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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, THE INDIAN "WOMAN. Under Present Rule Her Ixt ia Not Very Bad. There is nothin. more interesting or more tragic in India than the cruel treatment of the women, and If I didn't feel that I had already written enough of my trip, I should give a chapter to the subject in this series of letters. I may do so later. . The lot of the Indian women.how ver, may never be regarded as liopeless while the country holds the peerless Taj Mahal, the most ; beautiful monument ever erected in memory of a woman's love. True, Shah Jehan, the monarch who built It, was not a Hindu; he was a Mo hammedan. Andyet Mohammedan Ism, although its customs are less brutal, places woman in almost the same low position as Hinduism- In considering the status of woman in ; India, therefore, scorned alike by both the great religious of the coun j try, it is gratifying to be able to ; find at least some relief for the ; dark picture in the thought of this ' loveliest of all memorial structures. j I was especially fortunate in that j my visit to Agra was so timed that I saw the Tajim the full glory of the Indian full moon. -The inscrip- j Hon in Persian characters over the j archway. "Only the Pure in Heart May Enter the Garden of God," as : enough to assure us that Arjmand Ianu, "The Exalted one of the Pal- . ace,'-' whose dust it was built to I shelter, was a queen as beautiful in j character as . she was in form and ; feature. We know but little about lier; there are pictures which are supposed to carry some suggestions of her charm; there are records to ; -show that it was in 1615 that she j became the bride of the Prince who ! latter began to rule as "His Imper-; 3al Highness, the second Alexander j (Lord of the two Horns) King ! Shah Jehan," and we may see in ' Agra the rooms in the place where j she dwelt for a time in the Arad-;J ian Nights-like splendor! characteris tic of Oriental courts. '"Mumtaz-i- i Mahal, they called her "Pride of the Palace." And seven times Arj- mand Banu walked the ancient way ; 'of motherhood that way along' Krhich woman finds the testing of lier soul, tne mystic reach and in- j finite meaning of her existence as man must find his in some bitter! conflict that forever frees him from the bonds of selfishness seven i times she walked the mother's an j cient way down to the gates ofi Death and brought back a new life j "With her, but the eight time she j did not return. And grief-stricken ! Shah Jehan carrying in his heat aj sorrow which not all his pomp ! nor power could ease declared that she should have the most beautiful ; " tomb that the mind of man could ! 3lam. So the Taj was built "in j memory of a deathless loveand in i a garden that is always sweet with the odor of flowers, at - the end of an avenue of fountains and stately cypress trees, and guarded by four graceful, Heaven-pointing minarets, "like four tall court-ladies tending their Princess,' there stands ths Dream in Marble, '"the most exquis Ite building on earth." Let us hope that this one match less tribute to the nobility of wo man, like a morning-star? glittering trpm a single rift in a darkened sky may prove the prophecy of a fairer dawn for the womanhood of the country in which it is now so in congruously placed. Clarence Poe, Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer Special Privilege. Rev. Lyman Powett, oft Northhamp ton, has a bright little son who is very much frightened in thunderstorms- , One day a heavy shower -came up when the little fellow had wandered away from the house. bim,-6aw him come running toward borne as the first drops fell. He looked terrified, and his lips were jnoving. "What were you saying," asked bis father. "I was reminding God that I am j a minister s son," tne Doy replied. Cosmopolitan. They Were Adepts. A man and a woman were in a dispute as to which could tell the bigger lie. The woman was given the right of way for her effort I was walking across the Atlantic ocean," she said, "and met a man no taller than that (she held one band two feet from the floor to indicate his height), who was 300 years old.'" The man whistled. It was a big one all right. '"Did the dwarf have a wooden leg?" the man asked. The woman replied that he did. "Was he blind in one eye?"wa3 the next question. "He was," replied the woman. "'Then' replied the man, "he was my son." HER HAIR GREW "That's Why a Thankful Woman Rec ommends Parisian Sage. J. G- Hall will sell you a f if tj cent bottle of PARISIAN SAGE and guraantee it to banish dandruff.stoi falling hair and itching scalp,or moi ey back. It's a delightful hair, dressing that makes hair lustrous ! and fascinating. "In the spring I was recovering j .from a severe case of erysipelas, i which left me virtually bald on the iront of my head and next to my ears. The hair kept coming" out rap idly and nothing I used stopped my , setting entirely bald, until I used ". two bottles of PARISAN SAGE.This tonic made my hair start to growj in and, in fact grew me a good fair; amount of hair, and it has entirely stopped my hair falling out. j It is with pleasure that I give : a public recommend to PARISIAN ; SAGE, which I know is a wonder.' ! Mrs. Ella Gilchrist, W. PittSt ', Bedford, Pa- 1 . J NEW TRICKS OF THE TRADE. These Merchants Resort to Some Remarkable Schemes To Drum Up Customers. New York World. There are tricks in every trade.and the Metropolitan Sectoni Scout dis covered several new ones last week The first was found in front of a Broadway jewelry house, and it was only chance that led to the dis covery. Among the people who were looking at the display of watches diamonds and other pretty things was a strikingly handsome woman wejl gowned and plentifully sup plied with jewelry. She stood,seemingly engrossed in the window display, and in a min-j ute or so another lady stopped a long side her. The first turned and. in a tone indicating marked sur prise said: "Well, what do you. think of that There as a ring exactly like one I am wearing, marked $65, and I paid $125 for mine.' Then showing a ring, she said: Don't you think it is exactly the same?" The other woman looked at the ring in the window and at the one on the other's hand, ' and ad mitted that there was a strong re semblance. '"I am tempted to go in and ask the salesman to let me see that one. Won't it be a big surprise if its just the same.and I paid so much more. Come in with me and see." The newcomer prompted by cur iosity and a desire to learn whether the other had been overcharged went into the store, and a momeni latter the scout saw a ring being taken from the window. Fifteen minutes later he was sur prised to, see the same handsome woman talking to another, and, im pelled by curiosity, he stopped and listened. Ths time he learned that it was a brooch that resembled one in the window- The same talk brought the , new comer into the store. This was repeated several times within the next hour, it being eith er a watch, earring hatpin or some other piece of jewelry, according to the appearance of the prospec tive customer. An interview was sought by the scout.but a chilling look and a steely glint of her eyes forced him to leave without the de sired story of this new way of se curing customers. The second discovery was made on one of the side streets near Broadway. A crowd gathered in front of a "faker" caught the scout's attention, and he found a man selling a combination) opera glass, magnifying glass,reading glass &c. He was a fine talker and was holding the crowd well. A neatly dressed man asked to be permitted to examine one of the articles. Re ceiving it.and being told how to work it, he had it arranged for use as an opera glass- "" He turned it in one direction and then in another, finally keep ing it pointed toward a window in one of the tall office buildings.The "faker" soon finished his talk and asked the man whether he wished to buy it, and as he did the other said aloud: "By George,she's kissing him.Well I'll be hanged!" Several of the people looked up, trying to see what he was looking at, and the "faker" again asked him whether he wanted to buy or The answer was a chuckle,and with out, removing the glasses from his eyes he reached into one of his side pockets and handed the other a half dollar, telling him to keep the change, as the show was worth the extra quarter. The third discovery was made on Sixth avenue, in front of a store wherein an auction sale was be-. in held. An energetic talker stood in the doorway, and from his re marks it appeared as if he was about to do some startling trick of magic. He carefullycounted out a num ber of tent-cent pieces, then some nickles and also some pennies. Next he took out a roll of bills and counted off a number of these. Each of these groups he arranged separately on a large plushbox. All the while he kept informing the constantly growing crowd? that this mystifying trick had baffled the people the world over. "I am going to change the pen nies into quarters, the nickles in to halves and the dimes into silver dollars, and then I am gong to make these bills become gold pieces in front of your eyes and without touching them.'" This was the cue for the "cap per," who aasked what was inside the box. The man with the money said that the box had nothing to do with the trick, being used only as a stand to place the money on. The "capper" insisted that the box was a device to help the other in doing the trick, and insisted that it be opened.. The man refused and an ar gument followed. "Now my friends this: man insist on my opening this box. I'll gladly do so,but firstlet me tell you that this box contains something valued at $7. It was on the counter when I came out here to do my trick of magic and I took it. to rest the money on.Before going on with the trick and to show you that I am fair in my dealings with you I will let you bid on thej contents, and to the successful bidder I will guarantee to refund the money if he does not find the contents to be worth 10 times the amount of the bid or if he is not satisfied. Some one start it. No bid refused. The bidding was begum by anoth er "capper" at 25 cents, and the bid closed at 50 cents. "Now I will show you, sir, just what you have purchased for one half a dollar. A seven-dollar arti cle. A clear profit to you sir,of six dollars and fifty cents." The bidder stepped forward and as the lid was raised quickly he saic loud enough for every one to hear, '"Isn't that a beauty? Hurry up ant let me have it,"' L . . The crowd pushed forward to get a view and some one cried out: ''Give us all a look." "'I wll be pleased to do so,"said the auctioneer, "But as it is a gainst the law to block the side walk I invite you all to step inside, where I will show you the contents of this box and also to complete my wonderful feat of magic" and, like sheep, they all followed. The easiest road to wealth is to have a rich relative die and leave you a fortune. A woman's idea of a striking gown is one that hits her hus band's bank balance. POST OFFICE BUILDING. Will Be Considerably Delayed Ow ing to Congress's Failure to Ap propriate for Clerk Hire. By the failure of the extra session to make an appropriation of $200, 000 for clerk hire and "expenses ia th suprvising architect's office, the erection of several hundred public buildings throughout the country will be considerably delayed. These buildingfs have been authorized by Congress and the money appropriat ed for them,but as there is no fund to pay the architect's clerks about one hundred of them have been dismissed and work on the plans suspended. This oversight or neg lect is laid at the door of the! House appropriations committee. A number of buildings in this State, which the communities; anticipated would be built right away, are af fected by the developmnet and act ual work on them is indefinitely postponed. To the average layman this looks very much as if it were a political subterfuge, and as if the supervis ing architect's office is not practi cal and economical. That is to say, the government has been for years constructing buildings all over this country, large, small and medium sized, and it would seem that af ter all these years, wfcth separate and distinct plans drawn for eao(h and every one of them, a system of standardization would have been, perfected and adopted, so that there woud be available plans and specifications for a half dozen or more $50,000, $100,000, $200,000, etc., buildings. The appropriations being made, all that is necessary is to decide on the style building of that price and go ahead with the work under the drawings already ai proved and used. A " Northf Carolina town would not obejct to having a building like one in Kentucky, and Kansas would not bleed because a Vermont postoffice was reproduced in that State. This thing of having to get up new drawings for every new building looks very much as if the architects also are coming in for a right fat take from the pork barrel, which is all right from their viewDoint but as am irritatint9Jio- sition upon the communitiesthiEtt want ana neea ana are enuuw to buildings. KEEP IOUR SKIN COMFORTA BLE AXD YOUR COMPLEXION CLEAR DURING THE HOT WEATHER. If your skin is kept comfortable, you will be comfortable yourself. If you or one of your children are be ing made miserable by hives prick ly heat, rashes or eczema or if you are worried bypimples.black heads, sun burn or skin trouble of any kind we want youto try ZEMO and ZBMO Soap- We are so anxious to have youj use ZEMO and ZEMO Soap that we j offer you a generous sample of each j and our 32 page booklet "How to I preserve theSkin." if you will send five 2c stamps to E. W. RoseMedi cine Co., 3032 Olive Street St. Lou is, Mo-, to pay postage or get them today from J. G. 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Then cornea th sallow l complexion, the pimply face, the dull i pain in the forehead, the thinning of j the blood, etc. A very quick and sensible way to stop the trouble as well as to ! cure it Is by the use of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which contains ingredients especially intended to promote the ac tivity of the liver. v t Among the many thousands who have written the doctor about the results achieved with his remedy, and who are glad to make the facts public so that others can help themselves, are Mr. Jas. Kennedy, St. - Louis, Mo. ; Mrs. S. A. La Rue of Smith's Grove, Ky., and many others. These. like thousands of others, started the use of Syrup Pepsin with a sample. If you will send your name and address you can also obtain a free trial bottle. This will prove to you that liver trouble is promptly cured with this remedy or money will be 'refunded. 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