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TUB OMAHA DAILY BKE : WKDNTOUY , APRIL 12. IHOfr-SIXTBEX 1'AOKS. THE PLAIN AND PRETTY WOMAN , I'AHT II. "Wlmt Police lind tohl mo of herself ) md mnilo clear to mo ninny things In lior chnrnctor thtit hud puzzled and troubled me. Hilts was only a passionate , \indlHclplined child , yet wonderfully kind and cotiHldorato of others , and gen erous to a fault. Among her pupila were eoinodull , Ill-favored irlB for whom nobody seemed to care , and those 1'elti'o riltifflecl out for npecinl attention. She liad not a particle of the I'lirlsiennu's taste In ( Irons , and bought the cheapest and llimsiest things for herself , but spent her money freely upon any one who Kwmcd in need of it. She hud no nklll with nnedlo or scNsora. yet I have often found her pleased as a child over Homo queer-shaped but comfortable gar ment she had made with much pains for boino poor black child on the place. Poor Fullce ! What she liit'l betrayed she of J-Mem- In her excitement as spoke ing troubled me a good deal , and every for fear. uitv gave mo new cause Wo had organized a liter ary club for the study of the French classics under Mile. Felice's BUpcrvinion. She herself road with a purity of accent and power of expression which made our olTorts mere travesties , of eours-o , and she possessed one of those beautiful , low-nltolicd voices which one never tires of listening to. 13ut we were all amazed when one evening she throw aside the volume of Uacine from which wo had been reading , and rising , began reciting , in the most wonderful , impas- bioncd manner , some pansago from ' 'Adri- cnno Locmivrour. " I cannot recall the words , but it was where Adrieiine is llrst made to believe in her lover's treachery. Wo were spellbound. Fleming , who was half reclining on u low seat in one of his Hamlet attitudes , looked first atnus-cd and then bewildered , and fixed his eloquent eyes upon Felice tc the very last word. " 1 would riot have believed ' ' he began , as if to himself , and then added ' warmly. "Mn'ambcllc , that was superb ! Police fixed upon him one of her in tense side glances-a bitter smile camt to her face. "You would have said you did not biv llcvo it was in mo , " she said in hoi quaint , rapid way. "You are right , Mr , Fleming. There is nothing in mo , That was mere imitation. I have heard Hti"hcl and other great artists imui } times. " Fleming colored slightly but made in attempt , to apologize for his rudeness. 1 taw. however , that he followed Felici with his eves for the rest of that even ing , and always with that look of wonder dor , or bewilderment. After this , under one pretext or another - other , ho began to seek her society. Jit Bang very well , and suddenly discovered that ho wing better with Felice's accom paniment. Then he wished to converse In French always homo selfish motive you perceive ; but Felice never seemed to notice that. She scorned incapable ol resisting bin influence in anything , or ol refusing any request ho might make , except that , after that one evening , IK one , not even Fleming , could persuade her to recite for us again. A wonderful change began to come over Felice. As she came to mo some times alter a walk or a ride with Flem ing , and jtressed her cool , soft check against mine , I wondered if this sniilin.fi girl , with the pink Hush cm her face , the light in her strange , pathetic ej'cs , could bo the plain , impassive-looking , elderlj young woman wo had called Mile Felice. Her very step , and voice , am : carriage had ultored Matters continued so for some weeks , One evening Felice came to my room , ami threw herself down at my1 side ' , bury ing her glowing face in my lap. I waf euro from her manner that bomethinj. more than usual had happened. "Helen ! " she said at last , raising hoi face and Hinging her arms about mo "Helen , I am so happy ! If happinesi could kill , I should die ! Ah , ma cherie you will not believe ill You cannot ! ] can scarcely believe it myself , but it is true ! My God. it is true ! Ho loves mo ! " A sharp pang went through mo at hot words. "I suppose you mean Caryl Fleming , ' I enid , with an unrcsponsivonoss she lint not expected. She looked at mo an in slant , then laughed a laugh thrillec through and through with cc&tacy. "Certainly I mean Caryl Fleming , ' she said. "Did he toll you so ? " I persisted Felice rose to her feet , and looked at mi with a puzzled , pitying smile. "Did he tell mo soy'1 she repeated softly. "In words ? No. I bollovo not But in a thousand other ways , yo.am tonight , tonight , Helen , ho took mo ii his arms and kissed mo again anc again ! " For an American or English girl sucl frankness would bo impossible. In Folici It seemed only natural and fitting. The fervor and ualvoto of her manner robboc her speech of all unwomanlincss 01 strangeness , but in my heart of hearts trembled for Felice. However , for a time Fleming's devotion tion seemed absolute. Outside of thoi recitation rooms they wore always together gother , riding , walking or singing. The brief southern winter , durinj which nature merely turns a coli shoulder flpon us for a time , was over and again she was smiling with all th < glow and tender ness of spring. I kcp up my solitary walks and rides , some times coming upon Felice and her lover she looking absorbed and radiant , } \ < languid , and , 1 fancied at last , more thai a trifle bored. Apparently his latest c.x porimcnt was losing its piquancy. I win not surprised , therefore , when Folici began at last dropping into my roou evenings in the old way. One evening she had been lying for i long time upon the lounge , her eye fixed upon the ceiling , whore the lam ] throw a huge shadow like a dark , hover ing wing , when I broke the silence my sqlf."You "You do not play for Mr. Fleming thi ove-ning ? " "No , " she answered. "Mr. Fleminj has a cold and headache -and letters t < . , write. " She spoke these words slowly with long pauses , as if answering som < doubt or questioning within horsoll rather than my own. I naked no furthe questions. I would force no confidence Fleming withdrew himself more am more. He had no time for musid. II was writing for northern magazines no\ ho was a clover follow , with a happ turn for writing and , like the rest ei the teachers , the approaching clos of the school year gave him muol extra work. Indeed , we wore all al eorbed in additional duties , both teacher and pupils the former forced to super human exertions by Dr. Bellamy's en nine watchfulness and persistence , th latter nervous and apprehensive , o eulkv * and Impertinent , as the casomlgh bo. In a word , wo wore nil wrought up t the artificial and unwholesome stat common to such crises , and I am afral that under the stress brought to boa upon mo I was oven unmindful for time of the change that was again con Ing over Felice or that she had cease almost entirely to come to my roon : even avoiding mo , as I at last porcolvod But ns I was one day standing in th hall with Fleming , diecusgin uoino point concerning the arrang * jradnts jor the approaching ej amlnntlon , Police panned by UH , her head hold very high , her long black dross trailing.her hands clenched against her side. The whltenes ! ) of her face struck me. "Ma'amnelle Felice In looking badly , " I said to Fleming. "She misses her ac customed rides and walks. " Fleming languidly regarded a rose In his button hole. "Whv deed she not ride , or walk , then ? " ho inquired in the most IndilTer- out of voices. "She Is perhaps waiting for the com pany of her fiance , ' ' I answered , betray ing , I do not doubt , a good deal of heat. Fleming raided his eyes from the rose , ' and looked at mo with tin affectation'of mild surprise. "Ah , Indeed ! " ho said , "I was not aware that Ma'amsello was engaged. Who. I beg , may the fortunate man bo ? " "You are even more cruel and b.iso than I thought ! " 1 said , turning away tndiinmntly. Fleming laughed snftly. "Why do young women bcc.mio hys terical on the slightest provocation ? ' ' 1 heard him remark. I found Felice standing at Dr. Holla- my's door , which was opposite my own. engaged in earnest e mversalion with that gent Ionianboth evidently in great excite ment , although ho was smiling Ills most glittering and unpleasant smile. "No ! " Police was saying rapidly , with many gestures. "No ! Hay what you will , I will not give her one more lesson ! " "Hut your reason , Ma'am elle ? " I heard Dr. Bellamy say as I closed my door. "If Miss Triplett has been im pertinent " "Impertinent ! " cried Police. "No , slio would not dare. Hut I give her no more lessons , tout lo memo. Imperti nent ! Mon Dleu , her very existence is an impertinence to mete mo ! " And she swept away contemptuously. Police had her way hero , and Miss Trlplott was excused from her music lessons for the remainder of the term. This occasioned some gossip among the girls , who spoke unreservedly before mo. Perhaps , because I was myself young , and they felt safe with me. There was some girlish dialling of Miss Trip lett , in which Fleming's name was men tioned. She made no retort , but a faint pink crept over her creamy skin , and she kept her long , soft eyes downcast , slowly turning a ring on one of her fine , dimpled lingers. She smiled faintlytoo. She had a smile that would have won St. Anthony from his coll. All through the following days of toil and worry and excitement Felice avoided mo. Oltcn I stole to her door when the house was quiet for the night , and tapped softly , calling her name , but she did not. or would not , hoar me. One warm night along in June , find ing it impossible to sleep , I rose and sat by the window. All at once I heard my name whispered softly through the key hole. It was Police's voice. I rose and lot her in. She wore a long white wrap per , and her hair was all about her shoulders. "Police , " I said , "you look as if you might bo the ghost that haunts the ver andas. " "Ghost ! " she repeated. "What do you mean ? " ' "Oh. " I laughed , "tho servants swear that a ghost haunts the verandas and not one of them will budge from the door after night fall. " Fclico stood still a moment us if in thought. "That interests me , that ghost. " she said presently , with a shrug of her shoulders ; " 1 would like to mcet t. Do you know when I am dead I will bo a ghost , too. It must bo a great consola tion , that. " She laughed bitterly under her breath and began walking about the room. She wont to my table and bent over the llowors upon it. "Oh , too sweet , " she snid. "It la not good for you , my dear ; there is poi&ou in too much sweetness. " I noticed that her hand wandered among my papers for a moment , and then wont quickly to her bosom. A tor- wards I remembered this. She came to the window and looked out into the warm , fragrant , starlit darkness. "It is near the hour for ghosts to walk , " she said , after a moment or two ; "what if wo might see one. " The ignorant gossip of the black ser vants seemed to have impressed her curiously ; she lingered a short time , and then went away. I watched her little figure trailing down the corridor with feelings of pain and un easiness , and though I wont again to bed I could not sloop. I rose and put the flowers out on the window ledgo. and as I did so I fancied I saw a white figure blip into the dark ness of the long veranda that ran along the back building. I dismissed the thought as a nervous fancy , but I simply could not lie down. I opened my door noiselessly long practice had rendered us all adopts at this and looked and lis tened intently. It scorned to mo that I could hoar a faint , sound of opening and closing doors or windows below , and to my wrought up senses the dark passages seemed full of Hitting shapes and airy whispers. I crept along to Police's door. It was open and the room was empty. But us I stood there wondering she came swiftly through the corridor and into her room. She did not start at seeing me , but seized my wrist in her cold lin gers , and began laughing softly and hysterically. I touched her dross. It was wet with dow , as was her loose dark hair. "Where have you been ? " I asked hastily. "I have boon ghost-hunting , " she said. "It is great fun , ma chore. " "Then it was you I saw on the veranda , " I impulsively said. Fclico started. "On the veranda ? No , I was not on the veranda. What have you soon ? " "It was nothing , I suppose. 1 merely fancied 1 saw something. " "Very good , " bald Police. "It is like a play , this night. It is the third act. The denouement will bo very fine , that Is certain. " She began laughing again. I did not llko her voice or her manner , but I loft her , after inducing her to go to bed. The next day was the first of the pub lic exorcises which were to close the school year. The little town was over flowing with guests , and every spare room at the hall was filled with parents or relatives of the graduating class. I had feared that Folico would bo unable to fulfil her arduous duties ; out she ap peared at breakfast looking no paler than usual , and was if anything rather more voluble and witty. A few moments before 0 o'clock I stood on the veranda surrounded by the girls of my class in their white gala dresses , waiting for the sound of the organ which was to bo the signal for our on- tranco. Fleming and Dr. Bellamy were already upon the platform , and the scats assigned to the spectators were more than filled. Near mo stood Miss Srip- lott , calm and unconcerned amid her agitated , expectant schoolmates. The was dressed In the finest white mull , and her throat and bare arms wore wreathed in the feathery foliage and yellow blossoms of the jessamine , which also shone starliko in her soft , dark hair. She hold in her hand a hugo bouquet ol yellow roses. She was the dullest girl in thoclas3and the loust popular.but no one could have denied that she was one ol the most beautiful creatures under the sun , All at once Felice came along the verundn cm her way to the organ. Shi started at night of Mian Trlplolt , and stopping before her looked at her with a strange , uncanny smile. Small , hag * gard , badly dressed , she wtw a sorry con trast to that tall and lovely daughter of the south , in her oxqulslto flower wreathed attire. 1 saw a kind of shiver pa fl through her as flho looked , and suddenly she put one of her hands on the proud beauty's spotless arm. " ' ! " she "Bon jour , Ma'omsolle Trlplott said , speaking readily In French. "I hope you have slept well ! No bad dreams , no phantoms , eh ? " She had begun speaking In her mm vest tones , but before she finished her voice had a harsh , almost llorco , sound. The girl withdrew her arm haughtily , and answered coldly in the same lan guage : "Morel , Mnfnm ollc , I have slept well , and I never dream. " Felice gave a short laugh and parsed on. A moment afterwards the stirring notes of the "Wedding March" pealed from the organ , and the exorcises began. Tin co days of incessant excite ment and absorbing work followed , and on the third and last even ing the house and grounds wore thrown open to visitors. When the crowd was greatest , I succeeded in stealing away , with the intention of en joying tlio "luxury of an hour's rest , when in one of the corridors 1 mot Dr. Bellamy. "I am looking for Mn'nnibollc Felice , " he said with evident impatience. "There are strangers who wisli to hear her. " "Have you been to her room"l asked. "Certainly. She is not there. Per haps , " ho added , "sho is on the lawn with with Fleming. " I said I would look for hor. It was a relief to Hud myself in the open air , and I walked nb'iut the grounds for some time , mooting many youthful couples for on this occasion discipline was relaxed and the young ladies could indulge for once in the privilege of llirta- tion but I nowhere saw Felice. In a remote part of the lawn I came upon Fleming and Miss Triplett. I went di rectly up to him , and said : " 1 am looking for Ma'amsello Felice. Have you , perhaps , scon her ? " "I have not , indeed , " lie answered coolly. I returned to the house and went to Police's room. She was there , now. She had thrown herself upon her bed. A sorrowful , piteous figure she made in her soiled evening dress of blue bilk , wreathed with torn and rumpled arti ficial roses. The long trail was wet and soiled from contact with the grass of the lawn , her white shoes soaked through and through , "Felice , " I said , "Dr. Bellamy is look ing for you. " She made no answer. Her face was buried upon her arms. "Como , " I said , trying to raise her. "You must not give way to this Whore is your pride , I'Ylicc ? Will you lot that man see your misery ? Ho is unworthy of your love wholly unworthy. " Still no answer. Dr. Bellamy came to the door , but I sent him away. Then I removed Felice's tawdry evening dress , and prepared her for retiring. She gave herself into my hands without resistance or appeal , like a tired child. Poor Folico how wasted wore her slender limbs , how cold and trembling her small , child like hands. I went to my room for my dressing-gown , and came back to her , for I dared not leave her alone , I turned the gas very low and lay down by her side , and there wo lay. while the laughter and music came lip to us from below. Folico lay ns if asleep , or dead , except once , when Flem ing's voice , singing "O ma chnrmante , " came floating up alone , so sweet , so tender , so impassioned. Then a long , shuddering breath escaped her and her cold fingers closed tightly upon my hand. At last wo hoard the guests depart ing. Carriage after carriage rolled away. The inmates of the hall dis persed to their rooms with much talk and laughter. Doors and windows wore closed and silcnco fell. After an interval , Dr. Bellamy's slippered tread was hoard , and then followed per fect silence. Worn out physically and mentally , I foil into a deep sleep from which 1 started all at once with a sudden sharp sense of fear. I turned to Felice. She was not beside mo , nor in the room. I rose and wont out into the hall , and listened intently. I was sure at last that I heard a slight rasping bound from bolow. I groped my way through the hall to the stairs and down thorn into the abysmal dtvi knoss of the lower pas- sagos. At the foot of the stairs I listened again , and this time I heard a faint b'mnd from the direction of one of the recitation rooms. This room was for Fleming's exclu sive use. It was situated directly oppc- sitc his apartments , and gave also upon the veranda. Toward this room made my way , with no other object than to find Folico and save her from evil I did not. know what. I reached the door , and pushed it gently. It opened without noise. At the same instant there came the sound of a match struck against the wall , and in the brief illumination which followed I distinctly saw three figures that of Fleming , holding in his arms a tall , girlish figure in a white dress , and that of Felice , wrapped in a long black cloak , advancing swiftly toward thorn. Then came utter darkness again ; a swift rush , a succession of piercing screams , a struggle , a wild laugh , a fall , and Fleming's voice calling for help. I must have answered him for the next moment ho said : "Is that you , Miss Charles ? For God's sake bring a light something terrible has happened ! " But there was no need. Already stops and voices wore in-the hall , and Dr. Bellamy appeared upon the thresh old with a candle in his hand. "What in heaven's name "hobogun , but stopped suddenly , stricken with amazement , horror and anger. Miss Triplet ! lay in his nephew's arms in sensible , with blood flowing over her white gown. Fleming was bond ing over her uttering wild' words of tenderness. In a dark corner crouched Police , gesticulating and muttering in coherently. "What does this moan , Caryl ? " cried his undo , but Fleming paid no atten tion. Ho carried the insensible girl across into his own room , and laid her upon a couch. "Let some one go for a doctor , quick ! " ho said to the group of teachers , pupils , and guests which had gathered about the door. The girl's mother had already appeared , and was moaning and wring ing her hands helplessly , while Fleming had turned back the IOOBO sleeve and bound his handkerchief over the wounded arm. I alone wont to Folico , still cowering and muttering in the corner , and I saw that her fingers still clasped a small dagger which I recognized as mino. She made no resistance as I attempted to raise her , but as I led her Into the hall , and Fleming , bonding over the still motionless form of Miss Triplott , became visible , she uttered a cry more dreadful than any sound I ever heard , and foil to the floor as If dead. What followed I recall only as some thing I have dreamed or road of. I re member seeing Folico carried up to her room , and that some ono brought mo to my own , and laid mo upon my bod. The next day I was required to tell what I had witnessed. I was not allowed to see Felico at flrst , but as I uoggcd so ur gently Dr. Bellamy took me himself to her room. 1 fnuml her in charge of two strong black women , and two or three physicians wore present. Felico sat upon the sldol iof her bed. her linndH bound togelhori her Blonder fingers twining and untwining thumsolvos with a terrible restlessness. Her face was utterly eolorl sn , and rigid , and blank a death mask. I poke to her , but she would not notfatv mo. She continued to mutter to horseilf in her own tongue. I caught some words I had heard her re peat so often "Quand'on ' tout perdu , Qiiami on n'n plus d'cspnlr , Tout | > erdu-tilii9 | d'cspolr. " Felice wan hopelessly mad. There was silence In my room. Blanche's face was hidden in my lap , and I think she was sobbing a little. Hachel sat gazing at the lire , her heavy brows drawn together , her mouth stonily set and looking altogether like a girlish Nemesis with the little dagger gleaming amid the folds of her dark dress. Fanny , however , nt calmly stroking her bronze- brown hair , whoso splendid length she had drawn forward over her arm. and was holding out to catch the firelight. "Well ? " she said at last. "Well ! " I repeated. "Aren't you going to tell us the rest ? " "Isn't that enough ? " "Enough ! " said Fanny with indigna tion. "Wo want to know what became of that horrid girl. " " ! " said Rachel in "And Fleming , a fierce undertone. "And Felice , " added Blanche in a smothered voice. "Tlio 'horrid girl' was only slightly wounded. She wont homo with her nrithor the same day. But why do you call her horrid ? She could not help being beautiful and fascinating , you know. " "I bate her all the same , " said Funny. "Go on , there's u dear. " "Fleming followed her soon , and they wore married in a short time. Ho be came professor in a southern college , and later was an ollicor in the c mfed- ertito army , and was , I believe , killed in battle. Felice never reovored. I went to see her years afterwards at the asy lum to which she was carried. She was sitting upon the edge of her bed , weav ing her lingers in and out and muttering to herself incessantly. Her hair was quite white , and her face had the same dead , blank look. She showed no sign of recognition , and I had to leave her as I found her. " Again there was silence in the room. All at once the clock began striking the midnight hour. The old year was dead. One by one the girls rose and bade mo "Good night and a Happy Now Year , " and I was left alone by my dying lire. THE EAGLE REPLACED. An Intrrnntloniil Incident In Honolulu la ISO I. In April , 1803 , says the Now York Sun , Dr. James McBride of Lafayette , Ore. , was appointed as United States minister to the Hawaiian islands by President Lincoln. Soon after going there ho had the American coat of arms placed over the entrance to the Ameri can legation. In 1SU ( an English man-of-war stopped at Honolulu , having on bntirel two cadets in the English navy , both sous of poors. One of thorn , Lord Charles Boresford , is now high in the service. This was dur ing the war of the rebellion , when Eng land was rather unfriendly to the United States , and nmnv Englishmen wore in clined to think that the Unstcd States government was of no special consequence - quonco and was practically destroyed. One night Lord Charles Boresford and his friend , in order to show their con tempt for tlio United States government , went to the American legation , tore down Dr. McBrido's coat of arms , and hired a native to row them with it into the bav whore their ship was anchored. On learning next morning that the coat of arms was missing , the American minister instituted a search , and soon found the native who had taken it to the ship. A search warrant was pro cured and the coal of arms brought back by an oilicor. The commandant of the man-of-war and tlio English minister at Honolulu immediately called on the American minister and ofl'orcd an apol ogy in tlio name of their govern ment for the insult which had been offered. After having mudo tlioir apol ogy , they stated that they supposed this was satisfactory , and that they had atoned for the offense. The American minister informed them that this was not satisfactory , that those two young lords , who were olllcors of the B.-itish government , had not only cjinmltted a theft , but had by tlioir act insulted the government represented by him. Ho further said that , having taken down the coat of arms with their own bunds , ho would not bo satisfied until they them selves put it back whore they got it. At this the English minister and command ant vehemently protested , baying that such a demand was humiliating and dis graceful and could not be complied with. The American minister , however , in sisted on a compliance with his demand , saying that the disgrace consisted in the act of stealing tlio coat of arms , and that nothing short of this would bo considered repar ation for their offense. After consider able diplomatic correspondence and some delay the English minister agreed to comply with the demand of Di\ Mc Bride , and the latter mentioned tlio next noon as the time when the coat of arms should bo replaced. It was soon noised about Honolulu that the two young moi ) wore to replace the coat of arms the next day at 1- o'clock. When the time came thou sands of people from the city and sur rounding country wore there to witness tlio ceremony. A sketch was made of the two young men while in the act of nailing the coat of arms to the archway over the entrance to the American legation. On the loft hand side of the picture , as the reader views it , are stand ing from right to left the English min ister facing tlio gate , and the American minister , with n ilk hat on , facing from the gate and talking lo the commandant of the English man-of-war beside him. After the coat of arms had been re placed the two young men came to the American minister and apologized for their conduct , saying that they did not stop to think what an insult they were offering to the American government. This ended the matter in the islands. The American minister then reported all the facis to Secretary Soward. The latter demanded an apology from the English government , which was made. The two young men were called homo and were dismissed from the English navy lor five years. Lord Charles Borosford has since won distinction in the English navy. Ho commanded the landing force at Alexandria in 1BS1' . Another incident relating lo Ibis affair may bo worth mentioning : The king of the Sandwich islands at the time was Knmehamoha V. Ho was very favorable to English Influences in the islands and lot It bo known that ho was personally displeased because the American inlnU- tor compelled the Englishmen to restore his coat of arms. A few weeks after this , when the American minister went to the palace to make Ills usual official visit , the king , evidently with the design of Insulting him , sent word that ho was engaged. The American minister returned word that ho was there in official capacity and desired an interview. The king sent word again that ho was engaged and could not bee him. The minister again. sent word that ho was there as a repro- Bcntatlvo of bin government and In tended to stay until he- did tvo him. The king then appeared , but in a very nerv ous and oxclted state ; but no reference was Hindu to any dlttoi-oneex , and the In terview passed olT pleasantly , and their relations continued thereafter agree able. able.Dr. Dr. .Tames Mellride , this firm and patriotic minister , was a physician who went to Oregon from Missouri In 181(1 ( , and In the early history of Oregon took a prominent part , politically and other wise. Ho tiled in Ih7l. INDIA'S INFINITE VARIETY. HIT Society nnd Ilr coiirry Complex mill Viirlpil In u Dt'fjri'r. The grand dilllculty of talking to an Englishman about India is that he til- wuvs forms u picture of the place In his mind , says the L-mdon Spectator. It may be accurate or inaccurate , but it is always a picture. Ho thinks ol it either as a green delta , or a series of sunbaked plains , or a wild region with jungle and and river and farms all intermixed , or a vast park stretched out by nature for sportsmen , and sloping somehow at the edges toward highly cultivated plains. It never occurs to him that us legurds oxtonml aspect there is no India ; that the peninsular , so called , is as largo as Europe we-a of the Vistula , and represents a many variations of scenery. East Angliti is not so different from Italy as Iho Northwest provinces from Bengal , nor are Iho Ltuules so unlike Normandy as the Punjab is unlike the hunting districts of Madras. There is every scene in India , from the eternal snow of the Himalayas , us much above Mount Blanc aMount Blanc is above Geneva , to the rico swamps of Bengal , all buried In fruit trees : from the won derful valleys of Iho Vindhyn , where beauty and fertility seem to struggle consciously for the favor of man , to the God-forgotten salt marshes by the Run n of Cutch. It is the sumo with indigenous Indian society. The Englishman thinks of it as an innumerable crowd of timid peasants , easily taxed and governed by a few officials , or as a population full of luxurious princes , with difficulty rc- slrained by scientific force and careful division from eating up ouch other. In reality , Indian s ( ciety is more complex and varied than thai of Europe , com prising , il is Iruo , ti hugo mass of peas ant proprietors , but yet full of princes , who arc potentates and princes who are survivals of landlords , who are in all respects great nobles and landlords who are only squireens , of great eceleiaslio and hungry curates , of merchants like the Barings and merchants who keep shops , of professors and professionals , of adventurers and criminals , of cities full of artificers and of savages far below the dark citizens of Hawaii. It Cures Gelds , Coughs , Sore Throat , Croup , In9u < enra , Whoopin ; Cou h , Bronch tii and Attbme. & certain cure for Consumption in first itagei , and a sure relief in ctivaaced stages. TTie at one : , You will ice the csellrnt tffcet tft r tr > uit the flr t doce. Bold by d-slsra S7srywa rc. Luff THE FAMOUS J. HEED AVUIPPLE , Recently said in an interview : . . . 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