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The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME VII.
HAKKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1895.
NUMBER 19.
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TALMAOE'S SERMON.
THE GREAT PREACHER AMONG
THE PALACES OF INDIA.
Three Thina to Bee at the Ancient
City of Delhi-The Cnanmrre Gate
Til Palace of the Motcula A Palace
of Amber Tho Clock of Time,
An Abandoned City.
Continuing bin erie of round the world
Krmou through tbe pre. Rev. I)r. Tul
onge ha thi week chosen fur hi subject
"i'alacea in India," the text being Atno
Ul., 10, "Who tor up vloleue-e and rob
bery is their palace."
In thin day, when vail um of uinne-y
are being- given for th redemptiou of
India, I hope to iuoreaaa the infereat in
that great country aud at the same time
draw for all clawes of oar practical les
son, and ao I present this fifth sermon in
the round the world aeries. We tep into
tho ancient capital of India, the mere pro
nunciation of its name vending a thrill
through the body, mind and semi of till
those who have aver rend its storie of
splendor and disaster and proweas
Delhi.
IJefore the first historian impressed hi
firnt word In clay or rut his first word on
marble or wrote his first word ou papyrus
Ielhi stood in India, a contemxrHr,T of
Itabylou and Nineveh. We know that
LMhi existed longer before Christ's time
than we live after his time. Delhi is
built on the ruins of seven cities, which
ruins cover forty miles with wrec ked tem
ples, broken fortresses, split tombs, tum
ble down palsces and the debris of cen
turies. An sri hueologist could profitably
spend his life here talking with the pant
through its lips of Tem-rnlile masonry.
A Fuisoqi tutc.
There are a hundred things bore you
ought to see in this city of Delhi, but.
three things you must -e-. The first
thing I wanted to feci- was the Cashmere
gate, for that ns the point ar which the
most Wonderful deed of during which the
world bus ever seen wns clone, That wiis
the turning point of the mutiny of l.STi".
A lady at Delhi put into my hand un nil
painting of about eighteen inches square,
a picture well executed, but chietly valu
able for wht it represented. It wns a
scene from the time of the mutiny-two
iores at full run harnesxed to a carriage
In which were four persons She said:
"Those persons on the front side arc my
father and mother.' The young l'ry on
the bark seat holding in her arms a baby
of a year wns my older sister, nnd the
Mi by wn myself. My mother, who is
Juwn with a fever in the next room,
(..intil 'Lt jears ago. The horses are in
'Vlin be'if.fcjve are fleeing for our
, , My mother tityJrivitig. for t!m ra-
a-iii thnt my father, atnniliiig up in front
of the carriage, hntl to defend u with bis
gun, as you there see. lie fought our way
a and on for tunny n mile, shooting
down the sepoys as we went. We bad
somewhat nukh-c feci trouble and had le
come suspicions of our servants. A prince
had requester) a private jn'erview with
my father, wIhi was editor of the Delhi
iiiiette. The prince proposed to come 1
veiled so that no one might recognize i
him, but my mother insisted on being pres- j
cut, and the interview, did not take place, ;
A large fish had ln-cn sent to our family
and four other families, the present un
offering of thanks for the king's recovery ;
fioina r-ci-tit sickness. Hut we mificctei I
poison anil did uot est the fish, tine day
all our servants came up and said they
must go and sec what was the matter.
We saw what was intended and knew that
If the sensnts returned they would mur
der all of is. Things grew Horse and ;
worse until this scene of flight shown you
In the picture look place. You see, the '
rVrse were wild with fright. This was
not only because of the discharge of guns
but th horses were struck and pounded j
by sepoys, and ropes were tied across the
way, nail the savage holloo and the shout
of revenge made all tbe way of our Might
a horror."
The books have fuly recorded the hero
ism displayed at Delhi und approximate
regions, but make an mention of Ibis
family of Wagenlreibera whose flight I
am mentioning. But the Madrns Attic
ileum printed this:
"And now! Aro not the deeds of the
Wagentreibera, though ha wore a round
hut and she a crinoline, as worthy of im
perishable vers a those of the heroic
pair whose nuptials graced the court of
Charlemagne? A more touching picture
than thnt of the brave man contending
with well nerved arm against the black
and threatening fate imperilling over bis
wife und child we have never seen. Here
was no strife for the glory of physical
prowcx or the spoil of shining arms, but
a conquest of the human mind, an asser
tion of the lowers of intellect over tliM
most appalling array of circumstances
that could assail a human being. Men
have become gray in front of sudden and
unexpected peril, and in ancient days so
much waa courage a matter of heroic
and mere instinct that wo read in Im
mortal verse of heroes struck with panic
and fleeing before the emuny. Jtut the
lavage rtejioys, with their hoarse wur
cry and swarming like wasps eronncl the
WagenlrejlxTs, struck no terror into the I
brave man's heart. Ills heroism was
not tho mere ebullition of despair; but,
like that of his wife, cnliu and wise,
atanding upright that he might use his
arms belter."
Desperate Times.
As an incident will sometimes mere
impress one than a generality of state
ment, I present the flight of this one fam
ily from, Delhi merely to lllustrnto thi
desperation of the tiniee. The fact w.is
Unit the Heoy had taken Hjssesslon of
the city of Delhi, and they were, with all
Iheir artillery, fighting back the Euro
pcuns who were on the outside ami mur
dering all the Rnropeani who wer Iu
aide. The city of Delhi baa a crvnulared
wall nn thru sWeea wail fir and oue
half milM long -aod the fourth aid of
the city la defended hy the Itiver Jumna.
In addition to thawe twe Mumn of wall
and wafer tWa were 40,000 Bomoja, .u
armed. Twaira teadrad Brfttt aoMtata
were W tJM tkaf city. Nlcfeolao. the
Immortal general, commanded them, and
jou muat visit his grave before you leave
Delhi. He feii leading his troopa. II
commanded them even after being mor
tally wounded. You will read this In
scription on his tomb:
"John Nicholson, who led the assault
of Delhi, but fell iu the hour of victory
mortnlly wounded and died Z'Jd Septein
bel; 1K7. aged 35 years."
With nbat guns and men Gen. Niehol
aon could musier ho had laid aiegn to this
walled city filled with devils. What fear
ful odd.! Twelve hundred British troopa
uncovered by any military works to take
city surrounded by firm and high ma
sonry, on the top of which were 114 guns
and defended by 40.O00 foaming Sepoy.
A larger percentage of troops fell hero
than in any great battle I happen to
know of. The Crimean percentage of tho
fallen was 17.4M, but the percentage of
Delhi was 37.0. yt that city must bo
taken, and it can only 1 takeu by mch
courage us hud never been recorded In all
the annuls of bloodshed. Kvery charge of
the Hritisb regiments aguinst tho walls
and gates hud been beaten back. The
hyenas of Hindooisin and Mohammedan
ism how led over the walls, and the Eng
lish nriny could do nothing but bury their
ow n dead. Hut at this gate 1 stand und
watch an exploit that makes the psgo of
history tremble with agitation.
This city has ten gates, bnt the most
funious is the one before which we now
stand, ami it is called ":: hiuc.re gate.
V nte the words in red ink, hccamia of
the carnage. Write them in letters of
light, for the ifliiHtrious deeds. Write
them iu letters of black, for the bereft
and the rieitd. Will the world ever forget
that Cuhhmere gate? I.ieutcnunta Sal
keld und Home und Sergeants Uurges,
Caruiichael and Smith offered to lake
bugs of powder to the fool of thut gate
and set theni on lire, blowing open tho
gate, although they must die in doing It.
There they go. just after sunrise, each
one currying a sack containing twenty
four pound of powder and doing this un
der the tire of the enemy. Lieut. Home
was the !irl to jump into the ditch, which
still reiiii ns before the gat)-. As they go
one by tine falls under the shot and shell.
One of the mortally woundiil as he falls
hands his suck of powder, with n box of
lucifer mutches to another, telling him
to fire the suck, when with an explosion
that shook the earth for twenty miles
around purt of the Cashmere gate wag
blown into fragments, nnd the bodies of
some of these heroes were so scattered
they were never gathered for funeral or
grave or m murm-nt. The I'.ritiHh army
rushed in through the broken gate, anil
although six days of hard fight ing -we-re
tieceasnry before the city was in com
plete possession, the crisis was past. The
Cashmere gale op, n. the capture of Delhi
and all it contained of palaces and
mosfjues ond treasures jvus imssiblc.
Lord Napier, nf Mngilalu', of w hom Mr.
Hadstoiii spoke to me so affectionuM-iy
when 1 was bis guest Ht Hawurden, Kng
land. Ims lifted n monument n.ir thi-i
Cashmere gate w ith the mimes of the men
who there fell inscribed t hereon. That
English lord, who had seen courage on
ninny a battlefield, visited Ihjs Cashmere
gate and fell thut the men who opened it
with the loss of their own lives ought to
be coiniiiiinorfiteil, and heme this ceno
taph. Hut, after nil. the best monument
is the gate itself, with the deeo gouijes in
the , rick wall on the icf'l side made by
two Is.nihshells, and the wull above torn
by ten bombshells and the wull ou the
right side defaced, nnd scarped and plow
ed ami gullied by all styles of long reach
ing weaponry. Let the words "Cash
mere gate." us a synonym for patriotism
and fearlessness ami self-sucrilice, go into
all history, all art, all literature, all time,
all eternity. My friends, that kind of
courage iitic(ificd will yet take the whole
earth for tiod. Indeed the missionaries
now at Delhi toiling uuiid heathenism and
fever and cholera und fur uwuy from
home and comfort and staying there un
til they drop into their graves nre irnit
as brave in taking Delhi for Christ as
were .i holsou and Curmichncl in taking
Delhi for (Jreut Hriluiu. Tuke thiH for
tne urst sennonlc lesson.
The Mogul J'alace.
Anntlin, )t, . . . ,
.......... ju mum Hee u you go
to Delhi, though you leave many things
unseen, is the palace of tbe moguls. It
is au inclosure j.uuo yurds by tm. You
enter through jt vaulted hall nearly 400
reei long, r loors of Horeutiue mosaic
nul walls once emernlded and aapphjred
nnd carbuncle. and diamonded. I said to
the guide, "Show ns where once stood the
jM-acock throne." "IL-re it was," he re
scinded. All the thrones of the earth put
together would net eoual that for costli
ness and brilliance. It hud steps 0f silver,
and tbe seat und artua were of solid gold!
It cost about $1W),000,0(JO. It stood be
tween two peacock, the feather and
pluuiea of which were fashioned out of
colored stones. Above the throne wa a
life slite parrot cut out of one emerald.
Alsive ull was a canopy resting on twelve
column of gold, the canopy frlngod with
pearls. Seated here, the emperor on pub
lic occasion wore a crown containing
among other thing thn Kohinoor dia
mond, and the entire blaze of coronet
eost $10,3.rS),(KfO. Thi superb nnd once
almost siiMriinturiilly beautiful room has
imbedded in the white marble wall letter
of black marble, which were translated to
Uie from Persian into English as meaning:
"If on the earth there ls an Eden of bliss,
That place is this, is this, is this, is this."
Hut tho peacock that stood beside tho
throne have flown away, taking all the
display with them, and those white uiar-
j ble floor were reddened with slaughter,
' and those bathrooms run with blood, and
that Eden of which tho .Persian couplet
! on the walls Rpuko ha had It flowers i
I w ither and It fruite decay, and I thought
i wbilo looking at the brilliant desolation
and standing amid the vanished glorie
of that throne roo in that Home one had
lstter change little that Persian couplet
on the wall and make It rend:
"If there be a place where much you miss,
That place la thla, I thla, I this, I this."
A I cam out of the palace into tha
afreet of Delhi I thought to myself : Para
dle are not built out of atone, are not
cut In acorptura, a re not painted on walk,
are not fa h lotted cut of prarioo atonaa,
4o not auray tha choek with fonnUlas, 4a
not offer throaea ar erowa. Paradisaa
are built out of nature uplifted and en
nobled, and what architect' compass may
not sweep, and sculpUir' chisel may not
cut, and painter' pencil may not sketch,
and gardener' skill may not lay out, the
grace of (iod can achieve, and if the
heart be right all la right, and if the heart
be wrong all la wrong. Hero endeth the
eecond lesson.
But I will not yet allow you to leaye
Delhi. The third thing you muat see or
never admit tiiat yon have boen in India,
is tho moiejue called Juiuma Muaud. It
is the grandest mosque I ever saw except
fit. riophia at Constantinople, but It sur
passes that iu some respects, for St rio
phia waa orlglnully a Christian church
end changed into a mosque, while this of
Delhi was originally built for the Mos
lems. Heathen Worahlp.
All entered 1,000 or more Mohamme
dans were prostrated In worship. There
are times when fi.OOO may be seen here In
the same attitude. Kuril stone of tbe
floor I 3 feet long by 1 wide and each
worshiper has one of these lnb for him
self while kneeling. The erection of this
building required 5,000 laborers for ir
year. It is on a platoau of rock, ha
four towers rising fur Into the heaven,
thrcHj great guteways inviting tho world
to come In unci honor the moiuory of the
prophet of many wives, fifteen dome,
with spires gold tipiied, and six rnlnareta.
What a built np immensity of white mar
ble nnd red sandstone! We descend,)
the forty marbUi stop by which we as
cended and took another look ut this won
der of the world. As I thought wbut
bruin the architect must have had who
first built that mosque in his own imag
ination, and uu I thought wbut an opu
lent ruler that must have been who gave
the; order for such vastneas and symmet
ry, 1 wns reminded of that which perfect
ly explained all. The architect who
planned this was the same man who
planned (he Taj namely, Austin de Bor
dean and the king who ordered tho
mosque constructed was the king who or-derc-d
the Taj -niimely. Shah Jehan. A
this grund mogul ordered built the most
splendid puluce for the dead when he
built the Tuj nt Agra, he here ordered
built the most Nplendid palace of worship
for the living at Delhi. See here what
sculpture and architecture can accom
plish. They link together the centuries..
Tiny successfully defy time. Two hun
dred and eighty years ago Austin de llor
dean und Shah Jchan quit this life, but
their work lives und bids fair to stand
until the continents c ruc k oh-ii and hem
ispheres go down nnd this planet shower
other worlds with its nshea.
I rejoice In all these big building-?,
whether dedicated to Mohammed or
Hrulimn or Hiidclha or Confucius or Zoro
aster, becauHc, us St. Sophiii at Constan
tinople wus a Christian choreh changed
into a mosque and will yet be ebne-i'
bac k again, so all the mosque und tem
ples of superstition and sin will yet be
turned into churches. When India nnd
Coy Ion nnd China and Jupuu ure ran
somed, as we all believe they will be,
their religious structure will all be con
verted into Christiuu asylums and Chris
tian schools and Christian libraries and
Christian churches. Huilt at the expe nse
of superstition and sin, they will yet be
cicciicuioi , n, iru Aiuitgniy. ucra
endeth the third lesson.
The City of Amber.
As that night we took the railroad train
from the Delhi station and rollc-d out
through the city now living over the
vaster cilies buried under this ancient
capital, cities under cities, and liulted t
what you have never seeu before a de
populated city, the city of Amber, India.
The strange fad is that a ruler abun
dance! his palace nt Amber and moved to
Jaipur, and ull the inhabitants of the city
followed. Except here and there? a house
in Amber occupied by a hermit, the city
is as silent a population us Pompeii or
Herculanenm. Hut those cities wer.e
emptied by volcanic disaster, while thi
city of Amber wa vacated because
Prince Joy Singh wa told by a Hindoo
pries! thut no city should be inhabited
more than 1,000 yeurs, and so the ruler,
170 years ago, moved out himself, and all
his pioplu moved with him, .
Hut what a solemn and etunendoiis
thing is nn uhnndoued city! While many
of the people of tho en'rth hove no roof
for their heads, here is a whole city of
roofs rejected. The aund of the dusurt
was suflicient excuse for the disappear
ance of Hellopolis, and the waters of the
Mediterranean Sea for tho ptignlfment of
Tyre, and the lnvu of Mount Vesuvius for
tho obliteration of Herculanenm, but for
the sake of nothing but a superstition
whim the city of Amber I nbaudoued for
ever. Oh, wondrous India! The city of
Amber ia only one of the marvels which
compel the unlifted hand of surprise) from
the day you enter India until you leave it.
Its flora 1 ao flamboyant, it fauna so
moiistrou and savuge, its ruins so sug
gestlvo, it Idolatry so horrible!, its degra
dation so slcke-iiing, its mineralogy so
brilliant, It splendors so uplifting, its
architecture so old, so grand, so educa
tional, so multlpotent that India will not
be fully comprehended until scicui-e ha
niacin its last experiment, uud exploration I
ha ended its Inst journey, aud the library 1
of the world' llteratur has closed Its
lust doeir, and Christianity has made it
lust achievement, and the clock of tlln.)
has struc k IU Inst hour.
Adulteration.
Glucose, it appears:, U tho greatest of
all adulterant. It U used for maklnir
cheap candy, sugara, Jellie.g and syrups.
Apple sauce Is pumpkin boiled In elder.
It Id said Unit cheap confectionery and
llquora are the articles most Injurious
ly adulterated. Candy commonly con
tains much rusel oil and other poisons.
Strawberry Ice cream a plate of It
often contain almost mores fused oil
than five glasse of poor whisky. It Is
colored with red aniline dye. Licorice
dropa are usually made out of candy
factory sweepings, Wlna Is frequently
nothing but water with percauuire of
crude alcohol from ft rain or the refuse
of beet raflMriaa, coloitd with burnt
agar, flavored with oil of coiim and
Wan u MNMB) woody Uata wtta
little) aatawaa.
GOWNS AND GOWNING.
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Brief Glances at Fancies Feminine, Frivo
lous, Hsyliap, and Set Ottered In the
Bope thmt the Bending May Prove
Bestful to Weearted Womankind,
Ooaslp from Guy Gotham.
New York Correspondence:
OH a woman to
plunge out of her
seat at the theater
and daah Into the
street 1 too dread-
VvS fully suburban, and
'""suburbanlsui" Is a
e,c1vcihriliint tlmf
swell city folk have
been trying todown
all this winter.
They claim that
such actions Hay
only too plainly
that the hastening
woman leaven hur
riedly to catch a
train. According to
their notions, a woman should take lota
of time. She should go to the women's
dressing room, there to have her fur
overtdioea put ou, to look at the set of
her curls and the powder on her nose.
for there Is the little mtpper after the
play to be thought of. This is, of
course, a silly craze fostered by those
who won't or enn't have suburban
homes, and Isn't likely to disturb the
possessors of such In the least.- It Is,
in a way, an example. :i horrible one,
of what the fashionable- few decree to
lie stylish.
Naturnlly, such nous -nsical notions
cannot prevail In dress ules, but even
H Ct A SS ;
IVWA
THK "SO STYLISH SOKf.
these Inws are not always noted for
their wisdom, and the current styles In
capes Illustrate this point. Although
the coldest weather of the season may
come any day, wee, short capes are
voted Just the thing, and Unit being the
case, they are donned vUicthor they
will afford surilcltnt proioction or not.
About the slightest of Hi se is of the
sort shown In the initial picture, where;
It Is really a part of a black velveteen
princess dress. Made of this material,
it is lined with mandarin glace silk, the
dress yoke being of the same fabric.
The standing collars of both cape und
uress are covered with blac k mousse
line de sole. The dress buttons: luvlsl
bly In back beneath a box pleat, which
extends ns far as the waist and forms
a funnel fold from there down.
There Is no denying that this enpe
lends a very dressy finish, and It Is so
small a protection that It will be worn
very little In midwinter months, but
cape types that afford about as much
warmth as those of the next three pic
tures are very abundant nnd are worn
In the most severe weather. The nume
"theater cape" serins now to hide a
multitude of lacks In an outside gar
ment, and thut It Is but slight protection
against the weather doesn't eouut, de
spite the fact that most women go to
the theator of winter evenings. When
A VELVET TTMPTKH.
aaked If ber hands and arms don't be
come cold under such a wee and pretty
cape, madaia will Bay deprecatliigly,
"Oh, tt'a only a theater rape, and then,
rt'f m stylish." Ah, that's tt Iff only
a theater eape to bo worn home at uld
asjM fNai tho heated ptayaoua oa tha
ev
A
IS
night for which John Henry bought
ticket whether it be uilld and clear or
cold and stormy makes no dMOVrence, hia
tickets must be used. If a death o'
cold results, the pluy will have been
seen In style, anyhow.
The double cape of the next pie-ture
Is "go stylish," and its fellow are being
worn In all soru of weather, though
they might sensibly be laid aside for
warm days. A glance at this cut, how
ever, shows an excuse for tbe vain ones,
for It Is a dainty pattern throughout,
and worth some discomfort In display
ing It It is tiiken from black velours,
each cape being; bordered with fur aud
ornamented with Jet embroidery In the
corners. It is finished with a high
medici collar bordered and lluort with
AKIITHMt E.NTICKlt.
fur. and a full bow of black watered
ribbon ie placed at the neck.
Velvet coats and capes are so much
worn that It is easy to prophesy a
change in the fashion, else such gar
ments will become too common for the
ultra sets. l!y the way, one reason the
imported cape costs such a Jolly lot
more than does the homemade one Is
that the foreign velvet has been put
through a proc ess whereby It Is made
to take water without spotting. To hch
Just how dainty it is mtifli! up to tempt
a wiimau to endure chilled hand aud
anus, examine tbe next Illustration.
Here It is black velvet, laid in deep
pleats in buck and over the shoulders,
nnd sewed, to a deep yoke heavily em
broidered with Jet, wlrfch Is finished
with ostrich feather galloon and a
fc!;Ui r frtase ptiM t-t the tisnai f nr.
The collar i also edged with galloon,
and the whole garment is lined with
pink watered satin. With this there Is
worn a toejue of velvet trimmed with
chiffon wings and velvet loops, togeth
er with a spray of wild roses which
lies on the hair iu back.
The final example of these capes Is
blac k velours and trimmed down the
front with jet galloon. It has, besides,
an ornate Jet yoke. The fancy collar
and the edges of fronts and hem lire
bordered with ostrich feather galloon.
As has been said, the velvet coats and
capes are plentiful, and the exquisites
are already trying to distinguish theirs
from those of the common herd. One
method of doing this responds to the
mad ermse for cutting up expensive
stuffs. Thus, a magnificent velvet cloak
was enriched lavishly with strips of
camel's huir goods. Evidently a whole
shawl had been cut into strips, straight,
curved and zigzag ones, all to trim a
cloak already rich by Itself. Of coursa,
If the shawl was old and mothy, there
wus good excuse, but the woman who
wouhl lliljik of cutting up any sort of a
camel's hair shawl Is just the kind of a
woman who would select a good onu
for the siu'i'llU-e.
Cloaks that cover one warmly' from
lie nil to foot are now seldom worn, and
the few garments of this sort that, aro
He-en aro fitted out with Home considera
ble di-gree of novelty. This i neces
sary according to current tenets, which
would condemn a cover-all cloak to
hopeless uufushlonableness, if it were
of conventional make. The cloak por
trayed In the llnal sketch Is rather sts
verely made, but enhanced and saved
to acceptableness by It odd rcvers and
tie huge fancy buttons that adorn the
front Its material Is leather-colored
cloth, made with a large pleat In the
middle of the front Below the waist
Id back two fan shaped Insertions (It
the necessary fullneaa. Tho opaulettaa
are cut In ona with tbe rcvera and aro
of tbe cloth wltb heavy machine stitch
Intv The cellar ia trimmed to matca.
4j ill b
mu It
mil !fc
THK HAHK A t.L-OV ICK TYI-ft.
I
VALUE OF A HOBBY TO WOMEN
A Suit gelation for Tbone aes let Uahr
ii is bed with One. -
The beauty books advise women to
cultivate- a hobby. They say that a per
son with a hobby keeps bright eye,
rosy cheeks, aud an expression of ani
mation which in themselves constitute
be auty far beyond the period at which
the hobby less women loe these attrac
tions. The best sort of hobby the one which
will keep women young longest and
will afford them the most enjoyment
during the time is an intellectual one.
In this advanced day and generation
most women have enough knowledge
of various branches of learning to be
able to choose one in which they will be
honestly interested. The impersonal
nature of study is something which
should recommend it If one studies
Trench or literature, or dives into the
forgotten poets, or makes a1 study of
some period of history, she Is doing
something which takes her mind com
pletely away from herself, her own
worries, pleasures, friends, foes, and
lovers. This is in Itself a blessing and
a beautifier. Nothing produces wrin
kles and the signs of care ami age so
quickly as thought of one's self, and
conversely nothing wards off these
evils so effectively as thought of other
things.
Study is a better hobby than the col
lecting mania. Possessions soon be
come almost a part of one's self. Th
woman who has collected china Is in
constant dread of her maid's clumsi
ness. She who has a collection of lace
worries over her washerwoman. Fire
and thieve enter Into the calculations
of all collectors. But she who stores
her rniuil rather than her cabinets is
not Increasing her anxieties.
In addition to the good effect of the
mere exercise of study there are more
practical results. Tbe woman who
studies most knows the most Knowl
edge has a way of molding the features
and Imparting new graces to the ex-
picssion. Knowledge makes women
bet t re talke rs, belter listeners, better
hostesses, and guests. In every way
the study hobby pays. She who leaves
off her twenty-minute facial massage
and her half-hour face steaming aud
devotes the time instead to study will
find that even from the vain and frivol
ous beauty point of view study is an ex
cellent thing.
"" WUavt a rWhman"Xhinksr"7 "'"'
We want Knglish free schools where
no money is charged and where stu
ilonts are encouraged by scholarships.
Americans c an have no idea how pour
the people of India are. They live in
small huts and have no cot or bedding.
home of the lower classics cannot get a
second meal a day, the first meal being
a piece of bread or a little boiled rice.
Now, If every dollar that kind-hearted
Americans sjH-ncl on the missionary
ic-K were useii in bringing up these low
er classes by educating them, it would
be the greatest charity in the world.
Iiuilditig more railroads, teaching me
chanics, electricity, and all kinds of
manufactures; .making sanitary im
provements in the villages and towm?
to prevent thousands of people from be
ing swept away annually by cholera
nnd other diseases which have made
India their home for those the people
of India would bless the Americans.
In every poor man's house the pral.se
of your nation would be sung, and tho
name "America" would be dear to
them, and they would bless you from
their heart. If your object is truly to
improve the condition of India's poor,
theu, instead of leaching them religion,
send teachers and open schools; glvo
them education and let them select any
religion they like.
Hut it is a sheer waste of money to
spend It on the missionaries. It does
I'.ol help the people. On the contrary,
it only strengthens their own religious
faith and creates international preju
dice. The jKBople bitterly complain
against them for their Interference, uot
only in religion, but in rwlities. too.
What benefit Is It to India or America
If a few pariahs are Christ ia nized at an
enormous cost? I again afiirm that it
is a waste of money. Send your mis
sionaries to those who -have no relig
ion for Instance, in the interior of Af
rica nnd fhe South Rea Islands, and to
the cities of the United States. Pu
ruHhota.ni liao Telang in The Forum.
Iinst of Her Species.
A story Is told of Prince John Van
Huren a few years before the civil war.
The Whig and native American parties
had disbanded. At a ball In rtaltlmorei
about 1K5.H or 1S51 one of the belles of
fhe evening was vry outspoken In her
political dislikes.
"I am not a Democrat, nor am I a Re
publican," said she. '
"Hut what politics are you, them?"
was the natural question of the by
Hlanders. "I would have you kno" replied tho
lady, "that I am an old line Whig."
Instantly taking the lady by the arm,
John VanBuren faced the asscmblaire
ond remarked: "Here, ladles and gen
tlemen, you may see one of the greatest
curiosities In the whole country. Thin
young lady say she la an old line
Whig!
The male of thla species is ex--Boston
Budget
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