Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-06
A WORTHLESS GARMENT.
Savage Tries to Turn y Nswsps Der int
Wearing apparel.

1890 ~ urn y NoWopH Into
Wearing apparel.
When savage people FIRST come In
contact with the whites none OF the
wonders that they see Ia regarded with
more suspicion than large sheets of
paper. The native Is apt to regard the
paper as sort OF cloth, and the fact
That it tears easily and is worthless for
most OF the purposes to which cloth IL
put convinces him that it is fraud.
one or two Congo travellers have told
OF the disgust with which the natives
at first regarded paper. The Congo
tribes, by the way, are on the lookout
Tor sharpers, and it is pretty hard
work for anybody to sell them a bad
quality OF cutlery or cloth. Savages
soon ind, however, that paper is not
intended to serve the purpose of cloth.
linen they cease to look upon it as
trand. but they do not think it ranks
high among white mans manufactures.
and they have little use for it.
A while ago Mr.. Lumholtz was trav-
cling in the interior OF Queensland.
Australia. where he met many natives
who had never seen white man be-
fore. One day crowd of natives were
In the white mans camp carefully in
speeding the explorer and his baggage,
when newspaper happened to drop
out OF his pocket. The natives un-
folded and spread it on the ground.
They decided that it must be an arti-
Gle OF wearing apparel, and one OF
them tried it on. He wrapped il
around his shoulders like a shawl and
sat down on the ground, arranging his
covering this way and that, and watch
Ing the faces of his crowd to see what
they thought of his elegant garment,
covered as it was with many thousands
of curious marks.
Presently. however, an accident
happened. While the savage was ar
ranging his shawl and irving to bring
the corners in front of him the garment
began to tear at the nape OF his
neck. A howl from the crowd called
attention to the disaster. The blanket.
or whatever it was, was evidently
made of the poorest sort OF material.
The savage took his covering OF.
examined the mischief he had wrought.
made the teal little longer. and th<u
with his finger poked a hole through
The paper. That settled the fact that
the article was worthless. The news.
paper suddenly lost all interest for the
natives. who turned their attention to
less destructive objects. N. Y. Sun.
In the street car. FIRST lauy
(seated) - Madam. please remove
your umbrella from my lap I'm not
an umbrella stand" Second lady
(standing) indeed! Well, now
l take good look at you, see my
mistake"
do you like the Greeis Poetsp"
asked Miss Theodosia Thuddington, Of
Brown. who is not in the least liter
airy. Yes; better than any of the
modern poets" "For what reason?"
"Principally because they are all dead"
Merchant Traveller.
-Cadley The great point OF Jest
is that it should be spontaneous. 1t
should be as quick as flash, you know.
Now, | never think a joke over before
utter it, Bagley-''No; if you did,
you wouldn't say it all, would you?"
Cadley-"Certainly not. America.
Mrs. Spitlire (handing her hus-
band photography: ''How do you
like my pictures, John?' .Who is itP''
why. it's mep Who do you suppose
it isP' Il wouldn't have known il.
never saw you look that way before"
What way?" "Pleasant."- ~