Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-05-26
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Their Love OF GIVING IIiEh.souudInG Titles
IL Every ioiy.

Az AsShS oA
~ Every Eohy.
Indian servants are in many respects
Ike children. in their helplcssncss.
their ndicste. their timidity. their
readiness to be pleased, their foolish
ness. their pronencss to fnlsehood.
their strong personal attachment.
Even in their total lack OF any
OF humnr they resemble children. No
Euglishman could hear English spoken
In the cOrurn:caily barbarOus way in
which tho liinlustaui is commonly
spoken By the British soldier without
batrnyinG amusement. Bat the Indian
face remains dmr,ily iinpassivc. Not
the faintcst twitch bctolIcus any lurk-
iny laughter. Thor love. too. OF Civ
ing high-sounaiug titles is childish in
its protigGlity. iiurnh!c-mindcd rs
for all differences OF rank. it arises
from no Vulgar wish to appear other
than what they are. ana in its OK
agGaratcd Indulgence savors even Of
sarcasm. a tailor and n cook bo.h
enjoy tho privilege OF being nd
dressed by tina exalted title OF ''lia-
l!pha or emperor. The w;lter-carricr
il always ''iomrlar.' OF captain.
and the bearer is ''<irilr." sisHify-
ing chief nrno y mon. whi!o. ~ Il
browning irony. tho sweeper, who
ranks but little higher than the dogs
he looks aftor. is invariably called
'ln"hicr," Or prince. Thc necessity
OF keeping Il great number OF servants.
often wondered mt by dwellcrs ut home.
is caused chiGil by the waste Of tiuno
involved by caste pref dice. Instead
OF having one dinner for all. and one
man To cool; for all. there arc few who
nrc not Obliged - cook Tor themselves.
The tnb'n servants can not eat with
the g-nnm~, nor they with the coach
Iaar. nor ho with tho sweeper. So
each MN hl'twic> n dry - light his
own litLlo fire. draw water from tho
vol md cook his own bowl OF ricc-a
proceeding which wastes no small
amount OF timn. OIc scrvant wc
had was of the caste OF OIL
sellers. and he told us there
vas not oae OF our twcnty-four other
servants with whom he could eat
bread, i. G.. II the other cooked tho
food. and only onc who could cat with
with him II he cooked. We asked
him II this distinction had not ita
drawbacks. llo merely replied that it
was the custom - what could
ho do? He. himself, was
the humble recipient OF four
lhfp ,,r,, 4. ,,,.h rI,.zI l.,l,t.
By r vile md many duslIy youngsters.
and yet ao would have checrfuliy sub.
mit;cd To be whipped 10 dor,h rather
than Il any thing that had been
placed on our table. IL il strange
how uncompla!ningly men wear tho
iron frttcrS forged by the great god
doss custom. They may ridiculc her
with their lips, but they obey her Ia
their lives. IN curious cunt a3t ! the
many Zeulots who wOrsh p with their
lips n god whose precopts they per-
~sistertly ignore The table servants
are rucn OF infinite resources. Moth
Ing daunts them. II you DO not like
the way n VIC ,ctuble marrow ia cooked,
your man will say: Your majesty
has but 10 give tho order aud to-mor-
row 1t shall be made into French
bcans!' II thoy tell you there is beef
steak for dinner, you will ask, quite "a
Il matter OF curse: What is IL made
OFF," when the answer wi | frequently
be: ''Oi mutton. as no beef could be
procured" Tho want Of beef was II
misfortune, but il could not be allowed
TO affect the menu. -Cornhill Mugu-
zine.