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A recent writer says of the condition OF
women in India Unable for the most
part to read and write, rumors reach them
from the markets, the bazaars, the talk of SER
wants, and of the children, many of whom
attend the normal schools, now numerous,
and are consequently familiar with the
topics of European thought. They feel the
old order passing away, but of the new
they know nothing. They identify these
changing influences Christianity, which
they urgently fear and dread as bringing
disruption into families where the ties of
kindred are unusually strong. Conversion
implies no less than social accommodation
exclusion from the pale of caste, and social
death. SO the mother fears it keenly for
her son, the father for his daughter, the
husband for his wife.
"The mother in special fears to lose her,
at present, unquestioned supremacy. In
high-caste households, it must be kept in
mind, she is the central parsonage her in
huence in the household is unique and al
most limitless, for the high-caste Hindoo is
professedly monogamist. One wife is the
rule, though n second is permitted if there
be no offspring. But the proud mother OF
sons holds a high place. II is n common
saying that the Hindoo beats his wife and
idores his mother. She makes the mar
riages of her sons, chooses her daughters-in-
law, and enjoys the dutiful respect Of her
children. Her sway is almost absolute. As
Rance she may, and does often, exercise
great political influence, which she uses for
purposes Of family ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or intri.
que, or for wise and benefcent ends, rs it
pleases her. Such is the position of the
mother, but the wife occupies very infe.
rior place. Letters that have appeared of
late in the Times Of India present a lament
able picture of the domestic interior as il too
frequently exists The writer, who is APP
parently youthful widow, says: The
wife may not sit in the presence of father
or mother-in-law, or any elder member of
their family. She must get up early, and
90 to bed late, and eat with the servants
Such is her position Of inferiority as wife
but as widow, matters are still worse. She
is debarred from second marriage, even il
widowed in her cradle; for betrothals before
birth are not unknown in India. She is
doomed TO neglect, il-usage, opprobrium
and reviling. The frightful immortality
which devours Hindoo society like cancer
is largely traceable to this one source This
same writer looks to the spread of education
as the best hope for lettering this state of
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Tsw desultory readers know that the
most eastern portion of North America was
called New France more than fifty years
before it was called New England, and that
seven years before the Leyden Separtists
landed at Plymouth an accurate chart OF
that very harbor had been published in
Paris, while at that very time the larger
portion of the present State of Maine had
been under the dominion of France for a
hundred years. IL will be remembered
that Sir Ferdinand Georges obtained from
Charles |, of England. n grant of the whole
district, giving it the name of Maine in
compliment to Charles Queen, Henrietta
Maria, who owned the province of the same
name in France. 1t was in 1852 that the
first tree of the primeyal forest then cover.
ing the whole territory of what is now
known as Portland, was felled; twenty-five
years later the settlement received the name
of Falmouth. In 1858 it was burned by the
British, and again in 1775 by Mowates'
deet, which bombarded the town on the
refusal of the inhabitants to surrender.
Before the great fire in Portland traces of
this bombardment were to be seen on many
time worn building in the lower aud older
part of the city, but these marks are now
all obliterated and long blocks of substan-
tial stone warehouses occupy the place of
the low, dingy wooden structures which
were swept away by the fire. Ancient Fail
mouth originally embraced the present
Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth and
Westbrook, with a number OF the larger
islands in Casco Bay, but in 1855 Portland
was separated from Falmouth and incorpo
| rated separntely.
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Feeding Necessarily a Fine ART 20
DYspeptics.

To persons with weak digestions and
whose appetites consequently are seldom
good and never keen, there is something
attractive in "other peoples food" In
valids, of course, being what is called by
the unsympathetic dainty and full of
fancies, are still more likely to find in it n
temporary stimulus to eating. It may be
remarked, en- PEASANT, however, that the
sarcastic tone of superiority with which
this sort of judgement is melted out to up-
fortunate sufferers not absolutely invalids,
by people in vigorous health, is much more
reprehensible, far reaching and cruel than
is generally supposed. The majority-ii
not large one, certainly majority-of
the jewellers in great cities are afflicted more
or less by the time that they have reached
certain age with faulty digestions They
i've, as it were, in negative state of health
They cannot be said to be i'll, but they are
continually, as the phase goes, "getting
little out of Sorts and to such of course no
prescription can be SO eficacious as change
change of air, of scene, of society, of
diet; two days of such change usually
effects temporary restoration, and to this
fact probably, by the way, has become due
the universal habit where it is possible, OF
Saturday to Monday holiday.
The high pressure rate at which we live,
md the vast increase in the population OF
commercial centres, has of late years enfor-
ed the adoption of this habit as an absolute
ly necessary means of keeping the human
machine in decent working order. With
the positive invalid naturally n longer
period of change is necessary for.the benefit
to be wrought; while ON the other hand,
even those blessed with a robust constitu-
ton and consequent good health, are not
insensible, If their avocations be sedentary,
onerous and absorbing, to the extra fillip to
work which a little change assuredly gives
yet it is these latter persons, and such as
these in nine cases out of ten, who refuse
to acknowledge anything beyond mere
fanciful affection or discomfort in the cray
ing displayed by their less fortunate friends
for "other peoples food nj. e., for
change.
Nevertheless, whatever such individuals
in their wisdom may assume to believe,
"other peoples food" where an appetite is
not naturally keen or the digestion strong,
nearly always appears to have stimulating
effect, and is therefore highly beneficial
For so infinitely complex is our organizn
ton that the mind, directly affecting the
stomach, gives zest and gusto 10 the
plainost meal partaken of in pleasant society
and at a strange table, which precisely
similar one ut the h ONE board entirely lacks.
1t is not essential that the food should be
positively different Plain beef and mutton,
if they only belong to somebody else,n
and that somebody else is present while
We partake of them, will be just as effica-
cious for the whetting of jaded palateas il
the change were worked out by the most
reconcile means of the culinary act---Loa.
don Society.
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DOMESTIC CIGARS.



Industry.
There was q time when homemade
| cigar was looked upon by all of the more
astidious smokers with absolute contempt
They would have cigars imported from
! Cuba or none at all, and the usual quality
of those of domestic manufacture was SC
bad that there was reason for the prejudice
| They were either rank or havorless, ano
were only found in third-rate places or on
;he street stands patronized by newsboys
md the poorest sort of customers.
But the high taxes imposed on Havana
,igars increased their prices SO greatly that
powerful stimulus was given TO domestic
manufacture. The civil war in Cuba also
sent 20 this country many Cuban refugees,
who brought with them expertness in cigar
making, and the business promised to be sc
profitable, if the quality was once made
satisfactory to consumers, that skill and
enterprise combined to produce what was
desired.
The result has been that the manufacture
ng of cigars has become one of the most
extensive of our industries. Between 1870
and 1880 the number of hands employed in
the manufacture of tobacco and cigars in
creased nearly two-fold, and the value of
of the product in nearly the same proper
ton. The once despised domestic cigar
was gradually locked upon with more
iayor, and the improvement in its quality
vas so marked in time that it ran the i'm
4 -.
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The Cockncy of the Crcmatory,

The pronunciation Of the average Cock
ney differs materially from that of his
brother Englishman and occasionally pro-
yokes laugh where laughter is most out
of place. An amusing instance of this
occurred the other day at Buifalo's new
crematory, which is in charge of young
Englishman, who acts rs cicerone TO the
many who flock thither to crafty their
curiosity regarding the new institution.
The party of inspection one day last week
comprised two ladies, who expressed them
selves as gratified by what they had seen
until they reached point where the oblig-
ing If somewhat loquacious, guide exclaim-
ed "'Ere, ma'am, is where we turn the
ladies' into hash, and then the hash is col
lected and put into hurn." This was
enough; the curiosity of the party appeared
TO be amply satisfied, and they beat a hastI
tairaaf
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DEssvrssEs.
Physical Means for Producing EN-.
aItatiOn.


The spiritual ideal of the Deryish orders
is the production of the state of trance,
frenzy or CONFUSION, during which the
soul, in the suspension of its bodily CON
seriousness, is supposed to anticipate its re-
union with the Infinite The individual
annihilated of the Buddhs Nirwana, or be-
attic absorption into the First Principle OF
the universe, is achieved in the Dervish or.
der by physical means for producing super
sensuous exaltation. Hence the violent
character of their devotional exercises. con-
sisting of gyrations of increasing velocity,
or frantic vociferations of epithets ascribed
to the Deity, the merit of which is in pro-
portion to the rapidity of utterance. Hash
ish and khoshkhosh (poppy) are still more
| potent means for promoting stupefaction,
and under their influence the novice may
easily believe himself favored with fore.
taste of the joys of Mohammeds elysium.
There seems reason to believe that animal
magnetism is also used by the sheikhs &c
control the volition of their disciples, and
as the headship of the the order is generally
hereditary, the secret and faculty of mes
meric influence may we'll be matter of fam
| ily tradition.
Certain attitudes, such MS sitting with the
head compressed between the knees, are
also resorted TO produce semi-insensibility,
the greater pliability of limb enabling them
to assume and maintain positions impossi-
BILE to Europeans
The novitate, called, in Turkish, Ikrar,
in Arabic, Ahad( covenant), is long and ar.
duous, as the murid, or aspirant, has to un.
dergo term of mental service, extending
in some orders to 1,00l days. Termed in
Turkish the karrah kodak, or jackal of the
establishment he is charged during his
erm of apprenticeship with the lowest Off
yes of the kitchen, recalling the similar ex-
arcises of obedience and humility imposed
on the peophvte in the monasteries of the
West.
The rite of initiation, ON the other hand,
resembles that of Freemasonry in its prinei-
pal feature, the exchange of peculiar hand
grip, called bailat, with the sheikh, in
which the opposing thumbs meet in an up
right position. The guardianship of the
door by two armed brethren Yecalls, too,
the functions of the tiler, Who in Masonic
lodges, keeps ward Mt the entrance with
drawn sword. The formula of initiation
varies in different orders, but consists in
all of certain prayers and pledge of ODE
iience of the sheikh. The adept now re-
eeiyes the insignia of the order, the hirLs
,mantle), tesbih (rosary), divided into
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now to DO Niagara.

Any one now can " do ~ Niagara without
much expense. The best hotels, the Inter-
national, Cataract and Spencer Houses,
charge $4 day and give excellent rooms
and tolerable fare, though one must not ex-
pect everything, and if there is point that
Niagara is weak on it is its hotel tables. If
one is familiar enough with the place to do
t, the best plan is to get lodgings and take
meals outside as you go. In this way two
persons can see Niagara now for Sc to $40,
not counting railway fare. There is no
need for any healthy person to hire car
riage, and if they do they can hire one for
81 to go the rounds if they are firm. Goat
every other point from which the falls can
be seen on the American side are free If
one crosses the river on the beautiful and
and graceful new Suspension Bridge the
toll is but so cents for both ways. Custom
House officers are stationed at each end,
but they never disturb any one unless they
ire loaded with packages. The convenient
Biddle stairs, built by Colonel Nicholas
Biddle, of Philadelphia, and leading to the
Cave of the Winds, under the American
falls, are free to all, though there is
charge Of 81 for guide and suit if the
visitor goes under the falls to the cave-an
experience well worth the money, if one
has the nerve and backbone to do it, The
only two relics of the harpy days of Niagara
are the hackmen and the curiosity jay
hawRers, though these are both much sub
dued. The hacknen will still swindle
visitors if they can, but the law regulates
their fare, and if the traveller knows what
he is about he need pay nothing but what
il fair.
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senator ssorsnan,. Nutm.n.

Senator German tells the following story
of himself. For many years he has been q
sufferer from regular attacks Of neuralgia
On some occasions he has been Confined to
his home day or two so intense was the
pain. An old lady friend once called upon
him while he was suffering from one of his
attacks. She displayed so much sympathy
that she almost forgot to make the request
she had TO make-but she did not. Upon
learning that the Senator was troubled with
neuralgia she volunteered TO give him an
infallible remedy, provided he would prom
ise not to laugh at her or acuse her of being
n believer in conjuration, spells, etc The
Senator, in n good-natured way, informed
her that he was under treatment from M
eminent physician, who sometimes afforded
him temporary relief. The old lady finally
prevailed upon the Senator to give her
remedy fair trial, wheroupon she suggest
ed that he should get an ordinary nutmeg,
such as is used in cooking, drill hole
through it, attach it to piece of string Oh
ribbon and wear il around the neck con
tinually The Senator while suffering one
day determined to give the nutmeg remedy
a trial. He followed the old lady'sdirections
and in few hours felt greatly relieved. He
has worn the nutmeg ever since, and is
seldom troubled with neuralgia He has
consulted several physicians ON the subject,
and they state that the nutmeg possesses
certain virtues which may have effect on
nan-nlQic nnina
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uAusEs OF TYPmoID.
The Manner Ira which Disease IL Gem.
veyed In unsupported Ways.

A writer in Annals of Hygiene, says tina.
HE most important lesson to be learned by
the public in reference to typhoid fever is
that it is filth disease mot sometimes,
not generally, but always. And perhaps
the next in Importance is that while the
production of the disease probably requires
that the morbfic agent shall be brought
into contact with the alimentary mucom
membrane, as in food or drink, it is possible
for the calvary fluids in the mouth and
throat to absorb the poison from the ntmo-
| sphere and thus become the medium of its
transmission TO the stomach. There is also
third lesson of no less value to us, viz.
That various articles of food, and especially
milk, water and other fluid foods, possess
the same property of absorbing the fever
poison from the atmosphere and thus be.
coming the vehicles of its introduction into
the system.
My own observations are fully in keeping
with the view TINT the absorption of the
poisonous carnations by the salivary secre.
tons, and by food stored in pantries and
Kitchens, but especially the latter, furnishes
the explanation of nearly all the so-callod
sporadic cases Of true typhoid fever
occurring in New York. In a large proper
ton of cases il will be discovered on exami-
nation that odorous carnations from
kitchen drains, bat more frequently from
privy vaults, are easily perceptible to the
senses in the rooms where food is stored and
where it is being prepared for the table. In
most of the observations I have made ON
this subject, it has appeared to he the privy
vault rather than the drain that has been
responsible for the evil.
In her typhoid fever mortality New York
city has bad record. She also has ccss-
pools. The ground ON which she stands ia
fairly honeycombed with them. They poison
the soil beneath our homess they contami-
nate the water we drink and the food we
eat they hurl disease and death in their
most loathsome forms into our circle of
loved ones. The vault, even at its very
best, in any city or town, and even when
very near a rural dwelling, is dangerous,
insufferable, abominable nuisance.
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Lake Michigan SIMMER TaIe.

Captain Frank jacobs tells of strange
sight witnessed by him on Lake Michigan
last week His tug was bound for Stur-
geon Bay with vessel in tow. Suddenly
The wind hauled to the southwest and swept
down upon tho tow with such violence that
the water was picked up and formed into
large mass, two columns instantly rising
toward the sky. The spouts were appar-
emily twenty five fathoms in diameter at the
base, and they extended toward the sky ten
or twelve fathoms. One of them bore tow
ard the vessels, but fortunately did not
reach them. The other spout was further
to the eastward and moved toward the
island, the tug and vessel being between the
two columns. Although the time was fully
an hour before sunset, it became SO intense.
ly dark that il wa. found necessary to light
up ON board the tug to enable the crew to
maintain the right course and to warn other
craft of their proximity.
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chewing Gum ny .I.e Io,.

day or two ago my hayward feet carri
cd my body into the suburbs of Cleveland,
o., and to chewing gum factory. There
l got some idea of an industry that thiives
on penny sales and the remorseless energy
of American jaws. I'm the place saw half
dozen blocks of marble gum or petroleum
wax Each weighed about one hundred
pounds and was almost like pure pentelican
stone, dear to the old sculptor's heart and
hand. And il was absolutely clean and
odorless A few weeks ago the stuff laid
in one Of the huge tanks near the oil wells
of Pennsylvania, dirty, greenish-browr
fluid, with the consistency of bad mud, ano
the bad smell Of glue factory. Then ii was
crude oil, but since then it had been in a
termoiI and through stirring times and
chemical processes. From it had been ex-
tracted lot of kerosene, almost as much
naphtha, not little benzine, plenty of tar
and lot Of valuable but technically named
affairs that are out of reach. An. way, the
gum wax was left, and it was that / saw,
clean as an ideal farmers bed chamber, and
us odorless as civil service refomer's
record. Before ii became the chewing gun
of our friends it had to be melted, favored,
sweetened and "put up" in fanciful array.
Then the one hundred pound block would
appear IN five thousand penny cakes, and !
am told that about five hundred of these
one hundred pound blocks are used in each
week Of the history of Columbia, "the gem
of the ocean," etc. It's tough-the feet.
not the gum. e
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Mexican Indies never go out, even in day
lime, without the family or servant they
seldom go out at all. They do not have
gentleman visitors, and if young man
who has been associated with girl in
childhood, or who by some accident is
allowed to visit the family, becomes lover,
he is Immediately excluded from the house
and the courtship proceeds from the bal
cony to street. If notes are exchanged it is
done secretly, never through the mail.
Often a gentleman sees lady for the first
time on balcony, at the opera or al
.hurch, and falls in love with her. A court
,hip like the above ensues they becamt
engaged and marry without knowing any
more of each other than they can learn
from inquiry; know nothing of each others
minds, tastes, characters nor dispositions.
was told of q gentleman who thus courted
a girl for eight long years and left her three
months after their marriage.
Think how close Mexico is to the United
States, and yet how different Maria Edge
worth was mistaken when she said "prox-
unity is everything" Such love- making
in an American girl would be greatly Gen.
sured while, If a Mexican girl would walk
with gentleman not her relative, even in
day time, it would ruin her. If, after
lady and gentleman become engaged, the
engagement is broken, the lady is consider,
ed almost disgraced, and seldom has an.
other sutton. What would they think OF
some of our flirting bellies of New Orleans
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A rhotogrnphIc "spot.er.,,

A wealthy iron master in the North of
England, whose house and works are daz.
zlingly Illuminated by the electric light, has
adopted an ingenious continuance by which
he may CLEAN some information as to what
goes on during his not unfrequent absences
from home. In several Of his rooms and in
his Office there is concealed apparatus in
the walls, consisting of q roll of Eastman
paper and train of clockwork. Every
hour shutter is silently opened by the ma
chinery, and an instantaneous photograph
is taken of all that is going on in the room
On this great mans return he delights to
develop these pictures, and il is said that
they furnish some very strange information
indeed. One clerk, who received his dis
missal somewhat unexpectedly and bold.
wanted to know the reason why, was horri
fed when shown photograph in which he
was depicted lolling in an easy chair, with
his feet upon the Office desk, while the clock
on the mantel-piece pointed to an hour at
which he ought to have been al his busiest.
london Court Journal.
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A Home for "a Novel.

heard recently the story of Troy shirt
factory girl which has elements of the won-
derful in it. A new hotel, TO be called the
Berwick House, is being built at Rutland,
Vt, at cost of $685. to $4,000. A
formor Troy laundry girl is the capitalist in
this venture, although the house is named
after her brother, who is the ostensible pro
prietor. Her name is Mrs Phoebe Chur.
chill. She married an officer of the United
States Navy, who was blown up in a
premature explosion at Hell Gate at some
stage in that improvement. Two women
came forward to claim him as husband.
One was from South Carolina. He was
living with her at New York. The other
was this Troy girl, and she succeeded in es-
tablishing the validity of her claim and
securing so, 900 insurance on his life. A
considerable sum of money that was raised
in New York was divided between the two
women. Mrs. Churchill having known
something of the laundry business at Troy
entered into partnership with gentleman
of that city and started an establishment in
New York city. They now have four or
five laundries here which are equal to o
bonanza, and it is from this source that the
money has come for the construction of the
Berwick House.