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IGUEEN-GAYNOR CASE:
HI3FOUK CO MM IS
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; SIOXER IX XEW YOUIC riKGUX.
IHE -MYSTERIOUS WOMAN APPEARS;
K«»cws Her ClinrKcs A^nlnst
'; JTolin 1\ Onjiior, AVli'it «nys lie Does
.\«>t Jviiow Hor—Covorntneiit Kcstw—
%Cnsc for Defence To-ttnj-.
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>■ : KKW, YORK, .Tnnuary S.— T!uV oxaniina-
V tion of HenjamJn I>. Greene. John R Gay
;; Jior, WilJiam T. Gnynor. and 32J ward JL
.',G.iynor, indicted on a charge of defrnud
•• tner the United States Government 6f ?570,"
j jTOOt.iiu connection with tlic Sayanhahiriver
v. tind Cumbcrlnnd-soiind improvements.
was called to-day before "United States
Commissioner ShlcJds;
Just previous to the opening of the scs
, sion. the mysterious womajv who ma-ls
"■charges against .lohn F. Gaynor at tliu
: last session appeared in 'lie corridors of
the building and renewed her charges'
. him. 11 r. Gaynor, who wns pres
. <>:u- to appear at the examination,: said
.that he 'did r.ot know tho woman.
Captain Cassius; IM. Gillette. United
.' Slates ' Kngincor Corjis. was 'iirst- placed
on the stand for cross-examination by
lawyer Abraham J.Jlose, of counsel for
c tho contraciora.
;. Mr. Hose :lrst Questioned Captain Gil
■li'.tto with reference to his Identification
■of each' of each of the defendants, anil
Then asked for the jiroduction of the orig
. Jnal conU'act benvoen the Uiiltert States
~: Government and the accused contractors.
' w Commissioner Shields ruled that counsel
for ihe accused contractors would have
;■ to introduce his copy of the contract, If
■ ho wanted the paper, as evidence.
i;-* ' GOVERNMENT G.\LLS A HALT.
'Mr.. -.Rose then went into a minute cs
' amination of the witness as to his per
i-•■i '-•■ FOnal-' knowledge of the opening of the
i-Wds for the contracts; of the -presentation
of claims on the contracts; of certain
'; checks said :o have been issued by Cap
•■'.- tf.hO. M. Carter, the engineer in charge,
prior to .luly 20, ISS7, etc.; and United
States District-Attorney Burnett rose to
; call a halt, saying that the only points to
'■■ ha determined at the examination were
| identification of the accused, and if there
:; ivas probable cause on which to hold the
~ men. He said ihe examination was being
h ;conducted as a trial, and if continued.
3 would occupy more time than was rieces
"'. sary- for si:ch proceeding-s. He asked that
:■ ihegfewaminatiou be carried on in the pro
[""fwr/'way.
■ Mr. ROse contended that he had- a right
'■ to controvert the facts contained in the
|| indictment^ just as. if the proceedings
' -were being held in this district.
I ',: vyoh have to determine the guilt or in- ;
j. : nocer>ce of these men, as if it were an i
[ oripinal proceeding," said Mr. Hose. \
I* "They have introduced the indictment as ;
'i , a piece of • evidence in this case, and 1
I am seeking to prove That it i<" untrue-V
[•Commissioner Shields said that the only
I questions to: be decided, as he understood
; the law, were identity and probable cause, i
i-. Notv.-ithsianding the ruling Mr: Rose oon- ;
| , Unued to- question Captain Gillette as io
I the. duties of district ; engrineers. They
[ \\£K objected to by Mr. "Burnett,
t . Mr. Ro?e then explained that he was cn
i'deavoring to prove that the district en-
) gineer has really no power to make, con- I
pi tracts, and simply acts as the clerk and :
s.under tlie direct orders of the onginc-ers. .;■.]
! Mr. Burnett contended that under Judge ,
j "U'alJaee's ruling in the- Viice. case the in-;. I
[ dictmcTil could not be attacked before a |
i ■' coniinissioner, but must be dealt witii j
I in a. trial court which also ha« jurisdic
t. tibr- Still Mr. Rose continued hi< exami
■ natioji of Captain Gillette, but hi? ques
issjbfi?, one after another, wc-re objected to.
I \aii>i Commissioner Shields ruled that they
; : :nee'l not be answered, as they were im
| material and irrelevant.
i TO STRENGTHEN IDENTIFICATION
j" i'Uni'.ed States Distric; -Attorney Irwin
1 then asked the witness if he had any
'knowledge of the connection of : the de- ;
[tefendants with the Savannah works after
rO. 1557.
>■: Mr. Ro?o objected, saying that the in-:
j ! dictm'-iit alleged offences committed prior |
j- lo that date.
i/. Commissioner Shields allowed the ques- i
I. tion to strengthen the ..identification of:
Sithe contractors. " '
f "Yes." answered Captain Gillette, .- -'I j
I have official communications irom them; |
• 'and 1 have paid Greene 'money on th< : se
:| contracts. 1 have had official and verbal
fi -contracts with the Gaynors. The money
I v,-an paid for work alleged to have been
E'done durinu the month of July, before
r and^ after July L ; 0. IS I .'?. I. gave the check
'i to GrWne on or about August 1. JSST. It
[■Vas for about 530.030. 1 was inclined to
i'keep back some of the money at the
I .time." "
r 'This ended Captain Gillette's .examina
, tion. and then Aspisfant United States
ii.Attrrney Baldwin introduced- the bail
Ijhonds up additional evidence towards
I proving- the identity of the accused con
structors.
i "■ Commissioner Shields allowed the paper?
!i in evidence, and the government then
V rested the case. The examination was
[' adjourned until to-morrow, when the de
j!<tCffl«* will present its case.
j; OLD AGK IN TUG SOUTH.
(|Goi)d JJlooil a Tlirilliiiß
;;• ■'•-'•tstandliy J^v.-ii in Deoliniiis V«ii»
<;'; ;-.■...•:.-- ' (New York Sun.)
one has said," remarked Jack
]| TolHf«.-'t\ "that tin? closing years in the
R; life of ji " Southern gentleman. are sad and
TJoni'ly; that the man who leads an out
f-'dob|r*l!rn, hunting and horse-racing, has
iV 2io irehources left with which to lighten
a ! his old age. Well, it -may be so. but. it
interns to me that thatV a rather sweep
il:ing statement. Just take' my Uncle. Ar
"^chie in Virginia, whom I visited during
holidays, three. years ago.
"! '•".•• •why. Jack!' h» exclaimed as he met
4-..ii:e .at r the door of the; .square o3d
(ji lash Jonod homestead. 'I am glad to see.
ejyouJ Come right in and- make yourself
4l comfortable.'
''i' 1 : followed liim into the dining-room,
$ -■•where the carved oaken legs of the old
3<kidetal3»e were almost bowed under the
Sghme arid fruits and Avines.
!;t ..V ,'Yos, Jack.' 1 my uncle said,- when v.c
?Were ceased, 'It certainly does seem good
;|itci*Hceyou;. and;l only wish you'd come
Softener. But I suppose I am getting to be
I'poor company lor a yuur.g chap like you.
3iThe boys., they hav<; their huntin*, and
triQln", but we old fellows have to just sit
ground and think it all over. No more
Sfoxes: or, coons, when your knees get to
iVfeelin' ihat Ptire way; I guess there isn't
itnucir 3'ift> in this world fcr your uncle
?jiow. Bu.t.it's :i great comfort to see you
TJafiraini'- Jack; 'deed it is.' ;
Up "It did- pee:n hard for nn old wioower
<>toVbe living that lonely life, too old to
<L ! take any pa.it in the hunting that he wa s
j£o fond of, a nd wit h . no one to' talk to but
1] 'Mru. liuOi Berkaly, Saiina, Kaa.,*
says: "One of my grandchildren
had a severe-case oTßoroftila. which
', spread and formed soree all over
: her body. Her eyes were attacked,
h ;•: iiaA wo feared she would lose her
|?J fitgtit. The best 'jjhyM'ciens treated
'•'-.. her, but she fjrew wor«<»,.and her
i= - ; case seemed hopeleas. Wetliende
;*'; cidod to try Swift's Specific, and
,'.'." that mediciue at onc*i mad-e a ooin
11..'v1 I ..'v pJete cure. Sfa<s has nev^r had . :i
reign of tbe-dieea»e to return."
i4E^'*^^" $** Foi* IDli $
j^SwJft'jJj .Specific); is guarantee*! purdy
■ u fteftotMe, a «d will cure any, blood disease
£ft maffcteen wot ho w obstinate or deep
■HMMl'tite case. V«d liable books seist
■»>J.6wift ' Bfltxafic Co~ Atiauts. Gu.
old Joe and Aunt Sally.' Hirt one remain-.
! : jijj. in terost secrnod to cent : '« in h'.a .pet
I'librso. who. lik<! liis niasttr. was of Rood
ihorrineh-brod stock, but ' v.'oll on in
-yo.nrs. „'' ■■- : ■■ ,'-■■-.-.■■"
| " '.laokV my undo sni<l <m the niorn
iJnj; of, my departure. 'Uobc.rt Ij. nnd I
j iiuiy bo wnll «>n past hunt in' and- -.fnejh'
I «*;)>• h. biit T'm R-oliiff to dtivo you down 1^
j'tho's«at!<ni bolii'nd liiin, nr.d, t!iongh ; thci;e
I mil y 1m; horses in, the county that are fas
i tor now. I don't, :J".inlt.. we'll miss that
; trriin f>f yours l>v "v<>r.v much, Jco. Just
| lor. ;!i:it KhovcHin' rest awhile, and ha r-
I nors Robert* 1- to the light . -. biiß^y. 1
! shall drive: Mr. Tollifor .to the station."
j "Tlie old darkey touched his hat and
I liobblcd off (o the stable. Soon ho ro
! nirr.Mlcjiding Robert 1,, with one hand
| and (Irapging the clinking- hnrnoss with
i the other. In the road he stopped, threw
| th.v Ihies over tiir horse and hobbled back
i to ff-toh the buggy. ,Tu.«J. tlien.- wv. lieard
I a slioutliw mid the sounds of g:< Hoping :
I hoofs up tho road. X«»:ircr and nearer it,
I came, until n pinnU pnrty of: horsemen
iV.asliod into fight and did r.ot stop until
! they drew rein in front of Uncle Arcli!<?.
I ""'Colon.! Toliif or.' the loader K-gan
! .breathlessly, 'have you wen—er— the
I boys— <?r— go '>.v here lately? Jest scared
; uj/ a big. rod fox— or— biggest ever i=cen
horo— st:srt«-tl .up bark of— '
•'•What!' Miouted Uncle Archie,; his
ev<\« Vsniiitlonly sunpplhg. T.ig. red fox?
First in two -.years. Xo. Which vrny?, 1 ;
haVon"! ><:en 'cm.v Gobd-by. Jack; Oou ;
hi oss you. my boy- Joe.: he oritd. 'you
drive Mr. Tollif<-r 1o the slatior.:"
"Swooping the hnrn<?E9 off. he fecramlded
excitedly to Robert L..'s back, and with
out saddle or.-ssirnip Hew on -with the rest
in their mad tear down the road. Soon
1 could only 'catch glin-ipses betv/een the
cJoutls or dust of the white whiskers
blowfng buck over his shoiiltlurs-rnn im
pressive romiml..r of that old ago '.which.
tho.y say. so sadd(?ns. the lives pi! gentle
men of the. South."
't'.KS. .IIKCT<J!t ..3IACDOXAM)'.
"KicV.iiJiu M:tcV Hi-iiiniK Career
JlitliiTto— :i.-r<. «<f OiP.ilitji'iiMiK
(London Xevrs.)
Central Hector MacdonnrJ. v.i.io js to
so out to take the place in the staff vaca
ted by Colonel Waushope's lamented
death. "must be known by name to every. i
rreaderV'of (he iiews]jni»ers.: : -His name .in:
the army is "Fighting Mac." Where all
are fighters, what a moaning that fact :
ii:ts! He was. after Lord Kitchener him
self, the hero of Omdiirnwn. Some indeed ;
would have for him no second place, ana
say he saved the army from a great
chance ot di.--uVt.-r. lie certainly -held
a-, critical position with his black;.regi
inenti Mr. Steevens thus describes it in
his book. "With Kitchener to Khartum.
I].- says:
But "the cockpit of the fight was Mac
donaldV. The British might avenge his
brigade; it was his to keep it and to kill
bit -the attack. To meet it he turned his
front through a eoinpjete half-circle, fac
ing successfully south. w».-st. and north.
Every tactician in the nrmy-. was. delirious
in his praise: the ignorant correspondent
was content to watch the man and his
blacks: "Cool as on parade," is an old
phrase: Macdonahr Bey was very much
cooler.' Beneath the strong, square-hewn
face, you could tell that the brain was
working as if packed in ice. He sat solid
on his horse, and bent his black brows
toward the green. flag and the Reming
tons. Then he tui'ued to a galloper with
an order, and cantered easily up to abat
tallion commander. the rirtes
husliedi the stinging powder-smoke
wisped away, and the companies were
ranioiy inreaumg back and forward, roana
and round, in and out, as if it were a fig
ure of a. dance. In two minutes the bri
gade was together again in a new place.
The field in front was haVtening toward
us ; "3n a whity-brown cloud of dervishes.
An order. Macdonald's jaws gripped and
hardened as the fiarae spurted out again,
and the ' whity-brown cloud quivered', and
stood still. He saw everytliing, knew
what to do. how to do it. did it. At the
lire, lie was ever brooding- watchfully-be
hind the firing line: at the cease fire he
was instantly in front of it: a!l saw him
and knew that they were being nursed
to triumph. .
General Macdohald has. seen South Af
rican service before. In fact, he was at
ilie battle of Majuba Hill, aw the won
der is that he survived that battle. The
■fact was referred to in a highly inter
esting manner at a dinner given in his
honor. The Duke of Atholl, who was in
the chair, said:
"It was a remarkable career, that of
Colonel Slacdonald, beghining- at the low
est rank of the army and at the point of
reaching" one of me highest— that -of Bri
gadier General— without having skipped
a single grade. In his conduct during the
only unlucky fight in which';.' the sw-st had
been engaged, that of Majuba;; Hill,- the
Duke found subject for praise and fun.
"Fighting- O.laeV company was almost "-an
nihilated, and the Boers approached to
capture the remnant. The first Boer
thought the sporran of Lieutenant I\!ac
donal<l. as he was then, would be a. pretty
piece of loot, but he received a kick in
:ite. stomach,- .which convinced him that
his opponent came from a land whore
football was not unknown. Another Boer
was about to shoot the gallant llighlan
der: but the first; generously: forgiving tlie
kick, struck up his comrade's rille. pay
ing: "Xo,- he is a brave man — too good to
ki!l."
As .the Duke of Atholl said. General
Macdoiuild rose from ihe ranks. His far
iliev.was a small crofter in Rosshire. and
the future soldier tended the lew cattle
on. tlie croft in his boyhood. At thirteen,
lie was a draper's apprentice. He. en
listed in the Gordon Highlanders at nine-.
ie*en. and joinings that regiment iii India,
distiguished himself by his judgements
coolness, and gallantry in the Afghan
campaign. He took his South African
work., including that notable experience
at Majuba, on his way home: and after
ward served in ihe . Xil« expedition for
.the roiicf of Gordon. He made soldiers
of the -Egyptian army, and led them in
the way we have seen.at Omdurmaii. He
is still only forty-seven, and as much a
"Fighting I\lac" as ever.
AMKIUCAX HOItSRS IX RUSSIA,
Tliey Soon Kecome A'uclJ.niate'ci — Is
Sliown A.s;:iiiisi Tlieiii';
(Xew York Herald.)
W. R. Halloway, United States Consul
General at St. Petersburg, reports; that a
few years ago 'American horses could
start in all races in Russia, but they were
so much faster than the-Russian horses
that they were barred from three big races
in order to: protect tlieir own interest;
but as a. marjority of l^ussian horsemen
now own American; 'horses and more are
constantly being bought, there is a grow
ing sentiment in favor. of their being pur
rnitted to start in all races except those
intended exclusively for Russian horses.
At one-time it was noted .with satisfac
tion that American horses had been pur
chased for the Rusian imperial studs,
but recently every horse having Ameri
can blood lias been removed from these
studs. Disinterested persons declare this
to be- short-sighted policy, and say the
Americans do not care what nationality
a horse is, provided he is fast.
American horses: soon become accli
mated in Russia; and after the first year
suind the climate as well as native ani
m.als.
Xo horse is barred from any race on
account of his speed, but fast horses are
handicapped by being required to .pull
more weight and starting a few yards
farther back. In trotting races in St.
Petersburg only twu horses trot in a heat
from designated places at opposite sides
of the track at the sound of an electric
bell, which prevents jockeying for posi
tion. The horses follow each other twice
or three times around the track the dis
tance being two or three miles. Xo matter
how- many entries there are in a single
race, but two heroes ure permitted on the
track at the same time, and the one mak
ing the best lime .wins the race. In lUos
cow tlie races are managed on the Ameri
can plan.
Races for the .purpose of testing the en
durance of horses are frequent, where,
horses are driven from twenty-five to
fifty miles, then finish the last one or two
miles at the limit of their speed. The
horse finishing in the best condition and
showing ''this greatest speed at the close
is the winner.
"WAS A U!-KItO OX Til F, STACK.
In Vrlvuie J.if«- He Mlm:li>.«l>il His
I,ni'K- of XobSllty. .
(New Orleans ' Tbnos-neinocrat.) ;
"I was .siaiivlinu n«»ar.tlu; counter one
mynilng not a 'groat wlii!e ago," s-ald a
Vregulwr- boarder" ::t one of the largo
hotels in"; ilic business district; "when ;i
tali, smooth-faced,.', rather. ' distinguished
looking" ybuner man -.walked up and .regis
tered.'Mmself-and mother. 'What, is your
lowest weekly rate, European; plan; for a.
single; room?" lie inquired In a..business
like!'ivoJee'.-VI-. have -.a- small room I can
let. you -have' ior;?9,: .replied? -the.; clerk,
after consulting a." chart;? 'And: what is; the
best thlngyou can' do for) a; good .room
with a bath .attached ?';;. continued .tie
Htrnnjcor. .'.Woll, h-m-m,'v said -the cleik.
again - consultinf? : flic diagram, ."hero s
sonielhlng.you may have for JlG.V^Is.t not
vonr lowobt- for. both kinds?' > cs; sir,
Ixir lowest.' 'Ml right, then,' said ; . ; the
young iu:in. 'lust naslgn molhci' lotne w
room and give mo tho other-one.'- ;•■■ <(^
WhiV. the colloquy was in progress ,t no
mother." who was a sweGt-faced, retlneti
looklng old lady, was waiting in tlioicie
lobby,- and tlio" pair ontorod tho .elevator
tojrethor. Now. I freely admit,' continued
the tegular boarder. 'That, this little •inci
dent was nobody's business, but; there
was .-one fact in connection with it that
afforded !ii».« considerable food for thought..
The "tall, distinguished young man -hap
pen.*' to bo a popular 'actor, and during
his week's sojourn in New Orleans he as
f-mned the role of a romantic hero, par
ticularly dear n> the .hearts of matinee
girls. * ■■■■■•.
"As 1 went out uf the 'theatre: niio after
noon I hoard a -bevy «f them <lociariiig
that ho was ;■ their" ido'nl of unsellishness
and true nobility, and 1 dare say tho
young follows they knew in everyday Mile
socmctl c!io.-iit and .'commonplace by com
parison. A miliinry friend of mine says
i hat hero worship 'calls for raised eights?,
by which ho: means plenty of distnnco.
The simile is crude, butappfinmtly accu
rate. - \ . "_
TOIIACCdT.V -AVAJt- '.'"
Tli'e Xcxl XcPMNityio I'mviltT. or »f
.I,<>as< to .Hrentl.
(London Mall.)
The -tobacco and pipes with which the
soldier at the front isbeins presented, by
tho people. he leaves behind him form the
most, acceptable and valuable gift-he can
have. The comforts of tobacco are never
more appreciated than on the battlefield.
The first warrior who sniokod was tho
red Indian, who used to. scalp his ememy.
with his tomahawk, and then. - sitting
down smoke a soothing pipe but of; the
same' weapon. At the head was a bowl,
and the hollow reed handle served as. the
'"■' It was the soldiers and sailors of Queen
Elizaheth who were the first Englishmen
to smoke. Drake's men puffed "the di
vine herb." and it is left on record that
they did this to mitigate tho suffering of
hunger.
Cromell and his Ironsides smoked, and
on the camping' grounds of "William Ill's
army in Ireland large numbers of pipes
have boon dus up.
\t Saarbrucken in llw Franco-German
wtir the Brunswick Hussars galloped in
to a solid mass of French troops through
a perfect hail of bullets, cigars in mouth.
Time after time German Generals led
their men to: certain death, coolly smok
ing. The lack of tobacco, indeed, from
which the French troops great iy suffered.
was declared in no small degree to be
responsible for the discontent that arose
among them. The ladies of Germany saw
that their -husbands.' sons, and brothers
were well supplied with the weed.
When the Light Brigade -was ordered
to attack at Baiaklava, a regimental
butcher was engaged in dressing a sheep.
He was smoking at the time, and pipe
in mouth and cleaver in .hand he charged
with the corps, and returned— still smok-
At Sebastopol an irishman incautiously
raised his. head above the trenches. A
Russian bullet came and smashed the
bowl of his pipe, leaving the stem in his
mouth. Harlily dropping under -cover.
Fat expressed his desire to come into con
tact with "the thafe that shot that gun
and spoiled me only poipe."
It was the Crimean wjir that brought
smoking into fashion in l^ngland. Before
that only the working- classes smoked.
But the terrors and privations of that
terrible campaign taught the officers that
as a comforter and solace tobacco was
unequalled.;: After the war they went on
smoking, and the example of the Crimean
heroes made the pipe and cigar generally
indulged in.. ,
liv'the very thick of the fight at Rorke s
Drift, in 1579, the English so'.diers smoked
as hard as they fought, lighting their
pipes with the burning splinters of wood
from the hospital -fired by -.the Zulus.
Wellington was the only General of the
last century who objected to tobaco. So
strong was his prejudice against it,
though it was" through tobac-co that his
men sustained the terrible privations of
the Peninsular "War. that in 1555 he issued
an crmv order condemning its use.
Napoleon could not smoke, but he was
a gi'eat snuff-taker. That wonderful
strategist Moltke. was passionately
dieted; to tobacco. During the war of . IS7I
he 1 snuffed half a pound a week. And he
was charged for it at the«nd of the cam
paign. The story of Bismarck's cigar and
how. after carefully hoarding it for the
hour of victory, he gave it to a wounded
soldier at Konriigratz is'well known.
After Tel-ei-Kebir had been 'fought and
won. Lord Wolseley smoked nine cigars
right off.
In Italy and Spain tobacco is recognized
as. a necessity, : and cigars (.horrible con
coctions') are served out to the soldiers
as part of. their rations. In- the British
Navy this is the same. The -Admiralty
sells' l«?af tobacco to the sailor at 3s. a
pound.
DOCTORS' AND I»ARSOXS' PAY.
Arc Often iiisideiiti'ate— The Lawyer.'*
UsngeXot Imi(:it<-i!.
(Medical Kecoid.)
The question of relative professional in
comes is one which always appeals to the
physicans who can take any comfort in
comparing his lot with that of other
brain workers. It is some consolation to
know that he is not alone- in the matter
of ■■ receiving: inadequate pay for services
rendered. His brethren oT the cloth ap
pear, from all accounts, to be worse off
than. he is in that respect, ase witness
their complaints which have been aired
recently in numerous newspaper articles.
It is the misery which likos company
which yives to these discussions a wide
spread and telling interest.
While the doctor's income is always an
unknown, cmanity oftentimes to himself,
by reason of doubtful bills, but still often
er to impertinent inquirers, the clergy
man's salary is known and vead by all
members of his congregation, and is a
fixed figure if the promises of his trustees
are faithfully kept. Thus we have from
one point of view, at least, a. fixed stand
ard ot comparison with what the doctor
alone knows to be his own share of pro
fits from his work.
The naked fact of inadequate sums re
ceived by the doctor is his own skeleton
in the closet, but lie can covertly and
privately match it with the published;ac
counts of ...salaries with which the. minis
ters must be satisfied. Altogether it must
be admitted that the medical man; in
adequate as his earnings may be, is much
more fortunate than the clergyman. The
latter, it is true, gets his rent free, with
occasional yearly donations of potatoes,
hay, Hour and the like, but his living ex
penses mustibe within the limits of an in
come scarcely equal to that of an aver
age mechanic with regular, daily employ
ment.
It is somewhat of a surprise to learn
that a first-class clergyman in a country
town averages only from $s<jO to $SOO as
yearly salary, while those in the large
cities are not enough above those figures
to make up the relative' differences in in
cidental, expenses of living. The latter
'amounts are said to range from $1,000 to
$l,2{k> yearly. Ct-rt airily the average doc
tor must do much better than this, other
wise he must make. any living at>a!l, lie
is bound to calculate on a sum -one-third
more and perhaps' /double that which
the preacher can get. We are now speak
ing of the average man in both profes
sions, it being well" known that special
skill and recognized ability in either, call
ing always command proportionately in
creased remuneration.
3ri some respects the physiean and the
clergyman are equally handicapped ."■".by
conditions which make, their clients moro
or less independent of their special ser
vices. The doctor has the, free dispen
saries, the beneficiary lodges and the
greedy clinics, while the -minister sees
his .-flock spurring away on ih< ; Sunday
bicycle, sneaking for the train with, the
golf bag or reading the Sunday papers
for the latest, ffospel -heresies. Still there
3b one advantage for the doctor over. tho
clergy ; mftii. women,, and children will
get sick and must have treatment, in
spite of quackery, clinics and faith cures,
while the would-be Christain is too ready
to postpone repentance until it is too
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lato to do church, minister or himself
any good either from :i spirtual or pe
cuniary standpoint.
With both professions there is a senti".
merit of so-called charity and a sympathy
for suffering! spirtual.. mental, or pliV^i"
cal, that hinder the more direct, appeals
for roady compensation which appertain
ttimosc ("allings. This attribute certainly l
does not nut ;i figure .with thf lawyer,
whoso retiiine'r before and after the tra/
is a matter ontit'ely. in his own hands as
the controller -of the: funds in bis direct
keeping. In his: case thi": client gets what
is \«?t bofore all is gone, whiic: often
times tiie physiean and preacher must
wait until /their legitunsite share had been
divided and exhausted among the nurn
oroua and importunate creditors who
work their claims; on 'what is convention
ally termed purely, business' principle:*.
Tims it is that the .doctor particularly is
the best 'fri'Mid in need and the last to be
considered When his indispensibl'j services
have been conscientiously- and dutifully
rendered: In these practical days it is
no lonsjei an optional find ger.orous hpn
orarii.-m to be freely given, but a prosaic
bill that is too frequently- entirely ■ignor
ed, o. - worse, is cowardly .disputed.
XRW XATIO.V b:r AXOI.O-SAXIOXS.
rossiliUiiies «>f » ><>w Coiiiinoii
■»v«*nlili- s ii lli<? 'I'MciHc
-(The Forum.")
It is now reasonably certain that the
last year of the century- will see the
political birth of another new Anglo-
Saxon nation fin the Pacific. After an
agitation that has gone on for the last
eight years with various fortunes, but
on the whole with stearily increasing in
tensity, the party of union has finaly tri
umphed iii. four out of the six colonies
occupying the island continent of Aus
tralia and its adjacent island of Tas
mania. As yet, it is true, the two large
colonies -of Queensland and West Aus
tralia wich occupy the extreme ends of
t!i<> great^* island.- have .notigiven in their
adhension to the new arrangement: but
this will not delay the completion of the
federation, to which will be given legal
recognition as soon as the imperial Par
liament meets in its next session at West
minster. It is rather more than probable.
that before the act can be passed the
people of Queensland will have decided,
by referendum vot6, that they also will
jion as partners in the new Australian
commonwealth; and it is possible— though
at present less probable — that West Aus
tralia, will do likewise. In any case it
can hardly be more than a question of a.
few years until both these colonies take
advantage of the provision made in the
commonwealth act for their subsequent
inclusion. Should Queensland take part
in the original; federation the common
wealth will start with nineteen-twen
tieths of the inhabitants of Australia:
should both West Australia and Queens
land for the present stand aloof, nearly
six-sevenths of the people of the Pacific
continent will be included under the new
government.
It is scarcely an exaggeration : t6 say
that the close of .the century will witness
no more important political event than
that of the establishment of- the new fed
eration. The event will, it is true, present
none of the more startling, and therefore
attractive, ...features vwe accustomed to
look for in events generally esteemed of
leading importance in the political his
tory of the v.-orld: and to be fully appre
ciated, it may. .for that reason, require
n. closer scruity than many people are
in the habit'Of giving such matters. We
are apt to connect the birth of nations
with revolutionary wars and declarations
of independence; and there is an old idea
which connects with the roar, of cannon
and the clash of arms all political events
of .far-reaching 1 importance. The federal
union of the Anglo-Saxon colonies of
'Australia has none of these attractions
to offer. It has not even the distinction
of being the formal inaugratlpn of a. new
sovereign state — of -adding one more to
the recognized government. of the world.
There will be no severance of the ties
that bind Australia to Great Britain; no
formal change in the relations of the
governments; and yet. in reality, the
establishment of the Pacific common
wealth will mean -.vastly more both to
England and to the rest of the world
than any political event that has occur
ed for several decades.
STOO1") THROUGH FIFTY STKGES.
-ITcrnt, Urn Key nf Imlin; Often Lost
mul AVoji.
. (Xew Yoric Herald.)
Some English travellers through cen
tral Asia have written home that Russia
is mobilizing troops along the frontier
contirigubus with Persia and Afghanis
tan. This looks serious. It means a re
vival of tho?e ugly rumors about the
Bear of Europe. It means that the
Cxai- is looking with covetdusness on
India, famishing with starvation as it is.
For Hehat, "the Ke>- to India," lays but
a few hundred miles to the southeast
of Ashkadad, where the mobilization is
reported as taking place.
Englishmen :at home, in the security, of
their cheerful newspapers, do not con
sider the danger 'imminent;. They read of
the phyisca! character of central Asia;
i.hey have heard of the boundless step
pes^ so arid that the fugai Tartars have
to move their camps weekly for 'fresh
forage ground; of the deserts and marsh
es into: v.'hich; large rivers disappear; of
the towering, almost inpassable moun
tains, and they feel secure.
But the Englishmen that have gone
through that country do not smile so
contentedly. They see how Russia, hos
surmounted obstacle after obstacle. They
know of the modern:, railway that con
nects Batum, the best harbor on -.tlio
east coost of the Black Sea. with Baku,
on the Caspian, passing tlirough Tifiis,
the capital- of Transcaucasia.
They know of. the. large squardron of
Russian men-of-war on the Caspian,
centered at Baku, where a powerful .sta
tion is fully equipped in every way; of
the fleet of 'stenmers, built to be used
as transports, that belong to the . Trans
caucasiau railway. With these facilities
for transportation they see how quickly
Russia can and does land infantry, cav
alry/ and artilley on the eastern shore
of -the Caspian at .Krasnoyort.sk.
.AVlKil Conlrt He Do?
(Detroit Ifree- Press.)
"That, a man should think several times
before he speaks never impressed me so
strongly as it did the other day,",remark
ed a well-known ypur.g man.
"What's -the trouble?" questioned;, a
friend.
"Well, it don't amount to much, con
tinued the young man. "But it will servo
as an example for nu\ You know Jones.?
Well, if you know Jones, he has probably
borrowed enough money from, you to give
you reason to remember him. Yes. Well,
I lent Jones ■ $5 not long ago. and the
other day he; met me on the- street, i
thought it. wan U>r another touch, and 1
got. awfully busy right away.
"'Say,' said Jones, 'have, you got a ?5
bill about you."
''I hurriedly told; him that I was dead
broke, and continued on my. journey. '
" 'Well,' cried Jones, when I was ,a f<:\v
feet away. 'T thought if you had $3 I've
got a §10* bill here and I could pay you
what I owe you.' He shook the money
at me, but I hurriod on, and I cursed my
luck. I met him yesterday again, and he
popped a similar question at me. I pulled
out some '-money, selected a live, thinking
lie -was going to glvemo :i U:n in return.
'Let .me have, that until next ..week, old
man,' he remarked, :and what couhl I do?' 1
'.'Keep, the money for., fire-insurance at
home by insuring with Virginia State In
surance Company. . . . '.";
_. "- ,"A. KPLEASAXTS,- Agent..:
GKXKHAL .'"WHEEIi KH'S yiE\V r S.
I'oiijile Cotnlii John. jiiml Ite.soiirces of
Uic i']>U»i)i>iitf.M.
•• (Xew York Sun.) ~
SANTA iriTA, I'Hif.IPPJXK'iSf^ANDS,
November, IS'»O.— I have now seen much
of the country' and the : people in that
part of Luzon for about ~rty miles north
of Manila. In every town there is a mag
nificent stone, church and a convent or
"monastery. The insurgent's have a. great
antipathy to tho priesthood or friars,
and they liitve dismantled many of- the
churches. Tho value. of the church and
monastery of a town seems to be equal
in many cases lo ihe value of all the
othor' buildings in the town.
The sugar storehouses are also-expcn
sivoly. constructed buHding.-': They have
very* thick stone -wall?, and either tile or
metal roofs, and cover considerable space
of ground; some of them have dimensions
of about GO or 70 feet by 100 feet.
Tho. church here at Santa Rita is the
only one I have seen outside or Manila
whore services; sire regularly held.
The more 1 talk .to peop.ly the more I
am convinced that the insurgent's are
actuated in a measure by a spirit o£ com
munism, and in their talks, their most
serious objection to the Church seams to
be tlie fact that, the ecclesiastical or
ganizations own so mtich of the property
aud one of Aguiiialuo's most earnest de
rhands is that.' the church property be
confiscated.
There is a general impression that the
insurgent army is made up-Very largely
of people without property, and that peo
ple'who have property desire "the Ameri
cans to control, su that, tiny can have pro
tection and feel that their property is
secured to them, but [.find that there is
also a fear or ; apprehension among: :;ome
of the wealthy . that if the -Amoricans
control and give universal the
power of the •wealthy people v.ould be
taken away, and their hold on property,
very much impaired. I think that if the
wealthy people could be' assured that they
would *:be. protected- in their property
rights by the United States it. would
have a very good effect.
The friars and priests are charged with
all sorts of . oppressions and- misde
meanor.';, but it must be remembered that
friars and priests i. are very " .numerous,
and in so large a body there will h<
found every possible phase of character
and disposition. Home them are no doubt
oppressors of the people, exacting in the
collection of rentals from the land, in
dulge themselves in many ways, and lead
lives- very different 1 from .what should
characterize the life of a priest. But
there' are' very many good men among
•them. Many of them have received good
educations "in their youth, and. being
without families and having ample time,
they have pursued scientific and other
studies, and have done a great deal to
ward the education of the people.
The religious orders are very rich. They
have been acquiring property for nearly
three centuries. Jt was the custom of
organizations and - -individuals to." ac
quire property by settlement and occupa
tion, and title thus acquired is recognized
as. valid, even with no paper, title-what
ever^ The religious orders have acquired
vast properties in this way, and while it
is supposed that the proceeds and the
income is to be used for religious and
charitable purposes, there is no doubt
that much has been .used for tiieir-per
sonal comfort and benefit.
The statement I have seen that 70 per
cent, of the people of Luzon can read
and write is a great mistake. It may be
true of Manila; but it is not true of the
rural districts, and the percentage of
illiteracy in the other islands is, -much
greater than in Luzon. The appearance,
mode: of life, and method of performing
work is to-day very much like that:de
scribed in the Bible of the beginning of
the Christian era.
The people dress very much as they did
2.0C-0 years ago, the moans of tran.-porta
■tiori by carts 'drawn by .-carabao.s is about
the same, and their methods of shelling
and cleaning rice are- as primitive as pos
sible, and no better than they were :!,tX)O
years ago. During the last few years
sugar mills and rice mills have been
erected in some of the large cities, and
this has especially been the case since
the building of the Maniia and Dagupan
railroad, but in the smaller cities and
towns rice is husked by pounding by
luuul; and is winnowed by throwing it tip
and thus separating the chaff just as in
the earlier times.
Nearly every tiling can-be grown, but
oranges and bananas are not as good as
in other localities, the reason' no doubt
being that tht>y seeni tv give them no cul
tivation whatever. If they were.culti
vated I believe they wouid be as tine as
the products of any other country.
! Tobacco is grown .in Lhe Valley o£
Cagayan. in the northeastern part of
1 .it/Md wliii'ti. i< <:iiil )n Ti.' f.itn-i! tn nnv
JjUzoii, wiik-m is sum iv uu etium lo u.iiv
tobacco in the world. The coffee grown
is said to be superior to Mocha.
Rice is the Principal product, and a
failure of that crop will cause a terrible
famine, as the. people depend almost en
tirely upon it for food. Siigar ia ihe
principal crop for export. The greatest
amount exported in any one year was
2GI.OSL tons, which was in 1893.
Corn grows very rapidly; .and the ears
leitcn iiieir iuji oiu» vi uuuui uu\i>
from the time of planting. The provinces
which arc- especially spoken of as Pro
ductive of corn or maize are Vizcaya;
Isabella, Soutli Camarines; -i'amparigai
Panyasinah;- Nueva 12cija, Bulaean,
liu.Ui.ngus, Albtiy," and Abray. Wheat is
grown in '--Batangas and San Isidro, Isabel
and llocos Stir.
There i.s a .great abundance 01 very
valuable timber .in these islands, and
many varieties o£ beautiful hard woods
under native names, such as mahogany,
black walnut., and ebony. Gold, copper,,
coal, iron, sulphur, lead, building stone,
petroleum, and guano are found.
There are main' different tribes living
in these islands, the .only ones in native
rebellion being the . Tagalos. This tribe
occupies some .eight Province.-; hi the
neighborhood of Manila, and their asso
ciation with Europeans has made them
more civilized than other tribes.
We are now seven or eight miles from
Porac, o where an insurgent force has been
stationed for some time, but around here
and through this vast valley the People
are actively engaged in planting rice." 1
hive been riding around . the outskirts of
this place, and the fields are dotted witn
men, women, and ..children" planting rice.
There' art some .tribes; the -Pampangan
and some others, that sympathize with
and aid tho ■Tagalds:
I am confident that a brigade of cavalry,
could -easily travel through v groat part
or the islands.
Monkeys are numerous, the flying -squir
rel, .which has a tine skin is toiind.. and
also the wildcat, the wild hog, and the
water buffalo. The lion;.; the. ti;;er. itia.
hyena, leopard, and the bear are found
in these islands. In variety, p'.umiig-e.
and charming singing the . birds are * said
to be superior to those of any other part
of the earth.
..Crocodiles, boa constrictors, and lizards
are found/; There are- many, dangerous
snakes, but in this densely populated dis
trict there arc very few, and the people
toll, me that very, seldom .is any one bitten
by, them. They also tell me that 'the na
tives umiorn-.uid luuv ■ jto cure iinV worst
of the bites by using herbs.
■The flowers of* the island are very beau
tiful, and many years ago a priosf col
lected thousands of varieties, and I. s:tw
in a convent a copy m some books giving
a description of each flower arid;u : pain£
ing. of the flower,, apparently. ii>. water
colors, each painting .'occupying a large
space.. ''-.'"" .'-'.*''.-
The market place of eacn town is : filled
cwith^en,:women>and:chlldre^ith:thdr^
;ib'a3kets^and:fruits;-andotherartlclesifor :
? sale;V : bananas'; and cocoanuts
'grow in bur. yards, wo take care not -to.
.molest anything, but purchase of trie na-.
'tive'd At Hrst ; prices were" reasonable, put
t how- we pay about a cent, Mexican, apiece;
:;for:ba.rianas and: about:s cents apieccrj
Mexican, for cocoahuts. ." - I
The natives bring very nice little fish toj
us,' which they cittch'neartlie town.
The relations' between the' soldiers ot j
my command and th« ate most ,
cordial.' \ Our soldiers -protect them in
every' right, and as they, sell market pro
ducts :to~the soldiers at higher rates than
formerly obtained, they appreciate this
as one of the advantages our occupation
Is to them. The son of the president of
this city said to me: .
"The .Spanish soldiers and the insurgent
soldiers are harsh and unkind and take
anything that they" want and pay no
thing, but the American soldier m kinu
and pays for everything." -
There is iw 'limit| to the bamboo, v/hich
grows with great .rapidity, and is used
in building houses. . -.
The leaves of the nipa palm are used
for an. outside covering of the roofs of
holism. The women do a great d*-al o.
labor, and they and tho men often wear
hats made- of grass palm leaves or bam
boo, which. -.are some thirty inches m
diameter. These hats turn water and
serve as an. umbrella as well as to protect
the head from the sun. I often see wo
men working in the fields with umbrellas
like those, in use in America.
The sugar-mills are very primitive, very
much li!:.j those first constructed in Cuba
and other sugar countries. If the me
thods of cultivation now in use in the
Kav/allah Islaml and... Louisiana were
used, and if the improved machinery
which these localities now have were in
troduced, the amount of sugar produced
in the F'hitippin'es could be increased
many fold. The exports of hemp have
groatly In thy year ISS'I 4i,?*t
tons fk hemp were exported, which has
increased, until there was exported in
1557 / 112.755 tons, and this output can be
much enlarged.
The shipment of; coffee gradually in
creased until the year ISSO, when the ex
ports amounted to 7.337 tons, and from
ISSO to ISIX> the shipments averaged about
tj.OCO tons a year, but from that time they
have fallen off,' and from- 1893 to 1597, the
annual shipments averaged only 200 tons.
I learn the following about cotton from
reliable sources: The 1 cotton tree is found
growing in an uncultivated state in. many
islands of the archipelago. - Long staple
co tton was formerly extensively culti
vated in the province of llocos Xorte,
when, many years ago, large quantities
of good cotton stuffs were exported. "ThiS
industry still exists. The cultivation <>t"
this staple was. however, discouraged by
the local governors, in order to urge the;
planting of tobacco for the government
suppiies. It has since become difficult to
revive the cotton production, although an
essay; in pamphlet form (for which a
prize v.-as awarded in: Jladrid) was gra
tuitously distributed over the colony In
ISSB, with that object. Nevertheless, cot
ton spinning and '.veaving is still carried
on,', on a reduced scale, in the Iloco pro
vinces (Luzon west "coast).
Wild cotton is practically useless for
spinning, as the staple is extremely short,
but perhaps by hybridization and caretul
attention its. culture might become valu
able- to the colony. The pod is elliptical,
and the cotton which bursts from it at
maturity is snow white. It is used for
stuffing" pillows and mattresses.
It. is a common thing to see wild cot
ton trees planted along- the high road to
serve as telegraph posts; by the time the
seed is fully ripe every leaf has fallen
and nothing but the bursting pod remains,
hanging on the; branches.
Kailruads judiciously located could be
built very cheaply, and the dense popula
tion and" the freight which, -must exist
where the production is so auundanc
could make the railroads very profitable.
I think a light rail, fifty-six pounds to the
yard, would do very well, and some
thing less than the standcird gauge would
be best- I believe the Manila and Dagu
pan railroad has a gauge of a ..metre"'
(3t?.:VT inches). Sugar, rice, and timber
would give much freight.
The native horses or ponies abound.
They are small, but swift and trong.
The* domestic animal is fed on ri z, mo
lasses, and grass. These ponies are also;
found' wild in the forests. The buffalo,
or carabao, is the draught and plough
animal of the islands. It is powerful.
docile, and easy to train and manage. It
is very slow and must be immersed in
water every, day and during hot weather
two or three times a day. The riesh of
the carabao is used for food. "When wild
it is dangerous, and even when tamed is
dangerous if deprived of water baths.
Sheep do not thrive, but oxen, goats, dogs,
cats, pigs, chickens. ducks, turkeys,
and geese are more or U-ss abundant. A
few deer are tamed; in a wild state they
are frequently seen. The pigs ars thin,
but show marked traces of "the Uerkshire-
Kentucky species. They are the scaven
gers of the cities and the meat is not
eaten by Americans. Fish are' caught in
large quantities.
JOBEPH Vv'IIEELER.
HE WAS "AFRAID OF THIRTEEN;
CaT>Jc Car l'atron Shows Sisns «>f
Sxipcrst it ion.
(Xew. York Herald.)
A man boarded a Broadway cable car
I tho other morning a few blocks below the
! barn, at Fifty-first street. For a wonder
i ♦!-... nn'f -..-no n'rit" f>rnwfit>fl. Only n. dozen
tll« car was iwi urunueu... wni^ .v "u^.t.i
persons had entered since it had left th
barn for its first trip. . ■.
Mechanically the man reached into his
change pocket and drew, forth a. nickel.
He was about to hand it to the conduc
tor when he happened to glance toward,
the forward end of the car. His face
paled. Just as the conductor's lingers
were about to grasp the nickel the man
with a hurried movement thrust the
money back into his pocket. Plainly
♦-1-. - „",„., „-.,£. fliiutoriiil
Impatiently the conductor waited. One
block was passed, another, another, and
still the man showed no signs- of intend
ing to pay his fare. The "conductor's face
showed' that he was losing temper.
The car stopped. Two ladies getting on
made: it necessary for the conductor to
step to the rear platform. They seated
themselves and: pa id their faros. The con
ductor rang up the two fares, and in a. de
termined manner again approached the
flustered man.
"Pay your fare or get off the car," the
conductor was getting ready to say, when
the man surprised him by promptly hand
ing him the nickel. Wondering, the con
ductor refreaud to the roar platform to
think it over. And the man. breathing a,
sigh of relief, said sotto; voee:
'.'Blamed if he"M ring up my fare as
thirteen is-^on the register!"
And vet "s-ime ; people say ...women are
more superstitious than men.
AfiKS of ;.Svon'i.i>'s oukat jik.y.'"-
Ilnrely Half, of i'Ue Sntvil I.eailor's
lliive'Attiilnesl Grvait S^v.
'.'(New York Sun.)
A great mar. does not always attain a
ripe old age; in fact, hardly half of the
greatest men of modern and ancient
times have... reached that limit of age set
by the Bible— -seventy.-' Among statesmen,
Mira beau was 42, Pitt 47. Caesar 55, .Riche
lieu r>7. Cromwell :;59. Washington b".
Charlemange 71, Frederick the Great 71.
Disraeli 75, Augustus TO.SUi^man-k &;.' Tal
leyrand St. Ot great conquerors; Alt-xan
<!«•• the Great died at :-'J. Xapol»>on at 51.
iitinib.il at C:!. ThemistoL > I"s at G-">. ihiriurf
at 71. IMarlboiough at 72. Tilly at 7-. Blu
rher at 7G, Kernadotte at £0, Wellington
ftz'r.SC. Xeaophon at fC, Mpltke at !H.
Tin? age of the decease; of philosophers
■was. Spuioya 41.: : Descurtes S», Hegel (1/
A>. iHtotie f>2. Socrates (>S, Uebnitz TO.-.-TJn-.
rusous -Ti>. Copernicus* 70.-GaliU.-o7S, Kant 7i).
I'bUc J2. Newtnn Si. Humboldt S9. The
loiv-teviiy of great writers, poets, i.s as'f-jl
lows: lii V"! £0. Schiller -5.". Jfolie'r*» 51,
,Virsi! Gl.Shakcspeare a 2. Dante SO. Dickons
~>7, Horace L". liacina 53. - Soott Gl, Stilton
i;.; Cervantes 65.-.At*schyhis VJ. Rabelais 7o
IVtrach 70. Euripides 74. 7S. Vlc
t.)f Hugo S:?, Goethe &>. Voltaire S4, Sopho-
CM ( >^ ' . ' - ''" - . * " :
To painters death ca?.:f.> at the ages sta
t'Vi- < . , . .' : " . .
Rnphel :?7, Correggio 40. Van r>yk 42. 110 -
licin r.7, Velasquez t'.L Rembrandt t>s, Ru
'b'er.s tU. I>l|chael Angt>lo ii>. Titian 09. Mv".
piciaurf died at these ages: Schubert :>l,
Mrr/iut ot", Mendelssohn 2*. Chopin S9, MVe
bar :"iO. Schumann .41, Boethovon [66; Baen
GSJ Palest rina 70. Sophr 75.' Kandel 75. Hay
dn 77.- And : four great .religious' --Headers'
died at these ages: Calvin at 51, Moham
med at 02, Luther. at 6t5. Confuciuß at 71;
$OR fSEIiESS GATTE.
A; NATIVE HOME PROVIDi;? *
: XI3SSO.Y; FOR TME WORLD.
CRUEL : TO LET THEM LIVE.
lint All Aprree Tbnt Ilrimnnitj- Cn
I.enrn Hndi-from the Kindly f; are
of tlte Ifimloo for tlie Dnmb c> e ,
n < lon. ,
(Correspondenco of the Dispatch \
CALCUTTA, November, 2»)-A leLc
for the white men -^-ho talks so g-inVi"
of his clvilfzlng ; imiuence arid o' ""'-I
necessity for, conquering the lowerrar °
that ho may teach th»m the Prin.cior>N ! ■'*
humanity is provided here- throtigfi"" t *~
establishment of an asylum for age<ia'-^
infirm beast and, birds by., a .""ociet" tr
wealthy Hindoos. An e^perienced^v^r
terinary surgeon is in chcirge ami a^is-*
ed by eight servants v.-ho are as devnt^i W
to their "dumb charges vx anr attendi^r
at an asylum for aged men. and wem^
could be. In this .homy for four footed
paupers there are at present one buad-->a
and twciify-nino bulls, three huli-j-e-^
an«l seven <~ov;s. one huncir^d and sev*"-"
ty-one calves, seventy-two ftorst-s, thir
teen water- bulTaloe.-, yixti--nine *s&een~
fifteen goat?, one liundred and fortv-onp>
pigeon?;, forty-rour roosters and titr^
four cats, three monkeys and four doaa'
At a festival that the -writer ha^ ;^-7
attended at; the queer, "home" the caro ; '
and kindliness of the Hindoo:; for the-s
animals was attested by the number ot :
natives present vrho luvishe.l present^
upon theni and treated them... with fhQ
utmost reverence. The British ladles
present by invitation were much shocked
at the fact of some of the Pilgrams actu
ally worshipping the decrepid cuttle, in a'-'.
their denunciation of this native rcspecr
for aged live stock, here led to a fier-'
controversey that is ?.t present ragtng-ia
Calcutta, is spreading- to the other citl;-:j
and even causing vice-regal circles to
drop all reserve and join in the dUctis- .'-.'
sion. The bone ot' contention iis— whfeti .'
is most humane, to kilt and eat cautea.*
the white man doe 3. or to keep thorn,
living on in a wretched and toothless oM
age wiujn life has lost its charm. t"n,;
once frisky animal has no .inora attrac
tiveness for the beef eater and <;ven tiio
source of humanity's iactt-r ; supply j.j
dried tip so far as the cows in the homo
arc* concerned..
The adherants of the white man's
party in the controversy _ are pointln"
out that it would be better mercy, to the
European mind, if a swift end were put
to the pains of these poor animals. But
the average Indian compassion does not
go beyond the giving Nature a char.cc
of relieving her dumb children. In such.
a spirit t!ie native Leatsrs, whon ttev
retrieve birds or animals wounded b'.
the gun, will carry them alive -for miles
and miles, in the waka of the sportsman,
never abbreviating their pain by tha
kindly blow which would seem to the
white man so natural and so pitiful, Xor
does the wide-spread reverence for ani
mal life of all sorLs produce much gener
al tenderness towards the brute creation,
in India.
The opponents of the native, system <k'
"coddling", the old cattle are "" out in
print with many instances that have
come under their personal notice of tho
Hindoo carter twisting the tails ot .'his
oxen into a positive string of dislocations;
and driving his pack cattle in spit^ of
cruel sores and galls; sometimes, v/iieu
they refuse to get to their feet and work,
lighting a tire of stalks or grass' under „
their. Hank. The iloharnraedan. ale.>. ic
is claimed, although bound by ths pre
cepts of the Koran to be ;.compassioK.at»>
towards the "peoples of the hocT, ami
fur, and feather," is often abomiiia.bii'
cruel.
In a word the- gr-inmd t.akeri by the op
ponents of the native treatment of; <4[
cattle is that the nativc-'s regard for
worn-out animals is not ahvaya consis
tent: with this treatment of thera whiie
they are: yount? and iusfv. Xevc-rrh- Iss^
a very valuable lesson is* taught by ths
fact, made plain by. the wide discussion
on tho subject now going on hore. that
the mysterious lower world or" anim.i!
life is regarded in India, with mora rev
erence ami kindliness than amo:;z th>
Christans. The one great fact of abstin
ence from tlesh food produced an extra
ordinary esect amor.g-lliadojcomin.-in:
ties. A newly arrived European walking
■in Poona, or Earotla, or Xassick. or .•;>•;•
such Erahmar.ic ca;virai, marks wka
wonder hoy,- the lower creatures nnd??
stood and acted upon this tacit compact
Peace. Tii the densest portions of the tW.v
the monkeys sit and chatter on theroof
ridges, the striped squirreU race up and
down the shop poles, the green parrots,
•fly screaming about the streets, the doves
perch and coo and nest everywhere^ the
ilying foxes hang- over most frequented
welLs and tanks, the mongoose scurcks
in and out of the garden gates, the kites
and crows frequent tlie market pjaces,
jungle doves and birds of all -orts f-r
age boldly for food, and at night even
the jackals steal impudently ilown iijito
the suberbs. There is a great fixed peac*
between man and hU inferiors In tho
scale of creation, and the effect of this
is certainly charming. Nor is it withouc
real foundations in the feeling of tin
Hindoo population, as regards to dumh
beings. They put up. on bamboo stick*
littlfc drinking- ;pdts and seed vessels ice
the birds; and when a mussulman. L-y
comes along with captive mynas, or ri-a
sparrows, in a cage, they will give ';n
a. handful! of sweetmeats to «ec t^m "
free.
The mussulmans themselves, as is. Veil
known, must never take the lire of tn>
creature for food without first InvoUns
tho permission and forgiveness ofAlaß.
But for the Hindoo proper there i> ::'.»
hard-and-fast line to be'dravn tewca:
men and the animals. Tne doctriio ol
transmigratiun is deeply held ari< 'inti
mately connected with the .levr.-r.ee
paid to serpents, covr~, and othe crea
tures.: A Hindoo boy, so t:r:lke iiLi
American or English compeer never
• wants to "kill something"." and be most
hardy; false-swearer in the Indicn Couru
will not tell a lie if his hand ii laid,
while he testities, upon the herd ot his
son, or the tail of his cow, or water .
drawn from the holy Mother tJungcs.
-, If American common-sense smiJes at..
such popular cults as the wo^hip of th
cow in India, which was pcrKiPs devf-i'i
by early law-givers as a sue means of
promoting- and sustaining • ■ag-ieuU'un;., '
India in turnshiiclders at he '"deeds of
lier v.hite rulers, who brcg- herds ot
cattle in tossing steames over tftd
Atlantic, and boil them do- m into tins by
heards and droves in Brisil- and melt
the sheep tens of thoisar.ds in Aus
tralia iirto - tallow-- and' sat ; 'down tiiepiss
by trainloads ir. Chlc-gQ into pork,
month by raoixth. and y-a.r-.-by year. No.
doubt it.mu.se be so; aid most of those
lowly lives v.-ould i:ev:r begin, except.,
thai they are thus destiined prematurely
i to end. Yet it h« not : thing- to inockiU
'or to despise, this eff«rt at Calcutta, or
• elsewhere, on the par «'f the native be- : :
; nev'olence. to redeem i little of tho debt
! which mankind owe* to tho speeclilesd
i division of animated lite, by kindness to
;.the; bfeken-dowh, thi diseased, or aban
doned servants am associates of ° ur
earthly existance.
Tlie Enicliiii I.nu«iias:<".
(Xew 'ork bun.)
A "farmer was tryne to plough
With a jackass htched up to a cough.
When they kicke>up a. tarnbJe rouM i.
Said the farmer: 'Its/hard I allouxh
I could do nt-ur well with a soiig... r
I will rest rneath.«><» sjuide otthis bo«igft;
".Such driving f«r me t3 too- rough:
I've had or it n^rly enough: , .
111-g ive this oU' ; jacku^,u cousn .
Ant 1 »-uit tor fm tiuue m a hou^n.
Ami lJ"ougWnff> aim^ty-toush.
"With furmmyr.m glad to be throusa-
Sf\- viff «he b tired of It. touga:
"I'll "sell out md pocket the doush.