Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17

corn whisky 80 some OF che larger s,e-
uein mtg z few miles away and obtain
s,w dollars ca mgucv. some ihacco|
...i rlUee far t .Mfu. wrmun ana
unildf % urs slaves so the tobacco hab..
me W1maa chew n,1 smoke and uioi
pr thtm also use gnun when they can
The interior of ,ne cabin q, "A clay
tsisr j. rude In the extreme. THE cabin
81 usually bull, of srulll Pine Ior. fr1u
which the bark Is sometimes removed
mere are no windows una usually only
.hc uoor. In winter fhc cracks be-
aNetn The Ngs are iiiled With cay or
iaBs nnh sometimes buards are rallied
over tham on the uutnift. In summer
'.ltse cracks are opened IN order 60
'l''N pehiy or fraf uir to cfiler. There
are no pictures ON the walls. no orna-
hehts OF any Kind. and often no furul-
tuir worthy 70 ghe rams m then nre
bsI.teiia they are 90 The crudest kind.
miet hy the head VI .he rimiiy Win
~ othor tools than saw urd ak. t'Eu.
~. the cibiu Is roo small f1r bcdgtalds
u The family D. large. and .hey actp on
quiiii and mtittcfsu spread ON the
noor' The onarc family. of;on ten or
more person., Gag and fieep IN one small
room, The cooking is duDs IN sha one
Fireplace. the utensils c1nzistug Of
frying pan, a kettle. and oven and pos
sihly few rlA. Cooking stoves sew
ING machine AMI lil modern convcrl.
enc,s are unknown Many ~ thrse
people viii not believe ihH sueni THINKS
rpily exist. \ Few circus posters may
adurn the walls and you may ind a
p1tent mcdlcire nimaric. but books
and newspapers ure unknown. N0nv
q the family can rcld. Their parents
btfore chem could NJ. rad: their chill
drcn are growing up equally Ignorant.
and the maurty ~ them do not be-
Hove In book learr'ux " the had %
the family belongs 90 s.ia churh he
probably keeps chcnp Bible IN she
house, bui they never hotr u rad *.
cepi when SOM travelling minister
cUucs uhng AMI agps for dinner or
- fh1ps stays ~ niglU.
The clay eaten by these people is
found along the banks ~ the small
mountain strcams In iuexhlusilblc
quantities. II Is VI dirty white color
has peculiarly oily appearance. ana
usually. cont lines q pale yellow. u
this oil Keeps 10 from sticking TO che
hands or mouth. when dry u does not
crumbic ana % few drops u water Will
easily aor,sn k until Il can be rolled
INTO any shape dtniNd. n Il almost
without taste. bus mus. possess some
nourlHhmcnt aF these people declare
they can auhslst upon Il for days. They
place small piece In ghc mouth and
hold 70 there until 1; gradually dis
solves ana IL swallowed IN small guam
TILES az ilna. The qulnsliy eaten AZ
one times varies from lump rs large
A. pea Tor the child or beginner to
q lump as large ns hens egg cot those
who have eaton % for year..
How dld you learn 10 cat clny7'
asked ~ man whose face was almost
che color u ih7 stun he enE ealing.
Dunno" h. answered. II seen pap and
tuihera calm IS. an az ~" Docs the
hnbH grow until you acquire n taste for
the Htuff3" "iluh2" "Cin you ault s.tt-
ing clayT' Dunno; never tried" Has
ihe sun a pleasant tlste7' III 'twan't
good | wouldn't be eaiin' a." and the
native drew a second lump from his
pocket and began 10 eat u wish relish.
The only bad effect ~ clay eating
SCI ms To be- the peculiar appearance u
gives tho skin Of thore who become ad-
dlciCd 60 She hnbli. The skin turns
pii. 30 pale. In face, as ~ give the face
She phll0r NJ drrh. ana then later on
e turns a peculiar pale yellow. a color
closely resembling some % the clay
eaten. Children who become addicted
10 che habit grow Old. az least In APP
pcnfance. prcmaturoly. ana their faces
lose forever the bright rlpw ~ youth
and htnEh. There n lNti@ sickness
among the clay eaters. and they i've az
long rs ths average ~ mankind. Prov
INK the habit Is not fatal.--Ncw York
Time.