Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-24
nominations. which ipterferea in it's behalf

nominations which interferea in its behalf
 when 1t was being persecuted, now profess
 themselves as little disappointed at some of
 the methods employed by the new denomina-
 tion. The street parade which created so
 much excitement consisted of string of OK
 carts and other vehicles, labelled s'chariots,"
 in which the 'fseldiers" were seated, blowing
 bugles and beating drums. This may not
 have been in goed taste, but it certainly was
 not very serious nuisance At the meetings
 there is usually an immense drum, coronet,
 pair of cymbals and 8 concertina. These
 are yielded by the men and women alike
 who conform to a certain extent to the na-
 tive modes of dress. I saw one woman sing the refrain "Hallelujsh, 'tis done'' over and over again until thought she would fall
 to the floor exhausted, especially as she was
 beating the cymbals over her head and re-
 volving all the time. At another time the man who was beating the big drum dropped his drum-stick down behind 8 seat. s'Never
 mind" he shouted, beating the drum with his cienched fist ''thapk God, I've got my
 fists left!" Major Tucker is not less en- thusiastic. Sometimes when they are sing ing in a meeting he will spring to his feet, shouting, HKeep at it I've got it-Pve got iti" And some corporal or lieutenant will answer back above the music, s'Hcld on to it, brother-hold on, I say!' Mrs. Tucker is also quite a character. She left recently on P. and O. steamer for London, where she will interview General Booth and get money for the Indian mission. The streets are still placarded with sensational announce ments concerning Mrs. Fuckers farewell" /" Even an actress might covet such notorie- ty. When the steamer moved out into the bay thousands of people stood on the shore watching it's departure. The streets are also placarded with the announcements of a recent wedding in the ranks of the Sal-
 vation Army. It is called 8 "Hallelujah
 Wedding" and everybody is invited to
 witness it at the Eden Theatre. Prices, l rupee, sannas and freel When a parody and public parades are thus made of the most sacred social institutions, it is evident that the finer feelings have been pretty
 well blunted. It is well to be charitable, and perhaps certain features of the Salva. tion movement are well adapted to secure the attention of the pageant-loving Hin doos but it is hard to see how such money making scheme as this can be use- full or even justi6able. The Salyationists have all sorts of military titles, as you doubtless know, even the women being des- ignated as ieutenants, colonels, &c. There are also certain official badges and uni forms The sailors, who are always roam ing about the streets of this great city in search of amusement, are the principal Flu
 ropean element to be found in the eongre- gations, and I seriously fear that few of them have been bettered by attending the meetings. The other day as Major Tucker
 was using the expression, "Drink of the water of life freely" etc., one of tke sail ors whipped out flask of whiskey and passed it along the lines Each sailor par took of it, and the last one in the row then offered it to the major. The order publishes little daily psper here entitled the War Cry"
 To night at the Gaiety Theatre troupe of
 
 season They are billed as the first genuine colored troop that ever visited India''-the late Georgia Minstrels'' of the United States However meagre the commerce of America in this part of the world, notice that most of the amusement companies which travel about in India, Australia and the colonies are American.
 Bombay is exceedingly interesting to me love to soak my handkerchief in camphor, and then start of in the edge of evening for long ramble on foot, obliVious of the dan- ger from cholera and other prevalent pesti- ienees Here is a single. lsne Chinaman- the only one I have seen in all Bombay-who is stepping along to hls shoe shop. Here are 6 group of my esteemed countrymen, as immediately gather from the gilt inscription s'U. s. $. Trenton" around their hat-sands and also from their blue sailor suits They are slightly moistened with bepzine I can see, and have grave doubts as to the nature of their mission ashore; but they compare so favorably with the men from the British ships in conduct, that 1 do not rebuks them as 1 pass by. Here are some boot blacks the first I have seen since leaving San Francisco, Your shoes are always blacked by the hotel porter, or the boarding house porter, or the steamer porter in these ports; so that the business of the street. urchin is sadly injured. I do not hear the familiar American cry, 'Shine yer boots?" These Hindoo bootblacks should visit New York and ''see how it is done"
 Here great crowd of natives are looking off at the sky over the bay. look also, but see nothing. I move on further, until come in sight of the seashore, when I discov- CT thousands and thousands of people sitting down and gazing at the blank cloudless sky. I ferret out Parsee, (the Parsees almost always speak English) and he explains it all to me. This is the first day of the Hindoo New Year, and it is a great na- tional custom to look for the new moon. Af- ter much looking I discover the queen of night, the smallest crescent I have ever seen.
 The streets are thronged with men, women and children, all attired in costumes that are more showy than any have ever seen else- where in the world, A series of terrific shrleks now rise above the Babel of street cries. elbow my way along to the scene of operations, and find that Hindoo is piercing the nose of one of his daughters, aged per haps ten years. This is of course part of every Hindoo girls education, but it is 8 medicine that is not appreciated in the talk ! ing. The means adopted for performing the operation are rather primitive. The child's head IS held by ons person, while another I jams the wire of the jewel through the cartilage of the nostril
 In the course of my rambles here, I ran across an office the other day bearing the SfAmarioan , Now l hold that being an American sover- | sign abroad. have the right to inspect any, thing that claims to be American. Accord ! ngly marched up stairs, and into the of 4 ice. Here I found two horny-handed, hook aosed Jews, who smiled most Pfably at me 1ntl l announced that I had not | 'ome to patronizs them in | business way. Then they straightened pack. dropped the chairs which they had been pushing at me from all points of the com pass, and eyed me with shrewd, question ng glance. Addressing the one with the east crook in his nose, inquired what was he business carried on in the establishment. ! The other interrupted and explained that hey endeavored to find employment for idle 'eopie for ''trifi1Dg commission" ssFor | americans only inquired No; it isn't ften that Americans seek employment ' ere" Still addressing the nose with the ssser hook, eontinued: 'tAh, then you are \ AAAASAASeAS JOAAocAFCS3 s4hs A5 buo ' fthe sign?" ''No-o-' was the reply. That , yes-we are Americans,' interrupted ne other. 'tYes, certainly, that is what I ,eant to say, you know,'' ''Oh, certainly" replied, ''such little discrepancies of speech re liable to occur any day. Do you live in lew York ?" The lesser nose looked ques- oningly at the greater, whersupon the latter lurmured, ''Yes, yes; New York to be are" Thanking them for their obsequious ospitality. withdrew, explaining as I went, It is go delightful for us travelling Ameri- ans to meet our countrymen abroad, that sally, you know, I could not resist le temptation to just look in.n Ye-es, responded the leading spirit a lit- @ doubtfully, while the other rubbed his ands together. and echoed ''Yes, yes'' "It as unpardonably informal of course, but ally trust the mutual pleasure of once more ingliDg with our own people is apology for e intrusion. o, certainly" was the reply
 he nervously fingered the door knob and 1 en slipped ont into the gathering gloom Verify, had Madame Roland lived until the 'esent day, she would have died saying: oh, America what business projects are 1t forth in thy name, and what an all-cover- sn