Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-02

Discoveries in the Grea: Pyramid" published
by F. n. Revel, Chicago, or IN more satlstac.
tory form in "a Miracle in Stons or the dresi
Pyramid Of Egypt" being lectures delivered
TO his congregation on the subject by he grea
Lutheran divine, Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, d.
of Philadelphia. The first o! these po'hs e"sl:
252 the other Sl.23.
The Towers Of silence.
The Five Towers Of Silence ara cemeteries IN
Hindoostan. They are lar moro notad in India
than the beautiful Greenwood Of Nov York, or
the lovely Mount Auburn of Boston, are il this
country. These Five Towers are tue burial
places of q very peculiar people, tho Parssas. or
Fire Worshippers. q sect founded by - prophet
who lived before the Moses Of our Bible. They
are of Persian descent and are rich and pSos-
porous class Of people. even though >ney d"
worship the sun, and believe that tho oar:t rep
resents Gbd, and is too sacred tn Do their last
resting place
There ale five of these strange black granite
places just outside Of Bombay. They arc tall
columns twelve fifteen feet high and forty 1eet
wide of solid stone. onclosing Il deep woll. VI
course this leaves large stone platform all
around the mouth Of the we'll. But will lot Il
traveller describe it for you.
accomplishments rSdisting like the spokes ot
8 wheel from tho we'll in the middle are ar
ranged on this platform i'll three rings or circles
of open stone collins. In the utternost clrcla
are placed the bodies of men. in the middle
those of women, and in the inner and smallest
circle nearest the we'll. those OF children
The parapet of zach tower has an extraordi-
nary coping, formed, not of dead stone. but Of
living vultures. These birds. on the occasion OF
nv visit, hsd sottleh themselves side by side IN
perfect order, and in complete circle around
tho parapets OF tho towers, with their heads
pointed nwards and so laz,ly did they sit there
and so motionless were they, that except tor
their colcr, they might have been carved out OF
the stonework. Presently Il sudden stir among
the vultures made Us rRlse our heads. at least
hundred birds collected round one OF the tow
ers began to show symptoms OF excitement,
while others swooped down from neghboring
trees The cause Of this soon revealed itself. A.
funeral was seon to be approaching.
"Vultures live on the hesh OF the DEAD ana
the wonderful instinct which God has given
them made them aware Of the near approach OF
that on which they love to feed. These terrible
birds have watched many funeral come 10 that
lonely spot.
'All Fsrsees are buried In the Towers of ST.
lence When Parsee dies the body is wrapped
in white sheet, and carried by bearers, dressed
in pure white garments, to the garden, The
friends following at some distance. The bearers
then unlock the door OF one OF the towers ana
lay tho body, uncovered. in one OF tho open
stone collins, and then the vultures swoop down
In about three weeks the bearers return and re-
move the skeleton to tho WELL where tho bones
ind their last resting place. - VIDE Aa0aEc.
HyMoRs OF THE LATE WAE.-War horrors
writes Georgia correspondent. prodomlnsted
in our heghborhood but tho humorous side was
not altogether lacking. = brigste one day
csmped around the premises Of a ne!ghoor Of
OUTS. He was sitting on the fenco itor tho pur-
pose. he said, of saving ono rail at least) con-
templatiug the destruction going on all around
One soldier was killing a calf, another was sitter
the pigs another was milking tho cows. hund reds
we're burning rails. others were taking on tue
we'll. bucket and ropo. sOno were digging LOT
hidden treasurers" and stoghether tho scene
WAS rather lively.
Our neighbor looked for some time. saying
nothing. doubtless from inability TO- DO Tue
subject justice. when he broke out: "dentle
men, if live through this war shall never fear
Satan ~ When Bragg retrested from Tuila-
homa large part Of his army passed through
our neighborhood. The soldiers wore much
discouraged. Within few months they had
reiterated all the way from before Nashville,
about one hundred and thirty miles, and in all
that time they declared thst they had not been
whipped. IT'S bad enought to run when we
arc whipped" said one OF the soldiers; blast
this way Of beating the Yankees and then run,
icers an acquaintance; to what point they were
retreating. ITO Cuba" he replied, IF old Bragg
can get bridge built across from Florida,
On the same retreat a couple OF soldiers stopped
as theirs were worn out Our neighbor trotted
out two and offered them q bargain. One OF his
horses, however, had worry white head and face.
That ono won't do" said one of the soldiers
1.-The enemy could 500 that face mile" mo,
said the other soldier quickly, that's no OBJ.
joction for the other ond OF Brsgg's cava lry Is
always toward the Ysnkeesp' So they took the
white faced horse and went on, satisfied that the
rear only would point toward the enemy during
the remainder of the war. This happened just
as relate it. and shows something of the spirit
of Brsggs army on the famous retreat from
TulahOma.
WHAT A PARADIsE.-The American Minis
ter at the Hague has forwarded to our State
Department some interesting statistics on The
socials and political conditions Of Holland. As
an illustration of tho csrefullness and steadiness
of the Dutch no says there has not been bank
failure in that country for forty years. and tn at
the paper money of the banks during that tim
has been equal 10 gold. There is no such thing
~ tho failure of lire insurance company on re-
cord and while the rate OF insurance does not
average more than half Of one per cent. IN Q
companies arc in most lourishing CONDITION,
reslsing II to Is per cent per snnum. fltst
class railroad travel is only ono cent per mile
and yet the roads pay good DIVIDENDS. fllier-
ing officials are scarcely over heard OF, and WneI
they shock tho nation by turning up they are
severely punished and forever disgrsced. DIS
honesty OF any kQQ or lallure III UuSiuess aiooh'
public dishonor and utterly bars the dishones
from any future public consideration. Fo olI
millions of people live within an area Of .Oo'
square miles, and all appear TO be happy. pros
porous and eontented. The secret Of this pros
perity lies in tho fact that NIL live within thel
income, and that industry and honesty arc princl
plies so firmly established that their violation il
looked upon as 81, outrage on tho nations
characteristics
Holland is too small to hold the population o
this country or We shond feel like proposing
general emigration, provided the climate an
soil would have similar effect upon al Wn
might migrate thither. We rejoice that there
one such country left on the face OF the EARTH
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