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Show i THE 5NDIAN FAMINE. Ills fa mi no prevailing.' in the north iienis niiiiiis-i- of s vyV' hilsip'rs bring ihe price of lalnr down to tlie Hi uilllii and a si l ong imiu, worhing hanl all day. can earn only Iroiu rents to 1.7 eeiiis. Piii th.'ii, on the oilnr hand, a the needs of the liili.iicr are jiieee of eoltoli cloih Is ail I lie clothing II hiilolild of lice silppii.'S t!,e reiplin-il- . daily fmsl. The people of Iiulia are, In the most literal seiisi of the word, dependent for their living iihiii the winds. Half the year the great mule winds blow over India from tlie southwest; during the reiitaiuder they rome from tlie llolheasl. Marly ill June the soilthweMt In Southern India, Its inoiisis'ii eoiniug lieing heralded by a unison of vloleui tloruis, soiiietiiuea developing the fury of hurrli'.mes. The southwest Monsoons an tin fortiliizers of West-- : ern India, for the wind, laden with the moisture of the Indian sean. drop iiliiiiulant rains for several weeks iism soil, and thus prepare It the pan-hci- l for sissling ninl the harvest, from fifty to eighty Inches fall in Hangul 111! and northwestern part nf India in, acavailacording to the beat lnr:'iim (In euluini-tiea ble, one of i he most awnillina Whli-l- l lias ever Vlailiil I lie K"eiU iiftVriiil Is peninsula. the district iiiIIi-in uiauy thousand miiiuiv ami the failure of the erim has been alimiNt miiqili'lc. The milli'iiia of ludia Uve fnuii luunl in mouth; tliey are euniiielliil to ! an from their Inability to accumulate more than enough lu oue Men Non to Iiini them until the next, and when tnmi any mils even a lugh crop fails the rfleci In at nuce apiaireiit In iviilesireud suffering. y 'lids In not the lirst time In tlie of that country, even In the pres-cu- t century, that great suffering prevailed from lack of fisid. In 1MJ7 and 1SRS a terrible famine raged in the a me region which is now suffering, and aa I here were then no railroads, and relief for so enormous a nuiiitier aa were starving could not by nuy men ns W transported to the localities where it was ueedul, not less than ; ex-le- l im 'ystii'i of oin'-u'X'- b-- r i'g.-i!i- ae-um-ts s hia-tor- their kings. It was a ruli-lsrand The pe.is.im lt.nl uothiug that he ci.uei regard Ills own. All he had, even iiiiiiM'i;. Ids wife und ehildn'D, iveiv tin prujM'i'ty of the king. In many native states the system of fanning mil tiie taxes was ud.iplcd, a rich Isibiein-li- i paying to the king a Stated Hiini every year for the privilege of collecting the taxes In a certain district. nr the duties on a certain commodity, ninl tln-- exacting the last coin from the The world has recently I wen shKked by of tin. gateliing," or burying alive In liquid plaster of parts, nf unfortunate srsons in Persia wbo had neglected to pay their taxes to the shah; and yet. In ludia, before the English occuiMtlon. such terrible puts Ishuieuta were matters of everyday occurrence. Itclinqiicnt taxpayers were Imrned alive, burled alive, lsdled to death, tom In pieces by homes, whipped with rods until deuth came to their tied to stukes 111 the Jungle ami left to tie devoured by Minthers, leopards and tigers, Imjirlsoned In rooms with poisonous sereuts and all sorts of lildiHHis puiilshmeiits were devised, not for men guilty of heinous crimes, but simply fur unfortunates who were unable to raise the sums demanded by the tax collectors. Kings, nobles and landowners, who showed so little mercy In the matter of taxi's, could not be expected to devlae menus of relief when the inumiooiis fulled and tbs peasantry were starving, and, It la easy to believe, considering the of the famines In the present century, that, in former times, millions should liave died of want lu a single year. In 1877. the same year ns the great famine In India, there was one In Northern China, which la now under the Mime eocilit Inns as prevail h India the British conquest, and, according to the reports made to the t'liiiii'M emperor, not less than 0,000,-isn- i of human beings perished fiorn want. Wlieu this can be the case In mir own time it is easily credible that, as related In Indlnii history, there were fiimiiiea which. In whole provinces, carried away the entire population. Noililng was doiic to relieve the sufferings of the people. There were temples for monkeys, there were hospitals for sick dogs, eats and other afflicted animals, but Hindoo Isutevolenee did not extend to Jhe foundation of similar establishments for limit. Hindoo charity hail no oMn bund when millions were dying of want. The English government, In assigning control of the country, tlso assumed the responsibility of relieving, us far as possible, the sufferings of the people. In 1S77 there was collected In liiindon and forwarded to ludia over f'JJitMMXsi to relieve the distress of the Iieople; but Ibis stun, the voluntary contribution of thousands of people in i ' re.it Kritain .was but a dpp in the burl et to wlmt was uei'ileil, anil the os seui i.s the laigpsh tui'es-'r- y been me appe reni, was very t pron-pand eitergeiie in pnividlug re-- . Mieasiires. The menus taken were Hell adapted to tlie end. nnd in tbs aubjeeti-i- y loyal ToinS hear llrlhl. persons died of slnrvalioti. In and 1SU1 lu the uppi-- valleys of tlie Indus and the (lunges there was gain a crop failure, attended by much loss of life, lu lhttTi and I Mid the of the lower Ganges was similarly sffretiil. A general crop failure tisik place In ltengal atnl several of the urlghlMM'lug provinces, and alHUit ljitNi.isst of tlie Hoph or that densely populated region perished of waul, lu ISdS and Istat the great Imlf desert legion lying betweeu the Indus mid the upMr trllait (tries of Ihe tiatiges suffered from eroji failure, atul the loss of life on this occasion exeimled anything previously known lu lids century, J..ino1iM of hitinau being starving to death. Another fanilue occurred In Ilcftgul lu 1x7-1- , attended by Intense buffering, and still another In 1877. wlieu almost the entire west coast of liulin suffered from excessive drouth and couseiiieiit failure of the rroiut, ai d over otst.O'iti unfortunates perished. lri'V Ions to INTO It was practh-alllniHisNihle to convey and distribute relief to tin. Hoplo of the suffering pin viuccs, for as late as lVil there was only oue line of railroad lu India, tulles long. Even sulise-(p;eitwenty-twto that ilnte. ninny years ('lapsed Wore the railroad system of Imlln to such an extent as to iermlt latrtial allerhilloii of the sufferings of the distressed regions. India luts now over l.l.tMO miles of rullroail. and while large districts are still not penetrnted by the troll Uni's it Is possible, by distributing tlu relief at various lmlnts along ihe routes of ihe rallruiids and by collecting the Hufferera in convenient stations, materially to reduce the the distress fnmi what II was hitilding of the trunk lines. Since the construction of the railroads the government has lsi-- very active lu adopting and carrying out measures of relief whenever a famine of untisunl proisir-tloii- s Spcnr in tlie country, but even now there are many outlying diatrlets not easily reached, lu which the suffering is extreme. Comparatively few tersuiis in this country realize the extent or the ulousucs of India. Tito great peiiiiiiila comprises l.nPU.tN) square miles, about 'ey Imi n ml other imition a of India, while this wind blows. Ihe pereiplUi-tloju rliniw. exceeding that of any oilier const In the world. Tin northwestern mo. soon, iiuiino io iiig ulsuit Hu third week in t r, brings rain from the Huy of Itengul ah. ng tlie rust const of Iioli.'l, Kiel during I IE till' opjiosile. nr H'iU Il.ls lilii' weaM.er mi I mie' uiile t tlll,;ltlrl,. There is lido r.i in fr mi Iiecc.'idier till June, iiini during this time Ihe h'-- tl I ( (NNI.0INI 1NW r n, r'-gh- u e - n In-o- n le mng-nitleeu- Victims of the Fa ml or. half the geographical area of the luffed States; but fruit this much be diHliH-ti'i- l enormous districts of desert In the uplands between the Indus anil the Gauges, and equally enormous tracts of forest and Jungle, where the growth of nature has been so abundant as to defy the Industries of man and thus prevent either settlement nr eul- tlvation. From the total area nt least s muat thus hr deducted, and It la roughly estimated that, of the (WiMOlt square miles remaining, less than half is under cultivation, so that the SfM.nm.otx) of India's population live on he products of a territory not larger than Texas. Of the arable land much refuses to yield, save wlien It Is treated by Irrigation, and consequently a maximum of labor Is required to produce even the crops which are grown. The density of the population In India Is. pcrhnra, greater than that of any other land of similar slxc on the gluts'. Crowded In tlie river valleys or In the fertile uplands of the router and south, the struggle for life aiiioug these hap-les- s )xoplc la Incessant atul bitter. In Bn other country In the world is the fcght Inr liras wtiv. ' v enor- two-thlnl- ' govi-riniiei.- !i.-- r lt it o the npl.iinls are iki ivln'-l- , and the soil linked to the hardness of stone. The nioiiMMms arc. therefore, the salvittiiiii of India, but when tlmse winds fall, as soinelimes they do, from metciindlgnl muses am yet little understood. the farmer Is unable to plant, or, If he does, the seed lies In Ihe soil without germinating, and the distress for food heroines general. The horrors of a famine, when so uiauy millions are involved, oil 11 hardly Is Imagined; lint terrible aa they are, they were imieh worse before tlie Kttg-lisoccupation than they an llefnre the coming of the English the country was divided into many slates, under petty rulers, who. with genuine Oriental severity, eared for their jieo. pie only tollin' extent of forelug front Ihetii the last imssiiilo pie," or quarter of a rent. When the time of plenty came, a considerable part of the issir people's subsumin' was exhausted 111 the payment of taxes;' when the monsoon failed, ninl famine Joined hands with pestilence to stalk across the land, the rulers made no provision whatever, Indeed, did Hot attempt to make any, for the succor of tlielr people. Tlielr fatalists creed, whether Miiliniimii'dan nr Hindoo, taught them utiil iluir people alike iluit such vlsltn-tion- s wen- the work of a malign imiv:-e- r not to be resisted. and. ismscquent-ly- , they made no effort. India has aln (ininlry of sharp contrasts. ways Ih'fnre tin Kngllsh doniliuitlon, the kings ninl tmlih's were eitorniously wealthy, while the most aggravated masses if jsiverty prevnili-i- l atitotig the the issiple. Splemlid palai-es- . gorgeous templi's. noble tiimlie, stand side by side with the grass huts of a starving IHiisautry; In m country is the line between rich ninl issir. splendor ami want, tlrawn so sharply. No nuintry lias temples so ningiiilii-cnt- . Tlie noblest fanes of Chrlsti-tulnii- i are wlieu iumpunsl with tlie gorgmus temples nf India, Benares, t the saiTiil city. Is a iidlii'tlon of structures, 'each devoted to the servlet and worship of a hideous Idol. Dvera thousand Hindoo templi's are in the city, while the Mnliaiiiiiiedun population, equally Ignorant, equally fanatical. worship In nlnuH lit HI mosques. Millions upon Millions of dollars have Isi'ti spent lu the erectlou of these shrines of the two religions. It Is estimated that (.'MSt.iitxl.ixxi lias been spent on the temples atnl mosques of Benares. every cent of it wrung by mendless rulers from a starving population. Juggernaut, or Pnim. like Iteuarcs, Is a city of ictuplcs. and, although the famous shrines lu this city have In Idle years lust mneh of tlielr popularity, still thoiisaiuis mutually Ituek to the city. The temples of the rlty of Juggernaut tire wealthy Itcyoud Is'llef. The great hint has two huge diamonds for eyes, atnl gold and Jewels ore lavishly dlsplnycd In all purls of the snored structures. Tlie annual festival at Juggernaut Is no longer what It once was; In filet, since 1S7N the festival has been considered a failure, and the chariot of Juggernaut has not even been drawn from the temple. Worshipers ran no longer lie found to drag the ear or to throw theniM-lveli'iicath the wheels; but still tlv contrast between the splemlid shrines and starving iieople la painfully apparent. 1alaees anil tnndia of the kings nrc often as splendid as the mosques and temples; figures can give no him of the cost of these structures. The Taj alml Is mosaicked with Jewels, every gem known to the lapidary being found In Its walls and railings .and every rupii' of the cool having been collect til in taxes. Tlie people of Auterlea have no eon eepthot of the terrible taxarVut ts . . J I of the population, railroad and. wli-- r- possible, extensive canal eoiiiiiiunieiitiiiii. will enable relief to lie promptly furnished at wlo'tv it may In milled, and tnui the gaunt spi icr of ramim will mi l"iiger as In times ast Is able to claim tile mllli'itis (St. laiuls SHU TIIK VI'KII'" THU W le tle tnt'i'i if ! IM'Ihost t l ivre ; Sfnirtf admiration. I did." Not In a saloon, I hojie, anxloumy Inquired oue who waa nut aa advanced as the rest. No, of course not It was In a drug store. Oh, do tell ue all alsmt it You se, I was walking along the street witli two men when one of them suggested that we go lu u drug store end get fi drink. I made up my mind that 1 would not go In a drug store and let any man buy me soda water. I determined that I should Insist tisiu my rights as a woman and buy the drinks. So I said 1 would go if they would let me pay for It. You brave girl." They treated It aa a Joke at first The very Idea! Hut I told them my principles, and finally they agreed, although the mean things laughed. Then we went In. You don't know how afraid I waa that they would pay for the drinks, anyhow. Iiut I was too quick. When the clerk laid down the cheek I Just gniblicd It and wouldn't give It up, and alien we went out I reached the cashier first aud laid down The cashier Just the right amount seemed surprised. I dont see why. Hut I actually Isiught soda water for two men. What do you think of ''' , g . - MKX. Th Uarlair Kiplolt of Vvmmw U'oiooa. A little group of advam.i'd women, girls with strong Ideas of the rights of women, believers In tlielr free competition with men, und repudluturs of the Idiw that women should Is treated with more deference than men, were talking, when one of them began: Oil, girls, what do you suppose I bought two men a drink." You did: exclaimed --be chorus In ttitne, cuiiriiting o? a blight ied handkerchief com pi- - 'fly covering t.e hair, Muii.-eshort a a skirt, eonceuled by a stout apron of blue hollui.d, lilui k B!ocMn. t:ugs, und. ilos: notleenble of nil, a p.ts. uf the cut ul good, dura tie trou.-irsfa uh ion of the kniekirhe- lipf. ? :;ue- by a times the whole is iimt:.i'"t sli.iwl of bright colors and Vui pattern. Tlie girls work on the urf.i'-e- . Immediately at the mouth of the P't- - TUa cage goes up and don luec.-:;mlduring the day. It consists if Mires "decks," on each side of which Is ! 'me two small carriages, on four low wheels. As soou as they appear at the surface they are swiftly handled by three experienced men, who run them off on to the staging, when they are Immediately tackled by the strong and "girls, who wheel them lusty away tg the "tippler." The carriage runs very smoothly. Each contains 9u0 pounds of coal, and they are eo constructed that they can be dumped with the minimum of exertion. The coal la emptied into a long chute, and thecar-rlag- e rights Itself again, automatically, and Is returned by the girl to the mouth of the pit. to be lowered again. The girls work on an average nine hours a day, beginning at 6 a. na. They have thirty minutes for breakfast aud thirty minutes for Inneheon, and aa a usual thing they leave the mine by 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and at 12 oclock noon Saturdays. Their dally pay Is 52 cents. These girls are muscular, very strong and remarkably healthy. They belong to no union, and from all accounts are cheerful, virtuous, and satisfied wlb their condition In life. In fact. It Is said tli&t they view with alarm the loose-fittin- WOMEN OF SWISS MOUNTAINS IN MALE ATTIRE. Clobc-lJ'.'uiiR'r- at siomi Thra ltvtu-- r ; Kiirljr Kn iiiw 1 Arrouiiinli llirlr Unity before tlie Tasks. I Special 1 -- Piter.) ONG days the .: y of bloomers women on the higher levels of tbe Alps strode about their native crags in trousers. before the days of divided skirts aud kub the col Mery girls of England, pit brow women," aa they are exiled, went regularly about their employment In partial men's attire. Thtre was no question Involving the'.p ''right,'' nor was It done for the purpose of claiming equality wli't lordof ly man. It waa simply a ma.-lconvenience aud utility. And surely It was not vanity that dlrta'id this change lu the Swiss herd-girl- 's scanty wardrobe. That she Is grace! ;1 cannot. be rlalmed. In spite of a popular fancy to that effect. On tbe contrary, she Is ungainly. She Is not even betuv tiffll, and her appearance is not attractive. either In real life or on papr. She Is poorly fed, and the labor tnut the pel forma is of the hardest She must not only attend her flock, but alie must eut the mountain grass with u sickle t'tid cairy It In massive bundles down I pit-bro- w ker-bocke- rs -- er "LITTLE COR1NNE," TO CIVE $750,000 FOR CHARITY. thntr "You are a hero," the girl who wae tlie lirst to recover her breath. Some day your sex will erect a monument In your honor.'' dn-birc- Mark It lour XI lire I. always a grsol plan for every owner of a bicycle to have a private mark on Ills wheel. This has bum tried plenty of times, Imt lu rsse of theft it Is always discovered and oblitIs erated. Now,, however, It is suggested that the machine be marked by scraping an Inch square of the enatio-- from some portion of 1n frame of the machine. After till traces of tlie enamel have been removed, apply n nutting of grease, and, with a (minted piece of r.toel dipped In rnrtiolic acid, draw the initials or private mark through the grease. The nelil follows (he markings of the steel point, while the grense keeps It from spreading. After allowing the aelil to ent Into the tubing tbe grense can lie ruldied off. and the mark or Initial show, is plainly ns if eut Into tlie steel framework. One cont of euamel will completely hide all traces of the murk, should any question as to the ownership nf the wheel arise, the owner could, by Imply scratching off tbe enamel which covered the marks, at once prove his claim. New York Journal. l 1 lltBiid (or Flintlocks. Strange as it may appear, flintlock muskets ore not merely a record nf bygone days. Ijist year no rewer tnnu IHsIrlliatlnic Hie. direction, not only of Imiutillate succor by providing work and wages for the sufferers, but also of permanently guarding against a recurrence of these great disasters by furnishing better facilities of lulerual communication. An extensive railroad system baa long been planned for India, and whenever a drouth occur ami famine prevails work Is begun upon the lines of railroad already surveyed and thousands of natives are put to work in grading, track laying and similar employments. In the valleys of the Ganges and Indus lines of Irrigating canals aud of canals for communication have been laid out, and thousands iind employment In these. Thus the permanent improvement of the country goes hand In hand with the relief of the people, nnd nltb every mile of railroad built with every yard of cnnal or irrigating ditch excavated there Is an additional safeguard, not ngninst recurrence of crap failure, bnt against famine. The millions of India who have perished of want died, hot because thert was not food in the country, bnt heenuse It could not be conveyed to the places where It was needed. While one prov- - I.82II.OHO gun flints were produced nt the I.lnghcntb mines, Brandon, Suffolk, England. These flints are chiefly to iul other savages, delight African who, having 11011 mi long used to flintlocks, are reluctant to give them up. The method of manufacturing these gnu flints Is very Interesting. In the nli'ration of fluking" the worker will take a qua iter in his left hand and, placing it on his knee, around which a protecting band of leather has licen strapped, gently tap tlie flint with a hammer, giving It each time a well directed blow. At every tap a flake six Inebes long anil one lueh wide falls into his hand, and, If n good one, Is deposited In a pall by his side, all bad ,ones being discarded. The knnppers work these flints with hammers with long, thin heads, often made of old flies, transversely striking the stripe of flint on an Iron fixed In their benches. Ills Owa Client. An honest old blacksmith down In Texas, despairing of ever getting cash out of a delinquent debtor, agreed to take his note for the amount. The debtor wished to go to a lawyer and have the document drawn up, bnt tbe knight of the anvil, who had been a sheriff In days gone by. felt fully competent to draw it up himself. This he proceeded to do, with the following re- sult: On the lqt dny of June I promise to pny J corns Nlte the sum of elevlng dollars, and if said note lie not paid on the day aforesaid, then this instrument otl:ei gay that Mrs. Kimriai: sound her as a tot friendless and alnr.e and Uok her up. At all events all are agreed that Corinne's life has been that of a princess reared In luxury. Her mother, or guardian, while giving her al! her heart could desire, jealously and sedulously kept her from having a lover. Corinne has sung and danced in ever' city, town nnd village in the land, and has "hosts nf admirers" In all of them. Sinister people intimate that her will savors of advertising methods, fcu: those who know the young woman scoff at sueh unkindness and hold that she is just as charitable and generous as the intention unfolded in the Instrument. One of her chief pur-hposes In the loundatiou is to rave young actresses out or work from the vlda-l- y sltudea of a wicked world. Chicago Corinne," who has not been little for many seasons gone, has Just trade her will. She devises that all her property, real and personal, shall Ik-sold at auction, and the proceeds, which she stiys will not fall under $750,000. shall be devoted to the foundation or a home for aged and unemployed art- rosses," to lie established near New York. Corinne, though not very di- min nr ive, is still excessively young, and the realization of her kind impulses will In all probability be deferred in- definitely, as her health Is robust and her constitution wonderfully strong, Tr.ls young lady has a romantic his- tory. It has been said that her mother, the late Mrs. Jennie Kimball, was r.Jt mother at all. Some have gone so far as to assert that the talented, pret- and vivacious dancer was stolen from parents of title by gypsies, while "T-iti- le er Tintes-Heral- d. rumor that their services are to be dispensed with at the mines, so that the supply of household servants In merry England may be Increased. They wear their trousers with no them In a safe place for winter use. show of ostentation and with absoluteThis of itself Is a task from which the ly no thought that In another counstrongest man might shrink, to say try, our own, for example, they might nothing of the utter solicitude that pre- be considered new women." They are not clamoring for rlghta. They vails on thou mountainous heights. are almply adopting a sensible method of rendering their work easier, and that they have succeeded admirably la evidenced by the fact that the custom has been In vogue for many years. the mountain side to serve as provender for her charges In winter. Besides this she must gather faggots for fuel, and convey them on her shoulders down the steep cliffs, and store Thit ClOTj-- r ! tea-clot- ! Aa ladlaa Mw (a Delhi. Inee might have an abundance the people of another might lie dying of wart, but with better eoinnnmlcatton, bth by river aud rail, wldespnitd disaster can be nllevluted. The enlightened lol-leof the British government has thus ilntii much pi relieve thp condition ef tlie o.'iiimoTj people of India, nod then Is reason to :. vie tlnt, In :i'p of the la to be null and void, and of no effect Witness my hand, etc. ltev. Dwight I- - Moody Is said to be phenomenally successful In revival work In New York city, but It must bo TMtienilN'red that New York Is s phenomenal Held for such work. Im( l)nl(n. Clover blossoms and leaves are much the fashion, both In art needlework and painted on china. When used in needlework they are laid on the linen where they are to be embroidered. with the long stems overlapping each other, so that they form a circle. The flowers may le worked In white with touches of pale green. In pale pink and white, or may be of white shading Into a pinkish purple. Charming and suitable borders to ths and doilies. centerpieces, FEMALE MULATEER. decorated with clover blossoms and Yet the condition of the Swlu girl leaves, have a trefoil edge, consisting might not be so bad If she were more of s repent of three scallops that are richly fed. As It Is, she Is deplorably conventionalized clover leaves. New poverty-strickeYork Evening Post On the other hand, the colliery girls of England fare better. There Is a house in Paris occuplet They are employed at the mouth of by over fifty tenants who for twent; the coal mines, which are railed pits. years have never paid any rent, thi The mouth of the pit Is the "brow.' landlord being unknown. and by reason of these two facta they One hundred and twenty firemen art are railed girls." required to feed the furnace of a first They usually wear s picturesque cos- - class Atlantic steamer. i s I WEAR PANTS THERE. n. i pit-bro- |