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GRAHAM, N. p.r THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 21, 1886i
NO: 37
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY.
The locomotive whtetled, bolls rang,
i the train rushed into the. station, doors
opened, passengers Blighted and went
their various ways and Monsieur Czato
alone remained. He stood at tho win
dow of his carriage, looking at the pas
sengers, but paying no attention to the
guards who offered him their services!
, hla-cravat hung untied, his coat and vest
. were unbuttoned and his mouth was
npon as though he had been unablo to
close it since a cry of astonisnraent had
escaped him. Gradually Monsieur Czato
recovered himself sufficiently to call tho
station master, who, when he . arrived,
flid not regard with a. favorable eye theJ
- l j l. a -. . -.. :.. i 1
BKiui, uuHivijjure ab' urn n muuw,
"Be good enough to get put, sir, said
he, authoritatively. "The train goes no
further." A
"No, I shall not," said the traveler,
"until you bear witness to"
aid of the two witnesses, turned over
every article of his valise, lifted up the
uriair cushions,-'undressed and re-
"What?" cried the station master, im
patiently.
"That I have been robbed." ,
"Impossible," cried the other.
"Alas! only too possible," said M. Czato,
placing his hand at his back. "It is no
longer there." x
"What is no longer t.here?"x
"The leather case," said M. Czato witli
n sigh. "It has disappeared with 10,-
000 florins it contained.
. "Whore? When?"
"Ah, if only knew. The nionoj did
not lelong to me; I was taking it to my
employer and I owe it to my reputation,.
rm tvhie.h - lin tn t.liA lvn tiinn tlieM
has been no stain, to refuse to leave this
narriago until the robbery of which I
em the. victim has been officially re
corded. 1 beg tliat you snail summon a
commissary of nolioe and two wit
nesses."
"Very well, sir, if you insist upon it,"
paid the station miistor, whoso interest
was increasing, "I 6hall be pleased to act
is witness1 and my assistant, whom you
eee standing there, will be the second.and
luckily enough here comes the commis
sary. Tell him the facts in your case,
eir." -
Czato, in his excitement, leaned so
far out of the carriage window that a
somersault to the ground seemed a not
remote iiossibility.
"Your name, sir?" was the' commis-'
. sary's first question, when he under
stood what was required of him.
"I am called Bernard Czato and I am
fteward upon the estate of bis honor,
Monsieur Dionys Saraglqui. Yesterday
evening
Your age?" interrupted the police offi-
cor.
"I was 56 last St. George's day. Yes
tor evening---"
ligiohjried the o'ffi"?er. '
"Roman Catholic," said C;:ato, with a
nigh, thinking it very hard that he was
not allowed to tell' his own story, his
own war. -
"Married or single?"
"Last ye:ir wo had our silver wedding.
As I was saying, yesterday evening "
"nave you any children?" . ......
"Heaven has not bestowed her gifts
upon us."
"What has been stolen from you?"
"Yesterday evening," said Czato, his
voice trembling, "as we were aj dinner
(and nfline dinner it was, with no scarcity
of the best wine, for we were celebrating
with some friends my wife's birthday), 1
received a teletrram from his lordshin
telling ine he needed 10,000 florins im
mediately. I read tho telegram, and
pausing it to my wife said: 'I shall take
tne money myscit to ins lorasnip, lor l
have some business matters to commuui-
" trofce fei brail' --' --i!';
" 'Very well,' said my wife; 'but take
good caro of yourself and do not lose the ,
inonoy,' '
'".'Do not fear, my love,' I answered.
We will put the money in my leather
' case, and I will fasten it on my back.'
" 'Do not bind it too tight then,' said
ray wife, 'for you have eaten too much
and drank too much good wine, and the
pressure might do you harm.' .
"We arose from the table and I . went
Into iny office with the cashier, who was
one of our party. We went into tho
rtrong-room, into which even the cashier
only enters when ho has need of a large
sum. We took ten luuili-notes oi l.uuy
florins each and put thetnoaabyonainto
tho case. Then I undressed, tied the
leather case upon my back, and dresied
again. I shook hands with the cashier,
kisaod my wife; and drove to the rail
vrny station with two servants, who sang
songs ,pn the road to frighten robbers
away. At the ntation I engaged a pri
vate compartment, so as to escape the
risk of failing into bad company. One
of my servants carried my valise, and
they both assisted me into the railway
carriage, wishing mo a good journey as
the train moved away."
" "At lust you aro olf." said the officer,
who had been mentally writhing unUer
the tortures of Monsieur Czato i detail.
"So I Baid to myself at the time," said
the traveler, calmly. "I lay down on the
cushion and fell asleep, and only woke
up as we entered the station liere. I
felt for my leather case and it was no
longer on my back. I bad been robljed.",
"When did you go to sleep?" asked tho
station master.
"As soon as tne train started, I be
lieve." "What make you think so?"
"I heard the name of no station
called."
"Did yon awaken during the journey?"
"I don't remember having done so."
"No one touclied or came near you? "
"No one; but now I thiuk of it, I re
call a sensation ,as though a strong
draught bad blown npon me."
"Where did the draught come from? "
"From tho window, probably."
"Why didn't yon close tho window if
you do not like draught ?" .
"I remember, -and my servant can
testify, that I dil close both windows
and lowered the curtains as the train
started. Upon arriving beta, both cur
tains and window were still closed."
"How then coukl the draught have
been canaedr"
"Br the robber when be openec the
door."
m - - . : . : . 1 ' !
dressed himself, lay on his stomach look-.
ing under the scats, but all m vami
nothing was found. ;
"Do you suspect any one?" asked the
officer at last, i
"Suspect! Merciful heavens, I havo no
idea. The windows were closed and
was alone. '
"HaV cried . the officer, striking his
forehead triumphantly. "I can put my
finger on tho robber."
"You.can? Who is he?"
"The conductor." .,' '
"Impossible, cried the station mas
ter, ,
"Nothing is impossible when money is
stolen," cried the officer. "un tne lei
low he brought here."
It was quickly done, for he was still
on the platform and he became as pale
as death when the officer said to him as
be put liis hand on -, his shoulder:
"Whero aro the 1,000 florins you have
stolen?"
"I know nothing about them," tho con
ductor answered, tremblingly; Ids teeth
chattered; his knees shook. "I am inno
cent."
"So all thieves say," replied the
officer. "You will havo to como with
me. The judge will take caro of your
case." ........ "
"But," remonstrated the station mas
ter, "this man's conduct has always been
exemplary." ' .
"Exemplary conduct counts for noth
ing in a case of stolen money," said the
officer. "March on," my friend."
."But first these witnessi'3 must sign
their testimony that I have been robbed.
crl shall not leave the carriage," said
Monsieur Czato. - - .
Light came to the officer's brain; not
releasing his hold of the conductor, ho
grasped Monsieur Czato who, owing to
liis weight alii tho unexpectedness of
the invitation to alightralniost fell out
on the platform, but tho officer's grasp
did not relax.
"And you also must como with me,"
said he. - '.' ..
"I am willing; but releaso me," gasped
M. Czato, Boniewhat astonished at the
turn things were taking.
"Robbers should not bo released."
"Robbers, no! but I am not a robber."
"You may tell that to the judge."
"But I assure you that I have been
robbed," ; '
"Did the money belong toyou? asked
tho. officer, smiling confidentially. -
"No; I have already told you it be
longed to "
"With nionoy belonging to others in
the case there are no honest men. Come,
my friends, time presses; let us bo off."
" Mathias " ' Heveder "was a judge T with
modern idtas. In all branches of his
judicial career he wa3 governed by fixed
principles; he believed in utilizing tho
experienco of foreign countries and
would occasionally remark:
"The Freuchinen say when facing a
mysterious crime. 'Look for the woman!'
I go further; I say, 'Find the woman!'
and I will find her," said he, referring to
the Czato case, "for every crime has a
woman into it, and as yet, I have never
failed to find hor."
lie began by placing Czato and the
conductor in solitary confinement of the
striotest kind. It was in vain that Czato
begged him, with tears in his eyes, at
least to notify his employer who was
waiting the 10.000 florins and who would
certainly misinterpret his . steward s
silence.
"A woman is mixed up in the affair,"
eaid M. Heveder to himself; "that is cer-
ittiit, -srithtntt doubt; in uoilliecUuU wllll'
the guilty man, whichever ho may be.
It appears from the statement of Ber
nard Czato" that ho is a married man.'
I have telegraphed orders to lfave his
wifo arrested and brought here, and I
shall have her at hand to-morrow. Since
the conductor is not married, perhaps
he lias a mistress. If we can uiscover
her we shall have the two women, one
of whom is necessary to tho solution of
.the problem." '
He studied the dispatches received
from' all the stations of the line, but
only two of them 'especially attracted
his attention. From one he learned that
a switchman, a the train rushed by.had
seen a woman's hand thrust out of the
window of a second-class carriage and
had seen some dark object fall from it,
he had eveu searched for the object, but
had found nothing in the long grass.
The second telegram was of a still more
serious nature. Another switchman had
noticed the conductor, as tho train was
flying along at full speed, talking with a
woman who was leauiug out of a third
class carriage; the witness had even re
marked that some object passed from
one to the other, but was not mire
whether the woman handed something
to the conductor, or the conductor some
tiling to tlte woman.
"The case is clear," cried M. nevedor,
victoriously. "Czato is guilty or the con
ductor is guilty. If the conductor, his
'accomplice is the uuknown woman with
whom ho was seen talking, and at the
moment the switchman' eye were upon
hiin be lianded her the leather ca e. We
muet find the woman. If on the other
baud Czato is the culprit, he gave the
money either to bU wife or some other
woman and then cleverly played the
role of an injured man to divert us
piclon from himself. In this case bis
accomplice is the woman who wa ob
served to throw something fron the
window; the something was the leatlier
cyw empty."
. M. Heveder tent for th conductor and
aid to him abruptly, "Where doe your
mitress live?"
The roan, taken by surprise and fright
ened, colored, but ansvred. giving the
n.une and address. H;r name w Lotti,
And she wa a maid-servant, employed
by Mr. Adolf Bosenstock, in the street of
the Throw Drum at PeUi. M. H?ved-r
wa rigorous and prompt. Mist Lotti
was anxtnl and brought before him at
the earliest poiblr moment. TiieofrWr
in whoac ciiare she came had searched
bet room and found In a draweT 7 florin.
IS kreutzera which he bad confi&ated.
Very well," sid the magistrate, and
as the effievr rclirvd be turned to the
trembling Lotti, and looking at her
steadily, asked
"Where is the rest?" " ' " -' J
"I kiss your hand," said Lotti, crying;
"what rest?" , ' 1
"Tho 0,003 florins, 75 kreutzers," said
the judge. ' ' '
."Your honor. I do-. not 'understand,"
she said, sobbing.
"Then you refuse to confess!- Very
well, I will refresh your memory. Whero
did you come from this morning?"
"From my native village. I wenF"To
see my father."'
"And what was your conversation with
the conductor about?"
"My God!" cried Mis3 Lotti, burying
her faco in her hands. . .."
"I know all," continued the judge.
"I am not to blame," cried Lotti; "ho
has promised to marry me."
"And where did you hide tho money?"
"What money?". . -
"The stolen money," cried the judge,
Impatiently speaking louder. -
"Has he stolen, the monster? Tie who
told me he was saving, and that wo could
gst married as soon aa he had 100
florins?" ' "
"I care nothing about all that. Do not
try to deceive me, it is useloss," said
Heveder, furiously, "Whora are tho
10,000 florins?" .
"I am innocent; I know nothing,"
sobbed poor Lotti. "I only talked with
L the conductor."
"And what did- you give 1dm?" ;
' . "A kiss, sir, that is all.- r : ;
"Indeed ? We shall set)'' if to-morrow
it will still be a kiss, and until then, you
will remain in prison." ; : """
Tiie wretched girl was led away sob
birig and Czato's wife, who, unknown to
her husband, had' in the meantime nr
ri ved, . was brought before the - judge.
She was a largd woman with large fea
tures, large feet and hands and strong
lungs. Among a hundred other ques
tions she asked the judgo without giving
him any opportunity to auswor one had
his most earnest desire been to do so,
she wanted to know why sho had been
brought there, how he dared to treat tin
honest woman so arid what he TndSnt by
it? Perhnp3 he fancied he was in Russia.
"I beg you to be seated, said the
judge at lusf, "and to 'prepare yourself,
for I have terrible news to break to you.
Y'our husband is not true to you!"
What !" criud the wife, "lie deceives
me?"
"Yes, indeed," said tho judge, "and
ho has done so for a long time past."
"It is impossible. Last year wo had
our silver wedding. Oh, it is impossible
fake it can't be."
But it is, madam. Your husband
left yesterday .with his mistress, taking
with him the 10,000 florins which he
should have carried to his employer,,"
The 10.000 florins! But he never took
them!"
"Whatr thundered the judge.
"He loft them in the strong room. He
drank i little more that evening than
was necessary to quonch Ids thirst -and
ho forgot the leather case. The next
day the cashier discovered the overnight
and telegraphed Dionys Saraglqui."
"Very possible, lou have only to ask
his lordship if vou don't believe it. Per
haps that would have boon a wi-e thing
to do in the first place, " said Madam
Czato.
Tho belief flashed upon M. Heveder'
that ho had unjustly accused two. women
and two men, but he took the precaution
to telegraph to Dionys foaragiqui. who
confirmed Madam Czato's statement.
Then the victims of a robbary that had
never taken place wero restored to lib
erty.
CHINESE ROYALTY'S HOME dfE.
an
Imperial I'upll FonUlied by
Tenctier T(i ftuiperor Aftlerp.
Tho sons of the Manchu omporors un
dergo from their tend west youth a sys
tem of the strictest education. Rising
t about 8 o'clock in the morning, they
Brst take their lesson in Chinese litera
ture, under the superintendence of the
only tutor who has the title of Chihfu,
or "master." The tutor rises from his
Dhair, as soon as the imperial pupils en
ter, and receives from the latter a cour
tesy which, is then returned jn the same
form. The tutor takes the seat of honor
and when tho lowson is leanisd, the pu
pil brings tip his book, deposits it before
bis teacher, and returns to his seat to re
port tbe task by heart. If tho lesson is
not learned, tho tutor requests a eunuch
in attendance to bring the ferula and
make a show of administering correc
tion. But each imperial pupil is accom
panied by eight-fel!ow-8tudentsknowa-I arrived was CTOwdod wiUt-Ugrtma of 4
m tne Muncuu language as lia-lncliu, I alljranksumen,jyomen and chihlreR, and
out of the window as . he saw them
walking away, "my system is excellent.
Find tho woman. She is the key that
unlocks secrets. I did find her and the
mysterious robbery of the Agrad lin3
was immediately cleared up." Adapted
from the Hungarian by W. M. Tabcr in
Now York Mercury.
Confucius anl III Iiellovcr.
Confucius lived 600 years lefore Christ,
and his teachings and precepts from the
Chinese Bible held worldly advancement
of tittlo account and sought to attain
rather the moral J ban the material eleva
tion of mankind. Even now few Chinese
will admit that the European standard
of morality is equal to their own. Chris
tianity they consider to bo a good enough
religion in as far as, like Buddhism and
other native cults, it teaches nieu to do
good, but they can not eo that in prac
tice it has nlade much impression upon
the nations of Europe.
Thoir own country Jm seldom waged
an oifensive war, while all Europe ap
pears to them an armed encampment.
England prides herself upon her religion
and her big ships of war; France send
her missionaries far into the interior,
and her torpedo boats cruise round tho
coast and sink all the unoiTending junks
that come in their
who study the same books as their
young master. When it becomes nec
essary to admonish the latter more seri
ously, tho'ha-ha-chu are beaten with tho
ferule vicariously; but when the impe
rial pupil acquits himsjlf well they are,
on tno other nand, commended or re--
warded. .
A recalcitrant and cbitinato prince is
as the last resort actually himself flog
ged, though probably only nominally,
by the teacher; or taken before the em
peror, who directs a eunuch to pinch
his chocks. The late Emperor Tung
Chih was' frequently 7 tweaked in this
way by order of tho empresses. Tho
Chinese lesson occupies two homy; after
'his the Manchu and Mongol h'ssons in
composition, given by tuuohors who en
joy the les3 honorable title of se-fii, and
who are obliged to meet thoir pupil- at
the door and make tho first obeisance;
Then come lessons in various spoken
languages Manchu, Mongol, T'angut
and in local Chinese dialects. ' After
these come coursea of instruction in fo-jt
and. horse archery, athletics, fencing,
putting tho stone, etc., under the guid
ance of a class of instructors called au
la. The whole of the. young princes' day
Is taken up with mental or physical ex
erciser, and they retire lo rest at a very
early hour. At suitable intervals their
meals are weighed out for them, and on.
noaccount are they allowed to indulge in
the pleasures of the table.
At the nge of 15 they must marry.
Ono year before a wife is selected for tho
heir apparent ho is provided with a'
handmaid taken from the families of
tho inner banners of the imperial house
hold, who must be one year old than
himself, and prpparo him for a husband's
duties. On bis accession this housemaid
receives the titlo of fol, which is given to
her alone among those inmates of the
harem who are selected from tho inner
banners. No one but? the empress is al
lowed to pass the night with the em
peror. , The emperor sleeps with eight
handmaids sitting upon his bed and six
teen others underneath tho' bed, all of
them gins from tho ne-wu-fu. Their
function is to keep watch over his
majesty, and they aro not allowed to
sneeze, cough, ppit or titter any sound.
Tho movements of tho emperor after
awaking in tho morning aro signalized
by a clapping of hands, on the part of
l.tho eunuch on guard. Oiico a year on
New Y ear s Day tho emperor and em
press pretido at a grand banquet, the
empress sitting on tho emperor's left
hand. This is the only occasion during
tho year on which thc'einperorcun see bis
wives together and compare their ro-
AN INDIAN PILGRIM CitY.
A Town of Templet mnd Shrines in Which
nous Hlnrtons Flock In Thoninnd.
Every twelfth year, when Jupiter en
ters the sign of of Leo, thff Ganges itself
is supposed in-some mystorioua way to
flow down the Godavory bed, and pil
grims come to . Naalk, the Benares of
western India, in thousands from all
parts of India. Each pilgrim as he en
ters the town has to pay a small tax, and
tho recolpts show that 200,000 people had
come and gone in the last eleven months.
The stream of life was just as unceasing
when I was there. Formerly the pil
grims came . by road, spending months
On the way. ' But they mostly come by
rail now. Tho Brahmans protested
ngainst the railway with such success
that tbe station is four miles from the
town. Thero is, however, a good road,
planted with shady tapiarisks and aca
cias on either side. The station when
articles of food to tbe eunuchs, who re
ceive it from tho empress on their knees,
and the emperor performs the samo po
liteness to th"oo women. Uong KAng
Daily Press.
Klght Life and Charnotor.
One night often destroys -a whole life.
Tho leakage of the night keeps the day
forever empty. Night is sin's harvest
time. More sin and crima ar com
mitted in one night than in all the days
of tho week. This is more emphatically
true in the city than tho country. Tim
street lamps, like a file of soldier with
torch in hand, stretch away in Ion;; line
on either sidewalk; tho f,:iy colored
traup.irt.-n'.'k' are a';IaW with attrac
tions; ti:j 8ul xin a;id billinrd hulls urj
brilliantly illuminated; niutic sends
forth its onchaiitmi.-nt; the gay company
begin V gather to tho I. aunts and
housrs of pleasure; tho gambling dens
are aflame with palatial splendor; tbo
theatres are wide ojxn; tho milU of de
struction are grinding health, honor,
hnj)p::ic-ss anJ hope out of m thousand
liv,'S.
Make a raonrf of t! nights of one
week. Put in the morning paper tlie
naniMi of all young men, their habit
acd haunts, that are on the street for
sinful pleasure. Would there not be
the road was blocked with a double
stream of bullock carts and pony carts,
whiio under the trees wero groups rest
ing from tho sun or slowly plodding on
to their destination.
At certain points noar tho town they
are met by the Brahman priests, who
make large fortunes out of their pious
visitors. There are about 500 special Brah
innns, called Upadhyas, who koop largo
lodging and boarding lious3, and claim
to be the family prio3U of all pilgrim
fumiliea. They keep huge account books
.containing records of all former visitors
and they greet each pilgrim with ' a de
mand for his or her name and birth,
place. If he or his father or grand
father, or other ancestor, however re
mote, is entered in any Brahman's liook,
he belongs to" tliiit T Brahman " during
his slay. Somo of t.he books go as far
back as Emperor Aurungzobo's time.
Tho victim is inarched on to the Brah
man's house, whero ho will find at least
150 others. His bag of laboriously gath
ered rupees, hoarded for this supremo
occasion, comes out, and a system of fees
begin, which goes on until tho pilgrim
leaves or tho big is empty. Aftor tho
firtit fee is paid the various functions of
tho pilgrimage begin. He has first to
fast for tweuty-four houra, aftvr which
he goes to ono of tho many-temples on
tho river bank' with offerings of rice and
flowers and clarified butter. Then, tired
and exhausted with toil and travel and
want of food, hois led into the river,
and tho fee3 begin again.
Masonry pools have been erected in
the bed of the stream for tho bathers
when the river run dry; ono pool U
more sacred than another, and each fresh
bathing place requires a special foe. He
wishes not ouly to purge himself from
sin, but also to free the souls of Ids an
cestors. This Hgain requires a special
fee. The certainty of salvation, whether
for himself or his fathers, depends en
tirely on tho amount of his gift. At last
he is led out of the water, after hours of
exposure, fid ho walks to tho home in
his wet clothes; perhaps richer in holi
ness, but certainly poorer in worldly
wealth. He then can take his first meal
Raw vegetables in vaat qiiantitins.bread
and rieoare his food. He probably over
eats himself; hi digestion is weakened
by fasting and exposure and his next
experience is a bout of diarrhrei, or dys
cnt jry, or even cholera. Cholera had a
firm bold of Nuik tho wholo of that pil
grim year, and as one walked through
the town and saw the dirt and smelt the
smells, one only wondered why the dis
caee should ever relax that hold.
Our friend is next sent off to Trimbuk,
6HARKINQ AT NANTUCKET
Aa Old Skipper's Opinion Sharkln;
'. rartlea Oettlnjr a Dlto. '
Sharking is the summer craze at this
queer old ocean resort. Any one can
catch all the sharks- ha wants .at Non
tucket. -Parties of visitors go out after
them each, morning, and return late In
the afternoon. Ladies are very fond of
sharking, and fish daily in their bright
holiday atttro for . them. In hauling in
a shark it is estimated that a woman can
pull about five pound and scream GOO
pounds, and skippers say slip is a very
valuable momber of a boat s crew.
"Yer see," explained an old captain of
a shark boat the other day, "aNaotucket
shark never seen, such a critter aa a
woman got up in yer city style, and jost
look in' at . her in the bow of a boat.
shaking hor parasol and Iettin' of
screeches ter more'n beat a steam tug
whistle, sorter paralyzes ther shark and
he is willin' ter let yer do most anything
with him."
way. una ui, .t c i.l .
course the unfavorable .ide , of Eurof " K to of buMjlie)u.
character as it prc-ser.ts itself to tho
ordinary Chinaman. Nineteenth Cen
tury.
ElrphasU for the Clreoa.
The best elephant for circus purpowflf
are those from Ceylon. They have liltlo
or no funks, and aro much inoro decile
and intelligent than the highland ele
phant of India or even Africa.
w.nu would not daro to come home at
night; Bomo would leave tho -ity; tooio
would commit suicide. The Watchman.
diaa highland or "tusker" elephant is
very intractable, and, after Jio arrive at
a certain age, U apt to be treacherous
and ugly. "After theytirrive at the age
of 23," said ProfeMor Newman, "look
out for them. Albert, who wa one of
the flneat we everbad, killed a linn in
one of hii fit of rage, and ha 1 to be
lain bimaelf, 7 1 regard t!ie elepliant as
the moat intelligent animal there is.
They are remarkably easy to handle,
have great intelligence, and possess af
fections and, 1 ometinvy believe, Benai
bilitie.' Even the dullest will astonish
Danger I ram Drug I'ulaoaa.
The frequency with which, after
slight investigation, I am called upon
to investigate cases of "dath with nic-di-
he In- I .ujj.jj U-uAh me to remark that the law
in regard to the aio . of oiaon itnnd
in eri;ni3 need" of amendment, fc'urh
deadly drug a morphia or strychnia
are bard to purchase, and druggints ar
waryvabuut the sale of such artii-Ie a
Pari grron or any of the well-known
corrosive. Yet my records fairly bristle
with inxtance of death, the result of
cheap rat and otlier vermin dotrurer
I self-a.lininistered. TK-e preparation
can I purrliaaed by an; lioly at gnvrry
st. Tea ur dnii; Htorea, without ni:t:m.
This rvimn l, me t'l.'U I ho ceneral in-
ln.lt Iff i, n f.f ..,-. r, ,..,?..." i inr!ti.
u Bometimea. I will labor witli one of j foTTn, h ;nkt e, a r(alr,(n f .
them for week, till I am nearly d , f, ,,r t:m Jcath
ntunfnl Irf ri T tl tjmrn film a trfif ' ...... ....
. . . . T . 7 . . i mull cliiiJivn fr..:ii tirmking C"ncen-
is joiuki mere m a uullock cart, or lias
to walk, according to tho state of hi
rupee bag. At Trimbuk he bathe again,
but this timo not in the stream itself,
but In a tank, through which tho river
la supposed to flow. Here he must not
only U'lthe, but drink tho water, where
literally thousands havo washed. The
collector of Nasik once took a bottlo full
of this wntcr and showed it to. somo of
the leading Brahman, of the town. It
was full of organisms. They needed no
microscopo, they wero plainly visiblo to
tho naked eye. Ilia pious fnond only
ebiuggc-d their shoulders and said that
pnradisn was worth gaining even at that
priec. The whole plana is tc.d in Ig
norance and siqieretitioii, out of which a
linialfi.I of ahljte priori m.iks their for
tunes, and they nr not likely to lend
a bund in any reform. Thero g not a
pligrim who rotiui but bo honestly bo
lieveti biiiifH-If to be purified from sin by
this bathing on 1 drinking. There isanair
of weary content on nil tlioir fives when
(be jiilgriniao is'over, ond they arpiat
on tbe station platform patiently waiting
for tho train that will take them home
again. Yt-t they have all left the earn
ing of year behind them, and have
nothing to show fur it save the littlo
hermetically sealed bras cup of the holy
water which each carries back to Lis
friends.
J- There ia something e!sn, unfortunately,
thry too cf urn carry away with them.
TUf.-e pilgrim yean at the varioui river
sources and other holy plui- of India
aro not only, tho signal of cholera at tho
placS lUc'f, a wa the caw at N iaikbut
year; they are also the means of distrib
uting the diM-aae all over India. Tli
poor creature live the most unlicnlt!iy
of live during tlx-ir aoj'rtirn, and if tbey
do not take tho disease on the spot tltry
constantly carry away the genua to de
velop in some distant village. Their
treatment of tho dixeaae U a pitiful aa
their MTta-rstitiou reverence and belief
in the saving ptwrr of the rivi-r water.
For instancA, in Naaik. while tho epi
demic lasted, citr medical aid and a-pliancx-
and medicine were provided by
government and were alw.iy lialy, yet
SMtfervr never Bent for the doctor.
Iidei-d, Ibo whMo. family, as a rub-, i
i oiubin- to cuceal tbe raise. I'.jinbcT !
Cor. Lund -n Tiniea.
Tlie sharking parties all go to the
south aide, or to the east end of the
island, where the best grounds are. They
take a car from this town on the little
rusty three-foot gaugo Nantucket rail
road and rumble and bound over the
twisted rails, which often make a rise
of several inches in a few feet, to 'Scon
sett, on the east end, where the Norcross
brothers havo two whaleboats in which
to go through tho surf to the fishing
grounds. They take the sharkers to the
deep water oil Haulover, beyond th5
great Suukaty lighthouse, and drop the
lines overboard. Tocalch a shark it is
necessary to have a long rope, bigger
than a clothes line, to '. which is knottod
a long-shanked, heavy hook, about
which string a lot of fat, luscious, round
clams. There is nothing that" shark
is so fond of as round clams, and when
he lieholds a string of them dangling lie
fore his nose, all divested of their shells,
which aro rather dyspeptic eating even
for a shark, ho generously overlooks the
hook as an unimportant incident in the
spread. Hi takes right hold, and as ho
swallows tho big hook and then the
clams, and begins to reel in his end of
the rope with ultimate acquisitive inten
tions on the boat and other parapher
nalia, tho sudden sharp tug he gives
notifies tho fishermen that they have got
a Into. .
Then they begin to pull on their end
of tho line, and the doublo in-gathering
process speed ly brings the boat ami the
shark to a point when) they can scru
tinize each other. Usually six or seven
men pull on the rope, with ono . or two
Indies to help. A shark almost always,
after bo lias liecn hooked, comes right
along through the water like a log, un
resistingly, Thero is no more sport in
him than in a codfish until he gots clove
to tho boat and can see the people In it.
Then he begins to make a fuss, dashing
hither and thither and splashing tho
green billows into beaded foam, but his
struggles avail little. Quickly the boat
is pulled Up to las furious front, and a
brawny sailor, standing on the prbw,
brains liim with a few blows from a
heavy club. Aftor tho shark lias been
butchered, hU carcass Is towed ashoro
and left on the beaclu and the party re
turn -through the surf to set their
hooks again. The bodies of shark go
to the mills that muko fertilizers. The
beads aro saved, tho teeth being ex
tracted to be fashioned into delicate little
ornaments, set in gold, for tallies lo
wear. The shore aliout Nantucket are
strewn with bleaching sharW heads.
Sharking parlies havo boon unusually
lnr-kv thin aeaaon. In onn dav one whaln-
ycaught eight that weighed?
between 40U Sfid 7UU pUUfilll BatJH. flBW
York Sun.
' '-7 ? :
Hare taa lotus-btoeoin when it wreathe
It painted .petal in my sweetheart'
And she, enohsnted by It odor; branch)
Soft word of lore, and soothes whJl soil
cure see.
. ...... ---V, .. - K
I love th lotna-bloBBom when tt Be
On the white bosom of a sleeping women,
Ami fall and rtae a tbe dreamer tgb
For that lore sake she yet baa tid M
no man. .
. - '-
I lore the lotna-blosaom for it grow
- On a lone grave beside silent riven y
There my youth's mis tress take her 1MI
- repose. " .- ,; . .--( ,
I loved, I bated, and I bow forgrr be.
r-Jnatlail; McCarthy.
i ' Cities of tba Argentine Repabllo. . ,
"How doe Buenos Ayre ooinpar
with other cities?". f
"It is tho New York of that continent.:
There is no city in the world to equal it,
in enterprise and wealth according to it
alA Tt Viam m mrallnf tftn"r,f AT4 OiVl mnA
Froeea of llakln rretsele.
Whero wero pretzel first made? Well,
that ia a disputed point, but the best
claims to the honorliaving originated
the article are, I believe, put forward by
Tolz, a little town near Munich, ia tho
Bavarian Tyrol, tho arm of which are
two gilt pretxeli tied together with a
blue and white cord. The motto I have
forgotten. The pretzel i far more
popular on this aido of the Atlantic,
however, than In the Fatherland, and I
have' more than once boenamued to
bear Americans ay: "Why, I thought
the pretzel wo an institution over In
Germany, but I never saw ono there."
That U not very remarkable, however,
for al.though a vast number are eaten
over thero, one seldom sec thorn Bold
with beer, and at the fine cafes patrou
ized by foreigner' they aro almost unknown.
"J low are they, made? Oh, it's a very
simple probes when you know how, but
it takes aotiio tune to leant, and the
baker must watch very carefully, ao aa
to get just the right crispnes into hi
ware, for a soft and doughy pretzel is
on aliomiriation to good judge of the
article. They take a brisk and hot fire.
and the polish i put on witb little
white of egg dabbed on before the bak
ing. Tbo main trouble is in forming the
pretzel, which i done by band, and
luine men work with amazing quirk nesa
at turning them out I see thfii two men
in Pot t vi lie have invented a machine to
mould thcin all ready for the oven. If
it turn out to be practicable, and I
don't see why it should not, they ought
to makn a very nice tiling out of it, for
prfzel baker are sure to adopt it.
Philadelphia Hecord.
will turn in and do it exactly a you d
ired." Chicago New.
Dr. Oppler, of Struburg. ropsidcrt
pulverized rrast-d coffee a superior anU-M-;'.ic
for jurkal UrsawUDgs.
co!or!'W was c-treVsJy l.-ft on the floor
in v-.sel4. rmaU chii lr.-n craw jrJ to it,
drajik it fof wvr, and tiii the coroner
was sent f. ir. C jror.tr Li C'lobc I iw
iat. . -
lie W . l.Ur nliaJ.
A cit!ei:ian who imagine I lie record
iliition liiinc tsltt-l lndy frii-nd adVaru"rl cordially
i and aulxx-inl tier. I lr yonr pardon,
i b K-iid. 'lint iu't that Hm tirernleaf?"
When Eatleg Oreea Cora.
The meal of tho corn b iierfoctly
digestible; not f, however, the shining
envelope which surrounds tho meal and
make up each individual grain. Ue
your toeth to bruiso each (rain well;
clww your corn, and eat all you choose
with impunity. Neglect to uaa the teoth
with which nature lia provided you.
ewallow the grain whole, you can not
digtt it. it will irritate the stomach and
boweU and you" will be apt not infre
quently to have tli carne kind of a time
tliat wa enjoyed by the historic parrot
and the monkey. If you ar toothless,
are your knifo and fork to accomplish
I tLis purpose. -AnnaU of Hygiene.
"No. i.ir." rep'i-d tj Mf. "iuv naic i
Iltli." "A'i. mti m-! I miMt Id
cukit bi.nd." Bju!oii A Jvt-rt..i.
A rtangor, M3., man ho constructed a
1 ranva canoe in which he uit-nils to
I nit ainall Heiiii ruriae and jToptller. '.
Everybody reads. The papers cost two
and a half cent per copy. Th ma
jority are printed in Spanish, but nearly,
every language ia represented. Buenos,
Ayres has more miloa of street railroads,
than any other city in tbe world. The'
house are generally one-story high. Of.
late, however, bank and publio build-,
ing have been erected three and four,
stories high. Tbe only building material
la brick. Telephone are everywhere,'
and tho city Is lit up with electricity.
There- are twelve theatre aa finely ap-,
pointed in every way aa any in torope .
or the United State." r
"But the city is shut off from the
world?" . ,' . 1
"No, only shut off from the United
States. Fiom thirty to " sixty mail,
steamers arrive monthly and ride in one
of the finest port of entry in the worldi,
One steamer departs monthly for. tne
United States. . There are several lines.
of steamers carrying frozen cattle to
Europe. The bulk of the cattle imported,
to Europe that way goes from the Ar-';
gentine Republic. One beef . extract,
company at Fray Bonto kill over 2,00tff
head of cattle per day. Immigration is'
pouring in from Italy, Spain, France,',
Greece and Ireland, The Americans do .
ot come to jnjLfixtent, although they-
would be gladly welcomed. . The new,
city of La Plata, capital of the province,
of Buenos Ayres, twelve mile from the,
city of Buenos Ayre. k considered; the,
most wonderful place of its siae that baa.
ever been built. . It contains 80,000 in
habitants. Tba city was constructed at
great expense by Governor ReCha, .
within a period of five years. The pub-,
he building are comparable only to,
some of the finest In the United States.'
Electricity, telephones and all the mod-,
ern improvements are ia use. . Millions'
upon millions have been spent in beaua-.
fying tho city and erecting handsome
buildings." Now York Mail and S
pro. ' '-''.
Tbe Beauty of India' rarrsta."
" Wo wen t- to' India, and I was com-.
plctely fascinated by the crowds of green
parrots we saw in the plains. It wa a,
never-failing source of delight to me to.
see them flying in flock, often hundreds',
at a time, with the ray of the descending
un glistening on their emerald green
plumage; or, to see a tree destitute of ,
leaves made green by reason of. the mul-,
titude of parrot that bad settled' on its.
branches; or asain, at sunset, to see the',
green parrots fying about the ' wldta
marble minarets of tbe glorious Taj-'
Mshsi,' or darting about, frolicking in
the expiring rays. To me thoy were tbe
One scene connected with parrots is.
from its perfect beauty, often present in,
my mind.' Ai a oertein reslduncy, one
of the finest in northern India, there ia a,'
fountain constantly playing, and in the
early morning the parrot gather to-
getlier tn vast numbers to drink and
bathe in Its running waters and basin
To see their graceful curves and upward,
flights before daubing through and juaf
k burning the surface of the water, with",
their unbounded joy and delight ia so
doing, was a pioture ot ecstatic. Ideal, ;
living happiness difficult to surpass. The
parrots at this residency are airnoet tain,;',
for every morning four or five caged
ones are let loose to be fad, and down'
come all the wild one to share their
feast. CornJiUl Magasine. -
' A Snowstorm a a llaU.' f
There is no telling what notions will',
not afflict the mind of wealthy young,
men in tliese days. One man on Murray,
Hill has a paeiion for acientifio studio in',
general and chemistry in particular. Ha
has charming country home on the.
Morris & Essex' division of the Lack-,
wanna where he? gave a very pleasant and',
very surprising hop the other night. The'
guesto were whirling in a' charmin-
waits on the broad piasxa, when at about (
midnight snow began to fall from the
ceiling over the center of the room. It
was a genuine snowstorm, too, although,
It melted before it reached the floor, lie
hod arranged a Bomber of pipes between'
the rafters where they would not be .
readily seen, by which be, forced tiny,
spray of some sort of freezing mixture
into the sir.. But the scientific talk to,
which he was obliged to listen - for the
rest of the evening nSjut have brought
tears ot bitter regret to ms eyes, ins
knowledge whlfch th ordinary eocietrj.
man possesses in tbiugs seientiflo isa
beyond deacriptioa Brooklyn Eagle. ' .
Saetat Clnha la Cab. ,
Social clubs flourish in .Cuba more,
freely perhaps than anywhere else. Ther
are, in fact, the Renters around which''
society in the larger cities revolves. Co-j
bans of prominent position seldom dine (
at home. They take their dinners at the
clubs. It would not be extravagant ter
say that home bfe is unknown in Cuba.'
Harper's Basar. - -,.
IicrM4 Six fSkmll.
A Bombay physician assorts , that n?
gradual increase in thesis of tlte skully...
among the natives of India is taking
p?aoc, which change he ascribes to the
rilect of civilization. . 4
The Greeks and Romans did not mio'
Himipe.' . ' t '