The herald., 1896-08-24
NEWS NOTES FROMpASADEN
Epworth Leaguers Listen to a
Lecture
INDIA AND ITS CUSTOMS
Briefly But VividIy Described by q
Recent Visitor
A Successful Method OF Lemon Curing-Rs.
cruits for Company I-Personal and
News Brevities

PASADENA. Aug. 2s.-There was .
full attendance at the meeting Friday
evening of the Epworth league when
Prof. Foster, formerly principal of the
Garfield school, delivered a lecture on
India. The lecture was highly interest
ing, Mr.. Foster being eminently fitted
for the subject, and following are few
extracts from the talk:
or the two routes to India, the one the
Peninsula and Oriental, by way Of
Gibralter, the Mediterranean and Sues
canal, and the other the Pacific route,
we of California would of course choose
the latter. But few have any idea that
India is three-fourths the size of the
United States and that railroad train
running across it from Bombay to CAL
cutta occupies the same time that our
trains do in crossing from New York to
San Francisco. Both Bombay and Cal
cutta are large cities, each containing
about a million souls Calcutta Is the
seat of government in winter and Dar-
jiling in summer, the intense heat nee
essitating the change. Although called
the city of Palaces" Calcutta has but
few really palatial buildings. almost all
the residences being large, square mas
sive structures with fiat roofs and built
of stone that rapidly comes to dingy,
dusty appearance.
All the rooms in the building are built
with high ceilings in order that plenty Of
air may be kept in circulation during
the heated term. A number of large
boards, to which are attached stiff
pieces of cloth, are kept swinging over
head in all dwelling houses by day and
night In order to create q circulation and
make 1t possible to live. During the
han toA fAr, whit octo
eight months, it is unsafe for Europeans
to have the sun shine upon them SO In
tense are the rays and so fatal the re-
suits. To this end the office hours are
made early in the morning and late at
night. The hours for calling among
the society people are positively only
from IL to 2 on Sunday.
The number of servants in home in
India Is large as no European dares 10
do his own work The wages Of the
house servants, who are all men, are
from 81 so to $S per month, they board
ing themselves and sleep at home. These
wages are somewhat increased by steal
ing, a universal habit and one that Is
considered fairly respectable.
The street sprinkling is done by men
with large leathern buckets. while the
hard work of hod carrying 10 done by
women.
The burning of widows is still carried
on in some of the outlying districts.
This and some other evils still exist be-
cause the British government keeps but
5000 British troops to keep in subjec-
ton over three hundred million people.
LEMON CURING.
Mr.. ]. p. Reasoner of this city. whose
| plan for lemon curing has been noticed
several times, is negotiating for pet
ent on his process His attorneys at
| Washington are looking after his inter-
ests, and they have lately sent him
medal of genius. If he does not secure
the patent he will endeavor to have the
| local raiSers organize and cure their
! lemons according to his process, which
he guarantees will insure them against
! the loss of even percent. Mr.. Reasoner
has been exhibiting some of the lemons
cured by him, among them specimen
| which was picked from the tree last
| December and is today in fine condition.
AS yet the gentleman has not made
known his peculiarly successful method.
BREVITIES.
Twelve members of company Of this
! city joined the Los Angeles company OF
! the N G.. c. at their encampment at
| Santa Barbara. They were Sergts. Lip
pencott and Brooks, Corp. Thayer, Mus
iclan Jones and Privates Windham.
Lacey, Lewis, Jones' Armstrong, Clark.
Fall and Holcombe
The first anniversary of their mar
| rage was celebrated at their home on
| Addella avenue Friday evening by Mr..
and Mrs. Geo w. Dugger. The guests
were Rev. and Mrs. j. A. Wood, Mr. and
, Mrs. +. d. Stevens, Rev. and Mrs Clark
| Crawford and Mrs. Carrie Barnhardt.
The U. 0. A. Nj. celebrated their first
anniversary at G. A. r. hall Friday
evening. The hall was prettily decorated
and the spehkerof of the evening was State
! Councillor Fairbanks. Other speakers
were Hon. C. NJ. Simpson, Judge Nc
| Comas and eX-State Councillor r. H.
! Williams. Refreshments were served
and the remainedr of the evening spent
socially.
Mrs. Caldwell and daughter, Maud
and Eva Mott, of Henrietta court re-
turned yesterday from Long Beach,
Geo. Frost went to Catalina yesterday.
w. A. Clark went to Long Beach yes
| terday afternoon.
Miss Alma Barnett has returned, after
two weeks stay at Long Beach,
Mrs. ]. f.. Omstead returned yester-
day from Long Beach, where she has
! been for q week