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National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.
L. Means Much Hard Work and
Great Discomfort.
fhe shah's Empire Is Entirely without
Railways, Steamboats, or Good Roads
How Wealthy Women Journey
from Place to Place.
Especial Ispahan (Persia) Letter. !


1t is difficult for the average Amer
lean to imagine whole big country en-
tlrely devoid of railroads, steamers and
all other means of locomotion save
those which were already in vogue in
biblical days, i. e., on foot or on the
back of horse, mule, donkey or camel.
That, however, is still the actual condi-
ton of things in Persia, as in some
other oriental countries. Added to this
is the further difficulty of the absence
of good roads, navigable rivers, of
bridges. ETC., SO that travelling in Per-
sia is, indeed, not a pleasure, but a
piece of very hard work. It may be
hard to believe, but it is an absolute
fact that the rOads-or what goes by
that name-in the Persia of to-day are,
for the greater part, the same which
were trodden by the armed hosts Of
Cyrus, of Darius Hystaspis, of Chosroes
and other great conquerors of ancient
times, and even the route taken by
Zenophon in his return to Greece NAV.
IN part, be followed to this day by trav-
elers similarly situated-day's journey
after days journey you can walk over
the same ground which he describes in
his "Anabasis, but with this differences:
In his time, more than 1000 years ago.
there were shady groves to shield the
wayfarer from the fiery darts of the
sun, and there were purling brooks and
many villages and hostelries bv the
Wayslde, whereas now all this is most
ly done away with, and with the ex-
ception of the vermin-infested postal
stations, the so-called "chappar
khanis," and the infrequent caravan
serais," there is nothing wherein to
look for shelter from rain, sun, wild
beasts and robbers.
1t had been the intention to build
railroads in Persia. Baron Reuter-. of
London, had obtained charter to con-
struct one from Teheran to the Persian
gulf, and Russian syndicate had
planned road from the shores of the
Caspian to the capital, but both schemes
fell TO pieces, due to the rapacitv and
taithlessness of the Persian government
or rather some of high officials The
last attempt | know of to build a good
rallroad-ikewise from the Caspian or
from Tabreez to Teheran-was made |
by the American minister-whOse stcre. !
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
HE'D HAD 'NUFF.
One Young Hoosier Tried School, and Ee
Didn't Like 1t.

One Young HOOsier Tried School' ana Ee
Didn't Like 1t.
A little bov of between six and seven
wears of age, tidily dressed and with
his hair neatly brushed, was one OF the
many new comers who started to
school on the opening day. For an
hour the pretty stories the teacher
read and the strangeness OF his sur
roundings kept him attentive, but fin
allv the novelty began to wear off, and
he became restless and dissatisfied Ills
thoughts began to wander to llttle
PLAYMATE, and, rising fearlessly ana IN
nocentlv from his seat, he marched TO
the teachers desk and said:
II want to go to Bessie"
"Rut Freddie" exclaimed the teach.
ar ssvou can not see Bessie now fo1
she is very busy. Wait until recess
and then you can go to her"
This seemed to satisfy him, and he
returned to his seat. When recess cafc
one of the first ones out was Freddie
All over the grounds he hunted, ana
finally he spied the object of his search
and admiration. Going up to her he
sadly whispered:
LETS go home, Bessie, I've had
'nuff.''
The little girl, somewhat better
versed in school tactics, told him 1t
would not do to go then, and that he
must wait until noon. She then turned
laughingly to her companions and left
the poor little fellow standing there.
lonesome and homesick, in the midst OF
the other happy children.
A few moments later tiny figure
rnigbt have been seen leaving the
school premises and trudglng east
ward.
He was going home.-Indianapoli:
| News
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theirs, just for moment. Of course
that was because they had to arrange
something about it. But that moment
was all they needed to tell with their
eloquent eyes what they wished to say.
Perhaps an even more villainOus Wav
for Persian women 20 travel is bv
basket. For this donkeys are nearly
always used. Two big baskets Of
even size are attached to the back of
the patient beast-hanging down one
on either Side-and n each of these
baskets is woman, huddled there in
heap, with just the head prOtruding.
This method is in general vogue among
the wives and daughters of the peas
ants, artisans and all other poorer
classes.
In comparison with these the meth
DDS of travel in general use among the
men are vastly to be preferred, though
they, too, are extremely primitive To
ride on the back of a camel, be it only
for couple of days, is anything but a
pleasure, and it isn't the fastest way,
either. -Four ''farsal1h"-about sixteen
miles-is considered a good days jour-
ney in Persia, although on a pinch one
can get as much as forty miles out of
camel in good condition, and the
racing dromedaries" in use in south
ern Persia for the business of the
crown have even been known to make
as much as sixty or seventy miles, but
in a sort Of abominable jog trot WHICH
lands one all but dead at the endDf
ones trip. These racing dromedaries
ano especially bred and trained in studs
which are the monopoly of the shah.
Only persons authorized by the shah are
permitted to- own or ride one of these
beacts. Priests and all other pious per-
sons, as we'll is the pilgrims who go to
Mecca, Kerbe h Or Meshed, must only
lido on donke !, they being the slowfe
lnd the more owly Spadla;Q1sa6,m d19la1 s6,m Arm
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7STTuck dON~~ -
oaratad hinh 4heXe fol

.cerated him SNe Io1
Of Of Londonl fa faAw wonderesGa @a-ee4 fsls.l
family was \ He did not dare to ask
lest he excite suspicion, but, passing
along little way from prison, he saw
a Keith tankard, a cup that belonged
to the family from generation to gen
eration-he saw it in a window.
his family, hoping that some day
he would get clear, came and lived
as near as they could to the
prison house, and they set that
Keith tankard in the window, hoping
he would see it; and he came along and
saw it, and knocked at the door, ana
went in, and the long-absent family
were all together again. Oh, If you
would start for the Kingdom OF GOD
| to-day, | think some of you would ma
| nearly all your friends and nearly all
| your families around the holy tankard
of the holy communion - fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters around that
sacred tankard which commentaries
the love of Jesus Christ our Lord
Oh, it will be a great communion day
when YOUR whole family sits around
the sacred tankard. One on earth, one
in Heaven.
Once more 7 remark. that when the
prodigal gets back the inhabitants OF
| Heaven keep festival. am very GER
tain of it. If you have never seen a
telegraphic ch art you have no idea now
MANY cities are connected together and
how MANY lands. Nearly all the neigh
borhoods of the earth seem retlculated,
0if n
from continent to continent. But more
rapidlv 90 tidings from earth to HeaV-
en-. and when a prodigal returns 1t is
announced before the throne of God.
IF these souls to-day should enter the
, KINGDOM there would be some one in the
Heavenly Kingdom to say: That's my
father" s'that's my mother "that'S
nv son. ''that's my daughter" "that'S
nv friend" that's the one used to
nrav for" s'that's the one for whom
went so many tears" and one sou
5 would saw: "Hosannah!' and another
soul would say: "HalleluJah!'
! Pleased with the news the saints below
, In songs their tongues employ;
: Revond the skies the tidings go,
1 And Heaven is filled with JOY.
: At the banquet Of Lucullus sat Cicero
the orator At the Macedonian fes
tiyal sat Philip, the conqueror. A
r the Grecian banquet sat Socrates, tn
! philosopher; but at our Fathers tabl
$ Sit all the returned prodigals, NOR
!, than tn conquerors. The table is SO wild
IFS leaves reach across seas and acros
lands It's guests are the redeemed Q
It earth and the glorifed of Heaven; IN IN
d ring of Gods forgiveness on every hand
p the robe of the Saviour's Righteousness
o adroop from every shoulder. The win
n that rlows in the cups is from tn
= bowls of ten thousand sacraments. LIE
= ali the redeemed of earth and all tn
9 glorifed of Heaven rise, and wit
't cleaning chalice drink to the return 9
9, a thousand prodiigals. Sing! sing; SIN.
ID sWorthv is the Lamb that was slain
n receive blessing and riches and homo
" and glory and power, world with"'
a endr'
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fitting that almost no air reaches the
month and nose of the hapless wearer.
The small piece of looser web inserted
over the eyes allows but mere glimpse
OF light, and barely permits the wear
ers to distinguish the objects outside.
In word, of all the barbarous and
brutal outrages which custom allows
the Persian to practice on his women
folk, this, [ think, is the worst. But
must add that even these restrictions
are not proof against woman's wit and
cunning, for it happens frequently
enough, despite it all, that love in
trlgues are arranged bv the Persian
women while travelling just in this
way. l have seen myself-and given
them credit for doing it-how at the
critical moment they understand to
lift that cumbersome ''chaddar" of
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u.
vaster than all immensity. 1t overtops,
it undergirds, it outweighs all the uni
ted splendor and JOY of the universe.
Who can tell what Gods JOY is?
For ten years father went three
times a dav to the depot. His son
went off in aggravating circumstances,
but the father said: 'He will come
back" The strain was too much, and
his mind parted; and three times day
the father went. In the early morn
inr he watched the train-its arrival.
the stepping out of the passengers and
then the departure of the train. At
noon he was there again, watching the
advance Of the train, watching the de-
parture. At night, there again, watch
ing the coming, watching the going,
for ten years. He was sure his son
would come back. God has been
watching and waiting for some of you,
nv brothers, ten years, twenty years,
thirty years, forty years, perhaps nifty
years = waiting, waiting, waite hing,
watching; and if this morning the
nrodieal should come home, what a
scene of gladness and festivity, and
how the great Fathers heart would
rejoice at your coming home
7 notice also that when prodigal
comes home there is the JOY of the min
isters of religion. Oh, it is grand
thing to preach this gospel! | know
| there has been a great deal said about
the trials and the hardships OF the
Christian ministry. l wish somebody
would write a good, rousing book
about the joys of the Christian minis
trv. Since I entered the profession,
have seen more Of the goodness OF Goo
than I will be able to celebrate in al
eternitv. I know some boast abou
their equilibrium, and they do no
rise into enthusiasm, and they d'
not break down with emotion; bu
confess to you plainly that whe1
T see man coming to God and givin!
nm his sin, feel in body, mind am
soul a transport. When l see man
who is bound hand and foot in evi
habit. emancipated, l rejoice over it a
though it were my own emancipation
Life insurance men will all tell yo
that ministers of religion as a class l1v
: longer than any other. 1t is contirme
nv the statistics Of all those who ca
) culate upon human longevity. Why
it? There is more draft upon tn
, nervous system than in any othe
profession, and their toll is mos
, exhausting. have seen minister
) kept on miserable stipends by pars
: monious congregations who wondere
t at the dullness of the sermons, whe
!. the men of God were perplexed almo
r to death by questions of livelihood, an
S had not enough nutritious food to kee
t any fire in their temperament \
e fuel. no fire. | have sometimes see
d the inside of the life of many OF tt
e American clergymen-never acceptir
g their hospitality, because they cann
afford it; but I have seen them stru
gle on with salaries of $500 al
9 5000 a year-the average less thu
that-th@.l struggle we'll depicted
the western missionary who says in
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tary was at the time, in 1S86--Mr. f.
H. Winston, of Chicago, but 1t did not
even get beyond the initial point, be-
cause the Persian authorities were sh.l
AS carer to be bribed and to impose on
the stranger capitalists who wished to
benefit this country-and incidentally
themselves, of cOurse-as they had been
before. Thus it is that this whole VIDE
altogether comprising territory
equal to the whole of our eastern and
middle states in size-is still innocent
of railroads and centuries behind the
times.
Women the world over represent the
Iovable half of humanity, and climate
religion, race, form but minor modlhca-
tions to this general rule. That was
what Goethe meant with his Eternal
Womanly." To me the supreme proof
that woman in Persia is also lOvablc,
amiable and long-6uffering has always
been the fact that she has smlllngly'
uncomplainingly stood the awful modes
of travel which they have to submit TO
throughout Persia. would like to see
an American woman, for instance, traV-
cling in ''ladjavay' for week or
| fortnight. But the mere idea Is pre-
! posterous Seriously, wouldn't blame
| the Persian women if they, some night,
would arise in their might and Kill
every mothers son of them-just out OF
revenge for this diabolical contrlvance,
the ''kadjavay."
Jmaoine q horse or a mule carrying
on IFS back sort of hooded box, with
curtains on the one side where tresh
air could be admitted, this box strapped
tightly to the animal. The whole kad-
iayay-for this little box, about two
feet high, is kadjavay-is constructed
50 that the woman inmate OF 1T can
neither lie down in it, nor sit straight
or upright. but is forced to keep her
BODY in half crouching position, with
her limbs crossed. How she manages
to escape out of these awful torture
chambers comparatively unscathed is
miracle. But there they sit, for days
and weeks and months even, while per
forming Journeys Of some distance
like craven images, with not syllao DIG
, in accusation of those who make them
undergo this horrible ordeal; and no'
only that, but they must, forsooth, De
closely yelled as well, and whenever
J stranger draws nigh must pull doWr
> the curtains of their kadjavay. Il
t must be the force of inheritance ant
habit from early youth up, for to me
. it always seemed as if they must die
!, the double death of suffocation and o.
: PARALYSIS The clsaddar or Persian
;. ye1l-is much worse than the Turkish
I yashmak, for it falls far down oVel
face, bosom and torso, and is so closer!
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"HoME AGAIN"
Or. Talmage on the Celebration Of
the Prodigaps Return.
Giadness of Christian Service-The Tame
Joys Of the World Compared with
the Raptures OF the
Gospel.

Rev. I. Dewitt Talmape has com
pieted his tour of the World and the
subject of the latest sermon selected
ny him for the public was ''Home
Again." the text chosen being: Bring
hlther the fatted calf and kill it."
Luke XIV, o.
In all ages Of the world it has been
customary to celebrate joyful events
Dy festivity-the signing of treaties.
the proclamation Of peace, the Christ
mas, the marriage. However much on
other days Of the year our table may
nave stlnted supply, on Thanksgiving
day there must be something bounte-
ons And all the comfortable homes of
Chrlstendom have at some time cele-
orated joyful events BY banquet and
festivity.
Something has happened in the old
homestead greater than anything that
mas ever happened before A favorite
son, whom the world supposed would
become vagabond and outlaw forever,
has got tired Of sightseeing and has re-
turned to his fathers house. The world
said he never would come back. The
DID man always said his son would
come. He had been looking for him
day after day and year after year. He
Knew he would come back. Now, hav-
ing returned to his fathers house, the
.ather proclaims celebration. There is
calf in the paddock that has been
Kept up and fed to utmost capacity, SO
as to be ready for some occasion of iov
5hat might come along. All! there
never was grander day on the old
homestead than this day. Let the
butchers do their work, and the house
keepers bring in to the table the smolz-
ing meat. The musicians will
Jake their places, and the gay
groups will move up and down the
door. All the friends and neighbors
sre gathered in, and extra supply is
sent out to the table of the servants.
The father presides at the table, and
says grace, and thanks God that his
,ong absent boy is home again. Oh!
how they missed him; how glad thev
Are to have him back. One brother
indeed stands pouting at the back door,
and says: This is great ado about
nothing; this bad boy should have been
:hastened instead Of greeted; veal is too
good for him!'' The father says: ''Noth-
Ing is too good; nothing is good
enough" There sits the young man,
glad at the hearty reception, but a
shadow Of sorrow fitting across his
brow at the remembrance Of the trouble |
ne had seen. All ready now. Let the |
covers lift. Music. He was dead and |
ne is alive again He was lost and he |
found! BY such bold imagery does the
Bible set forth the merry-making when
soul comes home to God
First Of all, there is the new con-
vert's Joy. tits no tame thing to become
7 Christian. The most tremulous mo-
lent in mans life is when he sur
iftv i a hi,.sSelf hs to God. The grandast
4 -~.+A +Aad i. -vEhar
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letter: THANK you for your last re
mlttance; until it came we had not any
meat in our house for one year, and all
last winter, although 1T was a severe
winter, our children wore their sum-
mer clothes" And these men of God
l hnd IN different parts of the land,
/ struggling against annoyances and ex-
asperatlons innumerable; some of them
! week after week entertaining agents
who have maps to sell, and submitting
themselves to all styles of annoy
ance, and yet without complaint,
and cheerful of soul. How do you ac-
count for the fact these life in
surance men tell us that ministers
as class live longer than any others?
1t is because of the joy Of their work.
the JOY of the harvest field, the Joy Of
greeting prodigals home to their Faith
er's house.
We are in sympathy with all inno-
cent hilarities. We can enjoy hearty
song, and can pc merry with the mer-
rlest; but those of us VINO have toiled
in the service are ready to tesr,..- that
all these joys are tame compared with
the satisfaction of seeing men enter the
Kingdom of God. The great eras of
every minister are the outpourings of
the Holy Ghost, and l thank God
have seen twenty of them.
| notice also that when the prodigal
comes back, all earnest Christians re-
Jolce Ii you stood on promontory
and there was a hurricane at sea. and
it was blowing toward the shore, and
vessel crashed into the rocks and you
saw people get ashore in the lifeboats
and the very last man got on the rocks
IN safety, you could not control your
JOY. And it is a glad time when the
Church of God sees men who are tossed
On the ocean of their sins plant their
feet on the rock Christ Jesus.
When prodigals come home just hear
those Christians sing. 1t is not dull
tune you hear at such times. Just hear
those Christians pray. It is not a
stereotyped supplication we have
heard over and over again for twenty
years, but putting of the case in the
hands of God with an Unfortunate
pleading. Men never pray at great
length unless they have nothing to say
and their hearts are hard and cold
All the prayers in the Bible that were
answered were short prayers: God
be merciful to me a sinner 'Lord,
that may receive my sight" ''Lord,
save me or [ perish" The long
est prayer, Solomon's prayer at the
dedication Of the temple, less than
eight minutes in length, according to
the ordinary rate of enunciation. And
just hear them pray now that the prodi-
gals are coming home. just see them
shake hands. No putting forth of the
four tips of the fingers in formal way,
but hearty grasp, where the muscles
OF the heart seem to clinch the fingers
OF one hand around the other hand.
And then see those Christian faces how
illumined they are. And see that old |
man get up and with the same voice |
that he sang fifty years ago in the old
country meeting house, say: Now,
Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, for mine eyes have seen thy sal
vation.''
There was a man of Keith who was
hurled into prison in time of persecu-
5ion, and one day he got off his shack
els and he came and stood by the
prison doos and Then- the iaileg Was
opening tNn Nlf when you want IA.x
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the bow comes back Among the great
throng who, in the parlors Of my
church, professed Christ one night was
. Young man, who next morning rang
INV door bell and said: ''Sir, | cannot
contain myself with the JOY feel; l
same here this morning to express it.
I have found more joy in five minutes
in serving God than in all the years of
INV prodigality, and | came to say SO.
oh. it is no tame thing to become a
Christian 1t is q. merry-maklng. 1t
is the killing Of the fatted cali 1t IS
inbilee. You know the Bible never
eompares it to funeral but always
compares it to something bright. 1t is
more apt to be compared to banquet
than anything else. 1t is compared in
the Bible to the water-bright, flash
inc water; to the morning
fre-w or<ed, mountain TRANSPORTED
morning. | wish | could to-day take
ali the Bible expressions about pardon
and peace. and life and comfort, and
hone and Heaven, and twist them into
one garland. and put it on the brow OF
the humblest child Of God in all this
band. and cry: ''Wear it, wear it now,
wear it forever, son Of God, daughter
Of the Lord God Almighty On, the
ioy Of the new convert! On, the glau
ress Of the Christian service!
You have seen sometimes man IN a
religious assembly get up and give his
experience. Well. Paul gave his ex-
perience. He rose in the presence OF
two churches-the church on earth and
the church in Heaven-and ne said
Snow. this is my experience: Sorrow
ful. vet always rejoicing; poor, YET
making many rich; having nothing
vet possessing all things" 1t all the
neople who read this sermon knew the
iovs Of the Christian religion, they
would all pass over into the kngoon
of God the next moment
inst pass over from those tame JOYS
in which YOU are indulging-Joys o
this world-into the raptures OF tn
gospel. The world cannot satisfy you
"a, have found out-Alexander, long
- for other worlds to conquer, an
vet drowned in his own bottle; byron
whipped by disquietudes around th
world: Voltaire, cursing AIS own sou
while all the streets of Paris were az
nlaudinc him; Henry H., consumln
with hatred against poor Ihoma
! Raclxet-all illustrations of the fac
that this world cannot make ma
happv. The very man who polsone
the nommel Of the saddle on whlc
Oueen Elizabeth rode, shouted in tn
street ssGod save the queen!' one m'
ment the world applauds, and the ne2
moment the world anathematize
Oh. come over into this create
iov. this sublime solace, tn
magnificent beatitude. The nlgl
after the battle Of Shiloh there we
thousands Of wounded on the field an
the ambulances had not come. VI
Christian soldier, lying there a-dylr
under the star light, began to sing:
There is land Of pure delight
And when he came to the next III
there were scores of voices uniting:
Where saints immortal reign