Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-27
The Pariahr of India and of Paris.

1here lS In India cla5S-the 6fth---which
is the sc0rn of all the others. SO Brama has
willed. Those who compose it are they who
exercise the vilest of employments En-
trance to the temples and the public squares
is prohibited them. They have no other
nourishment than the dead bodies of ami
mails, and are not even permitted the use of
the common wells. Their habitations are in
the outskirts OF cities, and they can not hold
property. If one of them touches person
not Of his tribe, his life is forfeited Such is
the fate OF these untortunates on the coast
OF Goromandel, under the name of Pariahs.
Our European civilization, more generous
and more Christian, Goes not possess these
rshnements of ostracism; but in all great
cities, in Paris especially, are there not
many Pariahs? In that immense city, where
tears and JOY reign in like proportion, where
glory and shame are sisters, are there not
some disinherited beings who are deprived
/. of oil sympathy? do not seek to make you
pity the fate Of those poor creatures, devoid
of all moral sense. ! speak of those who, to
gain bread, fill necessary but most unpleas-
ant empleyments.
In 1892 the cholera made its last and ter
rible appearance in Paris Walking one day
in the vast hall of the Pas Perdus, Imounted
mechanically the twelve stone steps, and
found myself in the court room. A man had
committed the enormous crime of sleeping
in the open air, and was on examination
therefor.
Accused, ;" said the President, Uwbat have
you to say in your defense2" NH .a7s
with your permission, my President, l
will tell YOU the truth; for / do not know
how to lie, and have never invented any
thing, as true as it is daylight now land as
true rs that you have an excellent ffure for
judge" -..
"Accused, this is foreign to the subiect.D
"YeS. my President. was often sick, and
as couldn't work then, found difficulty
in obtaining work. Happily, this devilish
cholera broke out, and one of my old COM
rades who was employed in the business,
SAID TO me, If you wish, now's the time;
theres money to be made. | answered that
! was wilnng, ana employed myself in bury
ing the rapidly dying corpses. AS | couldn't
ma people TO give me lodging on account
9I nay business, was obliged to sleep out of
uo3Is. .,,,
de was hned franc. Those of his class
% Were and are Stunned and avoided by all.
", mere are tneir pieasuresf Ihey have none.
Iney iiVe ana 9le single, tor what woman
,.s' Moulu 1 gne her neapt her youtn, and entire
me 70 one llke nimf
anu VINO tne man that tolllng amid
sStu. Ieatn, az every step does not become colder
farlal OF social lie, he supports his condition
tI;s because use ne uoes NOT understand II and hap
ply lol ntni y &c looks Win equal uncon-
S|en Sein uPSn WY usau pouy OF tne new born
peOe mnlvn lssifanllc motner IS covering
WIN Kisses, ana the corpse OF the old man
Mn!ca " 'nrEe generations ioliow with tears.
IIoM " c1ii tnis pnllosophlcal eoolness which
seems 80 IrighliuI 70 usf Is II cynlelsm or
skePuclsmt ,.dsI .st
You see tne funeral OF young girl and
you weep, but the man who burie5 bodies
doesn't understand your grief young or old,
rlch or poor all are alike to him.
nave observed simple physiological fact
IN regard 10 this style OF mamie always
smokes. When at the door of a house, be
waits fhe departure of funeral, he is con-
templatively absorbed in the pleasures of his
pipe, For the rest be is always sober, aud
attentive to his duty. Were he drunkard,
Government would not allow him to follow
his pursuit. To prove this, l will tell you of
the celebrated Bidoche, whom all Paris
knew. 4l
Bidoehe was an eccentric fellow who by
uses and expedients managed to lead a
double life. When his business was over, or
he had persuaded some conrade to finish his
little room, took OFF his funeral clothes mt
on fashionable attire, and went to the eity
( TO commence the existence ofa gentleman. or
rather of a Bohemian. =
Bidoche had pretty tenor voice and a
love of navigation, He was intimate with
second class artists. and was one of tbe crew
of the Black Corsqir. one of the swiffest oF
the feet which Law in the GuIfo of Asnieres
His acquaintances thought him attached to
the real-estate registry Office "
One lay he was to take IN its iasp bor,o a.,
infant of six months. That yerv dav Nv y,