Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
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DOSS OA0AS1oC suAS AuyslcA1ouS PREFER
ence or aversion in a very marked degree.
Natural philosophers assume that these
preferences and aversions are the result of
certain occult skin OF flesh odors, of which
we ourselves have no knowledge. -,
All animate nature seems to be submit.
ted to these mysterious doctrines. which
are far beyond the ken of man.
Helios Dolah Babrodoor, commonly call
ed Helios, was q Parsee-one of those few
remaining of the old caste of sun-worship-
ers, who recognize the Divine love in the
life-giving power If the sun, and who
der y revelation of all kinds. 49,.
They are now only to he found in
Hindostan, where the natives are pretty
equally divided into Mussulmans ard
Hindoos. = -:
I Helios hated the Mussulmans, aud de-
voted himself to reducing their powers in
India. ~.
Rich, intellectual. and pure, he was
great power IN :Hindostan, and, in 1857,
gave valuable information to the East In
dia Company, such as naturally helped to
| overthrow the native Mussulman power
in North India. -.
ri From that time to the hour in which
!
the Musselman cause in India:;
r. It was even said that he had given
| valuable information to the Russians con-
corning military affairs in Turkey, and
,an anticipation Of the war upon the great
MAohammedan power which has now
broken out. ~! 1,i.,.;2u;i $50. =
|; ~ Three years since, .Heli0s reached En-
gland, evidently the bearer of important
intelligence,' for he was: received at the
! India Office whenever she presented him
self there. >,:.:, l. :: .Ia:;s,o.t. :.:t.,' 49,,
When the winter, however, approached
he found that he could, not bear the En-
glish climate. But. his work evidently
not being done, he did not return to In
dia, bit dfifted to Nice, where his great
tgod, the sur; plays atsiminor time, while
inthe' distance the snow covered Maritime
4 Alps may be seen, white in the, midst Of
winter: Il ,,,,.,; @. y9al !... ..>...i
~ Here he took some rooms, at the very
I top Of q hotel. He was 4 humble, mind
'|'ed' man, who :hated display tahd loved
kquiet. i :~".i''s"''''.o I't's ~" i; r,
T.: He was solitary enough under the tiles.
i 4 "A hotel servapt,t: going into Helios's
;bedrpom one morning while the occupier
was out, was .astonjshed, to find q man
evidently an East" Indian by his com
i pfexfon, seated Aeaarr' tie stove, the iron
y pipe ot'whiah passed out on t6the Ioof:,
(tsi Asked :What'ho wanted, he said he twas
waiting for the sahib,, . return..4.s b.:
d., Told that the gentleman would not be
S SaGk 1P''l s night he to0k bis leave very
'F' II us after he Had gore that the man:
servant noticed thst the door of tbs small
CYLINDER iron! stove which warmed the
room when there, happened to, be q cool
day, had been broken SHARP of, and re-
moved from the room. .,.....,,. -
He did not associate this danger with
the visitor. He assumed that a careless
servant fad' snapped the rast-iron door Of
the stove. sa; 10 hnoGs :" oit;!: oii
4 81 That might neefsthe bed room bells
was, lupg softly several times and until
tbs n1ghh porter geye the! alarm, z4ys 10.
visitofs fesiident III the hotels are irlvsaridt;
I and, therefore, Z Cabin tie imfddle' If the
.: night is very Common v'i'idsi:'t's Iaa lis
d The, properly, appoiutea 81 person saecer:
EtaineQs chat the, bill Was that 81, the, room.
eeSapied by n, Helies tie Pa1see III! I,u
~. f's1fons7Gur t''''s4's aai !" shpii ,e'ss ~
a" aBfing aplst9 II milk, fbr eHeaae me
piislkelnti .sFa41 wat. f&Ei ss3s u! 9s4i 81
L., RMn0nsieArt'le tea aa.i: e.3sIiassL ..tua: sd
''Some milk, fer Heavens sake, in 4
81 plateao 1tis amattsrof life or. death r :.
llsa Walters IN these winter hotels, are &c
cpstoonedt t9 .Herys ,etrage ire9Nssts;; and,
therefo9lrye, the man, with civil aftirms
tive.wsnt down stairs soon st & l!I With
the plate of milk, and entered the room,
bearlng Allghtsnasss:s taa. isaa ga} !
Oh saaetit 3pwapq my breast 4 said the
ID Pa1eee, in low voice,,,e1, ,,s.,r4 hns .n
\ sttdden. Hs'a N.'sI .a'7iI "a '@.'''':: 90
It was onlyahefhg haa done sJlthat
be saw q small brown snake .coiled up 66n
'1aN liitaSte ej, i5ff ii. '3a sd iziia II ga
! Slsla ia 81 aPsg " Y
The waiter, paralysed, could not move.
The strange attraction for milk which