imtelligent The Stratford Tiwes. Telephone No. 71. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1890. SOME LESSONS FROM BARBARISM. In the course of several years' con acientious effort tu civilize these barbarians wihout our borders-- j Indiane--we bave eased with tie fact to our civilization, whole tiibes cf Indians--indeed all of them to some extent---have teen degraded and demoralized by contact with the lower whiter, and are no longer fair types ef the barbarian, says the Popular Science Monthly. A few - have been transformed by schools and lands ia isto commonplace, farming » With no very striking features of their own. t us consider ie fly the peculiar customs and habits of thought cf the wilder tribea of Sioux. The first thing to attract attention about the dr hi * is charac: © tenzed b: and prop Moccassin ave more. thin a century by the poasib'e for the hunter in co'or, cut and material ; cose, scant robe of the women, with wide fl.wirg elceves, is almost exactly cimilar tothe well-known én Great," and is pretty, "modest, tfutiy ecurfortable and ¥ adapted to the necessities of primilive existence, Whatwe sil reslty admicc i. tHe healthy, beautiful wemsn--not the @laborate. toilet---,nd a bit of artistic eoloring or graceful lines cf drapery, are as attainable in a five-cent calico as in a five-dollar brocade. » Another .lesson...which... many ..over- civilized people are already learning, is that of out-door life, life close to nature. Ryery really natural, vigorous, live, thinking -person dreads. the-enervating _ @flects of our artificial indoor" existence, and longs for, endif possible obtains for himec!i, during st lesst a few. weeks out ef the ycar, a life mainly on horseback' or afoot, st theoaror in the surf;a tse "savage a ' dishes; an apothecsia cf sleep on a bed of balsam in the tent, or in a hammock under . the stars, In this mstler of camping out, the Indian can give the white man innumer- able * points." Inatinctively, or perhaps we should say because of generations of trainiog, he knows the best way to do @verything....e.... ahrinka...neither. fro: danger nor exertion in the pursuit of his ends, yethe neverfors moment anbmits fo unnecessary discomfort, The women ~~ 6% ing- camp. im the shortest pomible . The men areeqns!'y apt at calculating distances, "predicting weather; selecting -camping- water in unhkel eraft; and both men and _.women,_ know to make svailabie a hundred products of matore. of w so white man has ever Indian: ef the in of the teper, upon which no one ever intrudes unless compelled by the exigen- cies of hospitality; and each one keeps --fle-own blanke:s,. , arms and orpa- ments in exactly with reference.to. the dcor ot the Doaee, and Observes the same ofder in packing and repackirg throughout the trip. Every sight the moccassin's and © barnes: are neatly and strongly mended ; and it may be added that bathing ie frequently in- dulged iu, avd garments washed at lake or river side at short intervals. And, turning from there practical lessons of every day life to deeper an fandaimental questions of so ial and politi- organization, do we really believe that f our modern ecciety is solidly and honestly buiit? Do we not condemn in almost unqualified terms its falve standards, artificial distinctions and if i 2 e i i | ii frontiersman, as the best thing | NOTES AND COMMENTS. Tur Ontario Legislation will meet about the latter part of Jauuery- Tue shrievalty of Wentworth is vacant, jand the 'faithful' | scramble for the cilice. are having @, great Taree weeks and a day until Xmas ; } four seeks and a day we will have reached anojher mile stone in the world's history. A concurcation of deaf mates assem- bled at Ercoklya last week. Silent Chris tianity indeed | Day the Niegara Falls wife murderer is the next victim for the gentlemanly hang man to treat professionally, Tia history of Birchali"s life was worth $1,500, how much should Day's be worth ? IN Our news Cilutias We publish ap item showing why Lena Hayner wants a divorce. Tie reasons would seem to war- rant the aversge Canadian girl prefetricg being & young man's slave to an old man's darling. Sreaktxe vf the murder Day, the De- troit Free Press trays: He made the great mistake cf selecticg the Canadian side for his exploit, end he was convicted with « prompitude that mast have made him diz- 2 «executed in» . New York should send a medal to the County cf Welland. Ix the literary and historical world Bor. tontans pride themselves as being in the front rank -and. never--makiog mistakes. Their pride has to-day, received a terrible fall, and the moet erudite among them feela the position of lost prest ge keenly, yemarksthe Montreal Star, And it has ali co me about over the Sritisher,as usual. teeema that by zome unfortunate mistake. the good citizens of the ' Hub" erected a mon: t Some time ago to one Crispus "AUUSKS, M hegto, Who, Tt Was Tupposed, led the attack on the British garrison in 1770, and sealed with his life and blood, lia love for freedom agamat tyranny and slavery. cut inderge w Was, s0'emn] site on the historic Britieh So runs the story, on Menument; erected on the Lest Boston Common. The orber day, to the hotror,conaternation and disgust cfall Boctox, this fond idol was over thrown by the discovery of a youn reader that Attucks, who went by the olias of Michael Johnson, was nothing more than a rascally tramp and vagaboud, ** rene- ed, an veniuous .sortof fellow, who merely happened to be in Bes- ton at the time" when the British were at- tacked, He followed the mob, os any other idle fellow would do, and. was shot ia the meteath ; rs tuctort our, not a martyr's, death for liberty. The Bunker Hiil morument is ancther of Bos- it woe to denote a victory over the English, 'when the fact: After euch blunders, Bostonians' pretensious to accur- acy will be bi - The Editors Table. Pcribner's Magazine for December is a holiday number (with a special bronze cover) containing illustrated articles, in which @ remarkable list of artists is rep- jac vere Hun, Doment: les. A, F, Jacasay,C D. Gibson, W. L. Tay- lor, and W. L: Metcalf." Among the con- tributions are Sir Edwin" Arnoid's frat paper on Japan; Humphry Ward's descrip- tion of the famous London picture sales- room, known as "Christie's;" W. H. Ride- 's pictureag { Amy country; A. F, Jacassy's article on a great contemporary artist -- Domenico Morelli; and three short stories, which in feeling and motive are especially suited to the Christmas season. 'Their authors--Uctave Richerd Harding Davis, and George A. Hibbard--sre well known to the readers of Sctibner's, in which for the most part their work appears. The poems cfthe iasueinclude Helen Keed's Sargent prize translation of Horace, Book 111,, Ode XXIX. (won by her over e1x- teen male competitors in Harvard -Uciver- sity); aud contributions by Richard Henry Stoddard, "Duncan" Canipvett Scort, "and James Herbert Morse, Home. Should bein Every nin Z +} To the Rditee of Tas Tum RAR S all ton's great historical mistakes, erected as | *" resented, iz 2 co Alorelli, Harry Furniss; Howard Pyle, t gtang abacbed bot bsart'a | y What"sin @ Name! Nora.--Tus Towers does not ha'd itself reepor sible for any cpinion expressed by comespondent> ma: ; red by tne clink of the golden na Mr May tage of one year under Mr Merchant. This is carrying spcophancy apd Mattery beyond @ subther irtellect tha deces or r held by another, be ¥ d introduced dx iptre neurable ; indec were Hut when the is discaked and corrup tion apersdiug rapiily one must have ree h te ud prove him bec t ed the dominic f begl.nd in India from hiv place by an igectie qua was fareed to leate to a other the harvest of hi- works «nm a © what covets them dear, Howe raly Merchant mas ha.e won his reputation he har dcne nothing bere to justify it. Tnceed, if truth be told, be haa been shorn of som e and hea sveeied. in ins tree form Let us lock at sume of the features of his adwi istration, H a fed and t grant which mace him practically an aulo- 1 he proceeded to install Casting about to esc: ided for. pail att v sed a scheme rivalked dilemma. his noble mind de ~d vote of censure against ; the truthfat-teacher, There are others Surely this show Harsh though it may be I tation has bee: ty In teaching, Dut by "keepieg os 4 accounted wee if he open o8 'lence often conceats unfathomable ietcm, but just as oftem cloaks an vold, of K's puplls, whom I bave met have ever ed hin as a teacher, or expresecd love fer him o Ww ed and s Two Goderich aked truth appea dollars more he o te Wi shatterc hundred fered the "teacher % ; glittering dollars more (0, remarkable coine dence) stice him herce. For that smount he zathers ap his Lares and Pevates end flirg with unbecoming haste. sence Is there In that par- ticuta Lt What igi these for a wold rombly? W fate sum? at 4 forsou'h it is a privilege for M Imbibed cuch principles and iteas a, from him for the of aro'ary , ane dary ins itu ton euch as re Centre the moral quali ie and teaching ability of ths two mea, -aud_rec_gnigicg the eupetiority in both the sub» dirate, one is tea pted to ask what fusti- ied the yar ning gap of Pru b heir ralarios. Has di, lomatic deceit a premiu. cter straight- terwardnes? self vaunt Valuabe than modest worth? was Mr Bay sug- enka mon: ONE, berry's fault. Such an argument could be ures pelt Rt every creat man the worid has eves seen a was in- experienced as a monarch ond yet he whely Tuled & vast empite. How man ure greatu en re i etinies significant; Mr Merchant's is. The inquiring reader will easily guess its singtt- 'ance Bopiag you will pardon the length of this letter, Stratford, Dee. 1, 1890. sTKR, FORESTRY. -- To the Editor of Taz Times. Sin:--As your paper hos frequently done me the service uf inserting lettera on for- estry, perhaps you will allow me to Jay these Jines b-fore your readers: -- The country is fast awakening to a senep of the fact that we must preserve and plant more forest in Octario than we have becn in the habit of doing, or else we shall de- stroy the fertility of the country as other landshave dene. In a number of journeys through part cf Ontario this spring. found that gratifying progress was being ¢, many trees were being planted and portions of woodland preserved ~ I have ni able this summer to compl+te thie-tour, and- would-be glad if anyIarmers or others in your neighborhood who take an interest in the matter, would send me a letter answering any or all of the foilow- ing questions: -- (1) Whether and to what extent lines of trees for windbreaks or ornament ate b2- ing planted and how those planted are t ving. Whether plantations of young trees ) else " _ aet out, and how they succeed. ther cattle are being fenced out rom any portions of forest in your neigh- borhood, and how it answers. (4) Any diffesence in climate, rainfail, 't a " ours truly, (address to) RR. 4 Putrrs, you to wait to see us 'until 18 ' THE DAYLIGHT DRY-GOODS M4 N. Would you read the truth ? Theo, U1 write for you, snd for the subject we'll. . take Dress Goods. IH commence with the best, Silks, and say that one of the best evidences of the value of our silk goodg came before our notice last week. There wended through the crowd the other d:y an oldish mon and two grown daughters, and With a critical, scrutinizing survey of the dress de- partmnent aunounccd silks as the object of search. The flood of light from the skylight overhead re- vealing the lovely shades of the dress gi ods, immed- iately prepossessed the farmers so much that the countenance took of that rest ard serenity that comes from having confidence in your surretiudings. Daylight evidently won us the confidence of that man, at least measureably so. The clerk, getting through with another dress cnstomer, handed down some of the black silka. Now, nothing is more fav- oured with light tLaa pure black silks, and there was really no difficulty in satisfying the look and grip of the trio that they were in the-right spot for qualities and values. To cut it short, the father paid out over $20 for the dress length and departed, happy in mind. The dauchters, staying to buy some fancy goods, re- mark well, father.....is..a.great judge of val- ues and not easily suited, but yon've captured him; and, by the way, she said, he hesitated atout com- ing in, saying, this i the man that blows so much. I'll bet that man talks as much about his fat cattle and heavy pigs as I doofgo-dgoods. He looked like a man of judgment and stong conviction, and sich a man is sure to speak with emphasis of his bright barley and broad acres. ROBES--Robes are still in demand. We have just marked off a lot well worth twelve dollars, priced at ten, six shades. We have recetitly etock- ed the shelves "with" 15-webs~ of "plain cloths at 65and 75 cents per yard. Among the shades are some bright and soft shades for tea gowns, others of them in street costume shades. They-are geod. goods,-goods that'll wear and wear. well, and wear clean and wear lorg, Ir fifty cents we show 8 or! shades of a very excellent rough s'rgy gocds, 41 inches wide. This c aes of goods trims well with our plush velveteens and vel- vet mbbons, which we ere selling im fancy effects as well as plains, For forty-five-cents we give you a 41-inch« warm' woolly kind feeling fabric, in about ten shades. This line is of the illuminated family that is lifted into uctice by.a few threads of color dexterously 'thrown oter the surface: 'Then we have-almost-an-- endless variety of shading in dressey Henriettas, you know them by that name don't you?--cf the cashmere family, but higher finish. In these also sre some of the bright and soft tints for tox gowns: Every day buyers are carrying away the 19 cent lot we are running. We've more of course, 25 to 40 cents, but edd lines you know, that suit buyers better than regular goods at same price. For 12 and 15 cents we ean show you a cafchy lot. W. J. FERGUSON, THE DAYLIGHT DRY GOODS MAN. SURPRISING AND IMPORTANT. & pounds cf standard xranulated sa- rf nts, o- 10 po euA, oF & at purchased: thus in car tote diaet for 9 mores and feagenc.s "eo ssve you all inter- Jor qualitios EWVPIRKE'S Weekly Bulletin. ? ve me we - eur aus and Valves niet theig met ex tush . Ak 'nificent ae.t . rice fea, « behing powder, co- fa Of coc aont, or at matchicss cash prices, As the Clhitistuwa hejideye Preacher cen bo tew ive garb ond buvers avery new tog tts es Ee ee, c Oe es visable before a ig disid wey S* the artichs are At -- bd Empire Tea Co., ¢ tery fer a Christmes sto: king. Stratford. is time. We wish to mention LADIES GOLD WATCHES, REMOVAL. | On the verge of removing to the place now being fitted up for us, we = the public to be acquainted with the fact that in the near fature we carry on our business in CORCORAN'S BLOCK Next door to the new Bank of Commerce. The store is nearing comple- a| tion and as we shall have more space than where we now are. We are buy- im- | ing goods to fill up and sincerely believe that, all ments will "our meres our new arrange- patrons and the public gen . We don't ask we move, but to come now and see our new our stock is just complete and we are ready for you any our ~ t with beautiful new designs of engraving, also our display of RINGS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Including our diamond solitaires. Come and see them. __PEQUEGNAT BRO§ BN MILL | We divide the profits a STRATFORD WOOLL stock of STAPLE WOOLEN GOODS than can DUFTON AND SONS. in any other place in the County of Perth with our customers. '|Have in a larger and better ibe found ONLY 22 -DAYS And Xmad with its present gir- ing and receiving will be with us again. Wehave just a augges- "tion=to give:you=reader-in-the choice of-a XMAS BOX. | Buy something in the Farni. ture line, There ia nothing more usefal, more ornamental and more acceptable We havea full hna of Nice Goods, E.xsele, Cabinets, Fency. Chairs, Easy Tables, Cradics, ete. Bee the nice gocds at Tratshaw & Ce, 1,3 & 5, Onlario Street. DRAPER AND | TAILOR. , * Specialty $1 Kid Gloves, bay 4 LW. Clark