The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-07-31

their faces were dirty. Perhaps they.
were not. If any one could get down
to where their faces are he would find
ont.
They were strong, healthy looking
men and women, but they didn't have
that ferocity about them that seares
work. How they live do not know.
They may hunt for living. If so, it
goes to show how wonderful are the
ways of creation. I know of no better
place to hunt for living than on those
plains.
There was none of that wild grandeur
ofapparel which I had been led by cir
Gus representations to believe monopo-
hzed the trunks of savages. The blank
ct and pants, with a soft hat, where
there was any hat at all, constituted the
wardrobe of both sexes.
There were no feathers, no fringes.
But there was paint. It was streaked
across the face in different hues. They
evidently gave a great deal of attention
to this branch of art, and had attained
success that appeared marvellous.
When you got down from the car in the
night, and in the light of the station
lamp saw one of these sample clerks
from the great national paint-shop
come toward you, you got on the car
again. You may not have sprung on.
But that's the way it looks.
We passed few of their houses.
Some of these were formed of poles set
in circle in the earth, and tied at the
top with strips of hide, and partly Gov
cred with bits of cloth. In the center
of this pavilion a fire of sticks and roots
cooks the meals, and here the family
gathers to think of the traditions of the
past, and cough up smoke.
The Pukes-that is, the Piutes-are
people of few pleasures. They have
no homes, so they ride on the. cars to
pass away time. They get up on the
platforms to the baggage and postal
cars, and will sit there for hours and
dodge cinders. When they become
tired Of the motion they viii get down,
Wherever they stop they are at home.
They may miss their clean linen and
bath and parlor organ, but they control
theirseniotion SO perfectly that you do
not suspect it.
Beyond sherman, the highest point
OF the road, we met the Chinese, and
have had. them in several capacities eyea
since. They have ehattered back to US
as track hands, and eomforted us as
cooks, and exasperated us as walters.
But. in looking back over the trip, we
can conscientiously say that we feel no
ilItoward John, In all phases in which
we have met him, we have found him
patient, industrious, temperate and
good-natured. All these qualities show
in their expression. L cannot now re-
call a single vicious-looking Chinaman.
Their costume on the road is a loose
blouse of BLUSH color and light materi-
al, and pants of the same stuff. The
we're mostly the wooden pattern. Sur
mounting their shapely heads were
straw turbans, with, wide brim and with
edges that curl under. Something like
the cap to an acorn. In the cities they
wear soft wool hats with straight, mar.
row brims. All of them wear the cue
on some it is pendant on others i
forms a coil at the back of the head
This mode OF, wearing the hair indicate;
the company to which they belong. Al
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one Of spotless white And they max,
? good walters, although there is occa
sionally difficulty in fixing their atten
ton on you, Both men and wome1
preserve the customs of their nativt
land, though in costuming colors ar,
avoided. -,--..
Car life on the plains is monotonous
Anticipation, regret, guide-books
watches and meals absorb most of tn
leisure, although there is a little tim
devoted to lying about various subjects
But you find people who can lie s.
much more tortuously than you ca
that this department is soon vacated.
The eating occurs pretty regularly
The meals are uniformly good and wei
served. can hardly tell you wha
they are composed of, and it is too del
cate subject to guess at. The stea
was always tough, It was so CONSTANT
| tough that the fact finally filled m
with uneasiness. They say it was bee
; and hope it was. We had other meal
cat from the same animal, and a goo
selection of vegetables. The coffee an
tea were always excellent, and so W,
the bread. The meals were one doll,
each, and to watch fifty persons endet
voring to eat dollars worth of stuff
twenty minutes was sight only Il
more favored of earth's children Al
permitted to behold.
S Russia's Last Grab. .t
The Moscow Gazette, alluding to ce
tain speculations in the English pres
Il based on assurances said to have be-
Z given by Russian diplomats, says tn
the announcement of Russia's intentiC
to evacuate Khiva after conquering
g must not be taken for a solemn promi
As in the case of Samracand, Russia,
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