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FROM BARTLETT
RAKES MASSACHUSETTS MAN
WITH CONTEMPT, BARTLETT SAYS,
SOUTH REGARDS HIM.
>eru Question Again Stir* lip Hem.
I,ers of the Home-Bartlett Found
Evidence Thnt Haaanehuiietii la
Sot Habitually Free from a Dis
position Toward a Popular Admin
istration of tlie Law—The South
Can Work Out the Problem.
Washington, March 30.—Mr. Bart
lett of Georgia briefly replied in the
House to-day to the statements of Mr.
Gillett of Massachusetts made last
Monday on the negro question. He
paid Mr. Gillett had lectured the
South for certain alleged outrages and
v.olations of the law. He declared
tintt Massachusetts was not free from
the charge of disregard of the law,
even though that state may claim to
be more refined than others. He cited
an instance where a mob in Marion,
Mass., in 1902, had tarred and feath
ered a man and woman and, he said,
the perpetrators of the outrage had
been acquitted and marched through
the streets as heroes'.
He read from statistics of Massachu
setts, showing the number of “dis
graceful” marriages of whites with ne
groes in the city of Boston. If these
facts are true, Mr. Bartlett said, "the
teachings of the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts and those who believe as
he (Joes, are coming, like chickens,
home to_roost.” He did not believe,
he declared, that the people of Massa
chusetts entertained or re-echoed the
sentiments of Mr. Gillett.
With or Without Help.
While the people of Massachusetts
may have peculiar notions as to some
things, and may be stern in their con
victions. they at least have awakened
to believe that the white people of the
South are entitled to work out this
problem in their own way, “as God
shall will it.” He added those people
would work it out “with the help of
our brethren of the North, if we can
have it, but if not, we will work it out
without their help.”
To such as Mr. Gillett, continued Mr.
Bartlett, “we will say that your opin
ion and criticism meet with the calm
indifference of our contempt.”
Mr. Gillett, replying, said he believed
that the Caucasian race as a whole
is vastly superior to the colored race,
but he said he did not believe it fol
lowed that every white man is su
perior to every colored man. He de
clared that he denounced such Inci
dents as had been cited in Massachu
setts as lie had those occurring in the
South. He asserted, however, that the
frequency of such occurrences in the
South stimulate similar occurrences all
over the country.
Admitted Indiana's Part.
The subject was further discussed
by Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, who
said that in the last twenty-five years
3,000 citizens of the United States who
were entitled to the protection of the
law, had been seized by lawless mobs
and put to death. He believed that
throughout the length and breadth of
the United States the people are a unit
in desiring to have the law enforced
everywhere. Mob law, he declared, is
not sectional. “I confess,” he said,
“that the record of the last twenty
five years will show that my own state
has had its full share of these disgrace
ful exhibitions of lack of control on
the part of the people,” all of which,
he said, illustrated the weakness of hu
man nature, which was about the same
throughout the whole country.
GILCHRIST IS TO LEAVE.
Assistant Surgeon Miller Relieves
Him at Fort Screven,
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, March 30.—Surgeon
Harry L. Gilchrist, one of the most
popular officers at Fort Screven, is to
he relieved from duty at Savannah
and transferred to Washington bar
racks. His successor at Fort Screven
will be Assistant Surgeon Reuben B.
Miller, now on duty in Washington.
SAYS THE BO’yARIN SANK
WITH SIX OF HER CREW.
• .
Cronstadt, March 30.—A correspon
dent of the Russky Viedomosti writes
from Port Dalny that the Russian
cruiser Boyarin sank two hours after
striking the mine there and that six
of her. crew were lost.
Iteaei'ratlnK tl>c Flog.
Denver, Col., March 30.—William D.
Haywood, secretary of the Western
Federation of Miners, was arrested
here to-day on a charge of desecrating
the flag. He was released by Justice
Hines on a $360 bond, and the case set
for April 25. ,
The charge of flag desecration made
against President Moyer and Secre
tary Haywood is based on the Issuance
of a dodger by the Western Federation
of Miners, signed by two of the offi
cers. The background is the picture
of a. United States flag, and is headed:
“Is Colorado in America?'’ On the
stripes are short sentences commenting
in sarcastic language on the policy of
the Governor and the militia.
Addressed li)’ Gen. Lee.
Annapolis, Md., March 30. —Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, president of the James
town Exposition Commission, to-night
addressed both houses of the General
Assembly of Maryland in behalf of the
Jamestown Exposition. The Senate to
night passed a joint resolution, which
originated in the House, providing for
the appointment of a commission of
thirteen to submit suggestions as to
legislation in connection therewith.
Gen. Lee is the guest of Gov. Edwin
Warfield here.
Lulls n. Convention.
Mexico City, March 30. —The Nation
al Liberal party, which is favorable
to the administration of President
Diaz, has issued a call for a national
convention to be held in this city May
20. for the purpose of selecting a can
didate for vice president to be voted
for in the June election.
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Continued from First Page.
military to raise the flag over the
building from which it was removed.
The British flag, which was ordered
taken down, will also be allowed to
remain.
FAR EASTERN NEWS~
RECEIVED FROM LONDON.
London, March 31.—The Daily Tele
graph says the Japanese (authorities
have refused correspondents the use of
field telegraph lines, and that all dis
patches must be sent to Tokio by mail.
The paper further says there is no sign
that any foreigners will be permitted
to go to the front, though the native
newspaper men will be allowed to do
so.
The Dally Telegraph, In an editorial
on the unprecedented severity of this
censorship, suggests that Japan has
some new and Important frnove to con
ceal, possibly the re-embarkation of a
portion of her forces already in Korea
for some other point in the theater of
war, and is anxious to guard against
the possibility of leakage through for
eign correspondents who might sym
pathize with Russia.
A correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph at Seoul reports that the Rus
sians are evacuating the positions they
occupy in Korea.
Specials from Shanghai report the
rumor that the Mikado will shortly
proceed to Korea with the headquar
ters staff.
The Seoul correspondent of the Daily
Mail describes Korea outside the dis
tricts occupied by the Japanese, as be
ing in a state of anarchy and in read
iness for rebellion. Tht correspondent
asserts that the censorship prevents
any reference to local disturbances.
There is no further news of any kind
concerning the progress of hostilities.
JAPANESE DIET AND
ITS REVENUE PLANS.
Tokio, Tuesday, March 29.—The spe
cial Diet concluded its labors to-day,
finally passing the series of war tax
and financial measures proposed by the
government. It will finally adjourn to
morrow.
Almost the entire financial pro
gramme submitted by the cabinet was
approved, although several changes
were made. The amount to be raised
annually by special taxation was re
duced from $34,000,000 to $31,000,000. The
government plans to make up the de
ficit thereby created in the estimates,
by cutting down the administrative ex
penses.
An interesting feature of the finan
cial legislation is the passage of an act,
authorizing the banks to issue savings
prize debentures. The total issue of
these debentures is limited to $15,000,-
000 per year.
The tobacco monopoly was passed.
The compensation to be paid the man
ufacturers will be a sum eciual to the
amount of their sales for three years.
U. S. GUNBOAT HELENA
ORDERED TO SHANGHAI.
New Chwang. March 30.—The United
States gunboat Helena has received or
ders to proceed for Shanghai. She
will take away all Americans who de
sire to leave New Chwang.
Quiet in the Interior.
New Chwang, March 29.—A reliable
report from the vicinity of the Yalu
river states that everything is quiet
m the interior cities. The natives be
lieve that the troops on the Y'alu river
do not exceed 40,000. Travelers report
having seen troops under strenuous
march along the Feng-Huang Cheng
road, footsore and weary. The bridges
which are largely temporary, are part
ly inundated owing to the melting
snows and rains.
The Vladivostok Squadron.
Paris, March 31.—According to the
St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Echo de Paris, it is not denied in Rus
sian official quarters that Capt. Relt
zenstein's Vladivostok squadron has
returned to port, but the officials ig
nore the statement that the squadron
has captured any Japanese warships or
trading vessels.
Re-Hoisted the Klsg.
London, March 31.—A correspondent
of the Times at New Chwang cabling
yesterday, iay: “The Russian police
have apologized and re-holsted the
United States flag over the correspond
ents' mess."
Korean* Becoming Riotous.
Seoul March 3!.—lt Is reported that
500 disbanded Korean soldiers near
Ping Yang, are becoming riotous.
Colton Trade Situation.
London, March W.-Omrles W. Mae
..... president of the Federal lon of
Master Cotton Bplnners, to-day issued
an exhausilvs sUtrment on ths situa
tion of the cotton trad*. It shows that
H-* loss to th wag* earners, rasultlng
from th* ns*easily for short U*JM.
amounts to tbM.m ws*kly. or *M.- j
(SSI silos (he short 11 nIS ** Started.
Tht# amount is borne by WO.CKW pMgl#
The total loss to ths employer* I*
quo weekly, making Ihs to ls-
Mtkirs. ITM.RNi weekly.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. MARCH 31, 1901.
GREAT LEVEE BROKE.
Big Four Railroad Called for Vol
unteers to Fight Waters.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 30.—The
breaking of the great Belgrade levee
on the Illinois side of the Wabash river
across from Vincennes, has greatly in
creased the danger In Lawrence coun
ty, Illinois, at the same time relieving
somewhat the flood situation around
Vincennes.
The Big Four Railroad Company has
called for volunteers to aid in fighting
the waters, which threaten to sweep
away miles of their track. Hazleton,
which has been isolated since Monday,
is now almost completely inundated.
Another name has been added to the
list of fatalities by the death of Mrs.
Emilia Wright of this city.
Sir Edwin Arnold, who lias just died, was one of Engliind'* most noted literary men. Sir Edwin was
horn In.Gravesend, England, on Jnn e 1, 1832. Ills flrt wife was Katherine Elisabeth Blddulph. daughter
of a elergynmn. After her death he married Miss Fanny Chnnnlng, of Boston, Mass., nlso the duughter of
n minister. His third wife was Ta inn Knrokawa Sendai, ol Japan.
NEW IMPEACHMENT RULE.
An Amendment Is Proposed by Sen
ator Hoar.
Washington, March 30.—Senator
Hoar to-day proposed an amendment
to the Rules of the Senate concerning
impeachment as far as they require all
proceedings to be before the Senate it
self. The purpose is to shorten the
proceedings and make them more con
venient to the Senate.
He said that under the present rules
instances might arise which would
consume the entire time of the Senate
in a short session of Congress, and
that in view of a case now before Con
gress this is an opportune time to
make a change. His proposed amend
ment, which was referred to the Sen
ate Committee on Rules, provides that
in "all cases of impeachment of any
officer other than the President of the
United States or the vice president of
the United States, or any officer upon
whom the powers and duties of the
office of President of the United States
shall have devolved, the case shall
then be referred to a committee of nine
senators to be appointed by the chair,
who shall proceed to take all the
testimony on both sides as soon as
may be, and report the same to the
Senate. The committee shall cause all
the testimony by them heard to be re
duced to writing, and reported to the
full Senate.”
The Senate by the amendment re
serves the authority to review the case
and determine whether evidence has
been properly or improperly excluded
and afterwards to proceed as in other
impeachment cases.
CURZONSPoVe IN INDIA.
Said It Was HU Express Intention
to Retnrn.
Calcutta, March 30. —In the course of
the budget discussion to-day, the vice
roy. Lord Curzon of Kedleston. in an
effective speech, reviewed the last five
years of Indian administration, and
declared it was his express intention
to return to India.
The viceroy spoke for an hour and a
half. Referring to their responsibili
ties in Asia, he said India resembles
a fortress beyond whose walls there ex
isted on one side a glacis of varying
breadth and dimensions which they did
not desire to occupy, but which they
could not afford to see occupied by a
foe.
Alluding to the contemptuous atti
tude of the Tibetan government In the
face of the extreme patience of the In
dian government. Lord Curzon said:
”1 have no desire to push on any
where. The history of the last five
years has been one of consolidation
.1,1,1 restraint, but I would suffer any
Imputation rather than be an unfaith
ful sentinel, and allow the future peace
of the country to be compromised by
encroachments from outside which
could only have one meaning. “
Nobler Not President.
Mew York, March 30 —At t|ie Union
pacific Halfway offices here It was said
that lilt report received from the Writ
to the effect that A. la Mohlar bad
been elected president of the Union
Pacific waa incorrect. E M Herritnuu
if president of the Union Pacific Mr
Mohler, H 10 uuderetood, la to be mail*
vi* president nnd general manager, 1
RAILROAD CIRCLES ARE
LIVELY IN BRUNSWICK.
ChnnKei Follow the Conmiiniiiatinn
of the A. & 8.-B. fc B. Deni.
Brunswick, Ga„ March 29.—Every
thing is unusually lively in railroad
circles in Brunswick just at present,
owing to the merger of the Atlantic
and Birmingham and Brunswick and
Birmingham, and as a result any num
ber of changes are being made, men
are being shifted from Waycross to
Brunswick and vice versa and it will
probably be several days before every
thing will be settled.
E. D. Hall, who has been chief clerk
in the office of the general freight and
passenger agent, has been transferred
to Waycross, where he will be chief
clerk in the freight office.
Supt. Bonnyman, Trainmaster Smith
and Car Account Mangham, with their
respective forces, did not arrive to
day as was expected, but will come
to-morrow on a special train, and will
immediately establish offices here.
They bring about twenty men.
All the officials of the road, includ
ing Vice President and General Man
ager Wadley, Auditor Swaine, Gen
eral Freight and Passenger Agent Mc-
Fadden, and several other officials, will
arrive in the city to-morrow to spend
the day in the city on an inspection
trip, returning in the afternoon to
Waycross.
A handsome new passenger train,
known as the “Red Eagle," will also
arrive from Waycross and will be put
on the regular run. This will be a
brand new train, Just out of the shops,
and Is said to be one of the hand
somest in the state.
When in the city yesterday General
Manager Wadley stated that the
shops at Waycross had about all the
work that they could do at present,
and while he -was not in position at
this time to say positively, he thought
that the shops here would be main
tained as at present.
Brunswick people generally seem to
be pleased with this railroad merger,
and they all feel that it will great
ly help the city in many ways. They
will give to the new Atlantic and
Birmingham loyal support, as they did
the old Brunswick and Birmingham.
AHMS FOII NICARAGUA.
Thnt Country Hns n Plan to Ite
aciiulp Its Troops,
Havana, March 30.—The Nicaraguan
government steamer Ometepe sailed
for Bluefields to-day with 5,000 Rem
ington rifles purchased from a Spanish
hardware house here. The Cuban gov
ernment In response to the solicitation
of the Nicaraguan government for the
purposes of this purchase had suspend
ed the recent requirement that all
arms In quantities stored in Havana
must be taken to the fortress of Ca
banas.
Senor Ramon Echaretta, Nicaraguan
consul at New Orleans, who negotiated
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See the “different” look and
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You’ll see then that you
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COOK’S STORY OF
M’NEAL KILLING.
Says He Shot Ills Son-In-Law in
Self-Defense.
Douglas, Ga., March 30. —Henrjr
Cook, who shot and killed his son-in
law, Walter McNeal, yesterday, is in
custody of the sheriff here. The
story of the shooting, as told by Cook,
is as follows:
McNeal had entered suit for di
vorce against his wife, and the wife,
who is Cook’s daughter, had entered
suit for alimony and the custody of
an only child. Cook and his daugh
ter were coming to court, when Mc-
Neal stopped him in the public road
and demanded that his wife go back
home with him,' and he would bring
her to court. Turning to Cook, he
said: "I will not promise you, man,
nor God, that I will live with her an
other day." Cook replied: “Walter,
you know that will not do under the
circumstances,” and started on to
Douglas. McNeal said: "I will whip
you.” Cook replied: “I am a feeble
old man, and not able to fight a young
man like you.” McNeal again chal
lenged him, and Cook got out of the
buggy. McNeal advanced to within
five feet, when Cook reached Into the
buggy, got his pistol and firedl, hit
ting McNeal in the breast. McNeal
grappled Cook and bruised him up
pretty badly, when the latter fired
again, killing McNeal instantly. Cook
told several parties to notify McNeal’s
relatives, and proceeded on to Doug
las. •
Negroes Disappeared.
Houston, Tex., March 30.—News to
day from the Silsbee and Sharon sec
tions, where rioting was threatened, is
to the effect that all the negroes have
left for parts unknown. Henry Bul
locks, one of the white men shot Sun
day, is dead and another is in a criti
cal condition. The negro alleged to
have been the leader of the blacks in
the attacks on the whites, has been
placed in jail at Kountze.
Petition Against Pettln*ill.
Boston, March 30.—Several New
York and Boston newspapers have filed
a petition In bankruptcy in the United
States District Court against Pettin
gill & Cos., an advertising agency of
this city. The liabilities are placed
at $1,000,000, while the assets are es
timated at about $250,000.
the purchase, said to the Associated
Press:
“Nicaragua has just purchased 21,000
rifles and 4.000,000 rounds of ammu
nition from Spain and expects to buy
more.”
The consul said that Nicaragua was
rearming its troops, but that this did
not bode any fear of a revolution.
—A singularly conscientious official Is
Casimir Welch, a deputy marshal of
Kansas, who has tendered his resig
nation until after his trial for shoot
ing Martin Crowe, the sergeant at
arms of the Kemper convention, be
cause, as a peace officer, he thinks
that he could not discharge his duties
with propriety while he is under arrest
for violation of the law.
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POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATIONS.
Provisions of the Rill as It Has
Bern Amended,
Washington, March 30.—The postof
fieve appropriation bill as amended by
the Senate Committee on Postofflces
and Post Roads was printed and placed
in the hands of senators early to-day.
Among the amendments not heretofore
announced are the following:
For separating mails at the third and
fourth class post offices the appropria
tion is reduced from $1,000,000 to $500,-
000.
For allowance to third class post
offlces, where the salaries of the post
masters exceed SI,OOO per annum, to
cover the cost of clerical service, $500,-
000, provided that no allowance in ex
cess of S4OO shall be made to any one
office.
The committee has eliminated the
House provision prohibiting postmas
ters from ÜBlng any portion of the ap
propriation for the payment of tele
phone service other than that of the
Bell Telephone Company, or any com
panies controlled by the Bell company,
leaving the status as -heretofore in the
discretion of the Postmaster General.
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MAY MOVE BEREA COLLEGE.
Plan Is First to Test tlie Const It u
tionnllt) 1 of the liny Law.
Cincinnati, March 30.—There was a
full attendance here to-day of the
! twenty-tour trustees of Berea College,
Kentucky. Hon. Guy Mallon submit
ted a legal opinion on the Day law re
cently enacted by the Kentucky Leg
islature, prohibiting the co-education
of whites and negroes as is done at
Berea, and it was discussed by Presi
dent William Goodell Frost and others.
While the college Is conducted for
the poor whites as well as for the col
ored people of Kentucky, there are
propositions pending to remove It to
Ironton, Portsmouth or some other
point on the Ohio side of the river, ow
ing to the Day law, but it Is believed
that the constitutionality of the Day
law will be tested before any radical
changes are made at Berea College,
Gordon inaugirrnted.
Washington, March 30.—Rev. John
Gordon, formerly president of Tabor
College, lowa, to-day was formally In
augurated president of Howard Uni
versity of this city. A letter was rend
from President Roosevelt, saying: “I
appreciate to the full all the work that
Howard University has done for the
education and uplifting of our colored
fellow Americans, whose struggle for
spiritual and Intellectual development
is of necessity so difficult and often so
painful.”
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Commutation for Qualls.
Washington, March 30.—The Presi
dent has commuted to expire April 1
fhe term of imprisonment of Charles
Qualls, who was convicted In Alabama
of conspiracy resulting In homicide,
and sentenced to Imprisonment for
twenty years. - Qualls has served the
equivalent of a ten years' sentence.
His sentence Is commuted because he
Is fatally ill with malignant tubercu
losis.
Agreed to Disagree.
Des Moines, la., March 30.—The sub
committee appointed by the lowa min
ers to consider the strike situation to
night, agreed to disagree and will so
report in the morning. The present
contract with the operators expires to
morrow, and with no other agreement
a general shut down is inevitable. Thir
teen thousand five hundred miners, it
is expected, will go out.
OBITUARY.
Mri. H. D. Smith, Vienna.
Vienna, Ga., March 30.—Mrs. H. D.
Smith, wife of the editor of the Vienna
Progress, died last night at Kathleen,
where she had gone to visit relatives.
She was formerly Miss Cora Woodard,
and was married to Mr. Smith six
years ago. She will be burled at Kath
leen to-day.
J. T. Clark, Louisville.
Louisville, Ga., March 30.—Mr. Josh
T. Clark, one of Jefferson county's
most highly esteemed citizens, died at
his home eight miles north of this
place this afternoon, after an Illness
of several weeks. He was 60 years of
age, and leaves a wife and several
children.
M. D. Tatum, l.umpkln.
Lumpkin, Oa„ March 80. —M. D. Ta
tum of Lonvale, Stewart county, died
to-day. He was 4 prominent eitlsen of
the county and had been a justice of
the peace In bis district for fifteen or
twenty yeara.
lirsrs* llaff, tSuluml.se, Os.
Columbus, Ga,, March *0 George
DuIV, aged >3 years, brother-in-law of
H/ib*rt Held, one of the proprietors of
the Itankln House, died early to-night
of "gallop,ng" consumption,
—A—“Jones told me he never paid
a ceo* of Import duty t* the Dotted
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THE BRIDAL NECKLET.
Hindoo Girls Are Betrothed With a
Thnll Instead of a Ring.
From the London Telegraph.
In many parts of India Hindoo girls
are wedded not with a ring, but with
a necklet, or thall. At the wedding
of the daughter of a leading native
at Moulmein there were present
among the numerous guests a Hindoo
maiden and her lover, whose suit had
not so far progressed to his satisfac
tion. While the wedding ceremony
was in progress the young man sud
denly went to her, and, before any
one suspected what his object was,
pulled out a thall from his pocket and
quietly tied it round her neck. Of
course, there was a hubbub and pa
rental lamentations over this dramatic
episode, but so great is the veneration
for the thall among Hindoos that no
one dared to remove it from the neck
of the astonished maiden. All con
cerned, therefore, repaired to the Mar
riamme temple, where the act was
ratified, and the maid who went to the
wedding of her friend fancy free left
the scene as the legal wife of a bold
and successful husband. A correspond
ent writing to the Pioneer on the gen
eral use of the thall says:
“I was the guest of a Christian
family of position in South India which
had so far departed from the ordinary
rule which prevents women from ap
pearing before strangers that the mis
tress of the house had deputed her
young daughter-in-law to represent'
her as hostess. The young lady was
profusely decked with jewelry, some
of which was unique in its nature, and
she had not the slightest objection to
its being admired. At dinner I was
suddenly struck with the absence of
the wedding ring from her linger, and
on my asking her the reason she shy
ly pointed to her neck. This seemed
somewhat strange, but I thought that
probably for some reason she had at
tached the ring to the chain she was
wearing round her neck. I could,
however, see no trace of it, and felt
somewhat puzzled till her husband ex
plained that no wedding ring Is used
on the occasion of a marriage, but for
It is substituted the thall, to which :ny
hostess had drawn my attention.”
Among the Dravldians of South In
dia the thalla plays the same part as
the wedding ring among the Christians
in other parts of the world. No mar
riage can be solemnized without :t.
It Is a small piece of gold leaf In the
shape of a cucumber seed, which is
attached to a necklet of worsted thread
or silk. The Brahmins, who celebrate
their marriage according to Vedlc rites,
have adopted Its use, # and after the sa
cred fire is prepared and worshipped
with oblations of ghee, the blessings
of the gods are Invoked, and the thall
is tied around the neck of the
bride by the bridegroom, and then the
couple go around the sacred fire. The
Mahometan converts, like the Chris
tians, find It hard to give up the little
Jewel, with the happy associations, and
it may be seen adorning the necks of
their womankind. But, though the
thall is an Indication that a girl is
married, I found, much to my sur
prise, that in some instances It did not
necessarily Imply that she was the
wife of any particular individual. With
in the preclnts of the temple I once
met an attractive-looking woman,
dressed very gracefully and decently,
and amid the rich jewelry with which
she was adorned the thall was display
ed somewhat obtrusively. I took her to
be the member of some highly re
spectable family, but was surprised to
learn that she was a deva-dassl (Hand
maiden of the god), and was, in fact,
a dancing girl attached to the tem
ple. There is a special caste of these
women, who, as soon as they grow
out of girlhood, are taken to the tem
ple, and, with much ceremonial, for
mally married to a sword or a god,
the thalj being tied round their neck
by some' man of the caste. This class
Is sometimes recruited from girls be
longing to the Boyas, Bedaurus and
certain other castes, who. In the ab
sence of male Issue, dedicate a daugh
ter to some deity, who, they believe,
will give them sons.
—By the will of the late Charles F.
Mayer, ex-presldent of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, provision is made
for the foundation of a collection of
works and a generous endowment
eventually of the episcopal Church
Home and Infirmary. The bequest to
the Institute includes rare articles of
cut glassware and Dresden china, to
gether with valuable antique Frenoh
cabinets. The sum of $2,000 is devoted
to the care of cabinets, and U Is pro
vided that should the Peabody trus
tees decline the gift It shall go to the
Corcoran gallery at Washington.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This question arises In the family
every day. Let us answer U to-day. Try
Jell-O,
s delicious and healthful dessert. Pre
pared la two minutes. No boiling I go
'wiring 1 odd boiling water eud set to
berry sod fttsowberry. Get •%*!&*£•
Myourgroomsto-day. kids.
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