The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-05-05
Sore Clothes and Civilization.

ns shoWlng how easy it is for savage
to cas- ASIDE 8 the trammels of artificial
ity 70 kush INTO the glowing realities of
savage HE, the following is told of
Rantzanl, famed Basuto chief: Rant
zani was nephew of Mashesh, of South
Afnc'sH renown. He had taken, thanks
to missionary education, all the outer
maahe1s OF dandy. He wore a tweed
cos., "hlte shirt, suspenders, a watch,
chan 2 seals, gloves, and even a paper
collaI DE could talk of books, and
was aFqbscrlber to the Natal paper.
trienset u Rantzani We're quite positive
that ti>s Charms of education had won
Rantzssi from the wild habits of his
clan, i9r the young Basuto loved to lou
IN a @49erlcan rocking chair, and GER
taInE- -Ynch an educated young fellow
eIs<s1aid any more, $50 IT was sup
4 f5essz5A HaeI pleasure hfs eattfe,stealIng
| and Rouse burning. The question of
| batth with the Beers was not agitating
the savage mind, and Mashesh, it was
thought, was only holding back the dogs
of war until Rantzani's decision was
heard A melting was called, Mt which
Rantzani desired to be heard. He Is de-
scribed ss having been dressed in we'll
fitting clothes, with patent leather boots,
strawcolored necktie around stiff
Byron collar. There is some doubt as
whether this latter adjunct of civiliza-
ton was linen or paper. AS an excuse
for human error, we are to suppose IT
was paper Rantzani began to speak in
q slow. iIanimate way. Il was talking
of the advantages OF peace and all 1t
would do for his people. Lions only
have to6ght and are miserable, but be-
hold ths sheep, how happy they are.
Then hs shirt collar hurt him and he
made aneffort to open it. "Our chill
dren 600 the field and carry books and
improve their little minds, instead of
wasting their time in wild-bird catch
ing" Ihen his shirt stud jammed into
his neck " People-wild people-the
Kafrs call this bondage-neyerthel
the happy quietude of this life, which
leads to contentment, has pleased me,
but-bat-' here the sharp, unyielding,
knifeblade-like edge of his collar sawed
into his swelling heck. Then he yelled
81 am tined of this imposture These
clothes confine my limbs once unfettered
by any Of the trammels of this civilized
world l am trying to praise. Then,
with mighty effort, he tore the collar
from his throat and trampled on 1t. In
creasing III violent gestures he flung oil
his coat, his suspenders, cast aside his
trousers, aud IN an instant was stark
naked. Before him lay In one disordered
heap his clothes. He danced on them.
He rushed to a fire, seized a brand, and
with his own hand set fire to the school
house, and as it blazed, grasping a rife,
he at once became the fighting chief of
the Basutos. Some time Afterward, at
the battle of Tini, almost alone, he
defended with desperate courage a
mountain path. Since his relapse he
has become more and more savage, and,
although he Is fairly well off, and still
maintains a carriage and horses, yet his
pleasures are pagan, and he is thief
and 3 Liar. How much off this falling
of fr01a grace Inay-lse due to that paper
collar future philosophers alone can
determine. Finely invented descrip-
tons OF the natural instincts of his race
really pale before this actual narration
Of facts.-NciO York Times