Indiati race, as a wvhole, in spite
of dlisadlvantageous ci rcuimstances, is
niot dlyinmg out. Tile mortuary customs
of most of tihe tribes rendler it improba
ble that many deaths shlold escape tihe
knowledge of thie agent. As regards
thte (death or ai relative eor frmilnd the In
diani is niot a stoic; mouring for the
deceasedl whlethler slain in babble or dy
in~g from1 natur'al causes, is utsuaUy loud(
and long continlued, and1( accoinpanmied
with ceremonies likely to make every
person within the sound1( of beating tom
toms and1( wailing voices aware of the
loss thme tribe has sustained. Over
births no suchm demonstrations arc
made, so thamt the error inl to figur'es
given is probably that of' reporinlg too
sumall ani inorease ml thie trib~al numil
bers.
Ib is easy to find reports from parti
culiar tribes showving a decidled dlecr'ease
durinig the past year, Th'le Six Nations,
New York, lost 235 by death, wvhile
there were only 187 births. There are
5116 Indiianls on the several reservations
in New York-the Senecas, Oneidas,
Cayugas; Onondaga5, Tonawvandas and
Tuscaroras. These Indians are secomb
rate farmers, tas g tihe Pattawatonios,
Klck~apoos anid MIun8ces of Kansas, who
also lost in numbers last year, the
deaths among them exceeding the
births by 30 per cent.; and the sanie is
true of Indians similarly situated in
Michigan-the ChippewasOttawvas and
Pottawatomies of the Mackinac Agen.
cy. In each of these remnants of tribes
there was about the same per cent, of
loss. These Indians nearly all wear
civilized dress, and they are surrounded
by whites.
In the Indian Territory, however,
nearly all the tribes are increasing.
The agent of the Cheyennes and Arap
alioes reports 324 births, 110 deaths
among 0709 Indians; the Kiowa, Ca
manche and Wishita Agency reports
149 births, 90 deaths. Reports from
the twenty-one other tribes in the in.
dian Territory indicate a small per cent.
of increase in ali except two. The ever
unfortunate Poncas and the Seiecas
suffered a further los.s in numbers last
year.
Outside of the Territory, without go
ing into detail, it may bo said generally
that the Indians of the northern plains
the great Sioux tribes and the Crows,
are about stationary, There is perhaps
a small increase, bit reports are not
fill enough to show more than that
there is no decided change. The Utes
and the Mescalero Apaches are annually
increasinig in numbers. Tie fhiliernio
atlonig the borders of Pluget Sound, the
P'uyallup, Quillehute, Ctir ('Aleno,
O'Kaiiagans, &c., are slowly increasing
while the s'kokoiish and Quinajiolt il
[lians of the sante region report a decid
?d loss last year,
Bo Unrefui nibout th Premises.
We have on maiiy occasions lin going
wer tle outbiljdilngs upon solne farms
ioticed a great deal of carelessness in
;uarding against lmn-trap., scythes
xdge-tools, etc, which might prove very
laigerous to life and limb, if a kn1ow
edge of the existence 111d rellmeinlbraice
>f them were not at all t imes borne in
iiid; or of contrivanIces where cattle
1ay be hurt. Passiig through farm
mild iugs so1n time ago we came on a
Astern for catching water froi the
'0of, the lid of which opened in a placo
vlich was passed over manly times
'very (y. On ourexpressing surprise,
nr friend wonldred1 at the alarm,
,For,'' said lie '"all abi)out us are
rained to such careful habits thero
'eally is 110 (anger. No one1 voiuld
wver think of leaviII. the trap-Ioor
>pen." This reasonig seeuins corroct
Ind yet tle 1ewspapers are filled with
tCecidents whichl occu1r iii co,es where
'all 'ands" are supposed to exercise
lie greatest, care. soie 0110 coies in
Vith a loaded ginm aid does not draw
lie charge. 110 kinows how caleful
'verybody is iml handling firearis, a1nd
'et niumbihers of people die overy year'
.Inply through forgetfulhiess on the
nirt of some fool (in the face, too, of
iu act of the Legislature lprolibit ing
he handling of firearus), that the al
'cle iay possibly be loaded. A man
uuie*,tLLQS.nm111 dagr0,,1mtce
'imy3'th ing loose inl Ills pocket, an1id goes
brough Ils stables and11 over hisi hay
tiows C1and straw-stacls. Ile is quito
11r0 that his careful habits w'il never
et lhim drop on1 so thsCat somediiiig may
read or lall on it, or a mo1se nibble it
ad a fire ensue. But, 801110 (il y the
ilole thing "goes ) uip,' 1 a1d there is no
nd- to wonder how such a thin-g could
io. We make a note of these things
iow becaus the thsea1son has arrived
viben firesu will be necessa1y1' and
ith it tle 'Seatson whlen thing's take fire
rom "defectivo hlues" and other acci
oents. TVhese things never occur wvhero
eople are really careful, but tie best
tile is to so or(der thingeTs that ni matter
ow careless people 1110y be, accidents
rC lleXt to linpo8sible.
Of cour'se any Conigressmian wvho is
uiniiig (1111arters for' the c011niiig long
ession1, says aL WaVinnl o 0u.n cor'resp~on
lent, thtinks that the IiUitedl Suates
~overnment (100s not pay' mone iy enough
(1 its (1liler, wr'litLes a coresponldent
romu1 Wasingtoni. It (do)0 r'eally seem11
;o. No colututy ini the worlid p'ays its
0vih ollios so badly. Take England
'or example. England pays notinlg to
,he mnember's of its lowver hiouse of coni
tress, which every intelligenit persomn
(nlows is wvrong. But En ughiid makes
1p-i other ways. Let us look into the
mtbject for a monmnt. We paLy our
ninister to France $18,500. Enugilnd
pays her minlister to Frianico $50,000,
11nd gives himii a place1 to live in. We
lpay our mniister to Enigland Sl7,500.
England pays her minister to Watsilinig
bon $20,000 aL year, gives hhn a groat
inanlsion, f'uly 1e quipe and1(11( furnish ed,
:1d( $0,000 IL year for entert ainments.
England even 1pay3s her miniister to Per
sia1 $25,000 a year, anud gives him 0 a1 pal
a~ce. She evenm pays her repre'sentiative
to flhe bleggarly court~ of G reece more
thanui we 1pay our highest ofihoers. We
pay our chief juistico $10 500 a year and
our* associato justices $14,000. We are'
just no0w makiing much of Chief Justice
UoleridIge. llow maclh, dlear reader, do
you think lie gets IL year in the way of
saLaily? Forty thlousanid dollarsi T1heo
other eight judlges of his court get $25,
000 a year each. Even tihe English
consul at Newv York receives aL salary
of over $20,000 IL year. General Slher
man gets somethIng like $15,000 a year.
General Woiscley gets about $40,000.
T1hue clerk of tihe 110use (of Ilop~resenlta
tives receives, I believe, $1,000 a year.
TIhe clerk of tihe lower house of Parlia
mnent inl En~gland~ receives about $12,000
a year. All this, mind you, in a small
er country than ours, a poorer country
than ours, and with less population
Th'ie National Yellowvstone park em
braces in its limits 3,675 square miles
-mlore territory than lRhode lsland amnd
D~elaware combined. It is sixty-five
mules wide and sixty-five lonig. It lies
minilly in the northwestern corner of
WVyoming territory, but includes a thimn
stipl of Idaho1 011 the wvest and Montana
on the wvest and north. Thme body of it
is betwveen 110 degrees amnd 111 degrees
west longitute, andl 45 degrees niorthi
latitude. The lowest elevation in the
park is (1,000 feet above sea-level, and
its l hot (mountanpeak) from 10,000
to 12,000 feet. It is, therefore, an Im
mense table-land, with a surface broken
Into mountain ranres. vallevs. etn.
THE VERDICT
-OF
- THE PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
Ma. J.0. B0A-Dear Sir: I bought the first
Davis A achino sold by you over five years ago for
ily vife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I
ain well pleased with it. It never gives any
rouble, and is as good as when irt bought.
Witinsboro, S. C., April 1838.
Mr. BOAG: 1 Ou wish to know what I have to Say
iI regard to the Davis Machino bought of you threo
ears ago. I feel I can't say too muoh in its favor.
inaIldo about $80,00 within live inouths, at times
running it so fast that the needlo- would et per
fectly hot fron friction. I feel confident I could
not have done the sanmo work with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
i ildadstitig Attachments. TI0 lightest running
inachine i have ever treqdled. BrotherJames and
Williams' fainilles are as inuch pleased with their
Davis Maclines bought or you. I want no better
iachine. As I said before, I don't think too
much can be said for ie Davis Machine.
Respect fully,
R LLEN 15T81'N50V,
Fairlliid County, April, 1 S.
MR. HkAG : M1ty inaciino gives ie peroot satin
factionl. I flind 110 1 au11t With it. Thle attachiments
are so siple. wish for nagbtter than the Davis
Vertical F~eed.bete
lespectfully,
MR8. It. M1ILLING.
Fairlield couity, April, 1883.
11 K. flo~m: I nougnt a ioavis Vertical Food
ewing Machine fron you four years ago. I an
elightell with it.. It never has given me any
roll We, And hiias never been the least out of order..
If is aW good as when I first boughtit. I can
cheerfuilly recolmenid it.
Itesiuectfilly,
3ta8. 'i. J. KCIRKL6AND.
Monticello, April 10. 1883.
This M. to certiry thap I navo hoeot lisiug a Davis
Vertle:al Peeds ewlng Maeline for over two ycars,
inirtuhaeild of Mr. .1. 0. Boag. I haven't found i'
l')9scssed of any fault-all the attachments aro so
411 ik'. It never refuses to work, ati l certainly
tIhq igliest. rtinning in tile inarket. I consider it
I firs i-chis itlchiilie.
Very respectfully,
AIiNNIn 31. WIL.LINUMAM.
t0aklan1, Fairfield county, S. Cl.
M It IloA0: I aim well pieasett in every partlcui
vit I the Davis Machine bought of you. I think
ilrst-class machino in every respect. You knew
oii Hold several maclilles of Ihe same make to
Iill erent ineinbers of otr families, ail of whom,
is far as I know, are well pleased with them.
Rtespectfully,
Fairield county, April, IS 3. II. MO Y.
Thii A to certiry wo nave nal in constant use
.110 1avis A3iaciine bought of you about three years
I ,Awe take il work And have nade the
)r work we have to do. No puckeriigor skipping
ititches. Wo can only say wo are well pleased
1i( wish no better imachine.
C..ATmiEnINN WVJIl AND SisTNit.
Aliril 0-5,18.
I have no iault to find with my machine, and
loi't wait any botter. I have made tile prico of
t severa tines by taking Ii sowing. It is always
'eady to do its work. I think it a lIrst-class m11
,hinoi. I feel I catn't say too niuch for the Davis
Vertlicail Feiu ie h(ciind.
h nS. TUOMAS SMiTr.
Fitirfleii counlty, April, 183.
AI. J. 0. DOAu-Dear Sir: it gives ile munch
pleaisure to testify to the merits of tile Davis Ver
Acal Footl Sewing Machine. The machine I got of
Vou abitt live years ago. 1has been 1,linost, in con
tnot ntiWO ever since that time. I cannot see that
it is worn anly, anid has not cost, mc 0110 ceni for
repairs sinca we have .ihad it. Ami well puieased
and dion4' wish for aniy better.
* Yours truly,
11onT. Unawvonas,
tiranite Q.carrnv niear Wilmllboro 8. C.
Wt' have usedlt1le Davis Verticai Foci Bewing
Machline for the last lIve years. WVe would not
halve aniy olter mlake at, any price. The imacinte
has~ gIven us8 unboundluett satisfaction.
Very respectfully,
Mins. W. K. TUIINEin AND DAUGUTRSus
Fitildl~ county, S. C., Jan. 27, 1888.
hfaving hotught, a D~avis vertical Feed hewing
Machino from1 Mr. JT. 0. lilag sonmc three years
ago, and11 it hlavinig given me p~erfeot satisfaction ini
every respect, asa1 iaily mlacinlo, both for heavy
andl ilit sowVIng, ani iiever needed the least re
pair In lany waIy, I eill ctheerfin hly recommlendt it to
any~ 0on as a tirst-class imaciino in every particui
lari, andi think it second to none. It is one o1 the
simiplest mach:111fine mad; liy clhidreti use it with
ali Clse. Tho aittachmtets arc miore easiiy ad
julsitil and1 it, d1o)0 a greater range of work b~y
mean1s1 of its V'erticat tFeed thani 'any oilier nma
chine I have ever 80011 or used.
M111.9. TfiOMAS OwINo8.
Whinnsboro, i'airfield county, 13, C.
We have hlad 0on0 of thme D)avis Maclilaes about
four years and( have malways found it ready to do all
kinds of work we have had11 occasion to (10. Can't
sec thlat the machine is wvorni any, and work. as
well as wveni 110w.
Mas. WV. J. CiIAWYRoD
Jackson's Creek, Fairild county, 8. 0.
M1y wife is highlly pleased with the Davis M1a
chiiie bought, oif you. She woluld~ not, take dollble
wilat she gave for it. Tihe machIne has nmot
been out of order sitco she had it. and she can do
any kind of work 0n111.
Very Itespectfully,
JAS. F. Fisu.
Mlont Leello, IFairlield couinty, S. C.
'The D~ayis Sowving Machline Is simply a freqts
ur*O Mits. J. A. (I00DWYTN.
iidgeoway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883.
,0 i loAG, Esq., Agent-Deoar Sir: My wife
has b eeni usinig a Davis SewIng Machine constant.
iy for the iuast, fotur years, andi It lhas never needed
any repairs and works just as wvell as when first
botught. Sheo says it, wivi do a greater range of
practilan work und do It easIer and better than
anmy mlachino slto iias ever used. We cheerfully
reconimend it as a No. I family machine,
Your tru.y,
JAS. Q. DAVIS.
WinniSboro. S. C., Jian. 8, 1883.
Mnt. IOA0 : I have always found my Davis Ma
chine readly do all kinds oft to work I have had oc
easion to(d0. 1 cannot see that the machine is
worni a particle and~ It works as weid as when new.
Itespectfully,
Mnfs. II. C. (100DINO.
W~ininsboro, S. C., AprIl, 1883,
lai. B0AG: My wife has been constantly timing
the0 Davis Machin bought of you about five year.
ago. I have never regretted buig it, as it is
always ready for any kInd of famil sewn, eIther
lieavy or light. It is never out of fi or needing
e0pairs. Vr
J airfld,. 0 .. Mareh. 188*.