South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-11-04
Work for tho Missionary.
Special Corresposderee Of The Baltimore Sua.
PAius. Oct. 4. 1881.
People who Bat their Grsndmo,hers and
Bang" their Hair.

Paris Is full, rs full as any Thanks.
giving turkey ever was. Its four
thousand hotels ana innumerable "a
partments and lodging houses are O.
Verflowing. l have never seen so
many people here when there was no
extraordinary attraction.
You havc.read Darwin's Voyage of
Naturalist and remember his de.
scription OF the Terra del 'Fuegians.'
lie says: certainly have never seen
creatures more abject and more mis-
erable-eompletcly nude, the body
running with the falling rain, the fig.
IRE short, the visage hideous, the
SKIN dirty and greasy, the hair dshev>
eied, the voice discoidant, the ges.
lures violent. 1t is hardly possible to
beiieve them to be human creatures,
inhabitants of the same world with
ourselves. In the Jardin d'Acclima-
ton here thore is a.group of these
creatures recently imported, and the
description of them written by Darwin
filiy Years ago is, as correct rs if writ
ten yesterday.
in alarg eueiotwe taken'from some
oI the OTHER slid animals ere assem-
bled four. men, four women and two
or three children of these barbarians.
aud a more curious sight / have ne.
YER seen, 81 more Interesting one.
a crowd Of thousands Of the demi.
monde and the curious of all classes
press their noses continually against
tie wire screen which surrounds their
enclosure. Sitting on their launches.
or lying ut bali length about n log
lire are these creatures, clad in q
simple sheepsbin tied by string
about the neck and waist.cloth.
the latter is pat on in Difference TO
the preiudices OF the visiting Euro
poans. and not pcticulaily for the
ParlSians. who rather fancy the nude.
Their hair. full of vcr1nin, is a tang
led mass, which they are continually
scratching. it is entirely innocent of
scissors. excepting at the forehead.
where it IS hacked OF Cor banged in
the most fashionable and idiotic stvlc.
10 keep II out Of tue eyes. They in
feature resemble the Circassian rather
than tie Northumberland broad and
low, nose broad at base. mouth large
Briefly. jhciI food at home is chiefly
fish. eaten alive; here it is beef or
mutton, hacked of With n huge knife
and thrown into the ashes. When
looked 10 iheir taste it is pulled ont
with stick and eaten, dirt and all.
OF their chief luXury-tleir grand
mothers-they are unfortunately de-
prived. 1t is their custom to eat the
old and feeble ana the wounded
When asked why they Go not eat their
dogs instead, they give you to undero
stand TINT dog. can catch the office
and on Old woman can't catch any.
thing. OF the family or family rela.
tiona, chiefs or patriarchs, they have
no notion, no religion no faith, not
ven icticism, the refuge OF the most
degraded Africans. lie has no
know!edgeTof his age, Of any disinc-
tive names. or of time; he is Il Fue
gan, rs horse.i5 horse, PIG a pig.
and simply member of herd no
knowledge Of property, and no regard
Tor It beyond a miserable canoe. a
bow & arrows, and the sealskin which
he throws over his shoulders. He
possesses nothing. lie has no habita.
lion, bat at night makes Il rude nest
ike a monkey or "a dog, and sleeps
huddled together with his neighbors
His life is vagabondish, nomadic. and
he seeks something to appease bis
hunger continually like any wild
au,usdi.
Mr.. Darwin says of their wigwarns :;
They resemble in form and size n pile
Of rubbish. tie work of an honr'
Their language, Capt. Cool. said.
sounds very much like n man 'garp
ling his throat Their cruelty Is no.
torious, ana ;hoy think nothing of
dasiing out child's brains on tba
rocks If he displcascs them. III lad
never seen Paris or any of It's sights I
should be perfectly satisfied to secnofh-
ing else here. consider it the greatest
curiosity ] have ever seen. and nm in
tcresting study. Here Mt n glance
can be seen tie great stride ourciyili.
cation has made. Here In contrast is
that OF the very earliest and very N
test times face TO face. The absence
Of all clothing and that of the dcmi-
monde clothed in all the superhuities
Of the mode is IN striking contrast.
You viii remember the rather funny
account Of the Fuegian captain, Fitz.
roy, carried over to London, and af-
ter keeping him there two or three
Years returned with him to Terra del
Fuego clad in the London fashion left
him with his people, and returning af-
ter a short absence found him stripped
Of every rag of clothing, aud, having
returned to bis native habits, had no
wish TO 20 back to civilization. $.