Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
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NO INE EOR PIPER.

NO USE FOR PIPER.
When savage people first came in con-
tact with the whites none of the wonders
that they see is regarded with more sus-
picion than large sheets Of paper. The
native is apt to regard paper as a sort
Of cloth, and the fact that it tears easily
and is worthless for most of the pur-
poses to which cloth is put convinces
him that it is fraud. One or two Con-
gro travellers have told of the disgust
with which natives at first regarded
paper. The Congo tribes, by the way,
are on the lookout for sharpers, and it
is pretty hard work for anybody to
sell them a bad quality of cutlery or
cloth. Savages soon find, however,
that paper is not intended to serve the
purposes Of cloth. Then they cease to
look upon it as fraud, but they do not
think it ranks high among the white
mans manufactures, and they have
little use for it.
A while ago Mr.. Lumholtz, was
travelling in the interior of Queensland,
Australia, where he met many natives
who had never seen white man before.
One day crowd of natives were in the
white mans camp, carefully inspecting
the explorer and his baggage, when
newspaper happened to drop out of his
pocket. The natives unfolded it and
spread it out on the ground. They de-
cided that it must be an article OF
wearing apparel, and one of them tried
it on. He wrapped it around his
shoulders like shawl, and sat down on
the ground, arranging his covering this
way and that, and watching the faces of
the crowd to see what they thought Of
his elegant garment, covered as it was
with many thousands of curious marks.
Presently, however, an accident hap
pened. While the savage was rearrang-
ing his shawl and trying to bring the
corners together in front of him the
garment began to tear at the nape of
the neck. A howl from the crowd
called attention to the disaster. The
blanket, OF whatever it was, was eyi-
IDENTIFY made of the poorest sort of ma
terial. The savage took his covering
of, examined the mischief he had
wrought. made the tear little longer,
and then, with his finger, poked a hole
through the paper. That settled the
fact that the article was worthless.
The newspaper suddenly lost all inter-
est for the natives. who turned their
attention to less destructible Objects
.Nelv YorL S1l7.
TIE DE1CON'S EVIL PRoPENSlTT,
An amusing incident occurred in one
Of our down-east churches few months
ago. The clergyman gave out the
hymn,-
II love to steal while away
From every cuDbering care,
And spend the hour of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer"
The regular chorister being absent.
the duty devolved upon good old Deacon
NJ, who commenced, Il love to STEAL"
and then broke down. Raising his voice
a little higher, he then sung, II love to
steal" AS before, he concluded he had
got the wrong pitch; and deploring that
he had not his "pitch-tuner, he deter
mined to succeed if he died in the at
tempt. By this time, all the old ladies
were tittering behind their fans, while
the faces of the 'syoung ones were all
in broad grin. At length, after des-
perate cough, he made final demon
stration, and roared out, Il love to
steal" The effort was too much.
Every :one but the eccentric parson
was laughing. He arose, and with the
utmost GOODNESS, said: "Seeing our
brothers propensities, let us pray" It
is needless to say that but few of the
congregation heard the prayer.
Il sHREWD GAME.
Two burglars of gentlemanly appear
ance called at house and asked to be
oao"n o'CA ~, Saying VAoJ WAoAou w
purchase just such an one. The family
were absent, and the person in chargs
complied with the request. Noticing
that one or two closets in one of tho
chambers were locked, they, saying that
an abundance of closet room was what
they wished, expressed a desire to have
these opened. The lady said the par
ties were away, and these closets We're
kept locked at their request. After
some urging, the lady went to bu-
reau and from one of the drawers took
a bunch Of keys, and the closets We're
thrown open to the inspection OF the
strangers, who pretended to be entirely
satisfied. That night they entered
through one of the windows. went to
the room mentioned, took the keys from
the drawer and rifled the trunks in the
closet of many valuables.