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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

lightful spot in the hills about 100 miles
from Bombay, and she will soon begin the
construction of her institution. The Hin
doc wife is in q paradise compared to the
Hindoo widow. The condition of the wife
is bad enough. As the slave of her hus-
band she eats after he is through, and she
takes what is left. She has no education TO
speak of and her only hope of salvation is
in him. She stands while he sits in the
household, and she can not, if she lives in
the interior. 60 to the Gapges and bathe
in the sacred water. The Hindoo woman
worships her husband and the husband re-
turns the worship by doing as little as
possible for his wife.
There are 5000, 900 widows in India, and
as the majority of the marriages take place
under 10, the greater part of these women
became widows as children. A Hindoo
widow can never marry again, even if her
husband dies before the ceremony of mar
riage If she is betrothed she is condemned
to widowhood for the rest of her life. As a
widow she must give up all the pleasures of
this world. She must never wear any jew
elry, never sleep on bed, and for the rest
of her life she becomes the slave of her
mother-in-law's family. She eats by her.
self and cooks her own food. The moment
her husband dies her ornaments are torn
from her. She is clad in the poorest of
clothing, and at the funeral she is kept out
of the main body of the mourners, and she
is looked upon as though she had the
plague.
Most of the Hiudoos cremate their dead
by a river, and it used to be the custom for
widows to throw themselves alive on the
funeral pyres of their husbands and allow
themselves to be burned to death. This was
a sure passport to heaven, and it would ex-
ist to-day were it not that the English have
dozen monuments, rude pieces of stone Is
inches high and foot square, which had
been put up in honor of women who had so
killed themselves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
Professional March- Makers.

Indian marriages are managed entirely
BY the parents. Courtship is unknown in
India, and the parties married often remain
for years without knowing each other. The
negotiations are often carried on by means
of a matchmaker, as in China, and India
has its professional match-makers, both
women and men. For arranging middle
class wedding a matchmaker gets from $40
to S15 and in the marriages of the rich he
receives twice this amount. The boy in the
arrangement has no more to say than the
girl, though after the marriage is consum-
mated and he becomes the deiacto husband
of the girl, the advantage is altogether on
his side.
According to her religion she can only find
salvation through her husband, and if she
is not born again as a man she will have to
go through eight million transmigrations.
A man can do no wrong to his wife and she
is practically his slave. She draws the
water, carries all the burdens and makes
the fuel for the family, Ali over India you
see women carrying pots of water on their
heads and the contrast between the bracelets
on their arms, both below and above the
elbow, the anklets on their bare feet and
the great gold or silver ornaments in their
ears, and their menial occupation, is
striking.
] see women carrying water on their
heads with babies not more than few days
old in their arms, and 1 saw yesterday a
woman who had, bv actual count, SO
brass bracelets upon each of her forearms, a
big plate of silver on her biceps, heavy
brass anklets about her legs and two silver
rings on each one of ner ten toes.
Women Weighted Down With Jewelry.
Speaking of fjewelry, there are no women
in tie world so fond of jewelry as those of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
HIndoo Wedding Feast.

was invited to a wedding feast at Agra,
and the polite HIndoo who so honored me
told me upon parting that my presence had
',glorifed the occasion" There were 500
HindOOs present and the entertainment con-
sisted of Nautch dancing and acting. The
Nautch girls, attired in gorgeous clothes,
went through the most surprising Of con-
tortions to the music of two drums, which
were played with the hands, and q curious
Hfndoo fiddle. These Nautch girls are the
dancing girls of India. They are remark
able for their plump, round figures and for
the wonderful ease and grace which they
throw into the movements of their bodies.
A large part of the dancing consists in the
movement of the frame without lifting the
feet from the ground. They are the same
as the dances of the girls of Egypt and of
the African negloes, and seem to be a part
Oforiental life. They are paid high prices
and some OF the best dancing girls of India
get as high a. SIS night
The celebration which attended was In
tent built outside the house for the occasion.
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A carpet covered the ground and the flick
ering lights shown over collection of Curl
Gus figures, which would make another for
tune for Barnum. 1 looked in vain for the
bride, and whether she was baby or not I
do not know. The groom was not more
than 6. He was a bright little fellow in a
red velvet coat, and he brought me bunch
of flowers and some cardamum seeds, which
are given to the guests upon such occasions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

Tmel

First Gamin-Say, I'll bet you nickel
I've got more money in my pockets than you
have.
Second Gamin-Go yer once.
After money is put up.
First Gamin-How much money have you
got in my pocket2
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Cruelty per.ecured Women.

In the northwest provinces of India, where
the holiest Of the Hindoos lire. the treat
ment of the widows is even worse than that
described in the above statements. Here
the woman is often dragged along with her
husbands corpse TO the cremation. She is
pushed into the water and made to stand
there while the body is burning. She comes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
INDIAN BABY BRIDES.
How Children Become Wives in the
Land of the HindOos.
STRANGE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
Among People Where Love and COurtship
Are Absolutely Unknown.
W1poyHOOD WORSE THAN SLAVERY
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE D1spATcH.I

BOMBAY, IN
Ola, June z, 1885,
The wedding season
in India is now at
its height. 1 have
seen wedding pro-
cessions by the dozen
in every town that 1
have visited, and I
have had a fair
chance to note some
of the peculiarities
of Hin doc mar
riages. India has
the youngest brides
and grooms in the
world. The grooms
1 have seen have in
no case been over
Is, and some Of the
brides were. appar-
emily only just
weaned. BY the
Hindoo law a wom-
an should be mar
ried before she
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

Y entering Sara
togo in the even
ing you find it
with its old-time
halo on. You are
whizzed from the
station in one of its
gawky stages, and
swirled down the
spectacular vista
of Broadway to
whatever m g. m
moth hotel you
NAV have chosen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

to put up at. You can imagine very easily
that you are entering the Paris Exposition,
and that the giddiest part Of France is
coming out to welcome you. The boulevard
sight of heavy swell seated at small
table in the open air, on the veranda of
restaurant, taking his summer beverage with
slow equanimity under public gaze, is not
uncommon this year at Saratoga. Can it be
that the American drinker is to emerge
from behind screen and sit down boldly to
quaff his drinks, instead of gulping them?
It is spangled and gauzy crowd fairly
blazing under the electricity and the moon,
and the poet is taken even to more intox-
icating spot than wicked Paris, as he
views it, he is in Cadiz where the roofs are
OF gold, the skies diamond-decked canopy
of purest sapphire, and the women
shadowy-eyed houris, made only Cor love
and caresses. The love and the caress of life
is the very earliest discovery made by the
Saratoga pilgrim. Nowhere could passi on
find a wilder rioting place. The air is so
filled with the fragrance of towers, the bell
notes offountains, the swing of hand music,
that cupid seems lodging behind every skirt
and aiming his darts over each cleaning
shoulder.
THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
As lolied back in seedy old barouche,
and was taken through Broadway last
night, / was never more impressed by the
brilliant power that we Americans have for
becoming pictorial and vast. The hotels
themselves, suggesting the coloseums of the
Romans, were SO overwhelming in their
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

Judge.l
"Did you get that box of cigars I sent
your" inquired his fance.
'sYes, dear"
"And how do you like tbem7''
.'The box was very nice. indeed, he said,
softly.
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Inseparabls.

Mr.. Younghusband-Lucille, the papers
say the hustle must 20.
Mrs. Younghusband--Xes 0ctavius; but
when the hustle goes tks women wiz %
with the hustle.
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The Hard Lot of Child widows.

Pundita Ramabai, the high caste Hindoo
woman who has been raising funds in
America for the establishment of a college
Tor the child widows Of India, has Just re-
turned home. She is now at Poona a do
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

you with her fan, sweeps her lashes side
ways over her cheeks, at the same time
contributing in your direction fatal CLEAN
Of the eyes, draws long, quivering breath,
and glides on with the important swish of
yacht in q free wind. do not care where
you go in Saratoga, the feminine
msgnifcence of your surroundings will
have an important effect upon you. Even
ladies' maids have the rose of sentiment
stuck in their hair, and they cast more
glances over their shoulders than they do
straight before them. As for the three vast
hotels down in the center Of the town, they
are triad of paradises where stylish angels
are forever in bewiidering futter vanish
ing now and again only to reappear in more
exquisite draperies than those which we
thought were unsurpassable
Saratoga is the most popular resort for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

reaches the age of II. Most girls are be-
trothed before they are 6, and in wedding
procession at Agra 1 saw little bride
groom of perhaps 10 years gorgeously
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
The La,... From th. DIano.d.

"Well said Wright Field" ss he took his
over coat to the pawnbroker, 'here goes for
three balls and bal"
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SARAT0GA'S SCENES.
The Giddy Contest Between Love and
Mammon at the Springs.
FAIR MAIDS AND POOR LOVERS.
Old and Wealthy Beaus Who Capture All
the Prettiest Prizes.
OLD TIMES CONTRAsTED WITH THE NEW

rcoRR EsPoEDENcE OF THE DIsPATcH.1
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Women Weighted Down With Jewelry.
Speaking of jewelry, there are no women
in tie world so fond of jewelry as those oi
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

The Prospects for Passenger Traffic ON the
Rivers Ear From Discouraging.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
Lew Wallace's Little Joke.
Washington Special.


Gen. Lewis Wallace, author and soldier,
is here. He is a modest man and as gentle
as child. There was bevy of girls in a
hotel parlor last night listening to the rain
bow talk of the redOuhtable p. DOMAIN. He
took General Wallace into this bevy, and
some of them actually sat at his feet and
talked to him about some of his novels.
DO you know said one of them, that
like your Fair Cod bests"
DO you, my child." he said. Il am glad
to hear you say that. have almost begun
to think that my Fair Cod was forgotten
child. so many pleasant things have been
said about 'Ben-Hur.'"
did you write Ben Hurr" asked one of
Leo Wheat's musical inspirations.
Eyes, my child" replied the author.
''Oh, oh, ohp' rhapsodized the creature
who had made the inquiry. what a
wicked man is Mr.. Wintersmith (meaning
Dick. He told me he wrote it and he is
from Kentucky, and l never read any part
of the book except the chariot race. 1 was
sure he wrote that"
You are from Kentuckyw asked the
author.
Yes, sir"
81 thought so. All Kentuckians like to
read about races. Now, my child, will
make confession to you. Mr.. Winter
smith wrote that account of the chariot
race in Ben Hur,' but you must keep that
to yourself"
did hep asked the inspiration. II am
so pladn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15

and Humpy Sack were lying dead in their
shack near Glendive, shot to death by
.'Stranglers,o as they had already come to
be known. Investigation showed that the
two men were alive, and apparently as
ready to steal horses as ever. The next day
they were killed in exactly the manner In
which rumor had already disposed of them.
Then for the first time Is was noticed that
every man killed was a notorious horse
thief From high-handed law-breakers,
the 'rustlers.o who had heard'Of the opera
lions of the strangers" became the most
abJect of towards Many sought safety In
immediate flight, never more to be seen IN
the cattle country. A few, fool-hardy
enough to brave the approach of their
nemesis, paid the Western penalty for their
I crimes, and others in their fight rushed
After the beginning of the reign of terror
caused by the death of Scarface MOsley
and Humpy Jack, the strangers" had di-
ylded into seven parties. each under the
leadership of trusty Montana cowboy,
and striking out In as many different direo-
tons, worked with the energy of fiends to
gain the 5000 prize which was hung up
as added money" to the most successful
party in this terrible man hunt.
The end was not long in coming. In
less than two months, every man known
or suspected of being hOrse-thief was
either dead or driven from the country.
The "Stranglers'' appeared to melt into
thin air as mysteriOusly as they had come
into being and to this day it is not known,
except by the members themselves, the
eleven cattlemen and four outsiders who
composed the famous band of men that alb
solutely freed Montana and western Dakota
from horse thieves by killing sixty-three of
them and running one hundred others out
or the country,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15

ing through traffic, it made its best earnings
from its local business. The increase of the
local traffic over the entire Pennsy lvanla
system has been developed largely by re-
ductIon of charges rendered possible by the
policy OF judicious expenditures. persistent
ly pursued for many years, by which the
road-bed and rolling stock have been i'm
proved and every agency of transportation
cheapened.
j. c. Stubs. who has just been appointed
general manager of the Southern Pacific
road commenced railroad service as clerk
for III. w. Hubbard, general freight agent of
the Vandalia. His salary now is $4,000 a
year. and he is probably the youngest man
in this country who holds SO responsible
position and draws so large n salary. When
Mr. Stubs left Mr.. Hubbard he became
voucher clerk for c. w. Smith, who at that
time was general freight agent of the Pan
handle, with headquarters at Columbus, y.
Not long after this Mr.. Smith accepted the
general freight agency OF the Central Pa
Francisco, and took Mr.. Stubs with him as
chief clerk. After Mr.. Smith had been in
San Francisco couple of years. be went on
the c.. Il. & Q. as general freight agent.
leaving Mr.. Stubs in San Francisco as act
ing general freight agent of the Central Pa
cific railroad. Not long after this Mr..
Stubbs was given the full title of general
freight agent, and afterwards was made
freight traffic manager. After serving in
made general traffic manager, giving him
control of both freight and passenger bust
ness. Now he has been made general man.
ager.
In commenting on the report that the gen.
eral Offices of the Decline are to be removed
from Cleveland, the Leader of that city
says: Cincinnati and Indianapolis are al
ready quarreling over the future head
quarters of the Bee-line. Chicago, st.
Louis, Columbus. and Berea are yet to be
heard from. Cincinnati has claimed them
for week, because it contains the Office of
Mr.. Ingalls,, the future president of the Bee
Hne-Big Four combination. indianapolis
puts in a more recent but more modest
claim for the same Offices 1t gives publici-
ty to the narrowing fact that the Bee-line
building at Cleveland has been condemned.
and that the offices must be moved some
where. Ergo, the headquarters, should be
transferred to Indianapolis 1t suggests
several schemes by which sufficient room
for the Decline general offices might be
provided in that city by the proper effort.
Perhaps, after all, Cleveland is still good
enough for the location of these offices.
Five of the directors reside here, and they
will doubtless be disinclined to see the of
fees removed. 1t will be the board of di-
rectors that will determine the question.
Cleveland is one of the best railroad centers
in the West, but could i'll afford to lose the
Decline official corps"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
13-a8-42.
A New Combination in Policy That Threat
ems to Eclipse the Famous 4-11-44.

A New Combination in Policy That Threat
ems to Eclipse the Famous 4-11-44.
Baltimore American.
The famous policy "gig" 4-11-44, is in dam
ger of being eclipsed by combination Of
President Harrison. When Benjamin Har-
risOn signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence there were thirteen stars in the Amer
lean flag; when William Henry Harrison
was inaugurated, in 1S41, twenty-six stars
adorned our flag, and now, when Benjamin
Harrison is President, the national ensign
contains forty-twO stars. These facts have
was played heavily by the players
i'm this city, particularly on the West Side.
The players, however, were doomed to dis
appointment, but, with the spirit which
animates all kinds of gamblers, they have
not given up the hope of shortly hitting it.
Every day there are two drawings--one
in the morning and the other in the after
noon. In the slip containing the numbers
hit in the morning, drawing one number of
the Harrison gig, Ii. appeared. and in the
afternoon drawing not one of the numbers
saw the light.
The keepers of policy-shops were greatly
surprised at the large number of persons
13-96-42 is the favorite now" said dealer
last night, Talk about 4-11-44 being the
great favorite, but l tell you the Harrison
gig is going to knock it out, and that be-
fore long. Why, it's only a day old, and
here we have nearly every one playing it,
men, women and children. Don't you
think our new President should exert his
Its against the law to play policy now, but
President Harrison has been hOnOred by
the players, and think he should do some-
thing to return the compliment"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
Real Estate Transfers,

Instruments filed for record I'm the recorders
Office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at p. NJ. March Il, 1889, as
furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of
titles, Room %, lEtna Building.
Bruce Carr to Harvey NJ. La Toilette,
part of lots and 2, square 90, and
part of lots 1, 2, and in square
II. all in Brightwood. .-...... $4,000
Nicholas McCarty ct al. to Frank III.
west-side addition ..........,....... 10000
Hester j. Van Camp ct nj. to Samuel
L. Perkins, part of lot in square
Mary +. Sanders to Dillingham; &
Fowler, lot 80 in Goodlet x Thorn
tons Haughvile subdivision. 10000
Thos. B. Seibert to Amanda Everett,
part OF northeast quarter of north
east half section %, township 16,
Chas Robertson to Bertha Feucht. lot
16 in Germania subdivision of block
z, Holiness West-end addition 10000
Robert Martindale to John G.. Kirk
wood, lot % in square ., section of
E b. Martindale's Lincoln Park adj
Same to Mrs Mary Kirkwood. lot 20
III square =, in section 1 OF T.. Il.
Martindale's Lincoln Park addition. 10000
Harry j. Milhgan. trustee, TO Augusta
WHEELING, lot 10 IN Millgan's Park
Charles f. Tweed TO Martha A. Dane,
lots >, and in c. +. Tweed's first
West Indianapolis addition 10000
Butler University TO Gland Field. part
of lot % in Ovid Buffers addition To
College Corner 1,OOO.OO
John NJ. simmons TO Frank s. Hipes,
northeast addition. 100000
Joshua Edwards TO Joel Jackson, part
OF southwest quarter, section IA,
township Ia north, OF range east. 1900
Conveyances. 13; consideration. $s.665.O0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
NOTICE OF LETTING
Temporary Loan Bonds
OF THE
STATE OF INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, March ls. 1885


Notice is hereby given that under and pursuant TO
act of the General Assembly OF the State Of lndi
np act antborizine the 9;overnor Auditor and
Treasurer of State 10 make loan for the purpose OF
vision ofthe funding Of The present outstanding tempo
rary loan at lower rate of interest and concerning
Bids viii be received at the office of the Auditor of
State from those desiring to make investments In the
States securities under the provisions OF said act for
the registered bonds OF the state 70 the amount OF
interest at the rate of per cent per annun payable
semannualy redeemable at The pleasure OF the state
and payable in ten QO) years after the date thereof
the principal and interest 10 be payable In the city OF
A certified copy of the law authorizing this loan
be seen at the banking house of Winslow Lanier d.
Also, temporary loan of three hundred and seventy
State debt under the provisions OF Section 55s6 II
the Revised statutes OF 1881. as follows:
section 55S6. The Governor Auditor. and Treas
of State hereby authorized 10 procure tenn
gorary loan OF money sufficient IN amount to meet the
pay the semi-annual dividends Of interest ON the
BIDS viii be received at the Office OF the Auditor of
State from those desiring To make investments I'm the
for The bonds Of the STATE 10 the amount OF three
hundred and seventy thousand dollars tS37O,0o0l.
bearing interest nj the rate OF per centuln per an
num- payable semiannualiy. redeemable at the pleas
ure OF the state after two years from the first of
April 1889 abf PAYABLE In i've years from that DATE
the principal - scEet to be payable Ia the city Of
The successful h,Ier win be required prior TO the
acceptance OF lis h.i deposit in the bank Wins
low, Ianler a. ca New York city. subject 10 the or
der of the Ire lurer % safe Of Indiana. the sum OF
i've thousand rnIal oo0 as guarantee that such
bidder Will pSTIcTnn lis bid
The bonds vi. De u,uvered at the banking house
OF said winston, lanier d Co. on Tuesday the sec
ond day of Airi 1883 and If not taken said day.
and the money therefore deposited in the said bank.
the successful bcder viii be held for accrued inter-
est
All bids must 20 tlled the Auditor of
State at the city % Indianapolis before three O'Clock
p. m, OF the I'D dty a March. IsS9. and be accom-
panied by cop o. TIE advertisement referring 10
the same, and Dust designate in the bid the number
and denomination * 80 bonds desired.
The rights r.. ervea 20 reject any and all bids.
ALhI-. L. HONEl, Governor.
BRf ~ ARR. Auditor OF State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
Welcoming a Visitor.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald
If the lady who is now wearing TIE $4,000
diamond earrings which were bought and
paid for with a part of the money appro-
priated for putting in new ceiling for the
Assembly Chamber at Albany will prompt
ly restore the same, she will save herself
further annoyance. The latest tidings
from Albany say she is visiting here in