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Show FIERCE LOOKING IS THE SIKH' East Indian Soldiers In British Service Have Moat Remarkable Personal Per-sonal Appearance. Did you over see a Sikh In uniform? No? Whatever of fierceness your childhood fancy painted upon the faco of a soldier tho Sikh hae It. Other Boldlers may bo brave, or may fight more tenaciously or dlo moro willingly, hut for slmplefiercenc33 of persons! nppcarnnco all medals go to tho Slkha. Ho Is'so fierce to look aUthat I- wonder his English officer can calmly I faco hlfri without fear. Does not Caesar Cae-sar rolato that tho rtoman soldiers were frightened by tho terrible looks-of looks-of tho early Gcrmnn tribes? A Sikh nnd I've, seen many regiments regi-ments of thorn on their native heath i Is a tall man with black hair and a' lonp, black heard. The beard ia what makes him look so fierce, because he ' Plaits It Into two thick braids and draws those back of tho ears, whero they are tied. If you think that doesn't mako a soldier sol-dier look fierce you mako a sad error, which one glauco at him would correct. cor-rect. The Sikhs nro Hindus, and so strict aro their religious beliefs that all tho I food they cat must bo especially prc-i I pared according to their own rltee. ! Philadelphia Ledger. " D |