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The National tribune., 1889-06-13

York merchant. He had suave manner, and
/ was thunderstruck when he asked me for
fee. I at first protested, and said 1 could see
no reason why / should fee him. I told him
that although l had a servant with me who
was supposed to attand to my wants, / had
already feed 10 servantsiby actual count at the
hotel. I had given some backsheesh to the
man who drove the gharry, to the footman who
stood behind and opened the door and to his
coolies who had carried my baggage into the
station.
"But," said he, " / am a poor man with a
large family, and l am given, only small sal
airy to manage the hotel, / make most of my
income out of the fees given me by the guests,
and | would be very MUCH obliged if you could
make me a present"
| protested again. He replied:
1t is the custom" -
off so" said l, it is d very bad custom and
should not be encouraged
After 10 minutes of such conversation he
left me and attacked the ladies of the party,
and finally, in order to get rid of him. hand
ed him rupee, silver coin worth 80 cents.
He went away with profuse thanks, and was
apparently more than satisfied. He was not
insolent in his demands, but his persistency
surpassed that of the woman in the Scriptures
who, through her Importantly, made the sleep
ing rich man get up and give her loaf of
bread.
As to ordinary beggars you find them every
where in India though don't believe in the
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

"A simple stove for warming rooms by means
of solar heat has been eOutriyed by Prof. E 5.
Morse 1t consists of shallow box, having bot
tom Of corrugated iron and glass top. This de-
vice is placed outside the building where the sun
can shine directly into it. The pass through the
glass and are absorbed by the metal heating it TO
a high temperature and warming the air of the
box. The air which sunny days rises 10 90o f
is conveyed into the room to be heated.
Some Swiss engineers are planning an aerial
railway, by which they propose to connect two OF
the peaks of Mount Pilatus with wire ropes about
1900 feet long, and to send tourists from summit to
summit in cars sliding along the wires.
M. Topinard has been making statistical in
duiry into the colors of the eyes and hair in France
and from his 10000 observations he deduees many
interesting results, of the most curious being
that where the race is formed from mixture of
blondes and brunets the hereditary blood eolOring
comes out in the eyes. and the brunet element re-
appears in the hair. To this tendency probably is
to be attributed the rarity OF combination Of light
hair with dark eyes Several observers have as
serted that the American people, who are pre-
eminenny mixed race. are becoming dark
haired and blue-eyed nation, and If this be true
such developments must be owing to the working
of the law formulated by NJ. Topinard.
The singular fact is mentioned that while In
Great Britain building operations are suspended
the slightest approach of frost, bricklaylng Is
carried on in Norway during almost the coldest
weather that prevails for any time. Thus in
Christania building during the Winter months. u
is stated, has now been practiced for at least ~
years but more frequently during the last hve, all
the buildings thus erected having stood remaTka-
bly well. Experience has not shown that walls
built iii Winter exhibit subsequently, more damp
ness than those erected in Summer. The reverse
may be the case, since the difference between the
temperature of the sir and of the mortar cools the
latter by evaporation and takes away great part
of the moisture. According to the opinion of the
principal builders in Christiania, bricklayers'
work executed with due care in Winter is really
superior to similar work done in Summer-the
whole art of such work in frosty weather consist
ing simply in the use of unslacked lime. the mortar
prepared with which is to be made in small guam
titles Immediately before use, the proportion OF
lime being increased as the thermometer falls the
only care required Is TO utilize the unslacked lime
so handily and quickly to enable the mortar TO
bind with the bricks before it cOols. Another very
important condition is that the bricks be always
kept covered on the building site.
Last year when the price of potatoes was very
low a Dundee farmer put lot OF them among chan
Mt the bottom of silo. When it opened the
other day they were as fresh as when they were
fIII
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Theory and Practice.
Mem York UeeJ.luI

Mrs. Highup Ito foreign visitor)-Oh, no it's
q very great mistake to suppose that social
lines in this country are bounded by wealth.
The basis of our highest society is simply edu-
cation, refinement and moral excellence.
Miss Highup crushing in)-Oh, mamma, the
most awful blunder has been made Cards to
our reception have been sent to the De Culture
girls, whose father failed last week
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
The Wanderers Reason.

FirstiTramp-Goin' in that house over there,
pard?
Second Tramp-I tried that house last week
amt goin' there any more.
First Tramp-'Fraid on account Of the dog
Second Tramp-Me pants are.
First Tramp-Pants are what?
Second Tramp-Frayed on account of the
do0
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A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some lowlsnd,
often carries in its folds the seeds of malaria.
Where malaral fever prevails oneis safe, unless
protected by some efficient medicinal safeguard.
Hostetters Stomach Biters IS both a protection
and remedy. No person who inhabits So
journs in 8 miasmatie region country, should
omit to procure this forifying agent, which is also
the finest known remedy for dyspepsia, constipa-
tion, kidney trouble and rheumatism.
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Gave Himself Away.

young man was detected masquerading in
woman's clothing in Boston the other day. Sus-
next to him exclaimed: ''Oh, do you see that
perfect love of bonnet?" And he replied !:
Yes, it's pretty enough, but it costs $35." Then
all the women about him screamed, for they
knew at once that he was man i'll female dis
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
An Understanding at Last.

I'ltIIt II lHtt9tV I1ttlIttsttII
Old Mr. Widower had been sitting silently
alone with Miss Autumn for 10 minutes Fl
nalIy he spoke:
Miss Autumn, you are pretty"
"Oh, Mr.. Widower?"
" You are pret-"
How can you, Mr.. Widower?"
/" started to say that you were pretty-''
"0h, you horrid man, stop!"
Condemn it all, woman" shouted Mr.. Wild
over, rising and breaking for the door, :"
wanted to say that you are pretty near as old
as am. Now, demme, think you're twice as
DID,
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He Was Excused.

Excuse me-" he said, as he bit off the end
of cigar, and held out his hand to secure a
light from the other, who was smoking.
Beg pardon"
:" l said excuse me-"
"Oh, certainly Always willing to excuse"
And he took the fresh cigar, lighted it, threw
his old stub away, and, as he began on the new
one, he walked of with the remark:
Very good cigar, sir-very good. OF course,
I'll excuse you.n
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
HUMoR.
sOmething Sew In KIssing.

Onion parties are fashionable in Nebraska.
Six girls stand in q row, while one bites small
chunk out of an onion and young man pays
10 cents for guess as to which one it was. If
he guesses right he gets to kiss the other five,
but if he doesn't he is only allowed to kiss the
one with the onion-scented breath. This
amusement is said to be highly popular with
Nebraska young folks.
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A Booming Town.
ITerrs Homie .Ernress. ]

First Boomer-You fellows have no git-up
about you at all. Why don't you have photo
graphs of your own town taken like we did :?
Are you ashamed of it?
Rival Boomer-Naw that amt the reason at
all. 1 want you to understand, young feller,
that our town don't stand still long enough to
be photographed.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
Small Change.
rms.o.o H.-oLJ
LCHIcngO HeTaId.
n

"Has johnson been in here lately2"
Bartender-No.
az just left him few minutes ago. and he
said he'd meet me here to take q bowl"
:" How long ago was that?"
"Ten minutes. He said he'd be right
around
That's strange Johnson has dropped dead
or been killed. Nothing less than death would
keep him from getting a drink"
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
New Rules.
LNetU Fork H7eclIy.l

Hotel Clerk (suspiciously-Yourb bundle has
come apart. May ask what that queer thing
is?
Guest-This is new patent fire escape. I
always carry it, so in case of fire l can let N.Y.
self down from the hotel window. See?
Clerk (thoughtfully)-I see. Our terms for
guests with fire escapes, sir, are invariably
cash in advance.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

The Sepoys, notwithstanding their rebellion
of years ago, are still employed as troops, and
am able to give you here sketch of them.
These are high-caste Hindoos, and they are
very strict in their religious observances. The
mutiny of 1857 was caused by a story that
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. g. THURSDAY JUNE 49,

der carries his own bedding, arms and ammuni-
down with other military baggage. While not
on the march the native soldiers receive SO
much per day and feed themselves, and there
are not the messing arrangements of the Amer
ican camp. The army while passing from one
place to another comprses-a mighty caravan,
which raises the dust and which can be seen
for miles in the distance.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
TIE army OF INDIA.
How Handful of English Soldiers
Control India'S 25O,000,O0O.
The Sikkhs and the Sepoys-A Camel Cart and
HindOo Cab-Indian Beggars and their Curious
Antics-The Home of Museum s. Freaks Infant
Marriages and Hind0O WidOws-OId Men Who
Marry Babies and Mothers at IL Years Old.
Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
DELHI, INp1A, April, 1ss9.
lcopYRIaHTED ny FRANK g. cARrENTER, 1891

HE great wonder of
modern history is the
English possession of
India. Here is a coun-
try nearly one half
the size of the United
States, which contains
six times as many
people as Great Brit
ain and Irela n d.
These people are of
different races a n d
civilizations. Som e
of them were noted
oe GcrL Aa,.e- ,xyi,A,1 Epo-
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
Where Hens are Useful.
La Cunne [Knn.l journal. !


A dozen eggs will get you yard and half
of gingham at the Cadmus Grange store next
week. They have secured an immense line of
Summer ginghams; in fact more than they
have room for, therefore this unparalleled offer.
81 The early bird catches the worm"
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
A GHARRY."

her, her head is shaved and thereafter she is
expected to wear only cotton clothes. and to
sleep upon the floor. She has no enjoyment of
any kind, and she is the servant of her par
ents-in-law. The theory is that the more she
suffers the quicker her husband gets to heaven
and the better he is treated there, and the rela-
tives of her husband naturally wish to help
their departed son towards better state.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

[Ne,o York WeekIy.I

lAetp IOTE Weeay.I
Customer lin 25-cents-a-meal restaurant out
West)-Gimme glass O. milk.
Waiter (eautiously)-Got yer gun Yid ye?
Customer (disgustedly Dye expect
me ter 90 out an shoot cow fer ye?
Waiter imperiouslyl-You've got coffee, an
we don't give milk an coffee too.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13


Flush Youth from the country)-Can you
direct me to the Office of Catchem & Cheatem,
brokers?
Policeman-Ask that man over there. He
was rich once.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

same numbers as in Egypt and Palestine
There are just out outside of my hotel while
] am now writing, two apparently well-fed Hin
doc girls who have coquetishly thrown the
shawls off their shoulders, and who are attired
in dirty vests of red CLOTH which come around
over the shoulders and clasp the upper part
Of the breasts. About foot below this vest,
and fastened tightly aroand the hips, is rude
skirt which falls to the ankle, leaving the
stomach bare. They are holding out their
hands and patting their stomachs to indicate
they are hollow and that they want money to
buy something to eat. At all of the railroad
stations see men half naked, who pound their
stomachs in this way, and who, by contrac-
tfon of the muscles of the abdomen, make
themselves look like living skeletons The
cheapest way to deal with them is to give
them fee and get rid of them. One-third of
a cent satisfies them, and they go on to perse-
cute your next neighbor.
Many of these beggars have deformities, and
they thrust these into your face. saw little
boy this afternoon without arms, and he
switched his naked stumps this way and that
as he ran along by the carriage. A boy saw
yesterday had hand consisting of two fingers
which began at the wrist and extended out in
two fat round pieces of flesh the whole length
of an ordinary hand, and / see all sorts of de-
formities daily. / met here at the hotel an
Australian who told me he was going about
India gathering up human freaks for museum
in Melbourne. Said he:
India is the best place in the world for the
collection of freaks. You have no trouble in
finding onelegged children, and l have a con-
tract for boy who has nose seven inches
long. | have women with big heads and liv-
ing skeletons by the dozen offered me, and l
believe that the physical deformities produced
in India are largely due to infant marriages
Some girls are mothers here before they are
IL, and boys are generally married before they
are 12. have big Hindoo bull which | am
going to take to Australia, and another feature
which / shall produce there for the first time
is an exhibit of the six wives of the ex-king
of Dude. / doubt myself whether there are
any of the wives of the King living, but the
women | am going to take are Hindoo women
who can't speak English, and the Australians
will never know the difference"
Speaking of infant marriages, this is the
great wedding season in India, and / have at
tended a number of native weddings. | see
wedding professions on the streets every day,
in which the brides are babies, and | attended
wedding last night here, the bride being six
years old and the groom 10. There are no di-
vorce laws among the Hindoos, and widows can
never marry again. Children betrothed are
the same as children married, and after a little
girl has been married, if her boy husband dies,
she becomes a widow. There are millions of
child widows in India, and the widows of this
country average about 90 to one in comparison
with the widows of the United States, in pro-
portion to the population. The Hindoo widow,
whether she be child or woman, becomes the
slave of the h0Ase the moment her husband
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
According to Hindoo custom girls should b.

According to Hindoo custom girls should be
married before they are II. The marriage
takes place often when the girls are hardly
able to walk, and they go back to their own
homes and are brought up by their mothers
until they get old enough to be of some serv-
ice about the house, when they are taken to
their parents in law and there educated in
household dnties. / cannot describe the hor-
rors of their condition should their husbands
happen to die, and / am told that many of
them would be glad to have the old custom
re-established, by which they might burn
themselves on the funeral pyres of their hus-
bands. It is wonder to me that there is not
more infanticide on the part of the mothers
than there is, and / can easily see how the old
story of the notices posted up about the wells
of India might be true. This story was that
throughout certain parts of India over these
wells were written the words: "All people are
warned against drowning any babies in this
well. Those who do SO will be prosecuted"
These infant marriaees are now discouraged
by one class of the Hindoos but they prevail
all over India, and while l write thousands of
them are being celebrated. The age of the
groom seems to make no difference in the age
of the bride, and an old Hindoo may marry
baby. The law against second marriage does
not extend to the man. He may marry as
many times a5 ne pIeaSeS, anu my Sulue mere
at Delhi tells me he is now living with his
third wife. Men of 20 marry girls of 10, and
the girls have no say in the matter The par
ents invariably make all the arrangements for
marriages, aud there is no courtship Women
throughout India have no rights which man
is bound to respect, aud the widow is the most
oppressed of this land of oppressed women. 1t
is the English policy not to interfere with the
religion or the customs of the people, except in
the prevention of horrid customs such as in
fanticide or the burning alive of widows, and
their only means of improving the women of
the country is by offering them education.
Very few of the Hindoo women are educated,
though schools are opened to them all over
the country, and l found at Agra a medical
college which contained IS female students
Pundita Ramabai, the Hindoo widow who went
over the United States last year forming soce-
ties for the support of college for Hindoo
widows, hopes TO start a movement in their
favor. She has just come to India with if
am correctly informed, about 100000. She
proposes to educate as many child-widows as
she can; TO show them that their religion is
wrong, and to give them an opportunity for q
better life than they can have among the Him
docs under the present custom.
FRANK Ct. CARPENTER.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13
ITO be continued.)
The Man Who Knew.

Ayers Pills are ra,atable, safe for children
and more effective than any other eathartic.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

the cartridges which had been given to them
had been creased with the fat of cows or of pigs.
These cartridges had to be bitten before being
used, and the Sepoys would have lost caste had
they so defled their mouths. The result was
that they broke out in mutiny, opened the jaiIs
and began to slaughter the Europeans Here
at Delhi they stirred up the native garrison,
massacred the foreigners they could find, and
besieged those who were in the great fort At
Cawnpore they massacred 125 women and chil-
dren, and the mutiny spread over the whole of
North India. have visited the scenes of many
of these massacres and sieges, and the bullets
can still be seen in the walls of some of the
ruins. Monuments have been erected to the
heroes of the English army during the mutiny
at both Cawnpore and Lucknow, and the old
residents of India do not tire of telling of the
horrors of that time
The National tribune., 1889-06-13


land was inhabited by Celts. Some had
a civilization before Rome was founded, and
many of them to-day are intellectually the
peers of any people ON the face of the earth.
Still that little island i'll the North Atlantic
owns the country almost body and soul. 1t
dictates the taxes regulates to a certain extent
the religion and treats the people rs its serv-
ants. 1t does all this with an army of English
soldiers numbering not quite 63000, and its
5000 European officers direct this force, so that
with the native forces connected with them
they are able to hold this mighty population
in check. Adding to the total European army
the native army governed by the English, the
sum total is less than 169, 900 men, or about one
soldier to each 1900 people. England has the
direct control of only two-thirds of India. For
these two-thirds she gives the entire admins
traton. The remaining third is composed of
Hindoo Feudatory States, which have their
own armies and which are governed by Rajahs
under the direction of the English Viceroy of
India. These States are the most savage States
of Iadia. They are the ones in which troubles
now and then occur necessitating the calling
out of the troops. Still these States have inde-
pendent Indian armies, numbering 275,000
men, or over 900 more than the troops under
the English direction. An uprising on the
part of the Indians, if they could have one of
the mighty leaders which spring forth unan-
nounced from time to time in history, might
easily swallow mp the English forces and there
are many English who prophesy such an event
in the future.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

The sepoy mutiny showed the English the
horrors of such an uprising, and the possibili-
ties which existed then are present to-day. The
English possessions of India are now i'm
mensely valuable. At Calcutta and Bombay
you will find as fine buildings as in London,
Paris or New York. There are fewer of them,
but the capital invested in them is counted by
the millions of pounds. All over the English
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

%The command of Col. Lyster, 40th e. 6. G. T.,
was one of this class Some of its companies con-
tanned nearly 200 men, not one Of whom was per-
sonalIy known to the officers in command of them
and some companies had four or FIVE Lieutenants
each.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

Write to E. A. Armstrong, Detroit, Mich, for
his GAR. or S. of v. Price List. Sent Free
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

The public conveyances of North India are
worth seeing. I saw this afternoon stage
which runs between Delhi and one of the
neighboring cities. It consisted of box-like
cage about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide fasten-
ed upon four wheels. This cage was six feet
high, and it contained two stories. In the
lower story there were about 80 Hindoo men
and women packed so closely together that
they could hardly move and squatting down
upon their legs so that their heads just about
touched the roof of the box. The second story
was filled with baggage and freight and the
box was fastened by two rude shafts to a great
ungainly camel, who slung his gaunt legs this
way and that as he trotted along in the awk-
ward gait of a fast-running COW. The harness
consisted Of rope and iron chains, and the
driver, who sat on the front of the box, had
string which was fastened to the came's nose
These carts do much of the staging of North
India. / saw one at Benares which l was told
was going to Aliahabad, 20 miles away, and
which would travel the whole distance, with
out stopping, in 10 hours.
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

India is the land of beggars, and here you for
the first time, in coming from San Francisco
around the world. hear the word baeksheesh.
When the Chinaman wants present he asks
for " cumshaw,p and the same word lis used
for fees in Japan. Every Indian who does an
errand for you expects two or three cents
additional to the regular charge, and the
man who does q greater favor wants
more money. When you leave hotel about
a dozen servants crowd around your gharry
and stick out their hands. Let me specify
them. Here is the water-earrier who brought
in the water for your bath, and beside him is
the man who emptied the tub when you were
through. The sweeper of the room is a differ
ent man from him who brought in the lights,
and there are two or three walters upon the
table who claim you as their property. Then
there is the clerk of. the hotel who made out
your BILL and as / left Agra for this place I
was surprised to see the man whom I thought
was the proprietor of the establishment come
into the car and ask me for fee. He was a
fne-looking Hindoo, and he would have made
a handsome American preacher He talked
English as we'll as I do, and he was as we'll
educated and as bright as the average New
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

As to ordinary beggars you find them every
where in India, though don't believe in the
The National tribune., 1889-06-13

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The National tribune., 1889-06-13

The marching scenes of an Indian army are
far different from those with which the Grand
Army boys are familiar. The baggage is ear
ried on all sorts of beasts, and the troops go
along on camels and elephants as we'll as on
horses and on foot The men are of half.do2en
different races, aud the brightest of colors and
the queefest of costumes jostle each other under
| the blaze of tropical sun. Each native SOL