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The P6sT OFFICE THIS WAS tE Ho1E

earth Among them are millions who
always go to bed hungry. and i'll the SlumS
here are people who count their bits to see
whether they will have enough for the
morning. At the same time Calcutta has
It's fashionable residence quarters. the
homes Of The British. where moneI- flows
like the Gangcs and fortunes are spent Ill
ore season.
| wish could show YOU the better
parts OF Calcutta 1t is city Of
palaces. with immense parks and wide
open spaces. 1t covers about much
ground as Chicago in proportion 20 its
size. running along tho Iiooehly with the
great suburb Cn the opposite bank. The
city has lakes and lawns. botanical and
geological gardens and public park
known as the Madam. which RIMS
through the fashionable quarter At the
beginning of this is the palace OF the
vtccroy. mansion as snowy as newly
Stacked line and several miles beyond it.
at the opposite end. is the big house of
the lieutenant general OF Bengal. Both
surrounded by beautiful grounds.
and the latter has a banyan tree surpass-
ed only by that in the geological park of
which, perhaps. YOU haye beard.
The Madam is bordefad, with club
houses and mansions. The most fashion
able homes Of Calcutta Tool; olit upon it
and it forms the social heart of the city
1t has a race track with II two-mile course
in which now and then pol" matches are
played and also tennis courts and grounds
for cricket and golf. The band always
PLAYS Their" of an evening and the people
come forth and drive about in handsome
turnoutS The ViceroN and Lady Mimic
may sometimes be seen in their carriag es
with their retinue and with native SOL
diers as outriderS There are other Off
cials and also rajahS with cOachnen and
footmen in livery. There are Europeans.
ParSeeS and many Eura slams. Every one
rides in his carriage ard every carriage
has its livcried coachmen and footmen.
The coachman is usually a bearded man
with turban and gown: he is always bare
footed. The fOotman either stands the
step behind the carriage or Squats down
there and holds on. The latter position is
precarious. and I often wonder why the
man is not iolted out in going over q gut
tor rut in. the road. IN addition 10
such turnoutS there many automo-
bileS. There are eight hundred III the city
and the most ] have seen are touring cars
which at home would cost several thou
sand dollars apiece and which go like the
wind. Do YOU wonder that the hungry
l1ind0o whose lean SlankS have tn fly to
get out of the way is mad when he con-
trasts his condition with that of the man
in the car?
He feels the same when he compares
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these precautions. he would have been
poisoned lorg ago.
When not with his wife the ex-shan
spends most Of his time looking from IL
bow window in one of the reception
rooms, whence there is a magnificent
view OF the sea. He sits there for an
hour at time. saying nothing. but gaz-
ing sedWard, as though he expected Lis
ueHNefance to come from that direction.
80 Tar, however, it has brought nothing
% the KIND. Rather, it seems 10 be USED
as means CO sending him more spies
For instance. hitherto the Persian consul!
AZ ODESSA was Russian, kindly disposed
toward Mahmud Ali. whom he treated
with respect. and whom he refused to spy
upon He has now been replaced by a
Persian. who is an avowed enemy CT the
eX-shah. and who has express orders
from Teheran to see that he makes no
friends among the Russians.
His wife. who. they say. spends hours
weeping for her two sons left behind
in Persia. sends Princess Ziba into the
town to buy warm clothing. which she
sends to Teheran for her sons. She
them. they will catch cold during the
severe Persian winter. 1t IS one of her
great griefs that the government for
shah. WHO is her eldest son and only
ten years old. He is not allowed to
communicate with his parents; but they
have news of him through friends who
write to Princess Iiba and know that
the words most frequently on his lips
are: II don't want to be shah. ] only
want to be with my parents and broth
ers. Send me TO them.
Americans have heard SO much about
the cruelty of the PcrSians that 1t will
probably surprise them TO learn that
Mi is most devoted husband
and father and that his son is so at
tached 10 him that he would far rather
share his exile in Odessa than bc shah
in Teheran. Never was there more
affectionatc or united family.
In addition To the little shah. whose
name is Sultan Ahmed. Mahmud Ali has
three sons and "A daughter. one who
is nine years old and has been pro-
claimed crown prince by the new gov
eminent. is in Teheran, because the
fears that if he leaves
Persia he will in Il short time find his
way to Odessa. The other three chill
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Another source OF ANXIETY is his
cook, whom re cannot trust. But the
COO; v as also chosen by tl3.. now govern
neni |ttn the express desire that he
should not -" dismissed Poisoning is
nearly as common in Persia today as it
used to he in Italy in the middle. ages
80 II rs not surprising that Nahmud Ali
gets so nervous about his rice. and NUT
ton that when il comes TO the table
he refuses IL touch it,
The writer heard rather n patHetlc
story from official VINO does what he
can 10 brighten the ex-shahS life His
wife, who. by the way. has not gone out
in the fresh ain since her arrival at
Odessa. has a faithful friend in Princess
Iibs Hannen- This lady. a Persian by
birth. was sent to n school in Russia
while quite little girl. where she learned
Russian. French and German On her
return to Teheran she became attached
To the person Of the sultana. and in spite
Of protests from the new government
managed to follow her royal mistress into
exile. AS she is the only woman in the
suite who knows Russian WAYS and can
60 about without a veil. she is OF i'm
Incnse service to the Sultana. She goes
into the town. buys rice and some simple
timed provisions, takes them into tie
suitana's quarters without being aueS-
toned 1T the door and she and the sui
tana cook meals for the eX-shah. When
those prepared by the cook appear, they
GOT rid Of by the prln ccSs. To avoid
suspicion i'm the kitchen, and the uteu-
sils are sent down to be washed. II rs
the cxshahs belief that. were ii not for
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Ma aiuud Mi. until about year ago
Shah OF Persia, and even now So &C
knowIedgcd by many o. his former sub
@ian government. acting under the czar :
orders. has furnished a house for him
and installed him there with suite OF
thirty persons. Besides these, he is ac-
"ompanicj by his wife-he has only one,
a. whom he is very fond-Melike-i-Dje-
han. She is the daughter of prince,
and her children have, therefore, the best
tight Ia tire throne-according TO Persian
IA Of succession.
The life OF this eastern potentate and
lis family and suite is somewhat curious
KS the new government in Terehan con-
iscated all his private property, and al
lows linn the mere pittance of $4,000 a
year 10 keep his household and educate
the three children who are with him,
he is rather badly off: but he dare not
send his suite away. because they have
been chosen by the new government,
which says:
so long as you behave yourself. and
de- as we WISH your allowance will be
continued. Put the moment YOU become
estive we shall cut il off, and you and
your children will be Cast on the bounty
of the Russian or any other government
that feels inclined TO keep YOU
So Nahmud Ali. who knows how DIS
agreeable II would be To- go abe gging in
other lands. bows his head and keeps
silent. Il want to see nobody and speak
tu nobody he said sorne days after his
arrival AT Odessa: and except for a few
high officials. who arc very kind To him.
he has kept his word. He lives a most
secluded life As the climate is much
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Hard Lines.
p NIIARp CROKER. the da, before
- he sailed for England Saia 10

p ltHARD CROKER. the day before
~ he sailed for England, said 10 q
New York reporter:
The day of tile boss l. over. The
American people Will never again con-
sent 10 trust its entire political future to
one man. This. | think. is wis" ana
good thing for the American people. but
Tor the boss 1t is-Iike the piano story
the height of misfortune
y nervous litterateur il the hero OF
the piano story. He could neither sleep
nor work If there was the least noise
Well. the poor fellow secured one GAY
commission for 10.,to-wor,l story
from a magazine, and rushing home he
tore off his coat and set 10 work.
but sound that he had been scarcely
conscious of at first beanie insistent aud
maddenng in the silence of his study
- What he shouted 10 his wife. is
that Internal noise?
g The people in the next fiat was the
reply. have gone to the country for A
week and left their electric piano turned
on.
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great unrest which | have come to de
scribe.
Do YOU know what India is? The
country appaIs me. ii * so big, SO varied.
and. witilai. SO strange. If you could
lift Hindustan up and lay ii upon North
America, with one end at Seattle it
would reach as far cast as Montreal and
its lower apex would hc ve,lSed into
the Panama canal. From north to south
India Is as lone as from the middle of
Hudson bay, to the Gulf of Mexico and
from east to west il measures 2.5oo miles
The land IS one of extremes The
llimalaNas on the north are covered with
perpetual SHOWS, and the icy wastes
about Mount Everest are colder than
the frozen chambers of the Buddhist
hell. The plains below lie i'm the tropics
and they are sometimes as hot as
the burning deserts Of Australia where
Mark Twain SAYS they feed the hens ice
To keep them from laying boiled eggs.
India is the Wettest land ,pon earth and
the drest. II has provinces. such as
Bkaner. where it does not rain for thir-
teen months in succession and other places
where 1t hours ali the time. There are
localities in the Himalayas where six
feet of water have been known to fail
in the space of twelve months
The country is one of great deserts and
mighty rivers. of soils which have been
cultivated since the dawn of history and
of wastes which the pillow Of man has
never turned. Physically speaking it is
world.
1t is also world from tie standpoint
of humanity. It ia one of the most
crowded parts of the globe II has three.
tunes as many people as the United
states and farming localities where there
are more than one man to the acre.
Altogether India has more towns and
villages than there people in Boston.
Baltimore o. ST. Louis. and i: has cities
OF large size the names of which we
hardly know. The greater Calcutta in
Guiding the suburbs aud nearby towns
IS as large as greater Chicago. Bonn
hay is bigger than Boston, and Madras
equals Cleveland in size The popuia-
ton is rapidly growing. It has increased
:r.o00.p1s within the past thirty years
and is now 3.1.'po0Jo all told.
India is not like China in that il is
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for the last fifty years. They have in
closed it in network of railroads. water
cd its deserts with irrigating canals, low
cred its taxes and made two blades of
grass grow where one grew before They
have brought order out of chaos and
peace ont of discord. They have begun
to make men of those who when they
took hold of the country few genera
tions ago. were but little better than
beasts. They have given them schools
and stirred them up TO think and
plsn for themselves and now the Indians
are ready TO bite the hands that have
helped them. This is one phase of the
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Modern Romeo and
Juliet Die Together
ROME. NAY Il. 1910

ROME, May ~, 1910.
THROUGH the open window OF the
= chamber of the dead breathed the
glorious sprinstimc of the Roman
Campagna.
Two nuns prayed a the foot Of the
bed.
Beautiful in her shroud lay Vittoria
Agapoor. who had been a great poetess
before she became the blooming wife
Of Guido Pompili, Italian statesman.
whom Rome has sent three times TO
parliament and the king chosen twice
Tor ministerial Offices.
She was the daughter of the late
Persian minister to Rome and Vienna.
but by a legitimate Italian wife: and
the same teacher as FogaZzaro author
of The Saint"-with d AnnunZio the
Italian writer best known to English
readers.
He was of the great historic family
of Browning's heroine.
Their love was noble and intense. In
its exaitation. they had made no pact
of suicide: but neither could ina CINE
life continuing without the other. once
she was heard to say: What, me let
Guido 20 out into the dark alone"
could not"
Three weeks ago. when she fell sud
denly i'll. the doctor pronounced. low
the terrible word: cancer. Guild" was
in despair Round the beloved ono
powered III I've SpfuiS fjVNetS VI Tue
Villa Fampreci. the cancer specialists
Of all Europe gathered at his appeal.
Some of the most remarkabl" opera
tions ever known were performed.
Yet the cancer gained ground with
terrible rapidity. At her window. open
on the wonderful Campagna twilight.
Vittoria said, weak and low. to Guido:
Play for me upon the organ. While
he played, there came q great cry from
the nurses She was dead
Friends tried TO keep watch on Guido
They had extorted from him
a promise not to try to see the dead.
He could not keep that promise.
At dawn. the two nuns praying d tho
foot of the he'd. half sleeping with
fatigue, looked up and saw Nittoria's
usba nd bending over her. They heard
him whisper: Wait, | am coming
but. innocent of heart, they thought
such words quite natural
But Guido Pompili, in the next room,
TRANQUILITY made his will and put two
bullets in his brain.
On the table was letter to his
sister in law. 1t said simply: II have
kept my word.
STERLING HELLO.
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The Wheat Ears.
EDWARD III. CRrMP. mayor of

EDWARD III. Cru NIP. mayor of Mem
Il phis, praised, in recent address.
those charities that send slu,n chill
dren TO the country in the hot weather
The pale, lean urchins of the sIums."
said Mayor Crump, SHOW in quaint WAYS
how strange they are to the country and
its charms.
Thus a little country weaker nm
leaving the train at Green Willows ran
ahead of his companions over the meal
ows. He soon came running back again
shouting eXcitedely:
HEY. fellers, come here. quick, Here.
a field of shrimps.
The field to which he pointed was
planted in wheat"
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Fine for Tabby.
MIDDLE-AGED maiden

A MIDDLE-AGED maiden out Eek
ington way possesses d cat that is
the light of her eyes. Life is grey mis-
ehy when household duties compel her
shopping far from the adored tabby
But love has found a way. She has
built two little bags. one of wooden for
ket: the other of netting mesh for
warm weather. In each she has crot-
chetted or quilted. or however women
work such things, a neat circular win.
dow for light and comfort.
Any day she may be seen in the shop
ping district. smiling, for hanging at
her belt is a bag from which Il comfort
able cat looks contemptuously out upon
q walking word and placidly views the
passing show
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A Free Operation.

I&HR DOZEN fought duel with a
l. Releian while | was on the Ri
Vicra'' said Chicago surgeon. You've
heard of Doyen? His latest is 4 serum
that increasing ten-fold the energy of our
white blood corpuscies, wards off old age
well, We gave him, we sawbones, a
supper at the Cercle de la Mediterranee I'm
Nice after his duel. He won the duel, you
know. And in his after-supper speech he
told MS how he had said to the Belgian.
as he ran Sim through:
'.'You lucky dog. Ia charge any other
man ;0.NU francs for an abdominal in
cision like this. And yet, by Jove. you
don't look oycrpeased,
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made up OF one race Of the same color
ana features. with the same language.
religion and customs. II is composed %
score of nationaliteS and of many
religions and castles that they can hardly
he numbered. There are tribes here which
look like our American Indians. other;
which resemble Chinese. scattering places
where the people have blue eyes and
brown hair, and many localities where
their skins black Negroes.
There more races i'll Hindu$tan than
OH the continent nf Europe. and as 10
tongues there are something like 100 Gif
ferent dialects. and languages are spoken
by millions which are not understood BY
the others.
As 10 religions. India has more strange
GODS than any continent upon earth
There is no place where the faith
of the people SO varies and none where
man s belief means more to himself and
his family. The religions so strange
that book as big as four-oollar Bible
might be written about them and not tell
il all. India has 2pb.,sUttn HirdooS di
vided up into castles. many of which NUM-
Der millions. II has more Mohammedans
than the Sultan of Turkey has subje cts,
and about 9.GtpH0 EuGdhists.
In addition I" this there are several
million Sikhs. more than II million Jams
and i'll the neigtborhuod of lUpt00 Par
sees, who believe in the faith OF Zorro
astcr worshiping fire. There among
the aborigineS of the baCkWoods nature
WOrShiperS known az AnimstS to the
number Of S,00a.oto and moro: they be-
ieve in spirits and witchcraft and offer
bloody sacrifices to their devil-like gods.
There are also $4,000 Jews and 3.Coo. geo
Christians Of various sects. 1t surprises
re to find so many Christians in India
They are mostly Roman Catholics and
HISTORIANS. although there are Method
lists, Raptists, PTesbyterians and other
branches of the Protestant faith I see
that Bishop Thoburn says that there are
now about a million of native Protestant
CHRISTIANS and that the Chrisf;a n popula-
ton has Increased $4,000 in the space of
ten years. Our missionaries arc alive and
they are doing great good.
Calcutta is one Of the cher seats o.
Inc Unrest | do not wonder a it There
Is no place where the difference of CON
ditions is more pronounced These Hin
zoos are among the poorest nnoples on
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NneCdOfe3 Concerning
Well-knOWn peODIp
Twain at Chevy Chase.

"WHEN Mark Twain came to WASH
inSton TO try and &c; a decent
copyright law passed, a repre-
sentative took him out one afternoon to
Chevy Chase" said a CORES pendent.
Mark Twain refused play golf him
self. but he consented to walk over the
course ard watch the representative s
strokes.
The representative was rather duffer.
Tee-ing off. he sent clouds of earth fly
ing in all directions. Then. TO hide his
confusion, he said to his guest:
." What d" you think of our links here.
Mr.. Clemens
" Best ! ever tasted, said Mark Twain.
as he wiped the dirt from his lips with
his handkerchief.
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A Costly Attachment.

A I the knickerb"cker Club in New
y York a clubman said of the caustic
wit of Freddie Gebhard:
a young millionaire last winter paid a
good deal Of attention to beautiful ac-
treSs / pointed them out to Goddard one
evening as they supped at the St Regis
HE seems devoted TO her, doesn't he?'
said How long do YOU think it will
last"
".Oh, about sixty thousand dollars.
said Gerhard.
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CSTABLISHED !. \ Mean
l. House in Odessa. He
Dare Not Discharge the At
tendants Chosen for Him by
the Revolutionary Govern
ment, and He Fears That He
Will Be Poisoned by His
Doctor or His Cook-Meals
Prepared in the Kitchen
Thrown Away Untouched.
and He Eats Only Food Pre-
pared by His Wife and
Faithful Woman Retainer
Furious at a Snub From the
Car, Who Refused to Re-
ceive Him, He Seldom Goes
Abroad, and Will Not See
Observation-Disclosures Grief for
the Sons From Whom She Is
Separated.
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Loved His Work.

THE Secretary Of Agriculture. ia an ad-
dress in Washington, said of farm
ing:
The successful! farmer loves his work
Every detail of * interests him. Thus
Squire Plowlands proved himself a Door
theologian bur grand farmer when he
met. one Sunday morning, his tenant
Hodge.
Where have YOU been. Hodge, said
the squire
I've been TO church, sir. Hodge re-
Piled.
What was the sermon about Hodge,
IT was sonnet ming about Joseph going
down to Egypt to buy corn, squire
The squire frightened.
= Did the parSon say what corn is
worth down there" he asked"
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his hove! to the mansions the aidau
and the biz government buildings of
the British officials. TIE mansion
where Lord Mimic holds forth is of about
TIN. sam" age as the White House at
ashington. 1t is far more ma gnificent
and its surroundings have ten times the
style. West of it is the town hall, IL
Doric building which was finished under
the Instructions OF this viceroy.S grand
father in 1913, ard near that the mag
nihceut buildings of the high courts.
which compare in size with those "f our
government DEPARTMENTS at Washington.
Another fire structure IS the post office,
W Mich faces the lake IN DalhoCSie Square.
| went through il today. and l came
ont I stopped at the corner and read on
tablet the following:
The marble pavement below this spot placed
here by
Lord Curzor vireroy and Governor General
OF India. in 1901,
To mark the site OF the prison in Old Fort
william known as the Black Hole
were confined tn" night of the 2oth
jun. 1885. and from which
only ~ came out aitve.
The pavement marks the exact dinen-
sinns of the prison aud near 1t is a.: ODE
lfsk erected by one of the SURVIVORS
The Black Hole is a monument of one
of tho mos! terrible tragedies of the
I-nrest of India loo years ago. The
ma bob. or native ruler. ordered the in
generation OF these victims ana then
drank himself OFF to sleep. The l46
british who We're thrown in We're largely
officials They were driven at the point
of the sword into dungeon twenty feet
suh:arc 1t was in the heat of the trop-
icaI summer. and the alrhoies We're
small In short time they gasped tor
breath They cried for mercy and tried
10 break down the door. Then they Of
fered brides to their jailers, but the only
answer was that the nabob was asleep.
and he would he angry If awakened. Inc
diving then fought for places at the win
dows, and raved and prayed and sWore.
while their iaiIers held lights at the
bars and laughed. When the day broke
the nabob. having slept off his spell or
dered the door TO be opened. Of the lag
all bat twenty-three were dead. and the
living were So far gone that they We're
barely able to stasger from the charnei
house Today that tragedy is remem-
bercd with horror.