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The National tribune., 1892-04-07

religion aud these Paaodas are places of wor-
ship, and towers are built in the honor of Bud
dha. There are tens of thousands of them in
the country, and the building of one is supposed
to take the man who builds it to heaven. Every
Pagoda has some relic of Buddha connected
with it, and there is one at Mandalay, which
may have survived the fire, which has
statue of Buddba made of brass one Of the
most wonderful statues in the world. 1t is OF
great weight. is IL feet high, and it stands in
one of the most splendid shrines in the country.
A great Pagoda, with a ceiling of gorgeous
mosaic covers it, and long coonnades, sup.
ported by two hundred pillars, richly carved
and covered in gold. leaf, lead up to it. King
Thcbaw used to send offerings every day to
this temple, and it had hundred and twenty
families of slaves, who wore supposed to attend
to its wants.
1t is impossible to conceive the splendor of
these Buddhist temples or shrines. The
Golden Pagoda of Rangoon is one of the won
dcrs of the world, and 1 would rank it in in
terest with the Pyramids, the Tai Mahal, and
the great Mosque of Santa Sophia at Constanti-
nople. The base of this monument is bigger
than that of Cheops, and it is mountain of
gold, which blazes away in its yellow splendor
under the tropical sun of Farther India. 1t
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from tho Holv Scr;ntures
Z. Analysis.
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= piaoa Jo,ns 80
4. Author. David.
5. Occasion. See above.
6. Analysis
n Jesson. firm, Nature
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a. ravens uectare Joy
n anehe sno"eeh hahoi"ofA' IL
NJ. op "I'a, I.,o,
$500 sno" Ano"iouso. %
RIA ' ZEN universal
Ane sun-i ,.s' oIiuesfooiI' T.
{, Give, r.htaa h ssaons l.au -
- '' hsn' anu ne"' e'eiS ""o'o'
b. Lessons from the Scriptures
l. Names 9. Qualities
Tow porfoo.
Tsst;monv snra
Statutes R;aht ri ~
Con,naona. D -
Fear C,aau q %
INDICTMENTS P;nh,.ona O
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P Tt..ef snah e1,d-enah money! Ao'
r. M my warn. II.
o. eo"' in'o Vi o'n' ~
oD'u'oh'o W 'hen' Is oiesSeu' AZ
c. Appfication.
!. Keen from s;ns u
2. Let sin gain nm masterv IA.
3. Observation-Disclosures innocence. IA.
d. General Conclusion. V. Ia.
z. Lessons.
Notes On, Analysis.
I .Tbe;r limo 10 oo,o ou,n w A, For
line the Septuagint has a Greek word which
means sound. The Vulgate has sonus, a sound.
In verse l the heavens declare" tell, de-
scribe, speak out "Day unto day uttereth
Speech" VIZ Then we read, I" their line is
gone out through all the earth and their uords."
The ORIGINAL ;daa of n lna nav ho a cord sucb
49, O. 80 " . ~ 10y 70 "
as' .. ", we nave on musical strinsed ihS1rn-
menu ne souho may nave been the harmony
VI sne universe we nave suggested tne Ofphic
Tl eau my III y. 'ne ihusioo VI .hs
:. "',e 10 !" language Vi hatufe anu ie" hsso
IlVeu very near TO nature, seemingly nearing
the music Of creation and being charmed by its
harmony. So some one said of Thoreau: He
eynerienoad ,ot,ro n. ,no.t roonIa avnor;onca
49,; ~ A''0io ID AAo'' P'op'9 "a
Verse obo,vs tho, tho vo;co ~ r,turs ia
a universal Ianan,go ;ntarnreted into every
human tongue Revelation IScr;ntnraD bas
not roachod al n,,;,a ~. ~ nII raon1as
have tho ta,ch;,n m rs Inv ys' '"' GA P'"P-''
2 In verge Tho snn ;s oonside-ad y, tborob q
monarcb With ror.,I haaSnnartersN bernacls
Notice Tho Sontlata ~ ~ r"rfoot ta.tirnon1
W. bovo civ ,uora, f., Tho c,-;,t,ro, 1ou
etc The Word .. fsorn ;s nay,o toy ths Scrin'
tnres as ef5ect for carso Is,nnndocbe1 Gods
word is fall ~ ,roc"n,s ub;oh nrndnn. ave-
ence W. r,o,, 49, 800 LIN tho
tonUuy "' A''' A"'o "''o 'n' As"'o '
q Conc,ue;on
we nave Two teachcrs-Dature ana reveal
tiOn. They are both perfect both authorita-
Inoi sIip,i t'
"'"a"in 'iiiie1 "iole'
THE grasses and the sod,
They are my preachers. Hear them preach
Lifts up these blades of grass TO teach
The resurrection! Who shall say
What infidel can sneak n. they9n
a .,,
Mature is mans teacher
She unfolds her treasures to his search unseas his
eyes,
Illumes his mind;
a hrnn thaR frpTrN oil In ofphto and
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

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ailments, and with Scrofula in every shape,
and all blood-taints, there's nothing that can
equal it as o perfect and permanent remedy.
That's the reason it's the only medicine OF
its kind that can be guaranteed. If it fails
to benefit or cure, in any case you have your
blood-purifier sold, for you pay only for the
good you get.
Can you ask morsl
The National tribune., 1892-04-07
A boil hurts, but 1t helps

a bolt hurts, DuC IL nelpS.
1t shows you plainly what
you need. 1t wouldn't be
there, il your blood were
pure and your system in
the right condition. And
they would be, il you'd take
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
It carries health with IL.
All Blood, Skin, and Scalp
Diseases, from O common
blotch or eruption to the
worst Scrofula, are cured
by it. 1t invigorates the
liver, purifies and enriches
the blood, and rouses every
organ into healthful action.
In the most stubborn forms
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at It and it will produce and the climate is so
pleasant that the people have none of the hard
ships of the weather. Burmah is tropical
country, and the finest of fruits grow wild. 1t
rains half of the year, and the whole land is
covered with luXuriant Vegetation. 1t costs
very little for houses, and the majority of the
anything else. They are of one story, built
can walk under the first floor without STOPPING.
These houses have plated bamboo walls and
the palm leaf thatch is tied TO rafters of bam-
boo about the size Of fshing-poles The live.
stock of the family is kept under the house,
and the cooking utensils consists of two or
three earthen pots, and the cooking is always
done out doors in the Summer. The people eat
little else than rice and curry, and they never
buy their furniture on the instalment plan
and have the worry of meeting the payments
every month. In fact, they use no furniture
to speak of. The floor serves for chairs, and
the family squat on their knees or lie sprawled
full length upon the floors. At dinner they
SQUAT around the big bowl which holds the
rice, and every one rams his own fist into it and
pulls out what ne wants. He uses his hand for
putting his food into his mouth, and he has a
little rice bowl aud a smaller one for curry,
which be uses at his meals. After din
ncr everyone is expected to wash his own
dishes, and he goes to the water jar and rnses out
his bowl, and at tho same time fills his mouth
with water and rinses il out. The people do
not use knives, forks or chop-sticks, and so far
as cooking is concerned, the Burmese woman
has soft snap.
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

King Thebaw now gets a pension from the
English Government and ne has guard about
him at his palace, somewhere in India. He
was a rare old monarch while he was on the
throne, and he had way of slicing off heads
without much regard to circumstances or per-
sons. When he assembled the throne he followed
the custom of putting to death all those who
might possibly contest his possession, and lie
killed about a score of princes and he made
way with about the same number of prlncesses.
His predecessor had 81 Queens in his harem,
and a number Of these mysteriously disap-
peared and many of them were kept in an
underground dungeon. Thebaw himself had
o large number of wives, and it is said that one
of these ruled him, and that he was decidedly
q hen pecked husband. / travelled with one OF
the Queens in going from Rangoon to Calcutta,
and found her to be very ordinary-looklng
Burmese lady. 1t is said that his Queens urged
him TO murder the princes, and one of his
Queens is said TO have put many girls TO death
upon whom Thebaw looked with favor.
The foundation Of Mandalay was celebrated
with horrible rites When new Capital was
made for the King in Burmah there was always
number OF sacrifices, and when Mandalay was
huilt IDa man and women were buried alive
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

The Burmans are themselves set OF lazy
artistocrats. The soil of their country is so
rich that you can almost point hoe or a rake
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

Of such a fire. Mandalay is largely made up of
thatched huts, the sides of which are walls OF
plated bamboo, and every bit OF which VIII
burn like finder if once ignited. When was
in Burmah few years ago, there was nothing
in the shape of fire. engine in the country,
and the people of the Far East know nothing
about putting out fire. In Japan it is not
uncommon for thousand houses to be de-
ttroyed By a confagraton; and when hres
break out, the people gather what they can
and run. When fire is started in PARTNER
India, the people found nearest 1t by the nlght-
watchmen are arrested and made responsible
for it; and the result is that the owners them
selves like TO get away as soon as they can.
The average Burmese hut does not cost over
$25. and it is cheaper to let it burn than to pay
che fine. The City of Mandalay, however,
contained a number of very fair houses, and
the palace of King Thebaw was among these.
This is now used by the English Government
for offices, and it is probable that it was saved.
But let me tell YOU something about Manda-
lay: The city itself was founded as caprice
of one of the late Kings Of Burmah, and II had
no reason outside of this for existence. 1t has
not good natural location. 1t lies on the fiat,
marshy land which forms at this point the
banks of Irrawaddy River, and 1t is about 5OO
miles from the mouth of this great stream.
Thirty years ago the Capital was situated far
for long time il was at Ava. When, in 1857,
the decree of the King went forth that all of
the hundred-odd thousand people in his Capt.
tai should pack up their goods tear down their
houses, and trot of about FIVE miles down along
the banks of the river and build new town,
there was decided objection. 1t was death,
however, to refuse, for the astrologers and the
King had settled upon the new site, and all
who disobeyed were to be punished. The
people had to give up their gardens and their
fruit trees, and the new town was built. The
only ones who held out were the Chinese mer-
chants, but their trade all went to the new
Capital, and they finally followed it. The re-
suit was that Mandalay sprang up like mush-
room, and though it covered five square miles
and contained perhaps as many people as Cleve-
land or Washington, it is only 80 years old.
big wall 30 feet high was built around it, and it
was here that King Thebaw held his court, and
here he reigncd until the English took Upper
Burnah and carried him into retirement in
India.
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favored women in the world. 1t makes my
heart Jump when | think of their beauty.
They are the prettest girls Of the Far East, and
they are the smartest and brainiest women of
the Orient. Their complexion is the color Of
rich jersey cream, with dash Of peach-red on
their checks. They have dainty, well-shaped,
sensitive noses, large, liquid brown eyes, and
when under 90 they are as plump as partridges
and as a rule they are as well formed and
as straight as the Venus Medici. They
have equal rights with the men In Burmah
and many a Burmese woman merchant has
been burned cut by this Mandalay fire. The
bazars are largely run by women, and by young
women, too. If you will imagine vast build
ing, the interior of which consists of many
streets, which one and other at right angles,
you have some idea of Burmese bazar. These
streets are walled with pieces Of goods, which
are piled on shelves around little booth-like
place. where n very pretty girl, dressed in the
brightest Of silks, sits upon the floor and calls
upon the people TO buy. The most Of these
girls smoke cigars twice as big around as your
thumb and as long as lead pencil, and they
will offer you their cigar to take Whit an
especial compliment to you while you trade.
They keep their own accounts. and / am told
that as rule it is the woman in Burmah who
takes care of the pOcket-book of the family
She has equal propertyrghts with her husband,
and she fiTts in the same way that our girls do.
| The Burmese women are moro like American
women than any other women of the world.
| They make love IN the same way we do, and
when the lover calls in Burmah the old folks
| 90 10 bed and leave the two to themselves.
| The Burmese maiden dresses up for her lover,
but the two rub noses instead of kissing, aud it
| is not an uncommon thing for them to run off
and get married. The Burmese maiden is just
as fond of an elopement as any romantic Miss
! in the American town, and / am told that
! Opponents are often undertaken when there
| is no opposition on the part of the parents.
The young couple, however, come back to their
parents and ask forgiveness, and they live for
several years with their parents before they set
/ up housekeeping for themselves.
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Notwithstanding the many wives Of King
Thebaw, there is but little polygamy In Bur-
NAH. Ii is permitted, but not very respectable,
and the laws are such that it don't pay. In
Burmah woman has her property distinct
from her husband. She manages her own estate,
and she has an equal right with her husband
in all tie money they make during their mar
ried life. She has right to her own earnings,
and if she is divorced she gets back all the
money she has brought TO the family, and halt
of all that has been accumulated since their
marriage. She has more chance to get divorce
than have the women of Chicago or the Dako-
tas, and if we had the same laws here there
would be great many more divorces. If the
Bermese woman's husband is idle and lazy she
can get divorce. If he is unable to support
her. or if he is always ailing or becomes Grip
pie after he is married, che can be loosed from
him and on the other hand, man can get a
divorce if his wife does not love him. if she per-
ssts in going where he tells her not to, or il,
after long time, she gives him no son.
Divorces may also be arranged by mutual agree.
ment and it is almost as easy to get out of mar
riage as it is TO enter into it, NotWithstand-
ing this, ] was told that the people are gener-
ally faithful TO one another, and that divorced
people are not thought much of.
The greatest loss from this Mandalay fire
will be in the burning of the Pagodas. The
Burmese spend millions of dollars upon their
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

The greatest loss from this Mandalsy FIRE
will be in the burning of the Pagodas. The
Burmese spend millions of dollars upon their
The National tribune., 1892-04-07
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The National tribune., 1892-04-07

There is no plain indication of the exact
events in the life of David melting him to
write this particular Psalm. Most of the
Psalms are the language of deep personal ex-
perience. 1t has been thought David composed
the 18th Psalm when he was out in the wilder
ness seeking refuge from the prosecuting Saul
He was away from the Temple, unable to join
in the worship, morning and evening. But he
felt he was out in Gods great Temple of Ma
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

We may date b. G. 1910. Rosenmuller says :
"When this Psalm composed cannot be
shown with any probability" Clark was in
the dark, because he could not see that David
was author. Goblin chronologically has this
Psalm follow Psalm IL, b. c. 1000. Scott puts
it 1912 b. c. Granting David composed it, and
we may assume this fact most certainly, we
date B. G. 1040.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16
AN UPHILL ROAD.
Tho Zigzag Ascent to tho Capital OF Ven
ezueIa.

Tho ZIgzag Ascent to tho Capital of Ven
ezuela.
There are few more interesting engi-
neering achievements than the little
narrow gauge railroad running to Car
acas, the capital Of Venezuela, from its
seaport, La Guayra. The distance be-
tween the two cities, as the crow flies
supposing for the moment that he could
fly through mountains is only six
miles, but the railway connecting them
is twenty-three miles in length, and
consequently twists and turns on itself.
The road runs in zigzag fashion up the
mountain to an altitude of about i've
thousand feet above its starting point
and then descends about fifteen hun
dred feet In the same manner into the
valley of Caracas
TWENTY-FIVE thousand rails were used
in laying the track, and of these over
eighteen thousand are bent. 1t Is jest
ingly said that the engineer almost died
of a broken heart because he could In
vent no excuse for bending the remain
ing four thousand He did his best,
however, and Pearson's Weekly thinks
no one who has to ride over the line and
finds himself shaken at every one Of the
three hundred and forty-six sharp
twists which the track makes will find
it in his heart to condemn the poor man
for not making perfect job. Two pas
senger trains pass over the road daily,
leaving La Guayra at half past eight in
the morning and at half past three in
the afternoon, making the journey In
two hours and half. This is q speed,
exclusive of stops, of not quite ten miles
an hour
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16
TIE CITIZEN
MIS- CELLANEOUS
THE CANNON-BALL TREE

Something About n Curious Tree and Its
Strange Fruit
The cannon-ball tree owes its pecuh-
arity principally to the mode in which
the flowers are borne on long branches,
which grow from around the trunk,
commencing at its base and continuing
many feet upward. They are arranged
in terminal racemes and fall soon
after expanding; the peduncle, how
ever, instead Of falling and whitening,
hardens and enlarges, producing
racemes of flowers in succession at its
extremity each season.
Years afterward tho woody pedicels
may still be seen upon the Towering
branches. So nearly does the arrange
ment of the latter resemble a creeping
plant growing upon tree that 1t is dif-
ficult to convince people to the con-
trary, and that they bear the flowers OF
the tree itself, says the English Garden
er's Chronicle, which describes the
flowers as cup-shaped, red within and
yellowish-white without
These flowers measure four inches
across. The large brown, ball-shaped
fruits, unlike the fragrant flowers, emit
a disgusting odor, rivaled only by the
flowers of terInanilie belerica. The
latter, when in flower, scents the at
mosphere of the garden in q way which
suggests to the uninitiated that the
sanitary arrangements of the district
are in a bad condition. The couroup-
ita forms large tree some fifty to sixty
feet in height and bears dense mass
of shining green leaves, becoming de
ciduous once or sometimes twice during
the year. The leaves on these occa-
sions fall very rapidly and are replaced
again in few days by new set
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16
INDIAN ETIQUETTE.
Curious Tale OF an Invitation to the
Maharaiah GwalIor.

CurloCs lhie OF An InFltatioh u hhe
MaharaJah GwalIor.
A curious incident was brought to no
tice in connection with the recent mar
riage of the heir-apparent Of the Jedh-
pore state. 1t appears that, according
20 the custom in vogue among native
chiefs, kharita of invitation to the
royal wedding was ordered to be sent
to the maharajah of Gwalior. The Of
fetal WHO wrote the lSharita did not
know the mode of addressing the ruling
chief of Scindia, and, therefore, re-
ferred to old records of the state, in
which the name of the late grandfather
of the present chief was mentioned
The official copied It word for word and
sent It off to Gwalior by daroga- On
the kharita being presented to the
maharajah of Gwalior he refused to
open it, saying he could not open n
kharita addressed to his grandfather,
who died before the mutiny, and asked
the man to take it to his saInad three
miles out of Gwalior. None of the rep
resentatives of the Gwalior state, the
Bombay Gazette says, attended the
wedding on this account.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16

Part OF the Bird.
The Young Housewife Ito the
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Eyes, ma'am."
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Naua
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How seldom man appreciates his bless
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Artics, little knows how many hundreds,
plague bound in New York Bay, would
like to be with him.
Lanes Family Medicine
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16

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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16

There is no use quarrelling with the
milkman-he'll make you take water every
time
THAT beats me. " said good Mrs. Jason,
as she read that fire was supposed to have
been caused "by mice eating matches y
'1've heard of pie eating matches and sch.
but this il new one"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16
An Unpopular Otior.

Travellers who return from a visit to
France tell their stay-at-home Amer
ican friends curious stories of the
peculiar and attractive "odor of Paris"
which is said to greet the nostrils Of
the tourist the moment the train de-
posits him in the capital and which he
misses with regret when he leaves
The Parisians themselves, 1t appears,
do not like this odor, for an enterpris-
ing firm recently brought out a new
scent called perfume of the streets"
and found it unsalable.
A Maiden Coy.
Thorgh we are still the best OF friends,
Ny love can't presume.
She, knowing I'm In love, pretends
She doesn't know with whom
Judge