Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-25
w. B. Moses & Sons, F St., Cor. fifth.

root crops are taken out of the ground with
two-tined fork with handle only foot
long
The Hindu does everything in squatting
posture, hence he uses only Short-handled
tools. Fifty 1o~csntS would easily replace
the outfit of three-fourtfs OF. the farmers In
the empire. Occasionally there is a raja
with large estates under cultivation upon
which modern machinery is used but even
there its introduction is discouraged; first,
because the natives are very conservative
and disinclined to adopt new means and
new methods; and. what IS more important.
every labor-saving implement and machine
that comes into this country deprves hun
dreds of poor coolies of employment.
The development of the material resources
of India is slowly going on. and mechanical
industries are being gradually established
with the encouragement of the government,
for the purpose of attracting the surplus
labor from the farms and villages and en-
pioying it in factories and mills. and in the
mines of southern India, which are sup
posed to be very rich. These enterprises
offer unlimited possibilities for the sale of
machinery. and American-made machines
are recognized as superior to all others
There is also n demand for everything
that can be used by foreign population,
which in India is numbered somewhere
about million people. but the trade is con-
trolled largely by British merchants who
have lifelong connections at home, and it
is difficult to remove their prejudices or
persuade them to see the superiority of
American goods. Nevertheless, our manu-
facturers on their merits, gradually
getting footing in the market and such
men as the New FORK Export and Import
Company is sending over here will eventual
~ build up trade.
When Mark Twain was here a few years
ago he met with an experience which was
unusual for mortal man. He was the guest
of MI Tata, the Parsee merchant of whom
have spoken several times, and received a
great deal of attention. All the foreigners
Iytnnu n ty.n md hld
read his books, and there are in Bombay
hundreds of highly cultivated and educated
natives. OF course, he hired a servant. as
every stranger does, for reasons l gave you
the other day and was delighted when he
discovered native by the name of Satan
among the numerous applicants He en-
gagged him instantly on his name; no other
recommendation was necessary To have a
servant by the name OF Satan was pflvl-
lege no humorist had ever before enjoyed.
and the possibilities to his Imagination were
without limit.
And so it happened that on the afternoon
following the morning when Satan was en-
ployed Prince Aga Khan, the head of a
Persian sect of Mohammedans who is sup
posed to have divine origin and is wor-
SHIPPED as divine when he dies. came to call
on Mr.. Clemens. Satan was in attendance,
and when he appeared with the card upon
a tray Mr.. Clemens asked if he knew any
thing about the caller; IL he could give him
some idea who he was. because when a
prince calls in person upon an American
tourist 1t is considered distinguished
honor. Aga Khan is well known to every
body in Bombay, and one of the most con-
spicuous men in the city. He is great
favorite in the foreign colony, and is as
able scholar as he is charming gentle
man. Satan. with all the reverence of his
race appreciated the religious aspect of the
visitor more highly than any other, and in
reply to the question of his new master ex-
planned that Aga Khan was god.
1t was a very gratifying meeting for both
gentlemen, who found each other entirely
congenial. Aga Khan has keen sense of
humor and had read everything Mark
Twain had written, while. on the other
hand. the latter was distinctly impressed
with the personality of his caller. That
evening. when he came down to dinner, his
host asked how he had passed the day:
Il have had the time of my life,' was the
prompt reply. land the greatest honor
have ever experienced. have hired Satan
for servant, and god called to tell me how
much he liked Huck Finn"