Show oun OUR TO we are receding from civilization not sunday bunday and throwing open s tores stores and the theatres theartres atres for evil stimulants ton fon for oon body and mind these are advances ad ances that t barbarians ba rb r lans have not made but in resuming the peculiarities of the red zed men miah whom wo we have dispossessed their passion for fea feathers therb paint gay colors and fantastic costume las alas been often men and women delight in brilliant contrasts whatever la garish pronounced and loud catches their thein eve ege and mind accordingly the nolly dolly varden patterns are chosen choren for them by the indian commie commission sion slon the staid and peace loving members of which resolve themselves once a year into a sh shopping 0 P p in g party and do thouy inko r d dresses lre e for the tho ladles ladies of red Ci clouds clouda bluds connection but we are ars fairly abreast of our predecessors decess dece geors ors orb hair beard chlore cheese e eyes VPS yes ves and eyebrows eye brows browa are colored or painted among ns and he who walks broadway y cannot fail in flara flaming ing lur neckties parti colored garment and brilliant varieties and hues of skirts to notice the bent betit olour of our taste and our appreciation odthe rainbow and the peacock I 1 the marriage tie has haa always been a little slack among our savage precursors and we are hastening to the same laxity divorce courts come to be a superfluity and men and women mari marl marryann mar yand themselves with fatal facility the inconvenience occasionally casio nally arising about questions of if property might embarrass conscientious law courts but our judiciary is not likely to be hampered with te t adiong savages ea as aa among the tho theother other creatures crem erem tures turea of the forest the males maies contend in deadly feud for the females female saud baud lland sand the strongest frequently tabes the fair prize our superiority appears lu iu 0 our ur ha havin gln gin addition to bowie knives and daggers dagg bro the readier six shooter with which to dispatch a rival and clear the way to the favor of the fair to be sure bure the plan of buying wives la is not unknown to some ruder races nor are we wanting in examples of the same delicate trannie tramm le but we manage it with taste and discretion as aa becomes higher civilization the establishes a right to chatha bauta by taking it if there is ii il a fight 30 20 far well it is an incident of his hib ilfe life and the young braves whose happy hunting grounds are about the lower levels and sides ot 0 f manhattan laland now ed enter ter the saloons and demand drinks at the point of a pistol or dirk and when the vendor asserts rights of property and shoots first there la Is a kind of poetical justice in his hia walking out of court with credit rather than otherwise he beat the bully at his own weapons savages sleep with the spear at their heads beads to start on the slightest boun boul bound sound and ana repel the aggressor we have nige nice black walnut doors and eieg elegant ant i furniture and handsome appointment buhour main care la is to be safe eafe in our beds guns patent locks bur clars glare alarms electric apparatus for our houses and revolvers for the street cars carh and the street streets ls these are the spears at our heads the indications that we take precaution and if we get any warning will not die easy of property are not of much account among savages when a missionary explained to a knot of them that venerable prohibition thou ahalt not steal they laughed a loud gummaw guinaw in his face it was too ridiculous I 1 to be sure there are feats in theft not open to them thern from their backward leond condition I 1 tion llon forgery or the larceny of ota ofa a railroad lying loosely around is beyond thein their reach but when they do the best they can they are entitled to credit we have improved our advantages it Is ia disgraceful to steal small things or to make unsuccessful attempt but steal and succeed and our happy community accepts the success and tolerant and liberal minded society winks hard and does doea not see the ineth methods by which it bas has been reached so in dress and address in mann manners ers erb and customs in the arts arus of peace and the weapons of nf war we are in this good city of new york through our native enter enterprise and our foreign accessions making rapid strides toward barbarism should not our wise men fathers of families and owners of real estate look into it J N Y ledger A waiter at a restaurant going over his formula what will you have sir roast beef roast mutton roast veal roast chicken wab was interrupted by the hungry democrat saying 1 I dont care hurry up anything to b beat at grant |