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are bathing, standing up to their waists in the
Ganges. Here and there ledges jut out, and
on these worshipers sit, and lifting up the
water mutter prayers over it and pour it over
them. The bathers have their cotton garments
upon them, and the Hindoos think it very in
decent to get into the Ganges with no clothes.
They were indignant at party Of Englishmen
who not long ago bathed in the river in a per-
feCtly nude state. They call the river Mother
Ganga," and when they step down into it they
speak of being embraced by the goddess.
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Poor Boz.
Isr. John IN. R.l Telegraph. ]

ISL, John nv. b. TeIeoraphI
Bagiey-I saw melancholy sight few days
ago-a messenger boy standing pensively on
the street corner.
Fogg-That's nothing.
Bagley-No; but someone had hung on the
boys back sign, "Will move about May l."
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G4NGES BATHERS.
How the Hindoos Worship the Holy
River at BenareS.

Description OF City which was Great in the Days
of IrOy-The Mecca OF the Hindoos-Eindoo Gre
nation. and How ii is Done-Tie H0lY Balls and
the Sacred Monkeys-The Golden Temple, Biih its
Well Of Ku0wIedge-Fiitly IdOlatry and q Word
kbout Ihe Curious Cabs OF North India.
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At the Golden Temple there are more of these
dirty bulls and the same nasty, wet conditions
surround you. There is well here into which,
when the Mohammedans attempted to take
Benares is is said that one OF the stone idols of
the Brahmins jumped of its own accord, and
this we'll is especially sacred. Vast quantities
OF flowers and rice are thrown into it, and
these decaying give the water smell worse
than any mixture of asafetida and sulphureted
hydrogen could produce. 1t is vile. but
priest sits upon its wel-curb and sells its water
to the worshipers by the cupfnl. Filthy as it
is. they drink il and pray as they do so. In
all Siam, China, Korea and Japan have not
seen idolatry so repulsiye as it is in India.
The gods of the Hndoos represent the worst
rather than the best elements of humanity,
and they are gods of destruction rather than
creation. The people themselves, notwith-
standing their daily baths in the Ganges, are
dirty, and their temples are worse than unkept
barnyards. The standard of morality of the
people is low, and the missionaries have field
here before them through which energy and
money run like water through sieve.
Both houses and people are just as they were
thousands of years ago, and modern invention,
with the English all around them, makes no
difference to the HindOos. The cab used by
the natives is one of the most primitive vehi-
cles l have yet seen. 1t is sort of a sulky
with TWO snaftS on each Slue. winch are bent
together and tied upon the saddle of the horse
There are no tugs and the harness is of rope
The saddle is a foot high, and from the top of
it runs round red horn of padded cloth foot
and half higher straight up into the air. The
driver sits just over the horses TAIL and behind
him, cross legged, squats the passenger. One
can have one of these hacks whole day for a
rupee, which amounts to about 35 cents of our
money. took picture of one of them this
oft apo1n Il driy pfc To sfo a
still while did so. The whole cart could be
gotten up for less than S., and it looks as
though it might go to pieces at every turn of
its wheels FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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A BENAREs CAB.

around as a dining table for TO- squats hol-
low-eyed priest, and as the bathers trot up the
steps he puts the red or white mark-which are
the emblems of the Yishnu or the god Siya-
upon their foreheads. just below him brown
skinned boy throws a garland Of flowers into
the river, and back in the hollow at the right
a thick black smoke rises.
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An Ladies are interested.

The following letter shows very clearly how
well satisfied those are who buy their silk
dresses of o. S. Chaffee & Son, Mansfield Cen
tire, Conn:
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IcoprRreHrHD BY FRANK c. CARPENTER, 1891
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The women are bathing here as we'll as the
men. The most of them step down into the
water with cotton cloth wrapped around
them. This clings to their persons as they en-
ter the water, and as they get cut into the river
they sometimes tarn their backs to the men,
and removing the cloth wash it and themselves
while they pray. The most of them, even of
the best classes, seem not to care for the expos
ure of any part of thoir persons except their
faces, and a woman thinks nothing of pulling
the cloth from her breasts to cover her eyes
There are old women here who are wrinkled
and grayhaired, and / see sickly women led
down into the cold water, whose touch would
seem to be death. Old women plan all their
lives TO come to the Ganges for a bath before
they die, and upon the train which brought me
to Benares there were six poor women, each of
whom must have been at least 20 years of age,
who were, doubt not, making pilgrimage to
the sacred river As our train came into the
station these old women went out together, and
each had big brass pot. in which she expected
to carry Ganges water back home. Along the
bathing places there were hundreds of serv-
auts carrying water up the steps to their mas
ters, and one of the most picturesque sights of
Benares is the poor woman with rings on her
arms, fingers and toes, and with these brass
pots of water in her hands and on her head.
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CEND q CENTS Tor sstmpIes Of the famous cas-
- t0m-made Plymouth Rock S Pants Rules for self
measurement and cl0ta tape measure included. Every
pair guaranteed or money refunded Plymoafh Rock
Pants Co., II 10 l. Eliot s.. Boston, Mass.
Mention The National Tribune
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special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
BENAREs, INDIA, April, 1889.
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As I sailed down the river the sun came out
upon the gay scene, and the bright clothes and
the wet skins of these thousands of half.naked
men and women shone with a mahogany pol
ish under the sunlight. The brass jars turned
to gold under its rays, and the jewelry which
each person wore became more barbaric in its
brightness The babel of prayers and of gossip
rose to my ears like the crying of the shares in
the We'll Street Stock Exchange on the verge of
panic, and / sat and looked and wondered.
Here a lean, skeleton-like old man, with Moth
ing but a waist-cloth glued by the water to his
dripping skin, stands on the steps, and throw
ing upward his shriveled, withered arms, with
long, snaky fingers outstretched, prays to the
sun. Here wOmans having finished her bath
ing, sits in her single wet cotton cloth upon the
steps and pensiyely scrapes the dirt from her
heel by rubbing it against q stone. There upon
little platform, under an umbrella as big
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A WONDERFUL TREE.

10 Be coniinued.l
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-11-05

and effect to provision of law, and
to carry out the manifest purpose OF
its makers? especially when that pur-
pose is to save expense and trouble
to parties in court, which is one OF
the first duties of courts of justice.
To arbitrarily subject the accused to
unnecessary cost and expense is to
punish them before they are found
guilty.
But supposing, again, that this dis
cretion is not limited by the statute
and he could exercise it ad hbit,tm as
he seems to view it, he did not possess
the courage and manliness to pro-
nounce judgment on his own RESPONSE
bility. He placed the stigma Of such
an odius ruling upon the shoulders OF
the District Attorney, saying che
strenuo,.sly objected and desires the
prompt trial of the accused at this
term, at this place." and ADDS such
stuffas that the District Attorney
(who,it iswell known, has pecuniary
interest in every conviction sis equ-
ally interested to see that every inno-
cent man is.acquitted as he is that the
guilty are convicted" and turns the
question over to the discretion of
that officer, with which he says he
will not interfere.
Then the responsibility of this
great injustice to the people of Mid
die Florida ~ on Mr.. STRIPPING. Is
that gentleman willing to carry the
odium which must attach to such an
outrage against the rights of his fell
low citizens Is he willing to re-
lieve the court of its just response
bility in that matter, and accept the
consequences OF thus expressing his
own countrymen: If SO, he will find
that, what with the part he took in
packing that jury OF % to / and this
last persecution of his old neighbors,
the burden will be more than he can
bear.
But what ere we think of Judge
who, when appealed to as just arbi-
ter between the government and the
accused, turns them over to the dis
erection and mercy of the Govern
ment's Prosecuting Attorney?
GA Daniel hath come to judgment,
yea, a Daniel 2"
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SWAMP LAND SELECTIONS.

Ii is one of the incomprehensiblem mystic
res Of the supreme power Of the State
when countless corrobOrated affidavlts OF
men of unquestioned veracity, judgment
and education, who have, and are ready to
testify, that whole townships have been
patented as swamp and overflowed," are
high and dry, and were never known at
any period OF time to have been inundated
10 allow such lands, legally belonging to
the good citizens, the workingmen, the
voters Of the country, to be patented for
The purpose OF greedy spectators and
mOnied corporations Wakulla Times.
Let US see if We cannot remove the
"incomprehensible mysteries" of our
esteemed contemporary. When Flor
ida was admitted into the Union the
Federal Government reserved all the
lands in the State. Our territory
was vast, and ninety-nine hundredths
Of it an unknown wilderness, roamed
over by Indians. We wanted popu-
lation, and to secure immigration we
had to open up this wilderness by
giving transportation. How was
that to be accomplished? Our popu-
lation was small, settlements scat
tered, and people poor. All clam
ored for assistance to construct rail-
roads and canals, and looked to the
public domain in our limits as the
natural fund with which to secure
transportation. No man could be
elected to either branch of Congress
who would not pledge himself to Sc
cure all the aid he could from the
General Government and every do
nation of land secured to the State for
Internal Improvement purposes was
hailed with pleasure.
Our first donation was a half mil
lion acres secured for Internal I'm
provements, and the State was au-
thorized to select the highest and
best lands in her borders. There now
remains about 100000 acres of these
selected lands for sale to actual set
tiers or others desiring to purchase.
On Sept. IS, 1850, Congress passed
a law giving to all the States then
in the Union or that might thereafter
be admitted all the swamp and over.
flowed lands in the territories for the
purposes of reclamation and drain.
age and the general development Of
the country. The term swamp and
toverhowed lands has been iudicially
determined. To illustrate: Where
there are 40 acres, if on POI acres
the "staple crops" of the section
cannot be usually and successfully
cultivated" the entire 40 acres passe,
to the State as swamp land. Thomp.
son VS.. Thornton, so CAL, p. l42. Un
der this act of 1850 Florida common
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VIII the esteemed Tn,
DIAN. which is on The gronuS Sssee
certain and state whether C :, p'as
Florida railroad sent up to ~ nc. ,o
sion two sworn exhibits os 'ne Co,
the same ,nn period one ofwhich sb es'aia
and the other losses '-LsesS suossi
Upon inquiry at the ofsos
Railroad Commission, we s,a !.
Is now on file in that otss !
monthly reports of tho
and expenses of the ] 9.
H. R. Railway for the ma
July, 1888.
The first was filed Septenbs, !.
1885, and is sworn to BY nv
Bishop Mason, vice-Preside,.1 ~ j
r. Il. Mason, Acting Audito, -
lngs, s4,9oo.s5; expenses, ,so, : !.
deficiency, $3,l7O.67.
The second was filed lamar, ss,)
1889, sworn to by Alfred Bi,hsn ii
son, vice-President, and J. g ~ !.
nedy, General Auditor. Rsn;,s.|
$6,35s.l5; expenses, $s,o.q o.. Il
ficiency, $l,6s4.77. The u0,,. =
reports which the comp.u;s ,.t'
are generally filed within ~
thirty days after the ezpirssa +
the month. =
During the prevalence Of v.u,-
fever last year no monthly ,s,..]
we're made to the Commission io,a
road in question. But after The Il
demic was over, reports for all d,
months not previously reported ven
filed. This may account for the ,r,
reports for the same month. but VII,
of the discrepancies in figures i
said reports =?
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We learn that some of the l

We learn that some of the Leon
county negroes who were sum-
moned to appear in the United States
Court at Jacksonville, as witnesses,
and are there held to testify against
their white neighbors, are getting
quite sick of their two-dollar-a.day
political job, and wish they were q,
their homes-wish they had never
been summoned. Even the negroes
begin to realize the horrors of the
dark and damnable plot in which
they are expected to play an impor
tant part.
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Boys and ChiIdren,s Carr.

Great bargains. Reliably made, r
fits guaranteed.
Boys wool suits $500, elsewhers an
Boys imported worsted and cssinm|
suits, so, elsewhere $3.50.
And a large variety of other styIe (
boys and children's suits too numerous 8
mention. Call and examine at
!. A LRyYt
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Its Excellent Qualities

Commend to public approval the Cali
tornia liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Fgs
1t is pleasing 10 the eye, and 10 the last
and by gently acting on the kidneys, live
and bowels. it cleanses the system effect.
ually, thereby promoting the health aud
comfort of all who use il.
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you can buy your Dress Suits and OSrl
elegant trimmings 10 match, as bis vsrt
ty Of Persian Bands, Silk and Wonth
Braids, MORE and Surah Silks RAinnd
Striped Velvets, Plush and PsssemNlds
Trimmin gs, is immense.
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We will keep constantly on nsns
supply OF best timothy hay, ~ =.
corn, which will be sold IN any
ty at lowest cash prices
One carload of fresh bran, J'''
ana viii be sold cheap. as Cd
I20tfl T. ]. RoBkK
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49,
n .nsa sne should through
likewise, and teach the COW
it shall II serve the public. BY!
our Railroad commis.io. ~
ground. We want them g
the roads and make III
duty to the public; and !. 70 Z
is not stringent enough -,
Never allow corporate noss =
croach upon the rights Of ~ : =
But let US act honestly
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have now in store the largest s~e 4
Kid Gloves ever seen in Italians
sell only the Celebrated Harris Ilg's. +
which there is no better made. sar
complete line in dressed and uDOi RI
Tor suede in six different qusli.,irDOs 3d.
Ladies Driving Gloves in hid ana p
Prices reasonable. w. Il Wis
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Renew your subscription
the FLoR1p1AN and remit one d0'.
extra for Texas Siftings, Amer"
Celebrated Illustrated Hun"
Weekly Journal. See adss'.
meut.
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BOYS SHOES.

What everybody wants for Their oor
shoes that will bear the hardest hnd
wear. That is the sort we sell.
D. B. ME6NyIS, u
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Children.s Ready Made CIsshi'g

Children's Ready Made Ciessnk
have now in store a complete has :
Boys Ready Made Suits, ranging
from 4 years to Is. All new; moshes -
do we'll 10 examine my stock before -
chasing elsewhere.
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DIR. w. T.. LEWIS,

Office in Nowlin's New Brick Block, one
west of Express Office.
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FLOWERING BULss

Hyacinths, Tulips, Lilies, Mares -
quilts, ETC., on hand at Leon hos.
P. ]. HJoRT, Asn's
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Ladies' amd Children's
wear.
Ladies Merino Vests and PANS
Ladies' Wool Vests and Pants,
Ladies' Shapeless Balbrigsn ves's
Ladies' Shapeless All Wool vss'A
Children's Merino Vests and rsn'
Children's All Wool Vests ana ls7
Infants Fine Wool Vests,
Ar ". R. WnsOsi
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-07

Divorces eH@@t~a 4ssteraas ~ J44ss
b4ris ~ as.

Jceze ba1uga yesterday ha2Ed
shEes dlsoroe 14ses ~ad gGetsd Z &ecree
ln each.
Ia tAs lrss the QeNtoa alleged that
ReaeTt Aa-sllail &gaa h.s lg II ztss "a
Nere married 81 tlss toelssls.o ~ t'agsa.
in 0ataTio, S41sa1a, IA l'eeelubs.r, ls55,
neagiy - wears syo, sH1 tnAg tl4ey nave
lad ! ehi.areu t3fn - taen. lle 4lso
a l-ssd Ia2t Tor - years past size has
grossly ahi sd s8d eTneily m rEEe.lted
Ia. frequently calling hlm ID cd
cuss. and usiag other equally unteei-
ne epthets t0Sara nim. lie Was sent
aaxv aaonv. Dir. jameson represented
Tie soeoaa was shat of Elmer +.
E.theart against IDttie &. kuaCart.
these unhappy 59ais were lolneG -
tnl. o.ty on IA luaFy :, lsos. Ca
April = following Isie leII hlm, and on
tl.e -tn III MAY Was guilty OI adultery.
4. A. nApper was the attorney.
james "a. Rev Eolds AID Wife We're
married "a J.uaal b. =. 1851 At Cadillac,
and since August 1ess, size has beSn
living ia r0onl, ln various parts oi Tie
elty With various men. fne plaintiff "a
the case j. an auctlOneer ia the employ
or Maurice Marin, OF this city. Mr.
DappeT represented the plaintin IN TINS
case also.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-07
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Annual Meeting OF the Board Ne "
buildings Ordered.

Annual Meeting of the Board-New
buildings Ordered.
The Board OF Managers Of the
soldiers Home held their annual meet
ing at the Home Yesterday, Capt. Il.
f. Graves, of Adrian, a new member.
being present. With the exception OF
General Alger, the full Board were on
hand. After some routine business
the BOARD proceeded TO the examina-
ton Of plans for the new buildings 10
be- erected, and finally accepted the
plans Tor hospital and dOrmitory
shown by Hon. +. W. Holllster, the
architect of the Home. There are four
buildings 10 be erected this year-a
hospital. dOrmitOry, receiving vault and
root house.
The Committee on Building was
appointed consisting OF Managers
Wells, Brown and Graves.
Among other things II contemplation
= the lighting OF the Home and adj
iaccnt buildings with the electric light,
and committee composed OF Managers
Grocer and Bliss was appointed TO look
after this.
Hon. NJ. Brown, Department Com
mander G. a. r., was elected clerk of
the Board for the ensuing year, and
Manager A. T. Bliss. Congressman
from the Eighth District, was elected
treasurer.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-07
zone Foot in the Grave"

How often do we hear the above said
of some poor pilgrim DER life's thorny
path, whose tottering step, pallld face,
unnatural glitter of the eye and hack
ing cough, and its accompanying m
voluntary pressure of the hand over
the lungs, the seat OF the dread disease
-consumption-that causes the re-
mark? TOO frequently, alas and in
the interests of such unfortunates this
is penned, to assure them that their
steps need tend no longer toward that
narrow receptacle that awaits all-that
Is, until life's allotted space is covered
from any such cause, for the scientific
researches of DIR. X. V. Pierce, result
ing in the Golden Medical Discovery" D."
have wrested from Nature a remedy
which never fails to cure this scOuTge
of our race (which is really nothing
more nor less than Scrofula of the
Lungs, if taken IN time. Druggists
sell IL.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-07
TOWN TOPICS.

fae Begele c.ab slsc1 oszeers t.
n.gAE.
iae RaseE mains are Big lAid GA
Feas.ee-st.
Neget4t.ou has made rar3 progress
curlas lAe past fes days.
YesU Urday AS az dry. warn ansl
dusty ~ a nlles'lnIler lay.
Il N Blen ha.ldng a bl0ek on
e5--n ils1s.51-zt., leax + .rsl-aFe.
The gram reee.p .pts yeslerla were tWg
eala ~ a1sAss Ege ~ CoEu aAa enc ~
oats
Ant laH reach ald spple trees are
- iul tioaHs. they tlooia iAlsE taan
ctaes Lralt trees.
TAe County TREASURER has pad The
toert HaU-e ro1a frfetors another IA
sGal.laell 81 $40 Ie8.5s-
Nelson, Mstter s Co. began working
III hours a aay yesterday They are
crowded a-ta hDLr4 eTaegs-
Oue hundred barrels ~ hnle have
been made NIB nt9ltaz. 4D4 brEklly-
slg vill soon begin 0n me Court HOUSE.
Geo. " tnlan, ~ the nEm ol fanleF-
Veel q " imam, las Just moved llllD
L.s DeE Ees.delar a. 4G3 oouta l l.on-st.
Two eases of measles were reported
az che hea.ln Oihee Yest eTday, the
get.euf- beng Ms. y NIra, ie2 Norih
! lroat--t., ALL pa BsrT0Ss, 80 Ofaad-
Vlile-ase.
The assoc ste. 81 the Girls Friendly
society ~ 81. MARKS Church held .
meeting ia tae upper rooms of the
chapel Yesterday az O'Clock.
C.F. Morton. II this city, has gone
T. Milwaukee t0 bo marued 10 Mss
Gerte lArnari. OF Kalamazoo. The
event taxes place ths afternoon
Contractor ~ekell expects t0 hegn
work on TIE stand pipe for the city
water this week The laying of the
latms sl.l All be completed within two
weeks
a decree of divorce was granted Mrs.
Md fr-lE, n t1e Circuit Court ytster-
day. seuaIatng her from Nelson Fretz,
Ca the grounds ot desertlon and nom
support.
The grand banquet hy porc Lodge
No. 342 r. y 4. NJ, IN honor OF the tuu
payment OF the lodge debt. etc, viii be
held Thursday evening. All members
are invited.
rhe ladies OF Grace church are pre-
parng a unique entertainment 20 be
gwen soon al Hartman's Hall, for the
laudahle purpose OF securing money TO
create a muse fund for the church.
In another column IS seen Il notice
o. the public from the Street Railway
Company, OF Grand Rapids, warning
passengers when .n ahghting 90 do SD
On the side next % the Sidewalk.
Bishops Big Buffers" an opposition
nine of county officials, IS belng organ
ized for the purpose OF cOntestng for
the champion with Harvey :
Heavy H.tters during the coming sea-
son.
In tine divorce case Of Mrs. Louisa
Slattery against Edwin Slattery, the
patrolnan, the court yesterday ordered
the defendant % pay an attorney tee
of $50 tothe Clerk kbeiOrecontinulng the
case.
The new Eldrcdge Hall at OaStale
Park ls about completed. Local dra-
matte talent IS pre pairing % dedicate u
hv the production Of "Cape Mail' and
Uncle. for tine heneftof the Oakdale
Episcopal church.
The viii Of Charles Shaw, deceased
was flcd in the Probate Court ycster-
day In - be bequcaths 10 Jenotte
Shaw. widow of smith Shaw, his
brother. one EQUAL share of all prop-
ertv. Cine residence to 20 TO Jenette
shaw. to be- divided between all the
children OF smith Snaw, share and
share alike. Sllas +. Godfrey Is ap-
pointed executor. The estate Is valued
A. g. 900.