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Az rurli.nuoEss-rrooc rIouse.

Col Henry E. c. Kitchener, Lord
Kitchener's eldest brother who resign
ed from the British army several years
ago TO become a banana planter in ia
maica, is now in England purchasing
material for the construction of an
earthquake-proof house on the ''Kitch-
in the suburbs of Kingston was badly
damaged by the earthquake. He has
decided to build a house with walls
composed of rows of drain pipes placed
on end and filed with cement, with
layers of cement between, with a cas-
ing Of cement on the outside and thin
wood inside He declares that this
combination will resist any earthquake
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nglish first entered Hindustan

in the person of the famous East India
Company originally chartered by Queen
Elizabeth, Dec. 81, 1900, and which
started with a capital of f72,000 or
100000. 1t had monopoly of the
trade in tea, pepper, spices, drugs, cal
icos, silks and diamonds. Its business
was greatly interfered with by the in
cessant little wars, and it had to MAIN
tain standing army of its own. AS it
was a superior Government to anything
else in the country it rapidly extended
its influence over the other little States,
carried on considerable wars with the
native rulers. in which rose to celebrity
such men as Warren Hastings, Lord
Clyde, the Duke of Wellington, John
Lawrence and others. It's rule was ex-
tended over nearly the whole country,
but brought to an end by the great Sc
poy rebellion of 1857. The outbreak
was precipitated by issuing to the Ma
hometan troops the new Enfield rifles,
with the creased cartridges, lard being
an abomination to the Mahometans. The
British officials and Generals had also
been entirely too contemptuous of the
sacred caste of the Hindus, and char
acteriZed their feeling upon this sub
ject as .'beastly prejudices." A number
of Sepoys who had refused to handle
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that cloth made from cotton grown in
India, spun and woven on the looms OF
Manchester, can be sold cheaper in the
bazaars than the same material made
by the native on his hand loom. Thus
not only have the old industries de-
clined, and the beautiful Indian fab
rics become very rare, but no new ones
are starting up, nearly everything that
the Indian uses being imported from
some other country rather than being
manufactured at home.
Hinder Agriculture.
Closely connected with the Industrial
condition, indeed a part of it, is the
agricultural. over half the population
of India are farmers, yet the pages of
her history are full of famines tragic
story. Cheap as is the national food,
millet, and plentifully grown as it is,
when the rains fail, so often the case
in that country, dire disaster follows
in the failure of the crops and the ter
rible suffering of the poor people.
Farming. like the industries being in
the hands of the uneducated class, mod
ern methods, irrigation, etc, are not
practiced, probably unknown, and of
the total area capable of cultivation in
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PRlES-RIDDEN
HIND[ISTAN.
Continued from page one. }

occupied by them, and where they rep
respent the business activity. The men
| of this race are of a light olive color,
with a fine aquiline nose, bright black
eyes, well formed, active and remark
ably intelligent. The women are deli
cate in physique, with fair complexions,
small hands and feet and beautiful
black eyes. The Parsee men have al
ways treated their women much better
than other Asiatics. allowing them to
appear freely in public, and leaving to
hold affairs. The Parsees are charac-
teriZed by their benevolence. being con-
cp:cucusly connected with philanthrop-
ic work, for their hospitality and So
ciability They are exceedingly fond of
good living, and spend a great deal of
money in providing all sorts of luXuries
for the table.
Industries Formerly FlOurished.
In the old days, before the regime of
machinery, the Industries of India, tho
in the hands of the inferior class, were
in a hourishing condition. From the
earliest periods up to quite recent times
the wonderfully beautiful Indian fab
rics were highly priced by the world,
and thru the medium of the East India
Company distributed everywhere. Now,
however, cheap as labor is in India, it
cannot compete with the machine, and
textiles. instead of being the important
export they once were, are now India S
principal import. 1t has been found
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ity of the country, but has had to act
with the greatest prudence in combating
the vicious teachings of religion. 1t
succeeded in stopping the burning OF
widows. but the prevention of child
marriages has so far bafiled II. 1t has
tried hard to awaken a sense of public
responsibility in the people, and fit
them for self-government. but has had
to struggle all the time against the
prejudices, particularly of caste. among
the people. 1t began to build railroads
in 1850, and in 1900 there were 2i.G6S
miles in operation. 1t has paid great
attention to irrigation and built enor-
nous irrigation works. by which there
are now 31,544, 200 acres irrigated, or
one-seventh of the total crop area. The
Government canals now have mileage
of 12,333,731. I've intelligent Hindus
are wisely cogn.z1nt of the value of
British protection. and have no thought
of breaking away from the Empire. All
they want is an increased measure OF
home rule.
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English cartridges were put in prison,
when the whole force broke out in mu-
tiny, liberated their comrades ami pro-
ceeded to massacre the Europeans
wherever found. The English officers
at first failed to act promptly, but when
the extent of the uprising was seen they
planned wisely and executed with the
highest courage. After the rebellion
was suppressed the British Government
took over the government of the coun-
try into its own hands, and has since
governed wisely and well, doing an I'M
mense amount for the development of
the country, the improvement of it's
sanitation to stop the terrible plaques,
to improve agriculture, increase the
productiveness of the country, and to
secure against famine by building lines
of railroad to carry foodstuffs from The
prosperous regions to those which were
desolated by drouth. 1t has done every
thing possible to promote the prosper
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Net So Bad as Represented.

T L. Records, Moose Jaw. Sasllatche-
wan, Canada, says that he is up there
near the north pole, but does not find it
as bad as he had been led to believe.
On the contrary. there are mild and
genial days much the same as he has
known in southern Minnesota and north
ern Iowa Heavy frosts and freezes. said
10 have ruined the grain in Canada, arc
a fiction. While the harvest was three
weeks later than usual, it pulled thru
all right, with thousands of bushels OF
No. l wheat being marketed daily in
Moose Jaw. He thinks that is a good
country for one VINO wants new home,
and particularly to retrieve the errors
of his past. He is rather lonely up there,
however, and would be glad If some OF
the old BOYS would write to him. or, still
better. move up there and keep him
company. lie belonged TO the 10Th Ind
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MoHAMN1ED> AMERICAN SCHOOL SOUTH
INDIA.

in India Now, thanks to England,
they have a common language, which is
a tremendous step towards fitting them
for a comprehension of the politica!
situation and the real needs of their
people. English is now taught in al
the schools and colleges thruout the
Empire, is the official and isbfast be-
coming the commercial language. Great
numbers of young men are every year
being sent to Japan, Europe and Amer
lea to study agriculture, engineering,
applied arts and Sciences the, scientific
and industrial having entirely supplant-
ed the literary and phifesophic in the
education of 1ndia's youth to-day.
India has been a great country. Two
of the four world religions Were born
there. In philosophy, art and literature
she has hardly been surpassed by any
Nation. Her people may be proud of
her past, and on its rninS build new
India which shall far 6utshine the
greatest achievements of the old.
Religious Stntistics.
The latest census gives the following
divisions by religion in India:
Sikhs ........ ........... 2,195,339
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Iigious beliefs. are also rapidly disap-
pearing, and from this disintegration OF
the old India has sprung the New In
dia, whose youthful. virile strength is
being manifested in the present unrest
and dissatisfaction. Il
There seems to be no remedy for the
feeling the Indian now .entertains to-
ward his old religion, Hinduism, which
chains its followers SO hopeleSSly to the
dark ignorant past making lit quite
impossible for low-class man 10
rise above his condition and icompete
with his social superior, cor to embrace
another Mahometanism would be
better for him. giving him greater op-
portunities, but naturally the Western
Nations think Christianity better still.
The Christian community of India, tho
small, already has great influence.
America has LOO earnest men and
women engaged in mission work there,
who have established 1888 schools of
different kinds and grades. England,
of course, is doing a greater mission
work than this, and the prospect of 4
large part of the country finally en-
bracing the Christian faith is exceed
ingly promising.
India's Future.
India is doing all she can to fit her
self for a wider political sphere. The
Indian National Congress, presided over
by a Parsee gentleman of Bombay, for
many years resident of England and
a former member of the British Parlla-
ment. tho not an official body, has had
much to do in forming public opinion
and creating new national spirit. I'm
til quite recently 16 different tongues
and more than 100 dialects were spoken
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a constant flow of about IFS cubic yards
per day. The concrete is to be mix
ture of one part cement, three parts
sand and five parts crushed stone. Bath
tubs and similar fixtures will be cast
in place, and outside and inside there
will be rich ornamentation made by
molding, which would cost immensely
if cut by hand. The only wood present
will be doors, window sashes and per-
haps a few strips to which to tack car
pets. The house which the illustration
shows is of exceedingly tasteful design,
and is what architects call the style OF
Francis ]. 1t has a cellar and three
stories with nine rooms, and walls to
be l., 10 and six inches thick in vari-
Gus parts The interior will be hand
somely decorated, making any further
ornamentation unnecessary, tho it may
be tinted or painted. Edison estimates
the actual cost of such dwelling at
$1,000, with the wear and tear on the
molds and interest on the investment
at $50 more, making a total of S1,O5O.
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RECENT LITERATURE.

The Christmas number of Scribner's
Magazine contains many rich and beau
tiful illustrations in color. notably The
Child in Fairyland," series of draw
ings by Sarah S. Stilwell, fanciful and
graceful, which is accompanied with
verses by Edith 3. Sturgis.
The December Craftsman opens with
most unusual symbolic story of the
North called THE White Woman" by
Catharine Metcalf Roof. The illustra-
tions in blue and black and white are
full of the cold beauty of the Northern
Winter; they are designed by Frances
Lea, of Paris and are a very interest
name also follows a finely critical arti-
Gle about Grieg, whom she calls Nor
ways National Tone Poet" Published
at New York City.
The Christmas number of the Century
makes an immediate impression and
appeal thru its tint and color pages;
in color, M. Sigismond de Ivanowski's
portrait of Nine. Games as AIDA anu
four exquisite drawings by Leon Gui-
pom for Edwin Markham's poem, The
Juggler of Touraine.'' itself feature to
attract attention; in tint an impress
sive drawing by Paul ]. Meyian to ac-
company Susie NJ Rests poem. Mira
Gle Dreams" and the portrait of the
first Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir
Godfrey Kneller.
Ainslee's for December is a Christ
mas number, and has a good leaven of
holiday fiction. The complete novel is
by DR.. Henry C. Rowland entitled Her
Masterpiece" Among the short stories
are The Branding of the Maverick by
Ralph Henry Barbour; 1.-The Subliminal
Sin," by Edith Macvane; 1.-THE Chauf-
feur Crook" by Robert E. MacAlarney;
The Boy and the Bishop" by Arthur
Alden Knipe; THE Silence of JIM" by
Owen Oliver. Mrs. John Van Worst has
an essay on the French Marriages of
American Women
The list of authors on the contents
page of the Popular for December is
made up of the best-known writer's OF
Instrumentation. S. Carleton's COM
plete novel, "Lastluck Lake" is a thrill
ing tale of the adventures of small
party of fortune-seekers. about a lost
gold mine in the far North. A. NJ.
Chisholm has an amusing story The
Mates Romance showing how both
the mate and the skipper are outdene
by girl Snd preacher. Bertrand w.
Sinclair's THE Yellow Peril narrates
two miners experience with a party of
Orientals. w. B. NJ. Ferguson's "Zol-
lenstein" is admirably concluded. Geo.
Bronson-Howard's The Brotherhood of
Suppression" is another of the famous
forke Norroy stories. J. X Egerton's
weapons of Women unrayels an
amazing international anarchistic plot,
with woman - the chief actor. These
are but few Of the interesting stories
to be found in the December Popular
The other stories are all as good, and
the authors equally we'll known.
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The ulbernatlrg chl,mun<, Etc.

Geo. II. Mare, Ottawa Lake. Mich,
firmly believes that the raging chip
munk hibernates. He is supported in
this belief by four Of his Old school
mates. who were raised in his iHlme-
diate neigfbOrhood While they have
the floor. they want to ask how it can
be called third term when President
Roosevelt was merely serving out the
remainder of President afcKinley's
term. If Mckinley had been killed near
the end of his Administration, would
the fraction that President Roosevelt
serve count, and if not small fraction,
why larger one?
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A FEELING OF SECURITY.

You naturally feel secure when YOU
know that the medicine you are about
to take is absolutely pure and contains
no harmful or habit producing drugs,
Such a medicine Is DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy.
The same standard Of purity,
strength and excellence Is maintained
in every bottle of Swamp-Root.
Swamp-Root Is scientifically com.
pounded from vegetable herbs.
1t is not stimulant and is taken In
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everyL
thing.
1t is natures great helper in reliev.
ing and curing kidney. liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement Of purity IS with
every bottle Of DR.. Kilmer's SwampS
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Kingdoms and Principalities the same
as they did in Europe, and these were
constantly fighting with one another,
which prepared the way for a Ma
homotan invasion about 900 years ago.
The Mahometans formed greater and
more stable Governments, and their
Provinces therefore increased in wealth
more rapidly than the others; but the
Mahometan Empire fell, and then war
began afresh between the little States,
and this was now augmented by relig-
ious differences.
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To Remove the odor of Paint.

1t is recommended to remove the
odor of paint from room to place in
the center a vessel Of lighted charcoal,
upon which has been thrown two or
three handfuls Of juniper berries. The
windows and doors are then closed, and
the smell will disappear within %
hours. This process will not injure
curtains, carpets or furnishings.
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Attention. Deaf Comrades.

Thomas T. Burton. st. Joseph, ILL.,,
wants all deaf comrades to write at once
to their Senators and Congressmen, ask
ing them to support a bill giving $50 a
month to those comrades who incurred
total deafness in service. with SAT a
month to those whose deafness is near
ly total. They have been waiting nearly
Is years for this, and it ought not to be
longer denied them.
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A PUBLIC CONVEYANCE OF INDIA.

india has outgrown her faith, and while
the heart still remains loyal the head
has broken away. The priests sternly
forbid foreign travel, remarriage OF
widows, intermarriage between the diff
ferent castes. ETC., to all of which New
India pays little or no attention. Many
of the ancient social conventions, super
stitions and practices, as well as the re-
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Wants Publicity Now.


There has been a great change IN
Mr.. Morgan's attitude toward the
agents of publicity. He knows as well
as ever how to keep his own counsel,
but he talks with the newspaper corr
respondents. In the earlier days of the
Roosevelt Administration, when Mr..
Morgan was coming here for confer
ence, he would utter no word that he
could possibly avoid. When he cams
suddenly in 1903 to confer with the
President about the antrGcite coal
strike. he emerged from the temporary
| White House on Jackson Place and
ignored all questions about his missioN
or the outcome thereof. He marched
straight away to the Arlington Hotel,
where he was stopping. When he
came out of the White House the
| other evening, Mr. Morgan tarried to
| talk with the correspondents who
awaited him, told them he had come
! to talk about financial matters with
Secretary Cortelyou. and had then gone
over to pay his respects to the Presi-
dent, discussed his plans and answered
| questions so freely that Assistant Sec
retary of State Bacon felt impelled to
tug at his elbow to get him away.
The financier was very emphatic in
| his opinion that matters are on the
mend and that he believed the Treas
ury Department and che President are
and have been doing everything pos
sible to bring conditions back to nor
NAL. He has been on more friendly
terms with the President than any 9TH
er money magnate in New York. He
has not been in accord with the Presi-
dent all of the time by any means and
the influential newspaper which he is
credited with controlling has been at
tacking the President most aggressive
| ly for many months. However on
| the whole the President and Hr. Nor
gan have been on cordial terms and
without question Mr. Morgan is a well
come visitor at the White House.
Western Dissatisfaction.
The Western Republicans. who are
lresentful because New York banks abb
sorbed the money from Western banks
and would not return 1t when badly
needed do not take kindly to Mr. Nor
gan's activities and close associations
with the President They reason that
while Mr.. Morgan may have performed
a good service in dumping millions in
TO Wall Street when a panic of great
dimensions was threatened, he received
spendid rate of interest. They also
argue that Mr.. Morgan has reaped a
tremendous harvest out of the money
stringency and that he has probably
made as much or more than he did
when he got President Cleveland's Ad-
ministration by the throat during the
hard times of the early COS. That,
too, will probably be thrashed over in
the Congressional debates of the Win
ter with the result that the general
public may be wiser as to the details
of Mr. Morgan's recent financiering.
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people. OF the Christians 1,202,169 are
Roman Catholics, with only 453,099 An
glican. The Presbyterians number but
54,294, while the Baptists have 221,04O
The Lutherans have made some head
way with 155,455 members.
The Aryans probably entered Hindu
stan as early as 1000 b. c., or about
1000 years ago. They established little
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Hindu Religion.


Many religions exist in India, but the
principal one is Hinduism. which the
dictionaries define as "Brahmanism
modified by Buddhism and other Indian
beliefs and PHILOSOPHERS" These peo-
pie having been completely under the
control of their priests for SO many
centuries, are beginning now to be rest
i've under the restraints of their reli-
gion, and no longer obedient to its COM
mands. The truth of the matter is that
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SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL.

Send to DIR. Kilmer & Co, Binghams
ton. N. Y. for sample bottle, free by
mail-it will convince anyone. You
Will also receive booklet Of valuable
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neys When writing be sure and men-
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Total tal...........,.....2s4,361,

ic'ai - Z u, Vi,ooo
1t will thus be seen that the Chris
tians after all these years of efforts
by the missionaries, number only about
one in every 800. The Mahometans
have made greater progress, and have
something over one in every five of the
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SORTING MAIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OFFICE BHoPAL

the Empire over IS per cent is left to
waste. This industrial and agricultural
condition has contributed largely to the
general unrest
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EDIsoN's CoNca----. -orsE

The Inventor at Last Gives Working De-
tails for His Improved Tenement.
Mr.. Edison has at last come out with
fuller details as to the wonderful con-
crete house which he had planned for
workingmen. His idea is to use a set
of molds costing S25,000, and made OF
cast iron, nickel-plated and polished.
Into these concrete is to be pumped
continuously by compressed air with a
two-oylinder engine, SO as to keep up
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ireland is losing one of her famous
natural wonders, the Giants Causeway,
which is being quarried. with much of
the stone sent to this country. Attempts
to restrain the despoliation by legal
process have failed since the courts
have decided that the Causeway be-
longs to company, which has the
right to do with it as it pleases.
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It has long been believed by experts
that Herculaneum, if uncovered. would
yield much richer finds than Pompeii,
but the cost of evacuation would be
much greater, and this has deferred ac-
tuaI work The Italian Parliament
has now before it bill appropriating
100000 for the purpose of removing
the little town of Resina. which is
built upon the ruins of Eerculaneum;
$4,000 year will be also appropriated
to continue the work.
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ABIG MYSTERY &: :!:s.; sy:s s::;; i &: g

abes one to what Is going directly behind him.
Get one and confuse your friends Sample and gin
oiter lsc w. Hodge. l67 Tiiary ST., Brooklyn, N Y.
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The Germans have now all the lead
ing fortresses in the Empire connected
by wireless telegraphy. and have set
all their Military Teiegraphers to pra =
ticing. 50 as 20 perfect the means Of
communication.
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The London Lancet is giving us some
timely advice upon the choice of an
overcoat 1t points out that heavy
clothing is not necessarily warm cloth
ing, but that light materials if woven
loosely and put together are better in
sulators of the heat of the body than
heavy clothing, which may be more
solid and better conductors. The
first thing to do is 10 prevent the body
from radiating its own heat. This
may be secured by relatively light
clothing. forming different layers with
air spaces between. The Lancet o2-
poses the choice of somber hues-dark
gray, dark brown, and dark black
These give up their heat much more
readily than light colors, and the polar
bear would not be able to stand the
cold as well as he does if his fur were
black instead of white.
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SCIENCE And INVENTION.
Nork Ct tie Wcrs Rusy Brains in Discovering. IrveErg and
Creating

Not man.; years ego substantially ali
of the iron was made By charcoal, and
for the better kinds of iron only char
coal was used. During the war, only
charcoal was used by the Government
In casting its great guns. Now, char
coal furnaces are very rare and in Eng
land they have wholly disappeared,
What gave the final blow to them was
the competition of American steel IN
making tin plates. Charcoal iron had
been used for tin plates, but when the
Americans began coating steel with tin,
this ended the use of iron. Now, how
ever, il is said that tin plates can not
possibly be made as well by other pro-
cesses than charcoal iron. No matter
how well the tin looks and how well
it will stand the severest stamping, and
other handling, it still has pin holes,
which can only be avoided by the use
of charcoal iron. The pin hole brings
rust and the quick destruction of the
tin.