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Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
DRY GOODS AND sUNDRIEs.

Miss Mary A Miles, four crib quilts; Miss Breed pasted patchwork Two Friends,a package of book each; friend, pictures; Gretchen Wicks, pape Freddie Peck, books and slate; John Baum, pic tarebeok; Daisy filling, flannel; Helen Baldwin, toys; Friend two jars canned fruit, jar jelly A Friend, aprons; Mrs E Daggett. one pair slip pors twenty-one boards for nursery; Mrs Campbell book; Miss Mary E Andrus 'Youth's Companions Friend, second hand clothing; W H Gardner. two boxes candy HI Bennett seven bushels apples; Mrs M Brown. one bushel apples, one-ha1f bushe grapes Clark, Orange, three bushels apples three pumpkins A Friend. Cheshire, one-half ushel tC matoes; N Manchester package of books; Mrs c 1 Beecher basket pears; Mrs Sperry two baskets Rrapes Mrs Filebrown, second hand clothing; A Friend eleven live chickens; Mrs Watkins, drawers Mrs Iincaln aprops. stockings and book
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Charles Bolman, S5; Treadwell Smith, Sa; Wm H Nichols. Reilly, Moore, Vim O'Keefe, Vim Luby, c Keitel J F Brewer, cash, each $1; : schamp. E Stokes, e. Murphy, M Higgins Connolly, Conn 2 99fsnnehy, Den. Meigs Reilly, H Me cash, each twenty-five cents. Total $22.a5.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Boon to Housekeeperg. Washing day and house-cleanine time lose their tsrrors when the thrifty housskseper uses JAMES PILES PEARLINE.
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Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
BOys. Pants.

Knee pants, also long pants for boys from 50c up to $3 a pair. Best in the city at the price. BOLTON 6 NEELY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
ALLAN LINE MAIL STEAMERS
National Line of Steamships,
CHANGE OF TIME. STARIN'S LINE.

.sfE-h Beginning Friday, October 23d, 1885 E5slza suntn further notice boats will leave follows:
 The JOHN H. STARIN, Captain McAlster, will leave New Haven, from Starins Dock, every night at 10:15 o'clock excepting Saturday. Returning, will leave New York. Pier IS, N. R., foot of Cortlandt street, every afternoon except ing Sundays, at o'clock.
 Fare, with berth in cabin, $1; stateroom $1. Kx cursion tickets $1 50.
 Free Coach leaves the depot on arrival of Hat, ford train. Leaves corner of Church and ChaT el streets every half hour, commencing at D. m last trip 10.
 Tickets and State Rooms can be purchased at the Tontine Eotel or of the Downes News Co., 351 Chapel street n at the International Express 31 Center street
 The JOHN LENNOX, Captain Relyea, CARRYING FREIGHT ONLY. will leave Pier IS, New York every day, Sundays excepted. at D. m.
 c. M. CONKLIN, Agent, o23 New Haven Conn.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
INVALID LADIES THIS IS FOR YOU.

WHERE are thousands of females in America l who suffer untold miseries from chronic dis eases common to their sex. This is due largely to the peculiar habits of life and fashion, and the i'm proper training of girlhood Then too, the physi- cal changes that mark the three eras of woman hood (the maiden, the wife and the mother) have much to do with her suferings, most Of which ls endured in silence, unknown by even the family physician and most intimate friends To all such whose hollow cheeks, pale faces, sunken eyes and feeble footsteps indicate nervous and general de- biIity bordering consumption we would earn estIy recommend that grand system renovating tonic BURDOCK BLOOD BTTTERS. It makes pure healthy blood. and regulates all the organs to . proper action; cures constipation, kidney and liver complaint, female weakness, nervous and
 general debility and all the distressing miseries from which two-thirds of the women of America are suffering All Invalid Ladies should send for our SPECIAL CIRCULAR, addressed to Ladies only which treats on subject of vital importance.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Imported French Shoes.
 We have beautiful line of button boots and slippers direct from the best makers in Paris The ladies are invited to examine them, BOLTON & NEELY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Overcoatings, consisting of beavers, chin chillas, corkscrews, kerseys, Meltons, wide vale diagonals in all colors, made to order in the latest style, with cord edges and raised seams from $20 and upwards at
 Jos. KAIsER's.
 367 State street,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
Boys, Rubber Coats S1.25
 STEVENS & BROOKS.
A Wonderful Boys, Suit.

A Wonderful Boyss Suit. We are the only agents in this city for the Rough and Tumble suit. It is impossible to rip them or get the buttons off without the use of sharp instrument. They are all wool warranted not to rip or fade; made very stylish. The price is lew.
 BOLTON & NEELY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Horsford,s Acid Phosphate Fer Lena-
 0ns Or Lime Juice, is superior substitute, and it's use is posi- lively beneficial to health n2eod3tw1t.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
Ladies, Slippers

Ladies' Slippers.
 Slipper trade is almost over. We have
 few pairs left. Come, take them at less than cost. BOLTON 6 NEELY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
A Roon to Housekeer

Adolf LaIoz, carriage manufacturer, 119 Carroll street. Buffalo N. Y. was troubled with sick head ache and general debility Burdock Blood Bitters cured him. no2 d&w1w.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
The ananrna1 aud Gnttrier.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CIrY, lS GENTS A WEEK, AZ CENTS A MONTH, $6O0 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

John S Beach, Deolittle 6 Bennett, T K Futile, each S10; Philip Hugo. Dr L Bissell, James Key holds, J Ingersoll H " Sanford, Gates, J P each S3; H Brethauer, E Lindsey, George D Watrous, Wm Townsend, H Pardee, H Ben s2; H Hull CWallingfordl, G Anthony, J Mo- Hugh, W Lake, T c Hollis, s c Loomis, Butler, G Healy. Vim Geary. H L Hotchkiss, Wm Wright, H " Asher, s Wagner, B Mansfield, F Cogswel Wm Bohan, H D Hawley, each $1.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
November ,. ,ee5
Iraue1ers' 6mfde.
NEW HAVEN STEAMBOAT co.

Daily fer New York-Fare $1, incIud- ing gberth-EXcursfon Tickets $I.5O.
 Steamer c. H. NORTHAM M, Capt. F. J. Peck, leaves rooms sold at Peck 6 Bishops, and at Klock's Drug Store. Steamer CONTINENTAL Capt. Stevens, leaves New Haven at 1915 a. Sundays excepted.
 From New York-The c. H. NORTHAM leaves Peck Slip at p. m., and the CONTINENTAL at II p: m: Sundays excepte Saturday 12 o'clock mid night.
 Sunday Boat for N York-Steamer NEW HAVEN, Capt Post, leaves at 10:30 m. Statereoms sold at the Elliott House. Free stage from Ins. Building 9 p. Tickets sold and baggage checked thro' to Philadelphia (via both routes), Baltimore and Washington. JAMES H. WARD, Agent. ALLAN LINE MAIL STEAMERS D OCULAR services between Quebec and Liv- -h, erpool and Baltimore and Liverpool via Queenstown, Glasgow and Boston via Galway and age, SIS. The only line calling at Galway. For Agents, Montreal, and So State street. Boston; or W.FITZPATRICK, 667 Grand street; BUNNELII & SCRANTON. 7s2 and 734 Chapel street. a6
 National Line of Steamships, BETWEEN NEW YORK, LIVERPOOL, QUEENS
 TOWN AND LONDON DIRECET
 Sailing weekly from Pier 39, North River, New York, are among the largest steamships crossing the Atlantic. Cabin rates, $50 to $1O0; Excursion at special rates; outward steerage $17, and pre- paid steerage tickets $19. Being S2 lower than most other lines New steamship America's fire
 p ~ NO" Ss F W. V J. Gg HURST, ST ManaSer. aseS
 Agents at New Haven, BUNNELL& & SCRANTON M. DowNEs & SON. E. DOWNEs. al 7st
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
Girls, Rubber Circulars $I

Girlss Rubber Circulars $1 At STEVENS 6 BROOKS. A La Rose hand made corsets, soc. A La Rose hand made corsets, 63c. A La Rose hand made eorsets, 75c. A La Rose hand made corsets, 89c. A La Rose hand made corsets, $1.
 Corset department, BOLTON & NEELY. Buy your trunks and bags of Stevens 6 Brooks and save money.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
BY FRANK G. BEACH AND WILLIAM G

Miss Emily Gerry. S1OO; Mrs E Sheffield, Mrs Henry eaeh M asGr o Farnam, Mrs B Dexter, each S25; J Dana, Mrs Kim %rs as am. s Wheeler, B Burroughs, Mrs Beach, H Eaton, " L Kingsley, Mrs CIR Ingerson Miss W Jade Miss Betts Mrs Elkin. J T Whttelsey, each s; MT, iins s't each ss; Mrs s R Colby, Mrs Eid, Mrs 5 PaTkhurst, M B Dwight, Mrs Waldo, MW Kim
 COLLECTED F. E, E. A. GEssNER.
 George H EFord, sa6i Hatch { Sons, c W Curtis S10; H B Armstrong, Ss; Dr Paul Skin, J Basselt E Judd. s s Mallett, . J Nunson, WV Coe. Proi Stevens, each s; George s strseter SIG % Deutsch SC " Eertlett " Hine, D Mitchell, M B Newton, five cash, each g.; J 5 Ward, SIPS; s Lloyd, J [
 0S Bristo Walter, Wal Sherman Ii oBren, ; m eee Strauss & Co, Klibo4rn < Co.,. D E Oliver, E M Al fz kiby un9 %Rt sso1da1 aay s caaRng cRaP ham, J K Mason, M Bassett. Russell k | RnSR.eg knsse MatheWman Ioverdgep d ssrouse three cash each $1; E Vetter. seventy five cents Homan, % %Roarsd Goodrich, Everit, Bessie and Ma thirty-fZei i Gerry, Miss ass Atwood, Treat, c H Dudley, ,E Anthony.C Pfaff, c " Bartholomew, J Wikinson each ten cents; c Carlton, five cents. Ade 0 eS f aos gSaoas ags @ fsS soB
 J Mandrus, c P Snow, Hurley & Co.,, A N Loper box candy each; 6 Crofut, eleven baskets; Brooks frames: II Stinow, two pair shoes; E " Whittlesey package merohandisa and receipted bill; Monson & boxes dress buttons: ullman boy's shirt; Silver tSau & Son. clock; D Unlherfield, H Plumb, W 4 hats; A Ienham, package shoes; M Tomlinson, package clothing; Bretzfelder, ten yards canton box suspenders: F Lyons box childrsn's clothing; Mrs He!lfrisch, umbrella: Gilbert Thompson, box soap, box starch H Perry rug ($5); A Full erton, ,tso bags four H Peck, package stationery Bristol x Son Package shoes; Charles M Pallman. I Mann & Bro fifty yards calico; HalL box soap; Miss P Christie, hats and hosiery; T Bushnell, nnant: Iyaigh & Mersicl barrel apples.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

s%s None genuine without a bunch of green Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stuh with tSEIou, or their name. S16eod&w1m
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

COLLECTED BY FRANK L. BIGELow. Mrs Davenport Wheeler, S25; Mrs Read, St5 Basnum Rost spiogS E, HeysR G.sR Msn i BaTnu@, aTE ysy]land' Mi Ms qs%Egs Wat L Gardiner, W Nichols each $5; JW Hatstat burn, u 5; Mrs English c [ Chaplin, Miss Brad. ley, Cesh. Mrs 2 Town Townsend S Kenna, each S1; Betts 6 filling, barrel -four,
 COLLECTED BY c. EARLE AND JAMES GALLAGHER, ,JR.
 New Haven Watch company, employees, $14.5o;
 Sha2es eseS s Mrs A1SE AFnSa ssn faeh ae fs Kalss Mebne bp each s9; Bryant, Mrs. j Earle, Rev H ? Nichols, Mrs c Stoeckei, Miss Matilda stoeckeI Robertson, i G PaEEer ' Earle. each sf; cash 9 cents; Palmer Brothers 6 friends sg cents each: c; S sssso 'ASn' eA'n ~ 'e''''' '''''' v '''' ''''
 H Clark; Lssssy. nP,es Pc Lessey' bag flour ..c,,s.srrEp BY OSCAR DIKEMAN AND FRANK WALKER.
 Ell sperry, S25; Chatfield & Grant $1o; Thomas F Lowe. H W stoY, W A Lincoln, Kinney, X ss sss saeh SlasR s dsfR RapsGn; ahbe Mer1 sse Bunnell, E P Brett, George N Bates, ssGh $s; c smsa s@lton ens IS6ns09 eosb osboFn scher kaEsias Todd Peter Eagel spepss;sE Clark W spey Tt5a Bats Hanseld Hon I Eyon, V B each hftS cents ] HoGson forty four IF cents, cash six cents. Total S1Oo.
 Kenney & Phelps, order $5; E E Sanford, grocer ies; J D Hildreth, load wood.
 COLLECTED BY ELLSWORTH IFooTE AND Fl. c. WARREN.
 E Bowditch Se5; Matthew G Elliott, The Bow ditch 6 Prudden company each $20; Mrs Blake, H English. H c Kingsley. H Weeh, kelSsy < Couch Wooster A Ensign & Seq. Hayes Trow- bridge IT, J Futile, each $f0; H Fostsr, Platt < Thompson, pr Whittemore iee eSompaM19i eSa. M Hall, J wolcott, McA1listsr q Warren, Frost, Mrs D Geffe Philips, each $5i ghamRerlain Coem- n ployes $425; Alfred Walker, $3; Temple e Music, Wm Mouithrop, Mrs Hil1, F B Bunns'i, VT
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02

Charles Mulock, $10; George Blakeman. Mrs M Parnelee each 8: H A hQpson g. MTnson, @ E ford Swo cash, each fifty cents Two Friends, cash, each twenty-five cents. Total $26s0.
, 1885-11-06
\ rrlneIrle Of HIndee mernll,r.

'Hf nEal Cor. n. q. Tim s-Dc'I "t
There is n sect among the Ilinloos
called Jain. The first and highest
principle OF the Jain religion is never to
kill. but always TO protect all living
creatures and promote their Happiness.
A rigid Jain would not i5amr'e on an
insect while passing IS The road. lie
carries n broomstick. and with IL clears
his path Of all minute insects and worms
A Jain would gladly lie on a bedsiead
that Is infested with bugs. and coolly
allow his blood TO be sucked b. them.
An English gentleman oncr isrt n ain
aud told him that the water be used to
drink was full Of microscopic insects
The Jain would not believe him. 1hr
LnglishmRn brought his micrdscnrc nut
proved the truth Of his assertion. 1n,
Jain looked surprised. aud wept bitterly
lie was a devoted follower OF his religion
and he proved his devotion by refusing
ever again 10 take water. and the conse
quence was that he was soon attacked By
a serious malady and died.
The English educated young Hindoos
of the day. it must be noted. disregard
the above principle of Hindoo morality
the principle Of being kind TO all living
creatures. The English educated young
Hindoo is a great lover Of flesh diet Ho
eats mutton. and beef and bacon as yora-
ciously as al Englishman. lie has lately
taken to shooting aud hunting pretty
largely. He cares little to feed birds
with ri Q and corn. and laughs at the un.
educated Hindoo who shows such marks
Of kindness toward the foathery tribe.
He does not hesitate to kill a snake rs
soon as he sees H. But the number Of
such educated Hindoos Is very small. only
a drop in the vast ocean Of Hindoo hu
manity
, 1885-11-06

30 much is being said about the
mikado of the stage that these points
that follow concerning the real mikado
may be of interest. A red revolution
brought the present mikado into power
in Japan, some seventeen years ago, at
which time he was n boy of iG years.
lie found a feudal system,
wherein 600, 900 men were main
tanned for war. The empire was a
military encampment. The young mi
kado changed all. He made the depend
ant the freeman and the feudal rulers
the s~uhordinates. He made men free
holders in perpetual tenure of their
lands. He insured as great protection
to life and property as may be enjoyed.
His code of laws he modelled after those.
of | ngland and tho United States, es-
tablishing a sufficient Judiciary. lie
gathered about him broad, sound and
progressive counselors.
lie rules an empire already having
800 miles of railroad, 5000 miles of
telegraph wire, unsurpassed postal
facilities, with a postal savings bank
system worthy of imitation in this coun-
try. lie has built a navy and can re.
pair ships with the best. AS great, if
not greater, than what he has accom-
plished, is what he has proclaimed he
proposes to do, and that is I that, in 1870,
to convert his empire into n constitu
tional empire, with a parliament exer-
cising the delegated authority of the
people.
, 1885-11-06

brlttsh y io1Bcts Tor TrRck- Laying ~ ladla
chambers Journal
uf vast Importance to the British en-.
pire again is the intention TO eSpend
some 50, 900, 900 pounds sterling in dc
veloping the railway system of india.
1t Is known that a very large proper
ton Of the wheat actually produced in
India is wasted, because of tho INSULT
cheney OF existing means of getting it
to market. II is also known, by the
careful report of experts, that vast
tracts which are peculiarly adapted to
wheat cultivation are nov lying useless.
and that, although the present
production of wheat in the empire
is between 200, 900, 900 and 2i0, 900
900 bushels annually, it could
be almost Immediately doubled were
communication established. With an
ade luate development of the railway
system, it is probable that India may
vie with America as the granary of the
world.
Then another thing necessary for the
develo ment Of India, and. through
India, for an extension Of our trade and
in ucnce, is the opening of direct com-
municat on with western China and
Thibet 10 this end, Mr.. A. Il. Colqu-
houn planned a line of railway from
the coasts of British Burmah through
northern siam and the Shan states to
the southwest frontier of China. The
chief difficulty heretofore has been the
opposition of China, who has guarded
with calousy her rights of suzerainty
over the rich and %populous country Of
the grand llama.
, 1885-11-06

Recent statistics show hal in 1894
the number Of boiler explosions in the
United States was lj2, being less than
in the previous year. There were 254
persons killed and 26t injured in them,
however, and the number is much
larger than 1t should e. Fifty-six Of
the explosions tool o in saw-mills,
where the so-ealled ,ineer finds q too
facile fuel in shavtn--. Men chosen for
these position should have the gumption
to perceiy iA,t such firing generally
creates steam too rapidly for safety.
p hese people can reduce the general
Dc th rate if they wish, and can espec-
tally reduce the present high percentage
of mortality among saw mill engineers.
, 1885-11-06

Intirmitics bcset us to which our youth
and maturity were strangers. Weakness
of the loins, rheumatic ailments, dyspep7
sia, loss OF appetite and unquiet sleep, are
among these. As a means of countoract-
ing the intirmities Of age, Hostetter s
Stomach Bitter IL unrivalled. IL quick
ems and enriches the sluggish and impov-
crushed circulation. begets a hearty appc-
tite and youthful relish for the food, and
enables the stomach to digest it, IL
soothcs aud %inyigorates the nervous sys.
tenn and checks a tendency to rheuma-
tism. Its quieting action upon the great
sympathetic nerve, which connects the
stomach with the brain, results in the
speedy departure of that restlessness by
night and disquietude by day, which are
the reflected manifestations of dyspepsia.
1t is n most ehectual antidote to the poi
son of malaria, gives a healthful impetus
10 the action Of the kidneys and bladder,
and is an admirable means OF r%esuscitating
vigor when impaired by overwork or other
cause.
, 1885-11-06
Fall overcoats at Polack 3


Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
Of want of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs. At
times, symptoms ofindigestion are present
fatulency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc.
A moisture like perspiration, producing a
very disagrceable itching, after getting
warm, is q common attendant. Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once to
the application Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, ~allaying
the intense itching, and eifecting a per
manent cure. Price so cents. Address
The DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co, Piqua,
o. Sold by w. N. Hunt
, 1885-11-06

In "reminiscences of an Attache' the
author tells an amusing story illustrat-
ing the passion that the French have for
good cooking. Pertinent to this point
a correspondent writes in an exchange
that it is diiicult for us Americans to
realize how large n part of the French
mans heart is given to the subject Of
what he shall eat, or to appreciate the
terrible responsibilities resting on the
shoulders of a French chief cook.
NJ. Bourbon, who had been engaged
to prepare the wedding breakfast on tho
occasion Of the marriage of the daugh-
ter of the Niscountess le Provost, was
found dead in the pantry of the castle
and in his pocket was found the follow
ing terse explanation of his suicide:
No onel will help me; | die" He had
had a dispute with his assistants, and
they deserted him in the last hour. His
professional honor could not live
through the failure of a wedding break
fast, so be cut his throat and died. The
only other case of this kind was the
suicide of the royal cook Vatel in the
last century, under similar circum-
stances.
, 1885-11-06
as sofreNINe TouoA ID IIMs
Doesn't Get Half n Chance to Beautify
tho Hullding. at Washington.

iloaq in sIi'er', lie ter
Now | haze made a covenant with
mine eyes, as Job said, to not find
fault. Having in previous letters per
suaded Z nitcd States senators to keep
their big schoolboy heels down OF the
desks. having laughed them out of tho
foolish idea of going into executive
session. and clearing the galleries
merely because they wanted to smoke,
and having also banished the ever
present spittoon, or at least reduced the
annual bill for spittoons more than one
half, / feel that have done enough for
the capitol, and that more interference
or advice might DO misunderstood But
must pronounce against this business
- this brutal custom Of scraping down
our marble buildings rs soon as they
Lcgin to take on the dignity and N
illness of time and color.
Now. wnat would you think of n man
who would 90 into the Dresden gallery
and give Raphael's Madonna a scrub
bing with soap and sand and ashes. or
let us suppose the Greeks or Romans
had scrubbed and soraped their marbles
rs We do in Ameri a.. How much OF
them would have been left for us TO
look upon Let me tell you, for a fact,
that if any man, or even any munich
pility, should attempt to scrape or scrub
a building or any marbfe of any kind in
Italy, why, the artistic and sensitive
Italian would simply make Rome
howl"
Why can not people who have charge
of our great structures learn a little
something from those ancient states
where art first took form in marble. The
Greeks and Romans always let time and
the elements soften the outlines of their
temples, and no piece Of architecture
was complete that had not been rounded
down and subdued in tone and color by
the perfecting touch of time.
ut hero at Washington the build
ings are p%orpetually defaced by scat
folds, and scrape, scrspe, scrape. All
thn year through, and nearly every
where YOU lift your eyes, it is scrape,
scrupc. scrape, till the noise, the dust,
tine ghostly, glaring sight OF the newly
seripei, and skinned, and scratched,
aud mutilate1 columns and walls drive
you out of town.
30 by, even England, half-civilized as
she is in many things, knows much bet
ter than to lay profane hands on mar
hlc. have been very familiar with st.
George gate, Hyde park, the past if-
ten years. 1t is almost black. But it
has not been touched since it was
paced there. 1t will never DO touched.
Nature must take care Of marble after
ii hrs found its place. And the sooner
Il f.,kes tom from tho elements and the
10 laning toueh Of time, the me it
crumcs "A thing of beauty. For
tHt4.F ~. "a fonda fhu ara IA this hold and
gliring and glittering white marble:
, 1885-11-06


The size of elephants is commonly
over estimated. Their stature is al
most always exaggerated in those coun-
tries where they are found wild. Even
European travellers of scientific training
have made notable mistakes in this re.
spect. African elephants which Mai.
Desham, one Of the early explorers,
supposed to be sixteen feet high proved
to be less than ten feet when killed. In
Ceylon the native elephant, which was
formerly thought to be larger than the
African animal, is rarely taller than
nine feet; and Sir Emerson Tennent
says the largest specimens on that is
land do not average more than eight
feet, out of LOO elephants from
which the tallest were selected and
measured with care, on one occasion in
India, there was not one whose height
equaled eleven feet.
, 1885-11-06

N
In A~fghanistan, when two families
are negotiating n marriage an omen is
consulted in the following manner
Several slips of paper are cut up, and
on half of them is written ITO be- and
on the other half mot to be. These
pieces Of paper are placed under a pray
i%ng-carpet and the anxious father de-
voutly raises his hands in prayer to
God for guidance, and expresses his
submission to the all-wise decree of the
Almighty in the matter of his sons or
daughters marriage, Then, putting his
hand under the carpet, he draws out a
paper. II on it should be written 80
be" he thinks the marriage is ordained
Of God; if Not to be" no overture or
negotiation will be listened to.
sometimes, however, the interests of
state, or the value of the dowry, or the
termination of a long-standing blood
feud will induce the pious ehieftain to
put aside the omen as having been in
iueneed by the powers of darkness.