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1 BOOTH The Salvation Army's Commander Writes of Our Poverty and Crimes, Tramps and Millions, 20,000 ACRES FOR A DARKEST AMERICA COLONY, His Napoleonic Scheme for Peopling the Country from the Cities, with Farms and Plenty of Work, Thus Making Good Citizens of Bad Ones. . The N. Y. World litis, asked mo to write my liunreaaliiiia ' of "Darkest Now York." I bad almost promised myself not to make any extended re marks upou a country or city of which I have awn bo little, but although I liav uot with my owu oye In-lu-ld all the conditions, all the environ ments of tho men who work for a livliiK In Now York or lu America, 1 hava had the advantage of othor ieo plo'a ya and ear. Necfssarlly what I have to aay will ,vj vi , htj nwi uwiviiin villi) for the thoughts which arts tr no manifold that I must put tutu Uowu a they occur to me or 1 will lotto them. There 1 a Darkest New York. There la a Darkest America. It I uot the aame lu appearance as Darkest England or Darkest Loudou, but It la eatwmtlally the aatue. Human nature la the same here; there la the aame liiruslou of AiikIo Saxon blood. All that Is dlfforvut 1m the mere outward look of thing. Here in .New York the tmuututice live In tall structures much more crowded together thau lu l.oudoii, but there la the same poverty, the Name crime. Poverty licgeta , crime, .crime begets jHjverty. It Is the revolving wheel WE ARB GOING DOWNWARD. Here lu New York It seems to me that civilisation Is gliding beautifully on an Incline. The people dream they are going upward. They are really going downward at fearful sihhhI. The aame tendency of the people from the country to hurry towards the great cltlea prevails here as In Knr land. The land which they cannot make pay when cultivated will bring forth large harvest of lea miser ablea. It need not be In a hurry. There Is smoke a good while lieforo there Is SM t New York occupies the same h.hI tlon to America as tonditn does to England. Its conditions are the con ditions thnt will bo common to the rest of the country by ami by. You are In advance of other American cities; you are further down the In clined plane. From what I can learn the condi tion of the poor people Is not much letter, If any better, than In England. We multiply pounds by five to make dollars when we translate our money , Into yours, but that Is not quite cor rect, for $5 will not buy as much as one pound when you come to consider clothing, medicine, house enta and all the little necessities of life. Also, thore are other things which one lacks In America which money cannot buy. The poor do not have the pri vacy here In their little homes. But the conditions are essentially the same. Yon find the "submerged, you find those who are not submerged who have to work for their luire liv ing from early in the morning Into the night. A MILLION TRAMPS. You have the sweat shops as Um don has. You have the tramps. They say you have a million tramps. That la a great many. I fear nflssly knows how many there really are. Put a tramp hTa man. Calling him an ob Jectlonable name does not excuse one's self of the responsibility for liv ing in the same society In which he Uvea. There he is. He Is a man. an un redeemed soul, and of greater value than all material creation. You have here the Darkest New York, besides your tramp population, the criminals, gamblers and all who live by the vices and Infirmities of others; here they procreate and In creaselike vermin, I was going to say. This is Just as it Is In Darkest England in the east side of Darkest Now York as well as In the east end of Darkest London. IS THERE NO WAY OUT? Is there a way out for the sub merged and the half-submerged here as In England? Yes. I propose a way out the only way that I can see. Tho socialism of Mr. Bellamy or of any other socialist la an angelic plan of government for angelic men. New Yorkers are not angels any more than Londoners are. I am free to say that some of them are very near it, for I have been most kindly treated here. Henry (Jeorge's plan 1 know of. I am very fond of Henry George, pos sibly because he Is fond of inc. He Is right when he snys that the land - question Is at the bottom of nil this trouble and misery, nut I don't see how he can bring himself to propost the confiscation of land. Here is widow and children to whom property Is left her. He would have the state take It. It may be I do not state this proposition correctly. I am a busy man. But they say these people who find it so difficult to live are persons of defective organization. Their frames are feeble; their teeth are bad; their eyes are defective; they are scrofu lous, consumptive, born thieves and rascals. Ho much the more thoy call for thfl effort of the strong, the healthy, the clever, those whose teeth and eyes are sound they are the ones who should help the aged, the weak and the tin fortunate those whoso environment and companionship have made; them If I may use the expression, Inferior beings. It Is possible to do this at a profit, You- stingy souls, perhaps this will induce you to try to liKe your fellow- men. IJIS ENGLISH EXPERIMENT I have spent 100,000 at lladley, England tlmt Is half a million dol lars, as I reckon It for the redemp tion of S00 or 1,000 men. This will pay, not counting the redemption of the men, a profit of from U'i to 4 per cent. Land that cost f!K) an acre four years ago sells for $1,200 an acre now. I know because I bad to buy some re cently. Nations borrow immense sums of money to wage war. You yourselves, who are at peace with the world and have not bad a war for thirty years and may not have one for thirty years more, are spending millions upon a navy. You do that to protect your property. You argue that, even as Insurance upon the commerce and the property of your seacoast towns, It Is money saved rather than money pent. Why should you not spend money to save money to defend your gov ernment, your society, against your (expensive paupers and criminals? , I I. ON DARKEST NEW YORK The costliness of thievery, who can estimate It) How many women have their puree stolen and never lnn tell their liusbtinils? - How many thing Bre stolen which are never re ported to the Hillce or never recov ered? Or. If they are recovered, who shall estimate the loss lu time ami exis'use? i . COST OPJUIMR AND MISERY Add to these the (Hist of the whole crlmlitnl system, the wages of crlnil mil Judges, tho fees of Juries, the money imltl to attorneys, the wages of police, of pi'lsou otllcluls, the up. keen of Jails, reformatories. j0w when you cauttot only save this loss, but make It a paying Investment, why should It not lie considered seriously? You have hospitals here. If a man falls and breaks his legs, you tike htm to one, even If the fall Is the re- sidt of his own had conduct. lie may have been drunk at the time; still you tnke him to the hospital. Why should there not be a hospital for a man wheu he has fallen and broken his nature, his will? You have prisons-hospitals thnt dm t html. You break the man s will, and leave It as limp as a rag. The first man be meets coming out of Jnll lends him straight off In mischief. tlovernmeut should take him and say: "Do you want to work? Very good, you shall work. You slmll earn your living. Oh, you don't want to work? Hut you shall work, anyhow." Then turn him over to the Salvation Army, to the Darkest America refor mation plan, which very likely will lie started here ou similar limn to those the Salvation Army has stirred up lu other parts of the world. SAVING A Olltli FOR fid. Will It pay? We can save a girl for flu. That Is eomitlng all wreck age. We do this without legislative help. Those wo have saved are repay lug what they have cost. We kep them for three years, and after they have been with us so long and are tested, the past Is burled and forgot ten, ami they go out Into the world nobtMly knowing their history, and be come wives and mothers, lieautlfol women, for they are saved souls. Tht! scheme for men will imy Its own way I said to his excellency I he governor of ( iiimiln: "lou want Immigration You want a simple peasantry, who will lie nttached to tho still, lou want people not to become pressmen, law yers anil dm-tors, not too proud to work for a living, but men who have a stake In the country. I will bring you people who are tested. 1 will uot iinIc you any fees to Induce them to come. They will be men of two classes, those who have been still mergetl and those who were never submerged, but have been chained to tho wheel earning $3 or It a week." In one of the prisons 1 went Into here there were oio men I.s-ked up, They cost the state fiaMHMi per an iiuiu to keep. Each man got nlmut a pound of heefxtenk a day. I snhl to myself: "I can get thousand of peo ple who will commit any rcusonnhh' clime for the sake of being fed like thnt." (ive me those people ami I will not only save the money but save the men. WAY TO REFORM CRIMINALS These are the hospitals which don't heal. I have lieeti In prls.ui In this country where the governors, or what ever you call them here, were respect ful to the prisoners, bowed to them, saluted them, treated theui as equal This was to build up their aclf-respect ami manhood. I wouldn't do so. I would make them smart. I would say: "Oh, what a scoundrel you nrel You want to lie mailt) over; you are a sinner. Hut Ills Mood can make the vilest dean; Ills blood avails for you; now you've got n chance to make a man of yourself, will you take itr crime rorrcits freedom. The limn who offends against society iniint not only for stsiety's sake, but tor his own sake, Iks shown a more excellent way. Hut to start a darkest America scheme, to found another Maswicliu setts, requires bind. Homebody will ask: "Where will you get It?" There is unclaimed land, and there Is a lot of land which has owners but Is not lu use. Buy a lot of It back. Land will Ik; cheaper next year. It Is cheap now. I have some hind over hern which I was talking of selling. A friend wild to mo: "Don't sell II now. You can't get anything for It." I said: "Well, put It up ut auction; surely somebody will bid something for It." He answered: ".My dear gen eral, I have been to all the sheiift's sales of bind for the Inst eighteen months, and there has not been n bid." A DARKEST AMIiltICA COLONY Now Is the time to begin a durkest America plan. The land Is cheap. I have In view twenty thousand acres In Its present state. I do not. earn to mention It more definitely now, because ull the arrangements have not been thought out. On It I should plant not only the men from tno great cities who have found It Im possible, or next to Impossible, to get a living, but I would bring over from Ncnudlnuvifl, Holland, Germany mid Belgium those good peasants who are not submerged, but who find It the most diflcult thing ou earth to make a living. They would make tho peasantry of uu country. They won d make a substantial living from tho soil. They Have uot the money to pay for their passage now, and perhaps thoy are frightened at tho prospect of being eaten by tho cannibals over hern. Hut If the scheme was Indorsed bv tho Salvation Army they would come, lie cnuso they know It would bo safe. ihe reason why the people of the great titles, discouraged at their pros- pecin ior getting worg, miserably housed and lnsiilllciently dad. do not go to the country as tilings are now is through their fear of loneliness. A man has his work lu tho fields and does not mind It so much, but the woman, alone In the house, with no neighbor nearer than two or three miles, Is very apt to ask her husband I to go back to the city and the mlserv there, with not half so good a living. They would see somebody there. . J lie plan for darkest America would bo to start little communities little villages of thirty or forty bouses to gether. Each man would have six or eight acres of ground surrounding the village and, besides that, would have a common for his cow. There would be hovels for his pigs and chickens, and there would bo carta to come around so often to take the pro iluco to the market. UNCLE SAM WOULD OWN THE LAND. Thl little fiiiiuliig community wmtll not find life nway from the elttt such a lumen thing They would have their proper recreation, the hands and the twrrecl;s and trip to the city, and while they would not get rich they would make a fair living and a sure tine, ' None of these colonists will own the land. That Is what I want the gov ernment's help In. I want the gov ernment to deed to me In trust this tract of land, to be used fur the li termeut of these people, giving me the privilege of alienating It or disposing of It only In cases where It Is abso lutely necessary for the success of the scheme, The colonist simply would have tlie tisjij of the land free its long as they chose to work It. The money to build their Utile cottages, their sheds and stye for cattle ami pigs would be advanced to them out of their owu wages, so that If man rati away he would run away from his owu money, ami the scheme would Im so much tho richer by his. going away. Hut that Is the sticking point. The Camidlans don't favor the plan of not nlvlug each unit) the fee simple of his bind. However, the Belgian government has sent commissioner to the Darkest Knghtnd plant to we bow It Works, ami we have a college In Imdoii to nrennre teachers for the sixty or sev- enty colonies which we have scattered throughout the world. ' In South Africa. In iTU our Halvatloii Armv lHiHta lu London wa have this sign posted: "No mail need beg or starve or steal or Commit suicide. Ap ply t the captalu for it ticket, ami he will Itud you work." That Is what every slate should have posted lu the portal of Its prison, THE FIFTH MAN WHO STARVE. The unions are opined to having men In prison support themselves. I do not always agree with the unions. Here are four men lu garden. There Is Just euougli work to keep them. Along comes the fifth mini, who look over their bends nud snys: "Cnn you give me some work?" They answer him, "No; there Is Just enough work for four here." He says, "My Uod. you are not going to let mo starve, are you?" They put their hands lu their pocket and take out enough to feed lilm. Would It uot Ik Iwtter for them, since they must food blni, to get some thing for their money? Thnt I lu little what stsiety Is lu large. America has, lu common with Eng land, the groat draw-tack of an edu cational system. I don't know wheth er I dare say anything against edu cation, but It seem to me It la nil done for the mind and nothing for the-body or soul. The children are brought up to bo ladles and gontlt ineii, not men and women, w ho must work for a living. They are afraid to nut their hands lu the dirt or the dishwater. IIl'MMUS IN AMERICA I have Ix-cn disappointed In the American is-niile. 1 exist'tetl to fliu them extremely wise iMillllcntly, don't think I ever saw so much bunt hug. I hero is so much claptrap, so much npH'itlliig to prejudice, no little of sound reasoning and calm decision In matters affecting public safety They don't believe In grace. They don't- w ant grace. I J race Is uo go-xl for backing. They want the kicking of tho republican jwirty, of the demo crat jMirty, or of Mr. Cleveland, or somebody iho, lt Is your ballot-box of which you are so proud, that Is to l.e your undoing unions you wake up to what tho situation Is. The millionaire I on top now, ami the gn-at crowd I struggling beneath In misery. They are the wins rulotte -the breechless fellows. They see tho millionaires having every comfort while It Is as much as they can tin to nm no a living, ami the poorhotiei lit Ihe end when alt Is done. The next revolution will not lie. by force, will ho by your Irnllot Ihix. which the breechless multitude has Just begun to learn how to ue. one tiny they nro going to turn things upKlile down. They are Ihe many. The millionaires are tho few The millionaire w ill then Im under ueaiii, inu nreecliless multitude on top. It will be well If they stick to vot ing only. It would have been well In tho I reiich RevoluTlolt If they had b the breechless multitude vote at Hit start. It would have brought Napoleon nearer by n yeur or two. Isnt thnt an ImiHirtnnt thing to think of? Inu It lietter to lime ym' 'money -bug than I. , 14 jour lienor , Your problem here In darkest Amer ica U no different from this problem in tuner parts of the civilized world, As 1 mild liefore. It Is the mere exter nals which are different. If the brooeliloss multitude threatens here, It also threatens In the older countrlt but you have so much more the atlvaii (age; your chimney has not been smoking so long. The conditions of life have uot burdened so much, There Is the euthuslaHiii which comes to ouo who has goiio from ocenn to ocean In your country the enthusl asm of the realization of your grand IKIMHlblliticS I have the same feeling when I look upon Ihe Salvation Army, It Is not what It Is, but what It Is going to he what It will le If It keeps In tht lines on which It was started. Yours I the country meant to be free. tours Is a government Instituted to guard every man's right to life am happiness. When It guards the right to lifo and happiness of every man and woman, the poor fellow in tin tenement house as well ns the mllllon- alre, then there will be no darkest America and no darkest New York. Faithfully yours, to help the wretched and the lost, WILLIAM BOOTH FEKDINO WHEAT. ,T. B. Hoyt, Bird' Landing, Solano county, Oiillfomln, write the S. F, Rural Press: "With a yield of twenly- flvo busliels per ncre, wheat owls me 11.10 imt loo In wicks on ranch thirty bitNlii'KtKi 1-3 cents. The land Is viilutsl at $H5 t er aero, and should yield, In order to make wheat-growing pmfirablo at one cont isr pound, thirty-live bushels per ncre. A isirtlon or ihxoii, uu, viMtti and Montzumn towriHhlisi now ylehl this amount. I havo fed rolled wh1nt tv horse ami mules-wee sack of iMtrley totwo of wheat; to much cows, half slionis ami hair wheat ttral find It is eicohVnt At presont nrlccs I think It would be more profitable for growers to fowl argo proportion of their whwit tJo .utile and swine If tho nrlccs do not net 'line, "L have Jiwt dressed thirteen nlirs tlcijtl Wppo fi.d mi ii,t1fwl -wli.Mit rl'l.,,i, ... ... ..... B.,,,,A. M V wore a press hotweenj m;ro IlcrkMhlro inui roiunu-i;iiina, 'j'liHir oge varied from olght to twelve mouths old. Tim last threo month they were fed en tirely on wlioat, the thirteen eating hin siw'ks of rollwl wheat. In eight tlay. tno eignt-nionins-oKi flrewted tjh tn 10 ismmls; tho twelve-tnonths-old dressed mo to ;iho pounds. "Jills I tlie first Mine I ever fed wlimir, and Is tho greatest gain In weight over had on this ranch. I am slopping milch qqv with wheat ami siioris and they are doing llnty. "Our soil I adobe Ion in, not of the iwiick triinrudtHT. It n,m ma fl.Itf per ton to deliver wlitwifl nt Port tututu from tho ranch. Tho last two seiiaon we hofc-o averaged from thirty-five to thli'ty-olght bushel er acre-some as mgti a nrty bushel. Twenty-five , bushels would ls a short crop In the ! Montzuma hills." j as U 1 i JU'.t p Beach Combers of tho Mid-Pacific. Men Ayiio Have Forsworn Civilization. Interesting Areouut of Americans and Olftcr Llvlnir lu the "Tropic Wild of 1'olynrsU. Vltl Levuca, FIJI Ismnds.-If I were asked what most Impressed me In my wmidcrlugs through the Isliimls of Polynesia I should uiibesltntlugty say "the bench coiiiIsts." A this name, o fumlllnr throughout the I'tuillc, Is almost unknown In Hie United Klntes, ail explanation Is nooototiry. Atuoug our own Western Indian trllss there Is n tins of white men to tumu re or less lawless or worthless, who are known as "siptaw 'men," and who are adopted Into the the government nuniililes that are pledged, and lu the rlunkets ami ration that nro dealt out from the agencies. These snuuw men have been tho cause of many an Indian war lu the past, ami In peintf their Influence, with rare exceptions, has Ixhii Injurious to the simple -minded IM'opIo w ho have taken litem Into their trlUa. Tbe bench owulior of the Pud lln Inland might ho thMcrlUil ns "a maritime uaw num." He inul hi descendant are Unlay growing factor In these fulr binds, and if a union were Hilble 1ni ween tin-in ml their lutelllgelice was Ht till coiinncll suriite with the physical strength and com ago uf tliciimclvc ami their nu merous and Increasing descendant they could dictate tho jHillcy of Poly nesia, These men have hot-onio so iiuuicr ohm that they may l classed as a distinct raw. They are Europeans and American, ami nro a tUtvr link between the highest civilisation and the savage type of Polynesia. DESERTKRH AND KXIKATKH. They are prliitiMtlIy deserter, hut soiun ate ex-pirates, and not a few the remniUU of the crew of wrecked or abandoned ship, who have lapucd without an effort Into barbarity, They are coiiitm-d to uo location, but are to he found ou every Inhabited siraud from (iirlHtiiiii Inland In the North Pacific to the Kcruitiilcc group In the Mouth. The orlglnnl of these Is-ach ctuulM-ra were Ullilollbledly tho crew of the hlp Bounty, which mutinied lu Uu-mc eas In l.H,seiit their captain, lilli.ii ami elghtien of hi friend adrift lu small iHiut, nud then, under a leader mimed ChriNliiiii, settled on one of tho small Island, killed off most of the men, married the women, nud for two gt'iicrtitloii were bt to the world. CurloiiNly enough, when the half breed ilemi-luhMIt of tll"e mil llucei Were dlcoverisl. It wa found Unit they were a happy Hope, could rend ami write, and were more tlmr otighly Imbued with the teacldui,' of Chrlt than some of the mlMnhni ule-' who had If en sent to save them, it I lmHotlhle to niiike a rompiirl son between the iH'ticli-comblng pio neer mid the early settler In our own land, or In Australia. The sin cos of F.ngllnli colotilKMtloii is entire ly tlue to the fact Unit the coIoiiIkI, tiiNtend of Intermarrying with the slHitiglncit-a did the IjiiIii colonists from Euroio-brought wnti them Into tho new home their wives and ram tiles pint nil the ciihIoiiis nud form of Ihe motherland, some of which were gradually modified by their environ ment. 0 CAPTIVATED BY CLIMATE. But the lieilcll coluber ha It-versed all this. HI purpose In leaving home was no doubt to return ou the same ship; but driven Into revolt by tlie actual or Imagined cruelty of his sti porlor. and captivated by the ease of living and wedding In these purple Ules, lie deserted, found a wife llliloiig the simple Inlander, ami at once lapsed buck to tho condition of his .-mcestor of a Uiouhiiiu! years or more igo, and became a thorough savage. Having seen so much of the beach combers and of our own squaw men I am firm lu the belief that thu bar rier that separate us from our bar Imrous progenitors Is much slighter than we Imagine, unit that the most civilized limn has an timlcllncd crav Ing for tint primitive conditions. It Is this spirit that lends well bred hoys to make caves and fashion rude lui ploiiients of destruction; nud tlie same Impulse (iMcrls Itself In mature years In the alniiMt universal love of hunt lug and fishing. Knowing ns I do the poverty, vice, nud degradation to bo found within the shndows of our churt'hi, lu our most civilized con- teis, I can well understand the revolt agulust conditions, nod how men, many of them of good hirlli and well educated, should willingly throw off the trammiiH of law mid clvlll.atlon 'or the eioy life ami perfect Inde pendence of the bench comber, To liMiigo slightly Tt-nnysniis well known lines; Thoy have burnt ciu b bond of habit, They have wandered far away, From Island unto Inland, At tlie gateways of the day. For moro than a hundred years de sortlotis from ships of every class have been going ou In the raclllc, so that the hulf-broed dosccmlunts of these men number tens of thousands. Speaking Willi old ship captains, I have learned that these deserters wero usually tho brightest of their crews, young, strong, vigorous men, who rebelled under the harsh re straint on ship-board, nud hail no ties binding them to their homes, and uo morula that would miike them averse to tho free and easy habits of the na tives. Among these Ih-iicIi coinbcis 1 have seen men over 70 years of ago. perfect giants In strength and endur ance.' They dress like tho natives find the exposed parts of their bodies are nine as dark. They tire, as a rule. more powerful than the natives, and thoy surpass them In those qualities that are thought to bo peculiar to the savago. They can climb tho hlirhest and smoothest jmlniN with the dex terity or apes, Thoy wear no foot ovorniK, but can wnlk over the sharpoHt rural, or volcanic rocks, as If on velvet carpet, Tliey make and nmnitgo canoes, and they can swim and dive ns well as If their ancestor since the flood had kimi born on these b;l:iii(!n. QlTfWJD TO MJSHfONARIES. Tho beaeh conibur 1 tho onllnodo of the missionary, whom he linnrtnv and openly hates, When he, or his minor, or it may 1st his grandfather, ast on civilisation, be rid himself at tho same tlino of all his reunions touchlngs; and, while be nirclv ndont- od tho worship or bis savage associ ate, ho readily assumed mich of their customs us best pleased himself. Foremost among these customs, and tho one continued with tbe most ner- lKtoncy, s that of polygamy. Hopio ' TI,,KW nW bV0 four or live wives, 'Wl UlHliy ft twonly-five children, A "ills, those children, although, might be expected, of a low moral m stniidard, are inngnltUVnt specimen of physical iimiihotsl. 1 saw a uum Iter of these half breed women at UMiht lu the Navigator' group, who, with their superb. III ho forms, gold broiise complex Ions, uud great, dark eyort, Itsiked llko the llm-sl ty- of gypsy maiden, lu which Hi old Hpiinlsh painters delighted. The hnlf bioctl men are even ii'tior to the women. They will average six feet In height, and In relsise hk like bronse statues of the old Uredaii gladiators. , I uiet thfl father of some of these half-breed and. t my surprise, found he wns au American ami a native of Hag Harbor, Long Island. At first he was inclined lu be reticent, but after lui hail tasted several times of a bottle provided for the purposo, he thawed out and became moro coiutuuulcallve. Ho took me to his hut near the shore; It wa exn i'y like that of the native, ami silting mow n cms leggid. a the natives do, he lit the thensit 1 hand ed him, and hsiked n happy chief, FROM LONO ISLAND. He told me hi mum on 1-onK Island was Seaiuun and thnt bis family was one t.f the oltlest lu that part of the Hint... "Hut," he said, "ns It's Itriy year slue 1 settled down here 1 siipistso ull my folk over there are dead, but my family hero I all right," and be laughed and nodded nt the children and grandchildren playing under tlie bread fruit trees outside, Kcainaii was now. be thought, lut 7,1 years of age; ho certainly looked twenty live years younger. For near ly thirty year he bud never spoketi a word of English, "U-ciuise," he siiltl. "t beru wn no one to speak to. I ptikod up the Upobi tongue, ami now Ihul's alMiut all I know." He h id nc tiuilly forgotten most of the only lan guage with which bo was acquainted up to hi twenty fifth year, lie hes itated nud shtsik his head while ssak Ing. ns If trying to recall the half forgotten English, and frequently lined n native word without knowing I tin difference. "How did you come to leave the world nud take up this kind of it life?" 1 asked. , , "Well, I didn't think alxitit leaving the world. What I wuntcd to do." he said, slowly, "wns to get nwny fr that ship. Klie was a whaler named the Albatross, from New Bedford, and her captain' name was Snow, ami a meaner man than Suow never suited a stu" I particularly mulced that wihle Seaman had forgotten much of his English he hnd retained a distinct memory of all the vhignr and profane word with which be had boon ac qualnted, mid be uol them freely ami copiously, nud evidently without any hie of their character. I learned subsequently that from the first be bad kept up the hhblt of swearing, even when talking tho native Inn gunge, and this explained something that had purged me U-fore. nud that win that Seaman' children and giaiolt hildiin, not one of w hom knew a dect nt word' or English, all swore lu n way Cuit would have put to blush the proverbial troM-r, and a they did It without anger or seeming tuiiHii t wn nil tlie more startling. "I stipse," Mild, anxious to learn his slory, for be wn a typical Isnt h ii'iube.', "that it Ws Snow's harsh nes thnt letl you to run nwhy from the shlp't" "Yo, It was that that tlrst started mo thinking about it. We had Iteen down whaling around the Chatham hiiids, where we was treated d roiivh. and we came up here, expect leg t tiiid n ship to send home n lot u nud some hone In. A soon a t s'tw these Island and the women t said to invelf: This I heaven, sure, .uid I'll give uu w baling.' It wusn't i eav gelling away, for n a lot of ihe crew hud dewrted at different nltties a close watch was kept. We was then at lnngo Pungo. Hut Hit iw found It hard work keeping men from L'otnif over the side nt nltfht ami swimming ashore, niul Hint's what 1 and a mate named Pcarsall did, l'enr sail, ho was rrom Sag Harbor, too, and Just 'bout my nge." "I Pcarsall living?" I asked. "No; he hung ou for a few years, then lie 'piiirod to break right down and he kind of lost bis head. 1 know no lost heart, but then be was a kind of soft, temlerlsh chap. Why, nftt we thought lA'Kt to leave Tctulht nud come over to this Island, where no whaler touched, Pcarsall give out ami iM-gan to fade away, lied go down to the shoro and sit there for hours at a time, a watching for ships that never came; nud he'd talk to me 'bout tho old home, where we was boy together, nud sigh to get back till be in , -ido mo mad enough to knock lit nt lu the head. Well, he kept that up till ho fortlultely tiled." nud Sen man puffed his cheroot and nulled n ir he were relating the most unit miry Incident, NO LONGER FOR CIVILIZATION "And had you never nuy longings to get home? "Yes; at llrst 1 ft-lt a bit (picerlsh, and 1 had dreams about getting back to Sag Harbor and giving up the sea and lielug a farmer; but every licach comber will tell you thnt he's always felt that way llrst off. 1 soon got over my softness, but It wasn't till I felt (lint Upolu wa to he my home torover that I begun to live. by after I'd been hero three yearn and inul n wire of my own and a couple of little ones 1 felt I'd rather die Hum Ihi took nway." "And you've had no desire for civ llUatlon?" "You mean for the old wny buck thore?" and he waved bis brown hand In the direction of the ocenn, "Yes," "No; what have they got over then I mean the poor, the folks that got to work-that I haven't got nud a' sight better? Is It grub? Why, theie ntn t no hungry people In these Is lands. No need to steal grub here, It's ou the trees anil lu the water nil about you, If you but Just reach out your hand. Is It fine clothes? We don't need 'em, and the flowers and shell thnt our gals wear are more beautiful than silks and dlmi'iits, and not nigh so hard to get. Is It climate? Why, there ain't no climate lu nil the world like this." "But you used to rend and write." "los, and I'm d d glad 1'vo for got all about II. What good docs knowing how to read and write do a hungry man. And I know It don't make a cold man warmer. No, read ing, as I recall It, makes us long for more things than wo have; hero I have nil 1 want, ami there Is no need to read," "But Irnvo you forgotten nil about tho rellgdn of your youth V" "I guess I have, or at IcitRt I don't think about It. What's tho ue? What good would religion do you? ...win inu niippiei, ou f"iy ( TOUtUI AND UNREOENERATH. "Well, I'm as linpiiv ns I want to ho, and ns to the future, I guess I know Just as much ubout t all us thum missionaries, and that's not d d tl'lnff, I tcH J-0U those mission aries, (ire gong to ruin those Islands. The miopia nro llitmiv nnomrh n It la and they do ns near right ns any poo- inu in ma worm; men why come nnd tell them that they've got souls, and Hint ir tliey don t hellcvo so nud so, and do so nnd so, they'll bo damned to hell through nil eternity?" The very nnmo t'lnlHsionary" was ns a rod Hag to a bull to this savage philosopher. Ho went on to explain: ''A fpw years. UKO 80ino of these cusses cahie oyer here rrom Africa and wanted to start a church, nnd a Hchonl, and t'tey come to mo pnd wnutod me to take hold nnd help 'em through. But I gave them h-i before they bad tlmo to preach It. ml they tm.k themselves wny, and 1 heard that they went back and spread the reiK.rt that tko devil In the shape nn tdtl sw h comls-r, wa In charge over here, and there wn. no use for then, to set up shop. The ruin of this world 1 mlsslcnniie ond what you call civilisation, Thl I tin lure, end I don't think reading ud writing can Improve on her," All the bench comber however, have not laired o ent rely Into bnrbnrlty ns ha thl American, though. on of our countrymen pu it "the beat of them hv hsit their grip "n elvlllitlou." Th. Mm "!ach comls-r" Is derlve.1 from In. 1. trie which these men bnv done much to nthnulnto; on U 0"H of col lect lug beehe " ""'' " . nit.! the other Is the fs arl and lN-arl nsl erle. The amount of business done hi lKith these branch.- throughout niml.il.Ml with It Th Hirt shrii tr Li- ln Ih w"l rrt ,h1 a no Plaot Is requlr.,1 th. l-ach ,..l and native, who tako It up, can always bo sure of ready money -M.iit any outlay. fr ih it. 1 fimnd In nbimbifst on Wis t-n of tlsir labors. PEARLSIIKLL INDUSTRY V-l designed fr IH cmlo r-gularly nnsoif Island whr sliolls aw b 1 f'""'. th... are purelsiscl at from M $.i.i a ton, and hlwl ''"''l'1' wbeis. they MI.W.V bi.K from IK) K J7 n tn. Throughout 1I coral imhI of tl. troplcM Pacific there are munll." higoon from nv to twenty mil. la dlnmet.T, Hint nro 1 1 orally stved with th shells. The wntdr to ins Is that American have nt-t on this Industry d worked II. Uttllk mining, then Is no tlenstit of chance in It. and H-r Is a eon fini't market for nil the shells that can Ixi prmlueed; but up to thl time tho ttnly has b'n largely tbis-nd.-nl nn i h iimvHiiln wwrgy unit iimod lc ffforw of th boacb Comls'rs ami !h unlive. Oio-edo of the btudne In pearl sli..ls, which lui In It tin- element of cvrralutv, and 1 ik-iImm ! fascinat ing to the Uiieh cnmltcr that nc istiint, a grmt deal of iimou v hs li-n iiiiirio nnd Is to 1st nutria In many of lb.-. Wand In getting tlie Nrt oys ter. 1 am Informed that gr-t nuui bi'M of the ht vahmhlo pearl In Hw Pacific flwherle are lost on ne iitttiit of nllowlng th womti lo nii sholl lu th wanr and btwi-en tln-lr knee, when tho s-arl slip out with th wut.r and ailuio the b-ll contiiht nud are so ot, Tb p.arl oyster I umlotihtcrily dlttl, for flume that hnvw regular shell ami look whole him n'ver ttsitnlit ponrl. whll tin Hint do bim guarletl ami dUtort e.. and Hit IIcnIM of a different color. Tlnse gem, for n such they nro clasHxd, a'o said to b the fim-sl In I In. world, n.id In tllvh.g for lli.J.i women are pivferred to men, SUPERIOR PEARLS. The ncigiilthviit ixvirl necklace Hint tht Eiuprt Eugfitl wn forced to S.-II after she .left Paris canm from tho Pacific Island of Tuiimotu. 1 saw oii H-itii. wlil.ii wa Isutght In Din Panning Ul.ind fnon n native for eight yard of red cotton print, that wit sold III Sydney, Atwirnlla, for .Yi", but such bargain arc not lo th picked up every day. In alt my wandering I have tint hut one lc;iiit coiiihor who ret uracil to clvUiAiilon. lie I now at I'vu.-a no! If hit ki-1 ou hi ptv-nt patv llt will soon Iw rintri tr forced to r.-ttirn to hi uvugt conqunlotiK. This man came Into immwwIoii, hut How It I not suited, of ui-r!or ji-irl. which he sold for $.Ml, tilmit or fourth their actual vain. The love for liquor and tolmeco Is tin ono chillsi'il jett ruing that lilugs to tht- men, no mutter hew long their stay, and which .cm to Is- traoMinltlrd to tln-tr ilcwi-nrimil. If In thitlr Imu-Ii Conihlngi ilu-y make iiHint-y It Is for tie sob ptli-ni,v of hti.viiii nlcttli4 in hoiiki form and kooiilng twi a iviroiei till the immey Is tfoint. Tho ImmcIi comber I down ou tl-M iiilloimry but h- Ims nn Intense txliiilmiltsi for Ihe trailer who bring nun gin. Tho h;lii comber I undoilhtitlly a li'ctiirciiqun character, ns I the tl.-s-(s'tiulo ef our own frontier -ttle-iiu-iits, or tho lank ami armed mount, iilnccr of tho Soutln-rn state, and he Is iw entirely worthlcfM. lawit, and luidoNlriihlo. Pnis-rly mnnngitl these own might 1st nmrio iiht Inqsirtant factor In tlie tlevelopim-nt of the vast rrtoiinv of Polynesia; but left to thouwelves tln-lr lnflutnce on tint mi. tlvts I degrading In th exir-iiie, nnd every day they nr imtklng It mure inri iiioiti dlllleult to prit that high er and Imiter cIvUinatluii-iih.it tlo,-s iet moan mere niom-y gettlng-whlch miint Inevitably coiue.-kirrcn)oiid-tftux Olileago Inter thiym. TO l KAItCII Ft H LENZ. Tho Young rittsburger Wns on His Way Hound the World. William A. Sachtlolieii has sailed on Im Chauipiigne with tlie Intention of seiirchlng for nud, If posbIe, llntb Ing Frank tl, Leu, of Pittsburg, who, It I thought, Is lost Honmwiiere near the Kurdish mountains In Armenia. Wheelmen everywhere are Intensely Interested lu tho fate of the young cyclist, Frank O. Ix-nx, who, threo yours ago, started from New York lo lido around the world, but who for nearly a year Ims been unheard of and of whom, dexpiie. Ktrlct scarclics not the slightest trace cun bo fmuwl! (lovoriunont have lieen atlrred, inln Istcr written to, missionary societies Interested mid native detective .m. tinged, but nil without avail. Their combined epr.uis bnve fulled to tlls eovnr even a vestige of the mlssiii. mini. Ho has disappeared as effect uully as ir, like the prophet of old, he bad lH'cn whisked off to heaven In ciuuiot of fire, Tho most tenii'irkalilo tldmr in ill. noctlon with bin dlsnpiieaiiinco Is that ho had traversed tho mum.... part of hi Journey and hud passed safely through those districts which were generally considered to be the most dangerous. In fnct, It was not until ho reached the Asiatic domin ions of the sullau iff Turkey, the bor ders of Armenia, that Im vmiluli.i.l All hope for lilm has not been emiic-1 l.v abandoned, although at tho nio moiit It Is ut a verv low ebb i,.,. Is'llevo li I in to bo dead, murdered by the soiuUavagts of Asia Minor, h'i IL Worinnn, the editor of "Oulltu" the inagnxliio under whose niisplirn Lcnx was touring, scouta iimt l,i.. and mulntaliis that tho cyclist Is lii captivity nmmig tlio Kurds, and that ho Will one day ho quietly set free ami turn up again safe and sound. Mr. Worniaii bases his belief on the tact Dint tloNpltu tint r.iiOlii i Menrcl.es from nil qmirters which have dih'u mado by oillclnl authority, ui py,,, 'VuSS ,,, U(.pu round, Ihn intoi-iintlomil eom..,iai,. Just begun Its- Inquiries Into tho al leged outrages ninonir it... iu.,.i..ti and Mr. Sachtleben will therefore be! , i .. .. 1 1 unm not on'.v sum. "to the searchers wl,o re fMow J up such dews ns t n.tr imw ..i.. r iHitnlso to InterosV this Eu; ouuiUNsion u Lcnx' ense. u-nu..... t. Siichtlohen Is thot-oiiL'iii XT fltlnlitl.i.l to limko a sticccsHful search for the lost wheelman. Only "S yen.ni ,,11 he hns nlrentlv made th awheel, has traveled over tho verv territory where Lena Is supposed to he held by br.gnnds or to have been killed by thorn. 11 I. .hi...' ;i familiar vUh the people ami their . alft, , t, deis'toh-nt wily upon Uligungo to " k imeklliB hi own t d l. . U-ns step iy v ajisted i . j-t-tr.rs ciiici. . i..,i titmreiit. 1,1 J. ' ..." ,. .is ii.ot.tb to throw witiiio , - . . .. year M while on his tour. 1IYUIEN10 CABK- OF FKKT. TI.y Shm.1'1 He Syst.-iimtl.-ally 1, 7 ii.,iimI a the Hand. Th bvaletile systiimitlc car of Hie fJt w U. "..re to r.-IU-ve tlw suf ?rwl fron. aflll'-tb "t th fn Umn auV H-c..nirlclty In the way of f.. -wr!H Ths J should l: st..,s.; Icnlly ball often nr th mnri. ami a dally footbath Hal t the health of the .- b When the f.'t r apt to w.-ll twl.lcb 11.". to a weakness l thi- general health), a hot footbath t wight tart slrnbl..; In this few tabli-sss.nfuls of salt should l .llss.rtve.1. I hl pre veni the enervating cffeW thatcoiiie from the frequent us.' of the hot bat I. Th dally f.s.Hitli alumM I J"!'' wariiM-d enough to take tb chill off the wnter. Tho feet should ! thor oughly dried after batblnif thwn with A soft almorlieiit towel, then rublsil vlgorotily with rough friction towel. A spirit Isith ! cxoidliMit to k's-p the feet In g'ssl condition. After bathing Htem rub the ole nd Isj-twoi-n the hs-s with Hub- alcohol, which may l irfumiil wn I small (inutility of lavender or violet water or cologne to funk It more agreeable. A systematic bathing of tbe feet, pot ting on fresh stocking r frehly nireil shs klng each day. allowing the shoe to rest and air t least twenty four hours nfter wenrlng l-fr they are worn ngaln-nll thl nmduee to the health of the memlter. Ilier is mureely nuytbtfut ht I o resr after a fatiguing wnlk or household ..ntph.yn I a n f.-.thiith. followcl by a change of stockings and he. It I BMonlshliig to one who bn n.-rer trlinl this simple method of treating the foot ho often com nnd even bunion will vrinlh before such rare. -New York Tribune. ENDIXO IN SMOKE. (A PorW Railway SkMch.) II had 0.uifrtiii hlnw-lf down la corner of first -claw railway com lutrttnoot. He wa alone In tb car- rlnjv The train, which wa Just on tin. jkilnt of starting, would run for four hour without sloijilug. l'lr IsMir ipili-l. iKitltiftTruirt'il rral." he told hlu-lf, "acounpiinjeil by a fnt cigar." And ho purred at Bio prosjiwt of rcrtriliig atnl smoking -and smoking un tUmtirtM! by the qtilMdc of cluimv nipiahitaiioe. And he dl I everything m wwlly, so eleifitlyhe wit a g-n- ll.-IIBUI. Ho riIU-Cll ll.Ml'Iflll of ihi- x-rM t" his ld II prilin'-tl a Jew iihl iig!ir-uf fnsu ht hn-ast mt kit. lit ut a i-igar 14 wen hi lip. He clnH-d th nm witli a siijk and i tumtHl It to It retrt'ng-phiitt 4wiy, ciluily. From, hi trou m ket Iw HM.Iti.it a p,H -nknife, with widch ho iiMt tliedunr, auri then r-tnniel th knife to It iN-mlrttf-ntiUi" miiiil) , tdouiy. From his wiiiMtcoal sket wicit a Initit of jxx kets tuen have, to bn Httn!-lH pnslin-ed silver liiatch lix and struck a light. Tlw guard blew III whlMje. In tbislicd a young lady litvniblnwly, Sho MTnuittlml Into Hie -t ijioiie tl J-tMlllg g-lltVlllHTI, n g.-ltb'. nwn ismxoil. The pnth-nuin swore, hut tho young lady did not hear lilm. Tho tiTtlu glided out of the stiitlon. Th young holy nrningcl ln-r skirts, an I a li did no aJie ki vv Hie niau-h hum to tln end. She saw the cigar ti irtsliMsl, the- tigar r.Uuxil ansttuf Its fnitfr.iirt tuiqKiul.ms, an.l thu tu-si Murited to tl iss-ket. Stic t"hiK-khl-!iiKt alishl. lie wore alnwwt aloud. He burled lilmseif In hi jKipr. She hm--rh.il outrigtil. lit hftikfd over his KiK-r. And what did ho sec? He .iw a Hale UellJly gloved hand find Its way into a tiiihir iiiiiilo skirt pocket. Ho saw a cigar cttti Isttwivn tlie first otitl second fin ger of the l.-ft hsind. and a Uiaich be twxm Hut finger anil Oitllllh ef tljo right And what did he bear? "I how Monsieur do- not objtvt to sniokeV" CUI.D FEED THE WORLD. With the constant Increase of the jMipidutlon of the world, the disciple of Mnlthus have predicted au inade tliintt! rood suiuilv for tt fin in-. -I'll,. chemist have sought to reassure man- Mini wiin tne prophecy of f.tod man ufactiire In Hie laboratory from the basic elements iff the earth, nlr and water around ns. A new bopo for the poor Is now held out hv a Norwegian L Kttley. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs in Readinci' IlavilllT llttdv lllll-tdl-ic.l tho n..ilv 5... t l .t . ,, tn ivu,i, . ' , " w,v "oim juun-si iii me hiuhics w xw- .h.o,M , "0W lH,,t'r l""1 t,,an ever to meet the ilemao' tUnlT?'Am mV"aki,, a,ul are P"'Pring to make ' wt-tantml, iiniirovcwMits. IVnuis btwrdctl by tlie tlay or BKsf rravelinir men wsiuwhtitf J v 3 H. M. Kntks. Drayi siul I'taiKw careitilly moved. The WE ST SID E Hattho MottCompItt in Poik Countv PRirrc run.,... wwulllJ City Truck aad Traasfer Co. Independence, Oregon. HauUno dona l) ... - mtfinUtgUt. who find nf( m. In lb rabbit. Sik Utt I to keep the wolf from uw ...... .l.l.l.H ..,- . vt J im- rmioo, ihw iteif MitL. of diet ileclan-. "iitiM way the requlri-iiM-nt t) man' f.ssl.' The poor cB mail m i.too. i " vr rn fJujw: thciii, for they r t in-up tn lZ O...I 1.-..,. trni li.tf ......... . 't ' traonltiinry. I'eoimut Imt niJ Hint Kin falr will in four fJ: If all the young one Im u , have irtultlislitl lulu lx,J feiiiaUi rabbit cast yont, tlimit a yi-r; If h Hm avwsg. sh U-ars grtj year. 1-t us say bi H-n year, nnd estimate each tm J tho prtslucc .' pwinbi u( Z a your. A many p" t'vtT. gtt the rabblf food frt- ot. could prn.ilcally g-t a fw V' poiiii'l of meat fr ixrtbltit t too, the rabbit skins am w((njJ tldiuf. when prejmrt-d. ('firUr fiiiit W'."i rabbit skkmJJ H.tt.il yearly from Aiiitmii don. Ixii'b'ii loii use rn I Wi,Imi rabbits, mrtit of ,iJ from Ib'lirtuiii. Ih-lgluin mum ipi.isMss to tl2.ssi.fsio os ni ami Fiance $Hf),issi.ssi.t Tho Ust br.i-l for tin ptm food. In the (rplnl.Mi of thu trv Norman rabbit, bred In hothissl of ClierlH,tirg anil ft. tho ihiiiii-slli; raising of rahhHa Is) Ik-boii on a wbobtuiW m UnlUil tati-s, th KorenitnnK ( Hvcnttwllx Is ohllgt-l to milih prolific rate of pHNhji-Uvity j wi-- of Hi farmer and of tt Carolina fruit rn!M-r wntjii) , whelm the country, I'hjjjj,- ONLY ONE THIVi UfjgJX A tJeorglA e-lltr rvntly J l-t ir to sovt-rU fanmT, putt So -III lo get Ut l-ltlfl of Rjta .!!t of Hm answer h tmr, a follow: IV.wiisil Kir: My nart lr, h tlgg.-r, iw,m tin, awtiy, and h takr i-ivrjiiai k ni-w'!tir."-Ati.mtu tVswoniti, AILIU)AIti TIME TACLK. 1-tivM Um ioilNMidaes, Miimu :IO M lej ui m t lil tn ' it ' East and South1 via The SHASTA Roc of the - Southern Pacific (-!II..iii,rT. Iralnt run dkllrov I all ti.,u bvtttocn l"rilniil tm'fcv Httuth Ur. n. i-a e. u. to. U a. m. pI J'l.rtUnil Ar.Jt I.V. Mtmaf At. At. Ho Knttirturo Lv, 1 Restburfl Mail d-wir) I1 An-tt. IN rvl.a .... fc . b. I lUwIrtirr ...M H.tOttr.,.. Imi a. m. t funW 1 I m . m. ,1 M M fltl m m PULLMAN 1JUFFLTT 8LEK and ' fcbwinHlttss Weeping Cars itX to all through traimt. i West Side Division.' 8twn Portland and CftotT JtU tmto dully texoept SuwUyj ? r m l.v l-ortiBtol Af II ! til I Ar h.de.id.n..Ar U. lip in r ( ..rv mil. j,, At AltMuiy and Corvalli, mgnwt tu vn-cu I'wtue ralliead. l Kxprwt train uallj (fxecpl Sun t W pin i .T 7: J4 p ut J I r riwmind Ar;lt" .etnnvllle Lt1v Or9onln Railway DlvUts I ! Portland and Yamhill Ry. Airll mall Tri.wtkly, vm a in A Ji p m 6 p nt l.v Portland.. ir'Hr Lv . Molt no iu m t t " Af AtrU. UlMli TtmuiKft llcku t all peluit In lhB Hlattw.l-Mnada.antt t-.un,i-n tw t fttuu T. M.Tl e.R, Affnt, liidrpM n. Kor.iti.KK, - Rp.Boom i Manattfr. Aiwl. O. t. fatal HtkTLASW. ukkooK. W.H.Ik: City Livery Stables. KELlf T & ROY Propritt:: w. b. Em, ESTES & ELKINS. INDEPENDENCE OREGON- ing - arid - Hauling DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. Ytm will nud ...ir umm on m6 atrt. or ,avB . J "twvi ny tun s MittTO Jiutru c"" . J wb 0rriGD! - .- b W""'- uiABHTurncisT. ' - - - t 1 A. W. Docksteader, (Suwcwior to Charles maU) -PHOPIUBfttH OF