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w CX JM&oyx County Journal, HAUKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1894. NUMBER 16. r - - - ' 1 - i -i ' r-i r-er ' 7-T -i THE (OMKERCIAL BANK. fMTABLlSHED 1688 J Harrison, Nebraska. x r. etna, a 1. OtfflWOLD, CaahW. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $30000. Uicacto a General Banking Business. TALM AGE'S SERMON. TELLS OF THE HORRORS OF HINDOO MASSACRES. COIRISPONDENTSi WAtwu. Bam, K.w York, UV'ts tTAWi NaTKnix, Ba. Oroaaa, Interest Paid on Time Deposits. OLD 05 ALL PARTS OF IlOfl. THE PIONEER Pharmacy, A E. PHINNEY, Proprietor. Pure Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils and Varnishes. MATPUI. School Supplies. L"criptions Carefully Compounded Day or Night. sinn & SMILEY, Harrison, Nebraska, eal Estate Agents, Have a number of bargains in pfiO land in Sioux county. tics desiring to buy or eell estate should not fail to call on them. School Lands leased! taxes paid for jn-rccidehto; forms rented, eta RESPONDENTS SOLICITED. HUdool.m .nd Moh.mmedl-, .. They El.t-Th. H.rdenin, Proc.w of Bia-Orphlc Btorr of the MUMCre t Uwopar, India. Tale of th n. . . 'T. T&Ininra a. O l , . throuh the pres. th .econd f hi, round 7 ' ' ( "y of Blood." and the text elected being- I'salms rxlL, T: "Our "" "' ""TM at the grave', mouth, when one cutteth and cleaveth wood im uie eann. Hut min UQ thee, U God. the Lord." ,Jh.?a1h J"U n",,r r"ad ,hl text from he Bible. I read a. cut by chisel into the tx-.if.lal of a cross beneath which lit msny of tht murnv r- t- Ha. Two h.Mira and ten minutes after Ita """""nee J""I'h Lee of the Hhropahlre regiment of f,,t rde In upon the Cawn pur niasna.-re. R waa the firnt man I tt"t at Oawuimr. I wanted to hear the tory from iv,tiif one who had Wn here In 1W7, and hardly wait until th how. were put to the carriage, and Mr. aeate.1 witlyia, atarted for thea-ene. The Ktory of the Muoaacre. It anj that all the worat paaniona of the century wre to be Imperaonatcd by one man, and he Nana Sahib, and our ea eort at (.'awnpur, knew the man person ally. I .aid; "Mr. Lee, was there any peculiarity In Nnna Sahlb'a appearance?" The reply wn: "Nothinic very peculiar. II waa a dull, laiy, cowardly, aenaual mau, brought up to do nothing and want ed to (Vintliiue on the aame scale to do nothing-." rMt what Mr. Lee told me and from all I could learn in India Nana Bnhib or dered the nmnMirre In that rtty from aheer refeng. Hi. father iiUlicated the throne, and the Kugli.h puid him annuitlly a pen-"i-n of When the futher died, 'he Kiigliah oveniuiiiit declinwl to pay i he xime H'imiori to the ami, and the : . niinn iiiu ..pui 1 1- w an II in re v I'ue. Ul'll eral Vli4-el r, the Khgliahman who had command f thin city, Hlthniigh often R.irued, could not see that the acpoys were planning tor Inn deatruetion una that of all bin regimeiiU and all the Euro peaua in Caw npur. A itcmarliable Document. Mr. Ix-e exfiluined all thin to me by the fact that (ieneriil Wheeler had married a native, and he naturally took her atory time for the proclamation from Nana 8a- tiin nan cotop. and auch a document went forth aa ne?er tfore liad seen the light of day. J give only an extract: "Aa by tlx- kimlneaa of od, and the g'jod fortune of the Emperor, all the 'hri!iHti who were at Delhi, I'oonah, Sattara and other placea, and eren thoae 5,'x pO Ktiropeim noldiera who went in di giiiw Into the furncr city and were dis foer!, are ilemmyed and aent to hell by tiippiou.aml sugariouii troops who are firm to their religion, and a they have all been Conquered In the present government and an no trace of them ia left in theae places It la the duty of all the subjects and ser vants of the government to rejoice at the delightful intelligence and carry on their respective work with comfort mid ease. As by the bounty of the glorious Al mighty and the enemy destroying fortune of the emperor the yellow-faced and uar-ruw-iuindcl peopl have Wn aent to hell, aud Oiwnpur Im l"eu conquered, it is necessary that nil the subjects and land owners aud government servants should be as obedient to the present government as they haw- been to the former one; that It is the incumbent duty Of all the peas ant and landed proprietors of every dis trict to rejoice at the thought that the , ;,..! I.v,. Keen sent to hell, and t , ill i.' o ' bolh the Hindoo and Mob.aiume.lan re ligions have been confirmed, ami iuai thet should, as usual, be obedient to the authorities of the government and never . . io,t saainst themselves suiter J , .1 . to reach the ears of the higher author- ..if. t w Is this?" I .aid to our tacort as the carriage halted J bailment. "Here, lie sa , trenrhment wher the I hriKlluna m rawnpur took refuge, it is me tr f a wall which at the time of the mutiny was only four feet high, Miiud which, with Do .halter from the aim, the heat at IM d.greea, 440 men and 5l women and children den near. u....... .. .i . t n,,d milit nens was the daily ration and only two well, near bj, the on la which they buried their dead buM they had no time to bury theW In the earth ami me !" . .... ,)B which the artillery of the cuemy play to that It 'X,,'W M'vn 1 to MM 4 lh y .II-t or .hrtl. ft h-isand jelling llln.l. out.ldfl this frail wall and IM anffenng. dying .pleln.i.le. In addition to the army of KHlnd-H- and Moslems an invisible rmy of si.kuesse, oop.-l uH.n them. 8e w-nt racing tid "nder l.thers dr..pH uteler l.l.b ty. A s nrv- S "-HI-U feverwl. aunstruck ghast i7,toup. wnlilD to die. Why did not ml the annihilate the now les 'iiy'ertS nwt. htdw ' ,K- l:Cl mZ; tigers. There- rY Nan Sahib Christian woman. ' h,)ld,nghighpln-i.(l:t; ' " General Wt-Ir handed aim a pnu-'"- , , . era Wheeler and his t.ien wo.il.l P Uielr weap.m, Nana Ha & w'u ,ral Wheeler , wi.e - - trust the nativei. and " f 1 'T, In . tn.M was great Joy in ,nP ,n treaty. There ( was gr ; trenchtnent tbat Bigni- the put to fora plan. the native is me. ter. It tro tsitioa they went oat and got plenty of water to drink and water for a good wah. The hunger and thirst and ex posure from the coneumlnf ion, with the thermometer from 120 to 140, would oeaae. Mothers rejoiced at the prospect of saving their children. The young la diea of the intrenchment would eecape the wild tea. la In human form. On the morrow, true to the promts, carta were ready to transport thoae who were too much exhausted to walk. Inscription. "Oet In the carriage,- laid Mr. Lee, "and we will rid to the banks of the Cangea, for which the liberated combat ants and non-combatant started from this place." And we rode on to the Oangee and got out at a Hindoo temple tandlng on the banka, "Now," aaid Mr. um, nere is the place to which General Wheeler and his people came under the eaeort of Nana Sahib." Aa the women were getting into the boats Nana Sahib otjected that only the aged and ln8nn Women and children should go on board the boats. The young and attractive women were kept oot Twenty-eight boats were filled with men, women and children and Boated oat Into the river. Each boat contained ten armed natives. Then three boata, fastened together, were brought tip, and General Wheeler and hia staff got in. Although ordera were given to start, the three boata were somehow detained, At thla Juncture a boy of 12 years of age hoisted on the top of the Hindoo temple on the bank two flags a Hindoo and a Mohammedan flag t which signal the boatmen and armed natives jumped from the boats and swam for the ehore, and from innumerable guns the natives on the bank fired on the boats and masked batteries above and below roared with destruction, and the boata sank with their precious cargo, and all went down save three strong swimmers, who got to the opposite shore. Thoe who struggled out near !y were dashed to death. Nana Kahili e-.i his staff, with their swords, slashed to pieces General Wheeler and his staff, who had not got well away from the shore. The Climax of I i ibollnm. I aald that the yours and attractive women were not allott.-.i to get into the boat. These were mar. ;.i-d away under the guard of the seiKiya. "Which way?" I Inquired. "I will show you," said Mr. Lee. Again we took seats In the carriage and Btarted for the cli max of desperation and diabolism. Vow we are on the way to a bummer house, called the snj-ojUy rooms. It had two rooms, each 20 by 10, and aome window less closets, and here were Imprisoned liOtJ helpless people. It was to become fhe prison, of these women and children. Some of. these sepoys got permission of Nana Sahib to take one or more of these ladles to their own place on the promise that they should be brought back to the summer garden next morning. A daugh ter o General Wheeler was so taken and did not return. She afterward mar ried the Mohammedan who bad taken her to his tent. Some Sepoys amused them selves by thrusting children through with bayonets and holding them up before their mothers in the summer house. All the doors closed, and the sepoys standing guard, the crowded women and children waited their d.om for eighteen dnya and nights amid sickness and flies and stench and starvation. Then Nana Sahib heard that Havelock was coming, and his name was a terror to the sepoys. Lest the women and chil dren Imprisoned in the fuimmer house should be liberated 100 mi n verc ordered to fire through the windows, but they fired over the heads of the imprisoned ones, and only a few were killed. Then Nana Sahib was In a rage and ordered professional butchers from among the lowest of the gypsies to go at the work. Five of them with hatchets and swords and knives began the work, but three of them collapsed and fainted under the ghastliness. And it was left to two butch ers to complete the slaughter. The butch ers came out exhausted,, thinking they had done their work, and the doors were closed. But when the.v were again open ed three women and three boys were still alive. All these were soon dispatched, and not a Christian or a European was left In Cawnpur. The murderers were paid fifty cents for eacn lady slain. The Mohammedan, assassins dragged by the hair the dead bodies out of the sum mer house and threw them Into the well, by which I stood with such feelings as you cannot imagine. But after the muti lated bodies had been thrown Into the well the record of the scene remained in hieroglyphics of crimson on the floor and wall of the slaughter house. An eyewit ness sas that as he walked In the blood was shoe deep? and on this blood were tufts of hair, pieces of muslin, broken combs, fragments of pinafores, chil dren's straw hats, a card case containing a curl with the Inscription, "Ned's hair, with lore," a few leaves of an Rplsco pal prayer book; also a book entitled "Preparation for Denth," a Bible on the fly leaf of which was written, "For darling mamma, from her affectionate daughter, Isabella Blair," both the one who presented it und the one to whom it was presented departed forever. A Ohantly Wclf. When the Kngllsh and Scotch troops came upon the scene, their wrath was ad great that General Nell had the butchers nrrested, and before being shot compelled them to wipe up Part of tne noor ot this place of massacre, this being the worst of their punishment, for there is nothing a Hindoo so hates as to touch blood. When Havelock came upon the scep, he had this order annulled. The well was nw not only full of human bodies but corpses pIM on ,h 0U,Midc- The soid'er w,.re for many hours engaged in covering the dead. Much criticism haa been made of Sir Henry Havelock and Sir Collh Campbell Wause of the exterminating Work they aa with these sepoy. Indeed It a .wfui My -"rt Mr h" toia m ?h..Vhe saw the sepoy fasteued to the Lulhs of cannon, and then the ,un, would lira, Md for a few second fan Z d be nothing btit smok and a i the Zl Z began to lift fragment, of flesh Sfi 'found as K You may do your own critldani. Iim Sre- no opinio.. Tber. can b. no donbt, however, that that mode of finally treating the sepoy broke the back of ths mutiny. The Hindoo found that ths European could play at the same gam which the Asiatic had started. The plot was organised for the murder of all th Europeans and Americana in India. Co der ita knives and bludgeons American Presbj terianlem lost its glorious mission aries, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. McMullln, Rev. Mr. and Mr. Johnson, Iter. Mr. and Mrs. Free man. The work of slaughter had been begun In all directions on an appalling scale, and the commanders of the English army made up their minds that this was the best way to stop it. A mild and gen tle war with the sepoy was an Impossi bility. The natives of India ever and anon have demonstrated their cruelty. 1 stood on the very spot in Calcutta where the native of India in 1756 enacted that scene which no other people on earth could have enacted.- The Black Hole prison has been torn down, but a stone pavement 20 feet by 20 indicates the ground covered by the prison. The build ing bad two small windows and was in tended for two or three prisoners. These natives of India crowded into that one room 20 feet by 20 feet 146 European. The midsummer heat, the suffocation, the trampling of one upon another, the groaning and shrieking and begging and praying of all ara matters of history. The sepoys that night held lights to the small windows and mocked the sufferers. Then all the' sounds ceased. That night of June 20, 1756, passed, and 123 corpses were takeri oot Only 23 people of the 146 wer alive, and they had to be pulled out from under the corpses. Mrs. Carey, who survived, was taken by the Indian nabob into bis harem and kept a pris oner six year. Lucknow in 1857 was only an echo of Calcutta in 1756. Dur ing th mutiny of which I have been speaking natives who had been in the service of Europeans and well treated by them, and with no cause of offense, would at the call of the mutineers and without any compunction, stab to death the fath ers and mothers of the household and dash out the brains of the children. Christianity or Hindoolam. These natives are at peace now, but give them a chance, and they will re-enact the scenes of 1756 and 1857. They look upon the English as conquerors and themselves as conqueed TJif mutiny of 1507 occurred Wause the British Gov ernment was too lenient and put in places of trust and in command, of forts too many of the natives. I call upon Eng lifnd to atop the present attempt to palli ate the natives by allowing them to hold positions of trust. I am no alarmist, but the ojrly war that these Asiatics can be kept from an other mutiny is to put them out of power, and I say beware, or the Lucknow and Cawnpur and Delhi martyrdoms 9ver which the hemispheres have wept will be eclipsed by the Lucknow and Cawnpur ana eini martyrdoms to be enacted. 1 speak of what I have seen and heard. I give the opinion of every intelligent Eng liahman and Scotchman and Irishman and American whom I met in India. Prevention is better than enre. I do not say it is better that England rule India. I say nothing against the right of India to rule herself But I do say that the moment the native population of India think there is a possibility of driving back Europeans from India they will make the attempt, and that they have enough cruelties, for the time suppressed, which if let loose would submerge with carnage everything from Calcutta to Bombay, and from the Himalayas to Coromandel. . Now, my friends, go home after what I have said to see the beauties of the Mo hammedlansm and Hindooism which many think it will be well to have intro duced into America, and to dn'ell upon what natural evolutidti will do where it has had its unhindered way for thou sands of years, and to think upon the wonders of martyrdom for Christ's sake, and to pray more earnest prayers for the missionaries, and to contribute more largely for the world's evangelization, and to be more assured than ever that the overthrow of the idolatries pfna tions is soch a stupendous work that nothing but an omnipotent God thavugh the gospel of Jesus Christ can over achieve it. AmenI -r. " - ANIMALS AND SPEECH. EXCUSABLE THEN IF EVER. wcaiiag Over th Telephone Deelart to H Not a Crime In Georg-1. The conclusion of Banker F. M. Coker'g caaa before Judge A tidy Calhoun yesterday afternoon develop jd several interesting points of law, says the Atlanta Constitution. Can a man be held amenable, tor using profane language over a telephone when speak ing to a lady? la the use of the ex pression, "damn f ol, " aooording to the latest legal authorities, profane language In the technical senae? After the recorder decided that Mr. Coker oonld not be held responsible for any disorder according to the city code, the case hinged on these two quest on. . Both were decided in the negative, and no fine was imposed. The case was called In regular session of court yesterday. Miss Bridges and the other young ladies employed at the telephone exchange were not present, and no private hearing was asked for. ' In rendering his decision Judge Cal houn gave a brief review of the whole ca-te. He did not think that any public disorder had been created. "A man might curse a';l ciay," he aid, "through the telephone, and then be guilty of no disorder." i- He stated that the 'aw was defective regarding the use of profane language through the telephone. A person was guilty if he uied profane or oppro brious language In the presence of a female. It Said nothing about a man cursing through t e 'phone. "Taking everything into considera tion,'' he paid, "1 do not think that Mr. Colter U gui ty of creating any public disorder, and 1 will dlamiws the case." Relics of the Humana, In the museum at Mayence, Ger many, there are several Iron-tipped pile, which were used by the Romans 2,000 yean ago In the construction of a bridge near that placa. A Cat and Do that Understood What Wu Said. A lady In Thomastown, Ga... has a cat named Fanny, of whom .he ia very fond. Fannie had three little kittens, and the other day her mistress aaid to the servant: "I can't keep all thoae kit tens; I mast have them drowned.' Fannie was in the kitchen and she trot ted right away to ber family. The next day she and the three kittens were missing. Several day. after Fannie appeared without her kitten.. Her mis tress caught her up and stroked her fur. "Fannie," she said, "go right and get your kitten.; they will be starved." Within half an hour the cat wa. back with her kittens, and nothing more na. been said about drowning them. Your editor, too, knew a fine old do, a great, shaggy, shepherd dog, whose name was Diogenes. He lived on a farm In the western part of the State, and for years wa. a very useful mem ber of the household, driving the sheep and cows to pasture, and going after them, looking after the babies when they were out of doors, and watching the house at nights. But, as the year, went on, Dl grew old and feeble. He lost his teeth, became almost blind, and coughed a wheezy cough that wa. not pleasant to listen to. He wonld'nt May out of doors, either, but wanted to He by the Are constantly, aud one win ter's night, a. he was stretched out on the rug, aa usual, blinking In the blaze, hi master, sitting by, said to his wlfei "We'll have to dispose of Di, I think. Blind, toothless, full of fleas and rheu matism, and now with asthma hope lessly fasteued upon him, he Is no com fort to himself and is a nuisance to the rest of us. To-morrow I'll take him up to the hill lot and give him a dose of chloroform." Diogenes lay still a few minute, after that; then he got up, shook his shagg7 fur, and turned about He went to hi. master and rubbed his knee, and then walked oyer to his mistress and l.iid his head on "her lap. She pattc l him. and he went on to the baby of the fam ily, now almost grown, Who had his playmate for years. He reaelie-O out. "Poor old Dl, good Di!" and Dl guiyci the longest with him, rubbing agal'ns his knee, and lookjpg up into his face again and again. But at last he pulled himself away and walked to the door, opening It with a toss of his nose, as he could, and walked out He was neve? een again. His tracks were traced in the snow the next day down to the road, where they were lost among many others. He was well known all about the neighborhood, and many Inquiries were made for him for miles around, but Dl was never heard from again. ; y . Necessary Precaution. A few summers ago a crowded coach started for one of those excursions which take place dally during the sea son in, the English lake district. Just as a very steep descent was being ap proached the passengers heard the guard suggest to the driver he advisa bility of putting the drag on and ap plying the brake. ' "I'll try It to-day without," said the dauntless Jehu. "Hold , hard, ' ladies and gentlemen;" and forthwith, gath ering up his ribbons with the utmost care, he started down the declivity at a pace which was not a little terrifying to a majority of the passengers. "Have you a bit of chalk?" said one solicitously to a pompous but nervous old gentleman. : i "CfealkS" jwu the Irritable reply.' "Chalk, indeed! What can you want with chalk at such a moment as this?'" "Oh," wa the mischievous answer; given in tone. 6f sad concern, "I as Just thinking that some of our leg. and arm. are likely to be flying about be fore we reach the bottom of the hill, and that It would be desirable for every man to mark his own for the purpose of Identification." Big ttavlariea of Opera Singers. The fabulous sums paid opera sing ers i. one of the curious phase, of the atrical life. It 1. reported this season that Tamagno, Jean de Resrke and Mme. Melba, the Italian will receive $1,600, the Pole $1,B00 and the Aus tralian $1,200 a night With these enor mous sums to the principals the man agement could not afford to pay ex travagant remuneration to the lesser singers. Madame Eames, whose last season was somewhat dimmed by ths brilliant art of Melba and the mag netic personality of Calve, will have no Increase on the salary of $000 paid to her during the operatic year of 1883 -'94. Sibyl Sanderson and Zelle do Luasan will, It la hinted, receive $250 and $200. Mme. Nordic is said to have been offered $20,000 for the sea son, or at the rate of $400 a night Thunder and Milk. Science hag disproved the belief that thunder sour. milk. It 1. now known that the souring result, from a fungus growth, and that this fungus la pecu liarly fatal to nursing children. The old-time rural belief was that the con cussion from thunder acted mechanlo ally upon tha milk, and first soured and then solidified it It happen, that milk sour, during or Just after thunder itorms because the atmospheric con dition then prevailing are usually of a kind favorable to the rapid develop ment of the fungus growth that soon1 milk. 1 i f 3 it m M i J ...