Year: 1873

In the art OF palmistry and astr0logy. When they
City that they had nothing new to learn nom
them, they set their faces towards their home,
which was at distance OF several DAYS, tourney
had preceded them on their way. once, when
overtaken by night they lodged in house
comfort to the favored OF the gods. After an abu-
ton and severe prayer they took their meals, and
petenut and betel plant, they they retired to their
the iatigues Of the day, they heard bier OF the
East. East Hardy had the bier passed and the
voice, Daughter daughter go and inquire
Of the destination OF the dead; is it
at the other. the other with rueful
lace put his forefnger opposite his forehead
and twirled ne It round, meaning in the Indian
Before they could come to an agreement as to the
sanity OF their landady they heard the daughters
tnaton; it's heaven" This time the Pundit
Bramins stared at each other, and before
again aga heard bier carried with the usual noise
they again heard the andlady to the effect
daughter! daughter go and inquire OF the desti
nation OF the dead, Is it heaven or hell ~ This
time the daughter returned with an answer, "Ma,
the destination OF the dead is NELL" At each sue
cessve stage OF the inquiry the Pundit Bramins
stared harder and harder at each other, until they
broke down and could stare no longer. One wnis
other phe replied, II know t ID al always SO With the
gooro0s (religious masters); they always keep
something to themselves; they fear being over
knowledge OF heaven and hell they have kept TO
themselves as their sure defence" Sleep could
at the dead OF night they put the small
bundle OF clothes on their shoulders and set
back their faces TO the holy city Of Benares. Ar
OF their 0Oor0O and asked whether anything was
kept from them untaught. Receiving reply In
the negative they again searched all the manu-
scripts to find out Ii there was any lett unread,
and, finding none they got up in despair, when one
OF them said:-"l thought II so 1t Is a knowledge
word Of mouth, from one g0OroO TO the other
But never fear; somehow or other the old lady and
we VIII coax u out OF them, and yet de-
leat our proud 0ooro0." once more they
50 abruptly at midnight. Arriving there they
entered the house Of their former landlady. See
ing her seated IN the portal with entreatlng looks
they beckoned her in. Both took possession OF
her ears, and after preliminary Of hlgh-sounding
compliments on her wisdom and learning, to
the alarm OF the recipient asked her to impart to
them her peculiar knowledge OF the destination of
the dead. At the conclusion OF their learned and
most labored speech she laughed outright. The
Pdndit Bramins' faces became more ruelui. The
boys, You have learned but but not calculated; you
is simple: il the dead were goou and yrtuous
earth their destination is heaven, ii wicked and
immoral their destination Is he'll My daughter
had only to inquire the career OF the dead in the
bazaar and tell me the conclusions accordingly"
The Pundlt BramlnS elt the house sadder yet
wiser men.


The Secretary OF State and some others OF the
Cabinet remind me OF the Pundlt Bramins, who
have, like them, deved deep into the history and
politics OF their own and other countries without
having learned to put them into practice. The
people OF the United States have decided, In the
absence OF the Congress- through their other rep
resentatives-the public opinion and the press OF
the different shades and opinions-that the desti-
nation OF the Cuban shareholders Is hell. England
so averse to any further ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the
United states, IN this instance to her honor, has
spoken loud through her press that the fate OF
cuba is sealed; that the destination OF the Cuban
Shareholder Is he'll; that the United States
should hurl them In there because Spain
second outrage on humanity In future.
There cannot be two opinions in the world to the
destination OF the Cuban tyrants Yet the Secre-
tary of the State Is undecided and increduOus al
pigeon holes OF the ONCE for some old forgotten
manuscript lett unread, wherein he could find u
solution to conclusion arrived at by others In
tuitiveiy. He is porting over the volumes OF the
International laws, sees the pros and cons oil the
war, the gains and losses, in the spirit Of a mer-
chant; national honor is counted in moneys
worth; when he hears too much noise made by the
press and the people, like the Pundit BramlnS,
perhaps he puts his f0rehnger opposite HIS fore
head and wnlrls 1t round before other ministers,
meaning the uppermost story Of the nation Is not
all right. There should be deputatlon OF old la
dies sent to make the secretary sadder and
wiser man.


The English have been called nation OF shop
keepers yet, when occasions have come they nave
proved otherwise. On the contrary, they have
often proved themselves honor mad. Look at the
Afghan, the Persian, the Abyssinlan, and lastly the
Asnantee war. England can proudly put her
hands on her heart and say, Gall for honor, and
none for gain" Believe me, sir, your obedient
servant, a. PARSEE.
An American Woman Who Wants Vcn-


geance.


NEW YORK, Nov. q, 1878.