The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-07
KISSES THAT MEAN DEATH.
FATAL WORK Of THE POISON MAI
DENs OF INDIA.

DFtAENA tEfif e. IN tiiefiA.
Latest advices from Calcutta tell US OF
an occurrence so extraordinary. so Won
derful. so almost magical. and yet so well
authenticated. that the do.ngs OF Nine.
I Blavatsky's Mahatusas fade into iusigniG-
canoe when compared with the tale of
/ horror and mystery that has lately been
brought to Eight al Peshawur a frontier
town in India. near the entrance Of tn
celebrated Khyber Pass. and the seat Of
extensive commerce between Afghanistan
and India proper.
! one OF the mediatized Rajahs or IA
/ tive princes. living under the protection
/ Of the Indian government. and tributary
I to the Empress OF India and Queen OF
England. has been called TO account for
the murder Of a British subject under cir
cumstanoes Of such a mysterious nature
/ that the story Of the trial reads more like
one Of Rudyard Kipling's tales Of Mine
own People" or a legend Of Jinns and
Peries from the Thousand and One
Nights" or a Persian romance of Hatim-
Tai
TIE Rajah's name is Arjad-Rusti-AIou
He is a saturninc. silent man, who has
never taken kindly to western civilization.
and looks back with regret to the good old
times Of India when princes had the power
Of life. death and torture over their sub
jects, and could fiji their wives with
pounded red pepper. dip them in oil and
roast them before a slow fire, or send them
out into the rukh to be devoured by wild
beasts. for the smallest infraction OF the
laws of the Zenana. He is great patron
of Yog.s, jugglers and those perpatetic
priests of the Brahmin and Buddhist re-
| ligions who infest the highways and by
ways of India, clothed only N dirt and
redoent of Cocoanut oil and the odor of
sanctity, and may be met with some
having kept one arm extended toward tn
heavens for % years, some who have beat
their bodies into "A semi-circular position
till they have lost the power of standing
upright, and resemble nothing so much as
gigantic insects as they crawl along the
ways. These men possess, or pretend 20
possess supernatural power. are able 20
bend witches TO their will" produce rain
by their incantations, and are experts IN
the fine art of connecting the deal.es-
po.sons. Such holy men were always sure
Of welcome at the court of Rajah Ar
jad-Rusti-Moll.
OF coure as mediatized prince the In
dian government maintained a resident
at his capital city of Rama Pore. The resi-
dent was a tall. handsome man, Of fair
complexion and stalwart make. He had
the reputation all over India of being a
professional lady-Iiller, especially among
the Hindoo and Eurosian populations, and
many a Rance and Nautch- Wallah had
fallen victim to his destinations.
The principal wife of the Rajah AFRAID
Rusti-Mon was a very beautiful Circas-
sian girl. whom the rajah had purchased
60. l,~r ,f md Nit h1v
nc was absolutely infatuated. Her name
was the Rance Jiohara. and she was, as
they say in the east, "a moon of beauty
BY some occult means known to dwellcrs
in the east the resident and the Rance
had contrved to meet each other un-
known to the rajah. There are always
plenty of old women who make a business
of serving the amorous needs of the clois.
tered women. who, though closely guard
ed within the walls of the Zerana, long
for forbidden pleasures and these old wo-
men drive a very profitable trade as
Intermediates in affairs of love.
The intrigue between tire Rance and the
resident had lasted for some months.
when, unfortunately. the particular old
woman who had arranged the affair made
such exorbitant demand upon the Eu-
glishman that he Indignantly kicked her
out of his house and told her, with Anglo
Saxon brevity. to "JGo-Jehaun.' which,
being translated. means Go to the devil.
Instead of going to the devil the cid lady
went to the rajah. which in this Instance
/ meant pretty much the same thins for the
! Englshman.
The consequence was that Rance disap-
peared in a myterous manner very com
! mon in the courts Of native princes and
| was never more heard Of while the resi-
! dent was forced to take flight at the
shortest not.Ee in order to save his
| life from the vengeance of the enraged
| rajah.
! BY forced dakh he managed to reach
| Bombay where. being in British territory.
/ he was safe, but. being called upon to give
/ some reason to the government for his
4 abrupt departure from his post of duty, he
/ managed to obtain q sick certificate and
( six months leave of absence. He then took
/ massage on board the +. and O. steamship
/ Khedive for Southampton, intending to re-
main in England till the affair had blown
/ over, and to make interest for an appoint
! ment at some other court than that OF the
/ Rajah of Rangapore There We're very few
/ passengers on board the ship for 1t was
/ not the season for eXiles returning to their
/ native land, but one of these passengers
/ was a HindOo woman of great beauty.
who, 1t was reported. was on her way to
/ England to study the higher education of
women and the Christian religion" pre-
/ paratory to acting as an Indian Lady
! Somerset and enfranchisinS the hitherto
/ subjected native women.
/ Being Of this fin de steele turn of mind.
/ the lady, of course, went about unveiled,
made herself quite at home on board the
I ship and, save that she spoke no English,
/ deneaned herself quite like a European.
/ The lady-killing Englishman was not long
/ IN making her acquaintance, and the pair
/ used to promenade the deck tin late into
/ the starlight Indian nights, and, evil
/ IDENTIFY, they took great pleasure in each
/ others company. Just before the ship
/ reached Alden. however, the tragic incident
/ occurred which has given cause to the
/ sensational trial that is now occupying
! public attention in India.
/ 1t was one of those nights peculiar to
/ the tropics when the sea seems bathed
/ in flood of silver light shed by a moon
/ whose like is never seen in colder chimes,
1 and by stars whose trembling radiance
4 fecks the ocean as if with diamond
/ studded paths leading from earth to
/ heaven.
The Englishman and the LADY were
| leaning over the bulwarks in deep CONVEX
sation. evidently of a tender nature. for
/ the mans arm was twiDcd about the
womans waist and his lips were close to
her dainty ear. They spoke in Hindoo-