Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-10

return TO tho misery and uncertitude of
our early lifeP" Such, 80 far as have
been able TO CLEAN, is the general feel
ing of those in servitude. They become.
so TO speak, members of the household
of their masters. They benefit largely
by the civilization, such as il is, that
surrounds them. They form ties and
affections; they marry and have chill
dren; and they become thoroughly iden-
titled with the country and surroundings
of those who own them.
At sunset the 'Tam-tam," or native
drum, is heard IN the court or at the en-
trance of every house. Masters and
servants are alike holding their "ter-
tubas,n just as in Spain one hears in
provincial towns and villages the
twanging of the guitar and the long
sighed tremulous note of some Arab
fathered music. The female slaves, il
really they can be called so, seem TO sit
as high at their dress tables as the lighter
colored mistress whom they serve. Of
ornaments they have plenty--silver and
gold coins being woven into their in
Vulnerable and thinly-plaited trcsses.
Amber, coral, and jasper necklaces
fall in rows over their, when young.
statuesque bosoms, here, as is the GUS
tom of the country, left untrammelled
by robe or corset. Like the Beshareep
Arabs, the Berbereens, male and To-
male, wear attached to their right arm
above the elbow red or brown leather
cylindrical shaped amulets, like small
drums, containing scraps of parchment
inscribed with verses Of the Koran OF
some cabalistic words invented by a
local fakir. These are believed to pre-
serve the wearer from all bodily harm.
Happily, whatever may be the Kindness
shown by the master to his bondsman,
slavery has its days numbered. The
Government of the Khedive, rightly in
fluenced, is determined to stamp 1t out,
and the presence of English officers
(now in the service of his Highness) in
the distant provinces OF the Soudan
will undoubtedly aid the extinction Of
the curse. Let the Mahdi be disposed Of
and the revolted districts brought back to
their allegiance, new moral teaching
firmly and sternly inculcated will shed
new light through these dark lands.
When the now turbulent and ever-con-
flicting tribes are made finally to under
Stduu ludb tne Sdle VI UnelT ltllOW-Iuen
is everywhere prohibited, the great in.
centive to strife will cease to exist, pris
oners, hitherto source of wealth, will
become unmarketable, and the excuse
for internecine warfare. with view to
mutual kidnapping, become obsolete
Then the numerous tribes bordering tho
White and Blue Niles will find there is
no further profit in war, and with
general peace and the development Of
civilizing influences the plowshare will
take the place of the sword. TO this
end the Government of the Khedivc
will strenuously and honestly strive,
and backed by the energetic work Of
the English now deputed to attain this
end, there is hope for successful ter
mination of the present revolt. To sum
up briefly, the curse of slavery is not
the actual holding of slaves, but the
misery caused by the destruction of vii
ages, the severing of family ties and the
cruelties perpetrated in the work of cap
ture. People are dragged miles and
miles without water, chained by the
neck; in fact, the trails of the capturers
may be followed by the skeletons OF
their captives left on the line of route
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