Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-09-14
A WORTHLESS GARMENT.


savage brtes 10 Turn Newspaper late
wearing apparel.
When savage people FIRST come in
contact with the whites none OF the
wonders that they see 10 regarded with
more suspicion than large sheets OF
paper. The native is apt to regard the
paper ~ a sort OF cloth, and the fact
that IL tears easily and is worthless for
most OF the purposes to which cloth Is
put convinces him that II IL fraud.
One or two Congo travellers have told
Of the disgust with which the natives
al first regarded paper. The Congo
tribes. by the way. are on the lookout
Tor sharpers, aud II 10 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 purpose OF cloth.
Then they cease TO look upon II as a
fraud. but they do not think II 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
VINO had never seen a white man be-
fore. One day crowd Of natives were
In the white mans camp carefully in
speeding the explorer and his baggage,
when n newspaper happened TO drop
out Of his pocket. The natives I'm
folded and spread 1t on the ground.
They decided that IL must be an arti-
Gle OF wearing apparel. and one OF
them tried IL on. He wrapped II
around his shoulders like 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 1t 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 ut the nape OF his
neck. A howl from the crowd called
attention to the disaster. The blanket.
or whatever 1t was. was evidently
made OF the poorest sort of material.
The savage took his covering of.
examined the mischief he had wrought,
made the tear little longer. and theu
with his finger poked 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 obiects. Y. Sun.
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