Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

the Lifting of q heavy chair by her eyelids
the thought of which almost nnkea NV
eyes sore; The chair was heavy mahogany
one which belonged 20 the room in which I
las stay ms. She tied two stroag strings to
the top OF this and affixed the ends OF theso
strings 10 her ewes bv little ronnd metal
cups, eacn about the size of nicilc. These
htted over the cyeballs and under tho Ids
aud she Dent over while they wore so fast
eeeg. Raising herself she pulled up tho
char with these strings with the muscles of
heF eyelids and carried it from ono side OF
'hs room 10 the other. IL was a horrible
Sleht, and as she took the metal cups from
hor eyes they tlled with water and she al
most sank 20 the floor. / told her the
trick was disgusting. and that she ought
never 10 Try II again. Still. for this and
the rest Of tAe show these girls were well
SNlshed with rupees. or about 20 cents.
WOMEN.
These women iugglers came from Jcv-
pore, and they are a fair type of the gfrls Of
western India. / ar surprised at the va
flctN OF races YOU find here in India, and
there are more people in Hind0stan than
IA ali Europe. The costumes of the women
difer IN different provinces, and in tho
Andaman islands. in the Bay of Bengal.
where the great prisons of the English
are located, the native women are clad
people have only names for common
gender. which are applicable % either
sex, anu they use NOISE ike cry
Ing 10 express friendship or joY. Some
of The hill-tribes of India look very
much like negroes, and there are in India
tribes which are little more than sayages.
In Central lndis only seventeen years ago
there was tribe Of about 10000 whose
women wore no clothes. The sole cover
Tug of the females consisted of a few
beads around the waist with q bunch of
leaves tied before and behind, and they
were clothed finally 10y order of the Eng
lish Government. An English officer gave
strips of cotton 20 the women and they
put them on. Since then many of them
have gone back TO their beads and leaves.
On the slopes Of the Himalayas there are
many curious tribes. Some of the tribes
near Darjeeling reckon % journey by the
number of guilds Of tobacco which they
chew upon the way. and some Of the most
gorgeous specimens of HlndO0 lewelry |
have seen 1 saw on the women OF the
Hlmalayas. ] remember one mountain
pink who lad fifty rupees strung around
her neck, and whose limbs were loaded
down with silver. She had gold plates
twice the diameter of silver dollar
upon her cars, and her mouth was COW
cred by fiat, gold nosc-ring. Some
of these Hrmalaya tribes nave one
wife TO four men, and polyandry IS
common. Here az Bombay are the pref
test women Of India. They ure the Par
secs. With delicate, Oliye-brown skins,
they are tall and well shaped, have beauti-
iul eyes, and fine. intellectual faces. They
dress In silks of the most delicate colors,
and the dress seems 20 consist of one large
piece Of silk. which is wound around the
waist and then carried up over the body
and the top OF the head, so that the face
looks out. and the whole hangs in beautl-
ful drapery. Many Of them. note, have SILK
stucking-an and slippers tOmatch tho color OF
their dresses. and they ore tie brightest
and prcttlcst women have ever seen. The
parsccS are sun-NorShippcrs. There are
only about 1000 Of them IN India, and
81 600 of these are here in Bombay. The
men dress in long. preacher-like clothes OF
black. with hats shaped ike cOal-scuttles,
and they ore very fine looking. Their
dress, when not i'm business, Is often OF the
whitest Of linen coats and shirts. They are
the best businessmen IN the world:
They own millions of dollar3 worth OF
property here in Bombay and are
largely interested an the trade Of India.
They are more akin 10 the Christians than
the Hindoos in their methods Of living.
They believe in spending their money,
dwell in good houses, and drive about IN
tine carriages. They are charitable rs well
a. rich. and some of the finest public
| buildings of Bombay have been built by
them They are of Persian descent. and
| have temples in which burns the sacred
/ fire of Z0roaster.
Speaking Of Bombay and Of business, one
/ of the most prosperous institutions of the
! city Is It's trNuWav managed 10y two Amerl-
! cans, who are. ! think, from Boston. Their
names are Clark and kittridge, and they
hayean excellent property. Bombay Is now
| over million in population, and these
street-cars-on the same plan as those OF
Amorica-are driven ty turbanned Moham-
mcdaus and the fares are collected by dark
! skinned HindoOs. All races ride on them,
and the natives Of India patrOnlZe them
| by the thousand daily. Looking at them,
| IL Is a wonder 10 me that some means OF
/ cheap lOcomOtlOn has not been introduced
( into the cities of China. II IS true that
many Of the streets of some cities are too
narrow for street-cars. but those Of Picking
| are wide and the street travel there Is the
worst IN the world.
Al all the railroad stations there are
| news stands. and the most pOpular-selllng
books furnished by these are cheap, pi-
rated editions Of American writer's.
[ bought Lew Naliace's Fair God
Yesterday for Is cents, and Ben Hu
Is sold for the same price. There is an
English edition of Anna Katharine Green's
"IeavenWorth Case at IL cents copy,
and the works of Uncle Romus are for
sale il paper covers. All OF Bret Harte's
books are piratcd by the English, and
Mark Twan's books are sold here for
song. You can get LonfellOw's poems for
q dime, and EIuersOns ESSAYS are sofa IN
cloth ut ~ cents copy. Frances Hodgsou
Burnett's novels are also sold at one hi
teenth tho price they bring III America,
and the lackOf an international copyright
law works against theprotts Of our writers
as il does against those Of the English.
PREJUDICE.
had a curious illustration of the preju-
dices of the HindOOs III regard to caste tins
afternoon. The native sWcet-meaCs OF India
are by no means bad eating, and had
stopped beforean itinerant sweet-meat mer-
chant. and was bargaining with him for
some candy. As | did 50, happened
10 touch some of the stock on his basket
ike table. and he begged me 70 DO care
full. as the HindOOs would not buy any
thing a foreigner happened 10 touch.
Nearly every HmdOO cooks for him.
self while travelling, as he would
lose caste if he ate anything cooked
bv a man of different caste from himself,
and on some of the boats 1 cav Indian rs-
iahs who ate nothing from the beginning
10 the end of the voyage on this account.
In the tails of India. which are managed by
the English. the cook Is always Brabmln
or of the highest Of the HindOo castles. 1
The lower castles viii eat after his cooking
and are not thus dehled. If cook was
chosen Of a low caste many of them would
starye rather than eat. | am told that
prisoners have been logged and have
starved to death rather than eat from the
hands of a man Of lower caste.
This caste prejudice enters into every
thing in India. 1t forces the foreigners 10
Keen a dozen servants 10 do the work OF the
and am told that it IS almost
impossible for family 10 get along with
less than thirteen servants. met last week
an English preacher who had an income OF
81 800 a year, and he told me 1t was abso-
Iutely impossible for him TO live IN India
without thirteen servants. Said he: They
are paid but low wages, but there are
so many Of them that the sum total is
large. You have 10 have man for every
thing YOU want done. and he will DO no
thing else than that one thing. The, man
who washes the dishes Will not make up
the beds, and the cook viii not attend to
the washing Of the dishes. If you keep |
horses you must have a groom for every |
horse. and for every two horses you have |
10 Keep man 10 cut grass for them. |