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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1885.-TWELVE PAGES.
A Pnrnritac.
Oh, Paradlue mint fairer be
Than &U on earth excelling;
Oh, would that I, Irorn trouble free,
Were there aeeuxwbr dwelling!
In Paradlae a river clear
Of heavenly love la (dreaming,
Where every bitter earthly tear
A lucid i>earl la gleaming.
In Paradise aoft breezes blow
To cool the heart’s hot fever;
The pangs and pains that here we know
They waft away for ever.
Iu Paradise, on greenest glade.
The tree of Peace ia planted;
The sleeper underneath its shade
By blissful dreams is haunted.
A cherub sentry at the gate
His wakeful watch is keeping.
Lest worldly din ahould penetrate
To rouse me, sweetly sleeping
Mr heart that shattered bark, will there
Be safe in harbor riding;
It ever restless infant. Care,
Be lulled to rest abiding.
For every thorn that gave a wound
A rose will there be borne me;
And joy, that here no roses round
With rosy wreaths adorn me.
There will all pleasures breath and bloom
That hero untimely withered,
And blossoms rare of rich perfume
From arid stems be gathered.
And that was hero my heart’s pursuit
Will grow from hour to hour,
From tender frond as golden fruit,
As summer's opening flower.
The blighted hones that hero were mine,
Like wreaths from many a far land,
In fragrant bloom will round me twine,
My never fading garland.
Vauth, that on rapid beating wing
Bo swiftly o'er me darted,
Adi Love, that on a morn in spring
Ouo nectar draught imparted.
Wingless and flightless there will be.
And to their heart will hold me.
And, like a child on mother’s knee,
In soft embraces fold me.
I only saw in dreaming.
Fair Poesy unveiled will show
Her ayes* celestial fires.
While jovotuly my song shall flow
To sound of angel lyres.*
—Temple Bar.
THE OLD DON’S DAUGHTER.
Tlio ltnumnco which a Diver Once ltnn
^ Across—How two Men were
Made Happy,
“Well, young man, if you think my busi
ness is ft pleasant mill an interesting one
you »ro wrong. Diving nint <i romantic
life, thongh some of us divers do now and
then run across n romance. I once ran
across one, and it was a regular ono of the
kind yon read. But it happened a long
time ago, and ono swallow don't moke a
summer."
So said a diver one afternoon lost week
on the deck of a wrecking vessel which was
lying at an Hast river pier awaiting orders
to proceed to a lighter which had been sunk
in the harbor. The diver, who appeared to
be both good-nntared und intelligent, was
.easily induced to relate the romance which
ho "ran across a long time ago.
“About fifteen years ago,” began the
diver, “I was knocking about along the
west coast of Sontli America. It was in
Callao, and I think it was Christmas after
noon. At any rate, I was leaning against a
bar, filling up with a liquor they call pisco,
when up canto n ship chandler, who used to
employ mo now and then, and said he hod
a first-class Job for me. lie told mo that a
steamer bound up to I’onnma hail keen sunk
by a steamer bound sonth, and thnt there
was considerable coin in the wreck, which
was lying in ten fathoms of water about 200
miles up the coast. My diving apparatus
and I were hurried on board a small schoon
er, which at once set sail. I was tucked
away in a berth to sleep off my pisco, and
next morning when I came to, I went on
deck. I saw an old gentleman walking np
and down. lie luul wliito hair and a long
white beard. He was nice looking, but he
seemed heartbroken sbout something.
Somehow I couldn’t help respecting him.
The others on the schooner besides the
crew were n dried np, miserly-looking man,
who I found was the agent of the house
that skipped the coin that was on the
wreck, and tho parser of the lost vessel
After breakfast tho parser told me that the
old gentleman, who was rich, anil, 1 believe,
n Don, com* from Valparaiso, and was in
search of tlio body of his daughter, who was
supposed to have been on tho steamer that
was sunk. Tho worst of it was that she
was supposed to have eloped with a worth-
less sort of a fellow, a gambler, who was
coniin of her maid’s.
“Tho story as 1 got It from the purser
was this: The old Don, who was a widower,
was very fond of his only daughter, Hhe
hail a maid who boil been brought np with
her, und who was, like her, a handsome
young woman. Tho maid hod a cousin
who hail the reputation of being a desperate
gambler, hut he was a dashing j ouug fel
low. Manuel-something or other they
called him. He was at the Don's bonse a
good deal to see his cousin. A year liefore
somo one hail told the old Don that his
daughter and Manuel were in love with
each other. Sho denied that sho cared any
thing for Manuel, hut the Don ordered him
never to come near the honso again. Man-
mi disappeared, but it was said that he
waa making money at cards in I.ima. The
old Don bail just before Christmas left
homo for a few days. On his return he
found his daughter gone. She had left no
letter, but hail taken her jewelry with her.
The maid was also missing. The servants
did not know whot hail become of either
the young lady or the mold, both of whom
had disappeared on tho previous day.
.Some one, how. \ cr,|had seen Manuel hang
ing around in tho neighborhood liefore the
women disappeared. Tho Don hnmed
down to the quay and learned that Manuel
had token passage on tho steamer which
had sailed the previous evening, and that
ho was accompanied by a young woman,
who was Veiled, but who wore a handsome
shawl, which answered tlio description of
ono which tlic Don had given his daughter
a few weeks bef ore. The old gentleman
liad no doubt that she hail elo[ied with
Manuel The maid, bo believed, was in
hiding because alio did not dare to meet
him after her cousin had eloped with ms
daughter. Another steamer for Callao anil
Panama was just about to soil when the old
Don reached the quay, and he took passage
on her in the hoi* of overtaking his diugh-
I, r He rase bed Callso only to learn of the
loss of the steamer on which Manuel bed
Had Then w, re not more than five or six
passengers on the lost steamer, end all but
two .(tin - and the entire craw were saved.
The two missing ones, the purser fcmbwere
a young man answering Manuels rWnp-
tion and a young woman whom bo gall'd
his wife, foe collision happened in the
^ma't-iheu,
near their state r..<m,*nd th. y were prob
ably caught among the wrecked timl 1 *
•I I,;. old |> 11 want! I to t the body of bis
dulighter, even if sin'
si oitndn 1, and he off* n 1 to |
,of taking, diver to _ , rtheold
I tdi very
We hail towed along with us a big heavy
lioat for the wrecking work. My air pnmp
and other traps were put in the big boat,
and tho Don nnd the withered up old agent
und the purser got into her along with us,
nnd we rowed out over tho wreck. Tho
E urser had told me all abont how tho cabin
ty, and I knew where the state room of the
drowned conple was and where the coin
lay. Whilo I was getting on my diving suit
the Don talked to me in broken English
nnd told me to handle his daughter's body
carefully and to leave Manuel where he
lay, as his body wasn't wanted by any one
but the fishes. While the Don was talk
ing in one year my other ear was taken
by tho old agent, who didn't notico tho
Don, hat kept telling me to he mighty
careful about tho coin, which hail been
put np in sealed bogs. Finally I got on
my helmet and went over the side. I got
down easily to the deck of the steamer,
which was lying on a pretty even keel,
considering. I groped my way into the
cabin and along to the stateroom where
the drowned folks were. I found it was
badly smashed up and that the door was
wedged in so that wanted on axe or a bur
to get in. Then I groped along a little
further to tho purser’s room, where I found
the coin in a drawer under his berth. He
had unlocked the drawer after the collis
ion, thinking he could save the coin, but
he had been obliged to leave it. I hauled
tho drawer out bodily. The nir my hel
met was getting bad, as in dragging the
air pipes after me I had bent them some
what, ,bnt I managed to drag the drawer
ont to the deck, when I laid it down and
seized hold of my ladder nnd climbed np
to the air. When they got me on board
nnd took off my helmet, the Don took
hold of one arm and wanted to know if I
had found his daughter, and the old agent
took hold of my other arm and wanted to
know if I bad found the coin. I told
them what hod happened, and the Don
looked very anxious, but the old agent
brightened up and almost smiled. After I
had rested a bit I pat on my helmet, and,
taking an axe and two lines with me, I went
overboard again. I found the coin—there
were eight bags of it—where I bad left it. I
took the end of ono of the lines and mode
it fast aronnd the bags, and then tugged
the line as a signal to tho people above to
haul up on it. Then np went the coin. 1
groped my way to the drowned folk.' state
room and smashed in the door with tho axe.
The place was badly wrecked. I found a
body, bnt it was so badly wedged in among
the broken timbers that I couldn't move it.
I felt the face nnd fonnil that it bad a mous
tache. This was Manuel, so there was no
need of wasting any time on that body. I
reached around a little and my hands
touched another body. This was the young
woman, but it too, waa fast. I gave it a
heavy pull and it came loose. I reached
down to put my arm around it and my hand
touched something. It was a small satchel
I picked it up, and lifting the body I got
out of the state room with it, and taking
my axe I mode my way out to tho deck. I
fastened the other line around the young
woman and made the satchel nnd axe fust
to it also. Then I tugged on the line nnd
np it went. I took hold of the ladder and
followed.
5 with
art of ll
Then we went back to the schooner and
beat our way i bah to Callao, where I
found n present of $200 awaiting me from
tlio old Don. About four months after
that, when I was coming in from a job just
outside the harbor, we were passed by a
steamer which bad just called at Callao and
was bound to 1’nnunm. On her after deck
who shonld I sec but the old Don. , Lean
ing on his arm was a handsome young lady
about tho size and build of the young wo
man I had fished out of the cabin of the
sunken Bteamer. I felt sure that I saw the
Don's daughter, whom he hod once given
up for lost”
A METHODIST SENSATION.
Alleged Falsification of tlie Collection Ac
counts—Serious Charges.
Philadelphia Special.
The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of tire United States met to-day
with the general committee of church ex
tension, nnd Dr. Kynott caused a sensation
by attempting to speak before the meeting
or a paper which hail been sent to the com
mittee on foreign communications by
Thomas W. Price, a prominent layman.
He was hastily hushed up by members of
the committee, nnd ' the matter
was tabled. Printed copies of tho pa
per, however, got out. In it Sir.
Price says: “The large amounts re
ceived from, and donated to, several of the
German conferences led me to inquire of
some of your members for an explanation.
To my great surprise, I learned that no
money was received from or donated to the
Germnns; that the Germans were allowed
to collect nud distribute their moneys with
out the intervention of your board; so that,
when you claim a-t n part of your work the
collection of $19,192.50 in 18X3 from the
Germans, you swell your receipts to that
amount beyond the truth, and, by so doing,
swell your collections to $108,433.5(1, when,
ia fact, you collect only $88,841.00."
The paper then gives the figures claimed
by the reports in 1883 and 1884, and sug
gests “this method of swelling accounts
would not be thonght honest in the busi
ness world.” Tho pamphlet claims glaring
disparities in the same items on different
pages of the reports. The paper further
complains that there is a want of clearness
in the committee’s item of expenses, nnd
that the different expenditures, salaries,
travelling, etc., are too much mossed. It
incidentally attacks the $t,500 salary of the
secretary, which, it says, 1b a larger sum
than was donated last year to sixty-nine
chnrches needing help. It also protests
against what it calls the methods of the
board's agents in misrepresenting the mag
nitude of the work, and in nnduly inflneno-
cndlcss fund of amusement. The tug of
war is s favorite amusement of theirs, into
which they throw themselves with great
zest.
‘When they got off my helmet I saw the
old agent seated along sido the bags of coin
nnd weighing them, ono by one, with his
hands, os if he suspected tlmt I hud opened
tnem, On the bottom of the boat lay the
; ronng woman's body. Her face hail been
'jadly braised. The old man was leaning
over her. Tears ran down his cheeks. He
stroked her long black hair in a loving way,
thongh it was badly soaked with salt water.
She wore a fine necklace and two pretty
bracelets, and had on several rings. The
Don had only recognized the body by tho
jewelry. I saw the purser call the old Dotfs
attention to tho satchel. He nodded his
head and opened the satchel anil took ont a
handsome jewel ease. Just then we heard
a loud whistle and saw a steamer hound
south, which was standing in close to ns ss
if she had seen the spars of the sunken
wreck nnd wanted to offer us any help she
could give. The l)on slowly opened the
jewel cose. Then ho gave a start, for on
top of the jewelry he found a letter. It
seemed to lie addressed to him, and was
irobalily written by bis daughter herself,
lis hands trembled ns he opened the letter,
and for a minute or two he didn't seem able
to make out the writing, not because tho
letter had beerrne soaked with water, but
because of the tears in his eyes,
'Finally ho got at what was written, and
he started np with s look of wonder. Then
he read the letter again, and a look of
hope seemed to come in bis (see. lie
bent over the yoang woman's body nnd
eagerly passed his hands over the swollen
and bruised features. Then he jumped up
and threw up his arms and gave s laugh.
Then he seized the purser's hand and shook
it. Then he came ont and threw his arms
around me, and yelled in bis lingo what I
afterward learned meant, T have found my
daughter!' Thinks I, the poor old Don hns
gone stark, raving modi' The passing
steamer had hove to and her boat was com
ing toward ns. The Don began talking in
bis lingo to the parser, to whom he showed
his daughter's letter. He mods motions as
if he would go away in the steamer's boat
When this (mat was nearly alongside ns the
Don bent over the young woman's body
and took off the necklace, the bracelet and
the rings, which he placed in the jewel case.
Then he seized iny hand and shook it He
also shook hands with the old agent who
was still sitting by the side of the bags of
coin. The steamer’s boat was now along
side us. The old Don took a farewell look
at the young woman’s body. He stooped
and taking her right hand shook it good,
nsturedly. Then he pnt his arms aronnd
tho purser end said something to him.
After that he stepped into the steamer’s
boat I called after him and pointed down
to the young woman's body, is if to ask
»ti«t I should do with it The old Don
smiled and shrugged his shoulders and
went through the motions of throwing the
body overboard. The steamer's boat rowed
alongside the schooner, where the Don got
his iSpsock. Then the boat went along
sidethesUamer, which waa soon under way
again.
“Poor old gentleman,” said I to the pur
er, ’he's raving mod, and I'm sorry tor
ing aged persons of property.
In the afternoon, Bishop Merrill presid
ing, the report of the committee on excep
tional cases was read. The proceedings
were here interrupted by the reading, by
Dr. J. Kynett, of a telegram received from
Chicago, saying: “Evening papers telegraph
is sensational reports sbout defalcation in
:oar society. Better wire as full particu-
ars immediately.” Dr. Kynett then moved
that Bishop Merrill telegraphed imm^lintoly
that the rumor was utterly untrue and tlic
reports of the committee were correct, which
was done.
OVEK BURMAII"8 FRONTIER.
Fen sml Pencil Pictures of King Tin-haw's
Healm—Hellglon and Kducntlou.
Sew York Telegraph.
Upper Burnmh, or Burnish proper, lies
compressed in the upper valley of the Irra
waddy river, being divided from British
Burmnh by a purely arbitrary line. Pluvi
ous to the year 1825 the Burmese empire
was one of prent importance and extent,
compared with the other Indo-Chinese na
tions. Bnt at the present day it hasahrnnk
to a petty principality, with a foreign civil
ized neighbor bolding all iu seaboard prov
inces and the months of its great waterway;
while ita power as a nation hns been totally
lost Tho extent of territory actually under
the sway of the King of Burmah is some
what loosely defined, owing to the en
croachments and more than luilf-admitted
independence of some so-called subject
states on t o borders; bnt the gross sroa is
about 67,000 square miles. An estimate of
tbe population can be formed on little else
than conjecture, for no census has ever
been taken* Cok Byrnes gave tbe popula
tion ns 17,000,000 sonls, which subsequent
inquirers reduced to 3,000,000. Possibly
there are twenty-five persons to the square
mile, or a gross population of 1,675,000 in
habitants. This omits the Eastern Bhan
States, which are more popnlous. Tbe de
vastating wars which have swept over Indo
china, and of which, owing to its position,
it hns been the tbestre from tbe most re
mote historical times, have terribly thinned
a population once very dense.
The history of these wars has been an
oscillation of advantages and defeats, in
which Burmese, Siamese, and Cambodians
alternately gained the upper band.
Borne forty years ago the last of those ter
rible paroxyisms died away, principally from
exhaustion, nnd left tho political arrange
ment of Indo-Chinn—namely, Bnrrnab,
Siam nnd Cochin-China—which until re
cently has hold good. Everything goes to
provo that the country was at one time
very densely peopled, and the enormons
cities and vast populations anil armies de
picted by l’into, nicknamed the Mendacious,
are by ho means mere vulgar fabrications.
Proofs ore being gradually brought to light
in support of many of his statements. The
indigonons inhabitants consist chiefly of
Burmese anil Bhang; bnt Khyens, Knk-
hyens, Kathays, Korens and other tribes
are met with, as well as Chinese and na
tives of India who have settled in the towns.
There are very few countries in the world
where a greater diversity of racPis met
with than in Burmah, but the Mongolian
element predominates, and it appears under
very numerous forms.
BZLIOIOX AND PRIZHTUOOD.
Caught In a Wrecked Unglue anil Drowned
by the Rising Tide*
Hagerstown (Md.) Globe.
Thursday night of last week a ballast
train on the Bhenandoah Valley railroad,
went through a trestle near Buchanan, Va.,
the accident being caused by the heavy
rain storm and the consequent weakening
of the trestle. Four men were killed.
When tbe train went down ono of
tbe workmen had his foot esnght under
tho engine in snch a way os to make it im-
possibble to release him quickly. It was
noticed that the stream into which the
train bad fallen was rapidly rising, nnd
while one of the men wont for n physician
the others vainly renewed their efforts to
save their companion. When tlio physi
cian arrived it was seen that the only hope
of saving the man's life was by amputating
his limb; tint, notwithstanding tbe en
treaties of his friends and a certainty of a
dreadful death, the imprisoned man re
fused to submit to the operation. He said
he would rather die. The water finally
arose so high that the man had to be held
up by a companion to keep him from
drowning. The doctor had all the neces
sary instruments for amputation. Tho
other men implored their companion to
save his life by s sacrifice of bis limb, bat
he resolutely refused to submit Tbe water
came to his shoulders, his neck, his chin.
When the water was even with bis mouth
tho resolute man weakened. As he uttered
the words “cut it off,” the water bubbled
over his mouth. It was then too late. He
was drowned. A fate like this is seldom
witnessed. The hearts of the stopt men
present bled in «ympathy.
WAS HE BURIED ALIVE!
him.’
>■ .j gjn't sorry for him,’ said the purser.
Why be hasn't lost bis daughter after all.
Tlmt body isn't his daughter. The letter
he opened was written by his dsnghter.
She said that a young lady whom she knew,
and who lived a few milts from \ olpsraUo,
hod called for her to come and spend a
few days. Bhe said that she wanted to
make the visit so bed that she couldn t
wait for her fathers return, and she
wrote him so (hut he would know where
she was and wouldn’t worry when he come
home sml found her gone. The young
lndv lirobablv left the letter with her
maid, who would bars delivered it if her
cousin Manuel, who, it seeme, wae her
lover, hadn't come along just then and
got her to elope, an.l take with her the
jewelry and some of the beet dothee of
her mistress. Tbe maid. matead of leaving
the letter, took it along with h*r, taS,
not caring to destroy it, kept it in the
11 ^ It the mart bad lett the letter
IN THE GRIP OF DEATH.
Chicago Special.
A report waa circulated today that Azori,
one of tbe thiee Italians hanged hero on
Saturday, waa not killed, and that when
the coffins were opened at Calvary his body
was worm and showed signs of life.
Alarmed at the discovery and believing that
his restoration would but secure him a sec
ond hanging, tbe attendants hastily screwed
down the coffin lid. Then, fearing that tbe
bodice would be taken from their graves for
use of medical students, the coffins were
placed in tb* vault and burial postponed.
E. G. Midi, president of the society to
which the three murderers had consigned
tin ir bodies, said: “After we reached the
cemetery and were lowering the coffins into
the graves 1 was told by the superintendent
that lb was certain tbe bodies would not be
allowed to remain in the ground over night.
Then 1 decided to put them in the vault,
where they would be safe. After this X
bad tbe coffins opened to show that
we were not delivering three coffins
filled with bricks or stones. The bodies
of Bylvestri and Oilardi wm^H
hut their necks were broken. Azari, bow.
ever, wae strangled, and when we examined
his body we found that his hand bad been
moved np to bis head and be had turned on
hie aide. As the fresh air struck him his
eyes opened in s startlingly life-like man
ner and be seemed to be struggling for
breath. Then he sank back limp and we
fastened down the lid. I do not
know whether the movements
were caused by
muscular contraction, or
sparks of life.”
—Henry Lsboachere is going over to Dub
lin to conduct his own defence in the suit
brought against him by Alderman Harris, a
distinguished Hebrew discounter of that
city. "’There ia a good deal of curiosity to
ace whether he will hold his own against
the lights of the bar as be has shown him
self well able to hold U against their Kn
gUah brethren. At aU events, then will be
Me of fun, as tbe Irish lawyers are infi
nitely wittier and gayer. loboncher* '
very popular in Ireland.
invnluutary
by lingering
Hruedwzy, N. Y-.
ts[ tier. >*'• ttist AU.-.W-
l.,D uml ly himself set
He found them waadev*
a im.* i. ui la coa«ha coUe sail pstn
■ aadeide. AppU* 1 to tbe pit of the .1
the* quickly «ue3 hl» ot ladlgMUoa and dy.i-rp-
ala. lie also teas* them admliat* liver its .Utor.
when applied Is* the right eld*.
Tho prevailing religion of the Burmese
nnd Bhans is Buddhism mixed with
Shamanism. A comprehensive idea of the
niitnre of this religion, as practiced in Bur
mah, is unattainable within the limits of a
short article, hut a few salient points may
be remarked. Contrary to thu notion gen
erally entertained in England, Burmese
Buddhists are atheists of a very pronounced
type. They do not worship ltuddha, the
images are not gods, anil tho “priests" aro
not priests in the western sense of the word.
The sole end and aim of Buddhism is anni
hilation; the images are mere representa
tion of a Being who win perfect; nnd the
priests, or monks as they ought more prop
erly to bp styled, ore only men who for their
own benefit have renounced the world to
devoto their lives to working toward
Nirvana, tbe annihilation they covet.
In Burmah religion is tie bus
iness of life. The country is covered by
temples, nnd these swarm with priests.
High nnd low enter n monastery once in
their lives, som times merely os a formality,
bnt a vast number remain permanently in
the Order of tho Yellow Rone.
The only educational machinery existing
is to be fonnil in the monasteries. Lay
schools do not exist for any practicul pur
poses. The merest rudiments of secular
education ore imparted in these institu
tions, the great object being the inculcation
at renglous precepts. But from the fact
that nearly every adnlt male has passed
through a monastery, it comes about that a
Dunn on thnt cannot at least write his own
name is very seldom met with; and aduca-
tion, such as it is. Is fairly widespread. The
education of women, however, is neglected,
thongh they are free to learn.
Tbe most mischievous feature of the Bur
mese rule, in common with other Indo-Chi
nese governments, is the recognized claim
of the sovereign to the service of the whole
adult population, service which la exacted
to an incredible extent No man can call
time or labor bis own. Burmah shares
with Siam and Camdodia tbe disgrace of
having in her midsta vile system of slavery.
Many of the victims of this system are
hereditary slaves, such as those condemned
to serve a the pagodas; others are bond
slaves, who could obtain their liberty by
laying their debts. Yet the natives are ex
tremely pleasant in manner, light-hearted
and more independent and courageous
than other races of Indo-China.
They are not so civilized aa tbe Hindoos,
bnt they have absolutely no caste preju
dices, and in other respects they differ from
the natives ot Hindostan so radically tbnt
they have scarcely any characteristics in
common, l’robsbly tbe liberty of woman
reaches in Burmah a height not attained in
any other country of the East, not even Ja
pan. The choice of marriageable girls is
E erfectly free; s man’s wife sets for her
uabaml in almoet any business capacity
women appear In public unveiled, and the!
intercourse with strangers is unrestricted.
They are born petty traders, and in many
cases condnct s thriving retail bturnout
while their male relatives are idling or
gambling. Marriage with the Burmese is
purely a civil rite, and although divorce is
very easily obtained, there is little immoral
ity among them—notaitnstanding travel
ers’ tales to the contrary—and in soma esses
after divorce the parties to the tail psompt-
ly remarry and live together as before. In
spite of a greet deal of improvidence pau-
B 'riam may be said to be quite unknown.
one are very rich or very poor. A day's
work is easily got, and the land is so boun
tiful that the earnings of s day suffice for
three day* living. There ore no poor laws,
tbe monasteries in reality forming a gigan
tic system of relief, alwaysjoptn to strnn-
gem or natives alike, without any trouble
sbout a “settlement.”
The Burmese are a nation of smokers.
Every man, woman and child, from tbe
King downiud, may be auiil to smoke im
mense cheroots tour or five inches long,
made of a coarse leaf rolled np auil filled
with wood chips, raw sugar and a dash of
tobacco, according to taste. One of these
cheroot*, once lit, frequently posse* around
the entire family Circle, not forgetting even
the smallest members of it. The practice
of tattooing the body from the waist to the
knees may almost be said to be universal
among the male population. The opera
tion is extremely painful, sml in most
cases it is performed in installment*;
bnt some with stronger nerves, or
bv the aid of opinm, have it done at one
time. The absence of tattoo marks is re
garded as cot very crHitaWe; and those
without them wear their dress in sneh a
way that the want shall not be too evident.
The origin of tattooing lies been much ill
TH* PRESENT CAPITAL.
Tlie present capital of Iiitrinnh is Manda
lay, a clt; y built on a site which twenty or
thirty years ago was a mere jungle. The
capital has frequently changed its site, hav
ing, since 1719, bean at Ava three times, at
Aumrnpoora twice, and at Monchobo tuice,
but since 1857 it lias been fixed at Manda
lay. Mandalay is inelosed by a square
brick wall twenty-six feet high, crenellated
at the top. Twelve gates pierce tho wall,
and from these macadamized roads a hun
dred feet brood intersect the city. The
number of bouses inside tbe walls is sup
posed to be about 13,900, and the popula
tion If estimated at 80,000. Within the city
walls arc tho King's palace and gardens,
the treasury, arsenal, powder magazine anil
mint. The houses us a rule are mere huts,
raised on posts five or eight feet high,
nnd mode of bamboo, with thatch of leaves;
bnt there sre some houses, particularly
those of the Chinese, in which masonry is
employed. In many respects Mandalay is
superior to most Indo-Chinese cities. There
is not the same squalor seen in tho Siamese
or Cambodian capitals; and, thnnks partly
to nn army of dogs and pigs, tlio streets are
fairly freo from evil smells. Amarnpoorn,
a city nearly n mile square, nnd more tlmn
once tho capital, had not many years ago
about 90,000 inhabitants. Tho number of
pagodas and monasteries in and about the
principal towns of Bnruiah is vast beyond
belief. Paghan, tbe ruins of which cover
nn area of sixteen square miles, situated on
the left bank of tho Irrawaddy, is famous
for its numerous temples, to count which
is one of the proverbial impossibilities of
the Burmese. This town is said to have
been in remote times the residence of a long
dynasty of kings.
Tlie King is an abaolnto monarch, having
under him four, and sometimes six Woon-
gyees, or principal officers of state, consti
tuting s coart termed the Illotdu—tho des
ignated Crown Prince,or some other prince
specially appointed being president of tins
council. The Woon-gyees have no special
department in the distribution of business,
but deliberate- together on whatever to
brought before them. Their decisons are
recorded by clerks of tlie council known ss
Tsarcdnu-gyecs, or by otkcis called Than-
iluu-zcns. Atwonwoons aro interior, or
household ministers, who attend the King in
turn, anil there are four or aix of these.
Orders of tho council arc
submitted by thorn to the
King for approval, and they are the
immediate recipients of tho royal orders,
thongh in rank inferior to the Woon-gyees.
Besides tho cases adjudged by the lllwot-
duu collectively, it has always been the cus
tom for many suits to be referred to inili-
viilual ministers of their own houses, and
this used to he one of the principal sources
of revenue to tho Woon-gyees. The Aten-
woons transact their extensive basin,
arising in tbe present reign ont of the royal
monoiHilies. Tlie Woon-douks are the third
order of the ministers, and may be termed
tho assistants of the Woon-gyees, with
whom they sit in the Ulwot-dan, though in
an inferior position.
There is no hereditary nobility or gentry
in Bnrwali. All rank is held at the pleas
ure of the King, nnd person* of the lowest
social status may me to tho highest
position, nnd aro just as easily de
graded. Tho present King of Burmah tins
become infmnons through his many mas
sacres, anil the weak and shameless manner
in which he has allowed every endeavor to
establish a government of order to bo
thwarted by palace intrigues, excited by evil
and ambitions women, resulting in tho
estrangement of his British neighbors, and
in tho utmost abhorrence and terror among
his own people. Tho last massacre was a
crowning act of forocity and folly. There
are now alive only two members of the
reigning family, brothers of tho present
King, namely, the Meng-woon Prince (now
at Pondicherry) md tho Nyoung-Oke Prince
ht Calcutta, neither of them estimable char
acters.
As none of the officers connected
with the judicial or financial admin
istration of the country receive any
salary, they ore chartered oppressors
of tho people; for, following a system
common to tho East, these officials are de
pendent for their emoluments on pecula
tion, extortion and tho acceptance of bribes.
J ustice is openly bought and sold. Princes,
governors and high officials aro allowed to
collect tho revenue from districts or villages
for their own benefit, and tho only limit to
their demands is the endurance or the pa] •
ing power of the people. Every function
ary, from tho highest to lowest, squeezes
those whose necessities bring them to ask
tho interference of his office. Gate-keepers,
policemen, servants—all sre alike.
A BAR BA nous CODE.
From what has been said it will bounder-
stood that the civil code, written and penal
—which strains at a high standard of excel
lence—is simply a dead letter. The great
instrument of punishment is the bamboo.
Indeed, it is perhaps tbe most powerful en
gine of government. Common punish
ment for minor offense* ore imprisonment,
labor in chains, stocks and fines; for serious
crimes there are flogging, branding, maim
ing, slavery to pagodas und death. The in
corrigible, when no lon ger able to pay fines,
are tntoord with u circle on tlie cheek,
or the name of tneir offense on
their breasts. Persona thus marked are
deprived of civil rights, and become deoil
inlaw. Capital punishment seldom' ocean,
sad almost exclusively for murder am!
treason. It is inflicted by beheading,
drowning, or crucifixion. Tbo land is all
regarded as belonging tq the crown; bnt
any one may occupy as mnch of it as he
pleases, and in any place not held by an
other. He lias only to enclose and culti
vate U, and it is his. If the boundary tie
not rmdntained. or the inclosed space be for
several successive years unimproved, it rs-
verta to the king, sml may be taken up by
any other person. The lung i* supposed to
own all the elephant* in the king
dom, and ha* generally from 1,000 to 2,000
that have been esnght and tamed.
The rabble composmg tbe “army” of the
King, whatever it may once bare been, is
not now .very formidable. The men are
levied from the districts, and as tbe local
officials make a considerable revenue out of
selling exemption to those who are rich
enough to buy it, the men who ultimately
appear in the ranks aro the refuse of the
population. The numbers depend entirely
upon tbe stale of the King's treasury and
lu* willingness to disburse the pay of the
men. Several hundred so-called artillery
men and cavalry, mounted on ponies, clad
in fantastic uniform, are unworthy of criti
cism. The Burmese are not devoid of cour
age, and if inspired by loyalty, and lighting
against an enemy whom they hated, conk
make a good show of resistance. But
there is small chance of making much n
vi-tanee, aa they are ready to ns* against
thu King and are friendly towards tie- Eng
lish. Many who suffer Iron
nominally princely salaries. But the royal
month, when money lias to be paid, ii apt
to assume dimensions not rocogn’
Europeans nor agreeable to them. Fmoi
this cause principally, those adventurers,
g- norally Frenchmen nnd Italians, have
dropped off, amt only a few remain. Tho
native officers will not deli gate the smallest
authority to tho European instructors, but
expect them, by tin ir mere presoneo in the
oampt to work a miracle with the soldiers.
They are joked at openly by the men, anil
even when tho little authority they aro
allowed is defied nobody dreams of vindi
cating it.
BREVITIES.
My life lark floats to music,
I trim my nlla to long:
Anil a brilliant strain, with a sweet refrain,
Carries my boat along.
Wo pass great purple headland*.
Wo drift o’er harbor bars:
From allrery strings aoft music rings.
At anchor under tbe stars.
We’ll rest by the quiet shore, love,
OnUtde of tbo breakers' glee.
While chime of bells and voice of shells
Float over tbe crimson sea.
We'll eall to tbe heart of moonshine
In quest of a silver oar;
With bright refrain and mrccteat strain
Wo'll sight tbe moon-land shore.
Apple anil pear trees in southern Oregon
have in many places tho second crop of
fruit upon them, while somo are blossom
ing again.
Three yonng Cuban ladies who had been
studying pharmacy in New York recently
opened a drug store in a fashionable quarter
of Havana.
Bobo, tbe chimpanzee lately brought to
Paris by a friend of De Brazza, tho ex
plorer, has died from tho effects of tho un
usually cold weather which set in early in
the fall.
Th* Louisville nnd Nashville Railroad
Company has lust concluded tho sale of
150,0(10 acres of land.lying between Deca
tur, Ain., anil Blount Spring to a Cincin
nati syndicate for colonization purposes.
Mn. E. B. CiiAtTEE,of Middletown,Conn.,
hns a clock tunilo by Korlcuters, at Tlio
Hague, in J658, with tho somewhat super-
tlnons legend on the face, “Tmput Fmjit,"
when this clock has succeeded in keeping
time tor 227 years nnd still keeps it.
Tnc history of a Vermont mountain town
is thus epotomized by n good observer:
“Tho early settlers cleared up good fnniis,
and tho children got rich from them. Tho'
grandchildren ran them down, and loaded
the town with debts. The next generation
skipped away to tbe 'West."
A colored man in l’rinco Edward
county, Vn., ascribes Gen. Lee's election to
the fact that he carried charms. He says
he “seed ’em." When asked what tho
charms were he said tlio left land foot of a
gravoyard rabbit, a vial of stump water amt
a coon-bone toothpick.
Two boys were out hunting grouse near
Chiliallis, Washington Territory, when (hey
were attacked by three bears. Ono boy
fired both barrels of his shot-gun without
effect, but while tbe brutes were closing in
on him bis companion killed nil three by
successive shots from his repenting rifle.
A Coxcoan (N. II.) editor refers to on-
other Concord editor as nn “ill-tempereil
calf," And to another k* "a dirty giraffe.”
Tho Intter returns tho compliment by call
ing the offloe of the iiret mentioned Con
cord editor “a skunk's nest," and uses alt
his resources in abasing his other contem
poraries in tlio same awe-inspiring manner,
lint there is no prospect of bloothdicd.
The Liberty (Mo.) Tribune says: Col.
E. Adkins has on liis farm an npple-treo
just one year old which is now iu full
bloom, w hilst tlio foliage ot other trees
nnd shrubs has succumbed to the blighting
effects of Jnck Frost and fallen, brown and
seared, to tho ground, this lono tree, not
only retains tbe verdant foliage of ye
springtime, hut presents the further phe
nomenon of fresh apple-blossoms in No
vember.
Statistics show that dogs go mad no
eftener in dogdays tlmn at any other time.
If anything, the nunibor of cia.es is some
what greater in spring. Tlio bite of a rabid
cat is more surely fatal tlmn tbot of a rebid
dog. It is a mistake to snpposo tlint a
rabid dog fear or shuns the wnter. In the
early stages of the disease it drinks freely.
Later it delights to sink the water and
[ilnnge its nono in, hut is uuable to swal
low n drop.
A Camden, N. J., hatter has just finished
a hat for J. C. Higgins, of Jacksonville,Fla.,
who probably hop thn largest head of any-
person in this country. Tho mammoth
head-covering nn ;.-,ur. s inside the band 32)
inches, tho brim is 10| inch** wide, anil tho
height of the crown ■ 10 inchest Asms
from tin to tip of tho rim the tape nn nsuro
marks 33 inches. Mr. Higgins measures sir
feet four inches high, measures ooc yard
nnd three inches acron the b ick, and pulls
down the scales at 415) pounds.
Tns malignant poison of tho membran
ous matter that collects in tlie throat of ■
child suffering with diphtheria is slim king
ly shown iu the case of I)r. George O. War
ner, a popular physician of Loir- -t. r.Mnss.,
who died from tho poison conveyed in n
piece of membrane eonghed np by n child
over whom he was bending, and which
lodged on hi* mustache. Tho poisonous
matter was quickly removed nnd the mus
tache washed; bat tho infectious nature of
the disease ehowcil itself in spile of these
precautions, for tlio doctor took it, and
with tha fatal result mentioned.
A lauy who lias lived three years in Wy
oming Territory says tho law permitting
woman to vote has resulted for good from
every point of view. “The women seem
to have become stronger intheir judgments,
broader in their views and more patriotic
and time are better qualified to train
their children nnd make good citizens of
them. Then, too, *e women rarelv vote for
a wan who is known to be profligate e r dis
sipated, they have been tlio means, in sev
eral instances, of taadag tha Warn favor
of tbe better candidate. Tbe laat time a
member of the Territorial Legislature in
troduced a bill for tbe disfranchisement at
women he wes laughed at by th* House.”
The Mnjessty or tlio law,
N. T. Bob,
Hatband Tlie census tmk* r was in, iK ar.
Ho demanded tlie «”«.* of each of the family,
and I waa obliged to dn Un juf Ho
aaid it waa the law.
Wife (enraged)—Law! What do I caro
for law? John Smith, did yon tell that
man my age?
Husband (hurriedly)—Tea, I toul him
you were twenty-three.
Wife (mollified)- Well, I suppose tho law
has got to be r< spected.
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physical defects which would pcrmancntl
disqualify a man from service in Kuropc
are not here thrown ont on tlwt ac >>nnt.
The officers are totally ignorant of drill or
discipline, and bate u<• emitrol oi, r tl:
Mother —“My little girl goes
nice I v every night when I sing
that'so. Ma'inii •
Mamie—“You, Hint's so, mn.’
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C eil. Th* Burmese are fond ton supris- mt-n. For many yean the rulers of I
degree of gzmbliog, amusement, and iuah Iiatc made some show of
sporta, or anything thnt will excite them. ] gaging foreigners to drill their tr
Boat'racing is a national sport, while boi- and several Europeans have
ing, foot racing and wrestling afford an qnenteil the capital on this busintss,
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