The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-20
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/ other people were served de noticed that
/ the young lady was very cross and snap
I pish, especially 10 a poor old wonsn-
When his turn came he handed in MS dis
patch signed Norfolk" The operator
threw it back TO him. Put your name.
/ she snapped What Is your asme. any
way?' Il have signed il. said the Duke-
But the young person reJoined- Non
/ sense. We don't want the name oE
| country. We want a mans name. Hurry
/ up" Il will trouble you for another
! blank. please" SAID his grace, with studi-
/ Gus polteness. He filled Up the fresa
/ form as follows: Permanent Secretary.
G.. p. O.. LondGSs Clerk at this Office ex-
/ ceedingly inSOlent to the public Repri-
mand severely. Discharge on second COM
plant. The Postmaster General As the
Duke handed this dispatch 20 the girl ne
/ remarked: This Will go free. as II :
official" She read ii through, then look
I ed ready 10 faint. When she hal rec0v-
cred her voice she begged pardon so peni-
! tentIy that the Duke. after giving her
some fatheriy advice. tore up the te'e-
gram. lifted his hat and eourtsous'y left
her 10 her reflections.
| The sacred city of East India is Bsnares.
/ and the tourist who visits this mecca OF
/ the Hindoos VIII carry away with him
memories OF as unique place as II IS the
! lot OF either American or European 20 vis-
/ it, As the first streak Of dawn breaks n
/ the east the sojourner at Bsnares is
awakened by the beating OF gonss and the
yelling by the Hindco pO2uiace CT sat-
Ram" Opening his bedroom window,
! the visitor sees below him hundreds OF
/ Hindoo men and women dressed in the
peculiar Indian fashion. Some are going
10 the great holy dam 10 perform their
morning ablutiOns; others wno have com
t,.T- II hot lfa-r hair xrgr 70 ha
various Hindoo temples crying out the
name of their favorite god and beating
brass gOngS. The sight witnessed on the
/ streets OF this city q sunrise is \ never
/ tO-be-fOrgOtten one. Human beings, mon
keys and tame sacred bulls make IL next
| to an impoSsibility for the stranger TO
/ pass along. At first one imagines that
great circus mas arrived in the city. The
monkeys. sacred to some god OF other and
I of every size and description, thrust Their
/ hairy hands into the baskets Of the pass
/ ers-by and into the windows Of the con-
fectiOner, taking whatever they can. Not
/ a murmur is raised nor a protest i O.f5r-
ed in fact. the Hindoo believes IL 10 ne
/ a piece of rare good fortune for HIM dur
ing that day if one of the monkeys or
bulls VIII only appropriate some 0f the
! contents of his basket or store. The bulls
roam at Will in the market places.
| tramphng vegetables under their feet and
/ eating the choicest that the market can
afford. Instead of beating the bulls of
I their products the H!ndoo al the time
/ sits as an Egyptian mummy. with never
+ sign of disapproval To object would
mean the breaking of his caste. and caste
To the Hindoo is dearer than all else on
I earth. After the visitor has gone 4 short
. distance from his hotel he comes 20 one
of the great Hindoo temples. with gro
/ tesque carvings OF Notwithstanding gods
and animals adjoining the exterior, while
on the inside a perfect bedlam is going
on. At the temple. as on the streets. are
hundreds OF sacred monkeys. who rush
pell-mell over the vast edifice, stealing
| whatever they can lay their hands on.
/ and emitting ear-splitting screeches at in
| tervals. Gongs are beaten, HindOo priests
| come out and go through clownish per-
| fOrmances, and the worshipers make the
atmosphere sitting with the burning OF
! sacred wood. For hours each day this
mode of worshiping is carried on. Woe to
the HindOo who raises his hand against
either bull or monkey. for. though these
/ animals viCiously attack him. ne would
be ostracised from his race forever.The
1 tourist leaves the great holy city Of
| Benares with the feeling that il is far
better to be a bun or monkey there than
human being.
MIS-. catherine hOSlindNeF. LNe VIE OF
our esteemed citizen, Mr.. j. g. kostmayer.
| No. 2023 Baronne street, says the New
Orleans States, returned 10 the city Sat
/ urday evening from Jackson, Miss. Upon
: the outbreak of the epidemic of prevailing
fever at Jackson, Miss, Mrs. kostmayer.
learning that Rev. T. 5. Faster. of the
Baptist Orphanage at that place, and sew
eral of his charge had been taken down
{ with fever, like a true heroine, and in
great contrast with the panic-stricken in
habitants of the Mississippi capital, who
fed like a drove of Wild Texas steers upon
the announcement OF the infection, with
true religious and humanitarian feeling AT
once volunteered and proceeded 10 Jack
son TO nurse and protect the stricken ones
il the orphanage at that place, and nov.
I since cold weather has put a quietus on
the sickness, there being no further ne
! cessity for Mrs. Kostmayer remaining
she returns 10 her husband and family in
this city.
Telephone girls VIII soon all be clad in
special uniforms. the same as nurses and
I mattresses. and dusty skirts are 20 blame.
II has been found advisable in the gov
eminent telephone exchange in Sweden
to make all the girls wear a special uni
form, the idea being TO have them wear
a different dress from that worn on the
street. Long experience has demons trait
ed that the dust particles which are sure
TO become engaged in the soft materials
of wOmen's dresses get into the instru-
ments, resulting IN a disturbances of the
service. 1t is reported that the Vienna
telephone authorities are about 70 en-
[ force this rule also, and in our Own cOur-
try one Of the largest western exchange -
has observed the same practice for some
time past.
In its endeavors to meet the expenses OF
the war. said 20 De 2,00o. 0o00o pesetas
$500 0c5etO the Spanish government has
issued a stamp CT mourning, for use Oh
all inland mail. Il s printed 10 som5re
black, and is OF the denomination OF cent
&c pesetas 4 cent?. The inscription
"Impo. De Guerra" and "is5Sso' are al
the top and bottom. with : Cent" "a =
vertical oval in the centre. The govern
ment has frequently issued stamps o. this
kind for voluntary use but such IS not the
case with this one. The mourning stamp
must be affixed 10 every piece of NAL
matter in addition 20 the regular postage
stamp; otherwise It viii not be delivered.
The sarco7haEus for the late Prince Bis
narck. which the Kaiser has ordered the
sculptor BeEas % execute. Will be o. an
elaborate character The itte-slzeG rgure
OF the mighty chancellor NIL. with bare
4teetl, res % * aA-ilft- IA --i- Ai44aalll
a cuirsssier. t1e body parity covered win
me German fsg. Beside the pedestal q
6oz viii watch-the symbol q fidelity. IN
4 niche above the s.irc02hasus il seated -
weeping woman. typify.ug Geruany's cor
-oH. Or The right b the statge % q mar
representing stTengta. on the left dggra
OF justice carrying a sword
An interesting cermoay has sast taken
r,fa~- ~ pa~e-r.r In Irelr T. f-a ure--