EOYAL BUBIAL IN INDIA.
SOLEMN FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF A
MOHAMMEDAN RAJAH. '
Ceremonies Attending the Death 'of an
Indian Chief An Imposing Procession
to the Grsn of a Ruler In Hlndostan.
An Tent That Interests Crowds.
From an early hour crowds of Malays,
Arabs, Javanese and other Moham
medan races had gathered in the grounds
of the house lately built for the descend
ant of the Singapore royal line at Sam
pong 61am. Before 4 o'clock the large
rooms of the house were filled with
white tnrbaned sheiks and Malays seated
in long lines on the mats and murmur
ing in low toned unison prayers for the
dead. Within the house could be heard
the splashing of water, where the corpse
was undergoing ceremonial purifications
previous to burial.. Outside stood the
bier, an enormous structure some twenty
feet by twelve, made of lashed rollers
sad roofed in with yellow cloth, cut into
a fantastic fringe at the edges. .
.Really it was a bier within a funeral
carriage, for the center was screened off
to contain the coffin, a space being left
all around for relatives of the deceased
Tungku to stand and scatter golden rice
' over the crowd. In one corner of the
ground the coffin was having its finish
ing touches. This was a massive box of
8-inch thick planks, dovetailed at the
corners and stayed across the top. It
was in itself a great weight and took a
dozen men to carry it. The tone of the
crowd in the ground was quiet and sub
dued, but by no means sad or despond
ent. Behind the coffin itself, for instance,
was a group of retainers quietly taking
a meal. Swarms of Malay boys were
tunning about the ground, and the men,
some nicely dressed, many in their ordi
nary clothing, chatted about their dead
chief. A little distance from the bier
stood the gravestones of granite, also
swathed in royal yellow and lashed to a
stage for convenience of carriage.
THE COFFIN.
The coffin, clean wood though it was,
was carried away and also washed, be
ing then placed in the porch of the
house and half filled with clean white
sea sand to await the body. A posse of
Malay policemen arrived to keep order,
and other police officials appeared. In
front of the house a row of sixteen um
brellas, eight white and eight yellow,
was formed, and . from many windows
peeped the women of the household. A
lelah or cannon in the inclosure of the
mosque had been firing at frequent in
tervals, being tended by a gigantic
negro. Meanwhile the occupants of the
house remained nearly silent, interest
being centered in a group of katips
(priests) and Kalthis, who were seated
in front of a curtain of striped satin, be
hind which the body was being prepared
for the nave.
It was considerably after 5 o'clock
when a movement among those seated
in the house indicated that the time had
wugu lliu IMljr VVUU1U LTO pub jlli. tilt?
coffin. Amid a considerable amount of
confusion and a perfect babel of excited
cries, all that remained of Tungku
Allnm was carried down stairs, wrapped
in yellow cloth and infolded in a red
edged mat. Borne on the shoulders of
six priests the coffin was reached and
the body deposited in it, H. H., the
Sultan of Johore, reverently kissing it
when the wraps were removed. The
bystanders seemed perfectly frantic to
get a look at the corpse ere it was placed
on its bed of sand in the coffin.
AT THE GRAVE.
Then, in response to cries, a deathlike
silence ensued, and an Imam, in a clear,
musical voice, chanted some verses in
Arabic, the bystanders responding in a
deep toned murmur. Then the heavy
lid was put up, and with difficulty (the
sand making it exceedingly heavy) the
coffin was put upon the bier or kranda.
Round about it placed themselves young
Malays with salvers, whence they threw
among the crowd yellow rice, spices,
money and scents.
First marched a number of boys beat
ing censers or cups, some with spices,
many with incense. Next were about
thirty women in two lines, each with an
enormous yellow candle and a slip of
yellow cloth tied round their necks.
Then came the kranda, borne by a great
number of men escorted by the umbrel
las and followed by the gravestones and
the immense concourse of people. -,
The distance to the mosque, about 800
yards, was laid with yellow cloth. . The
grave was in a small structure adjoining
the mosque and abutting on the road.
On reaching there the coffin was lifted
from the bier. This was apparently the
signal for the destruction of the latter.
In ten seconds it was surrounded by an
excited crowd who snatched at any part
of it to secure a relic of what they be
lieve had been sanctified by contact with
the remains of their chief. Not a ehred
of the precious yellow cloth was left on
it and even the wood of the structure
was taken.
With much difficulty the coffin was
then lowered into the grave and close
upon dusk the ceremony which marked
1... -1 4.1 c. - M M A. 1
uno ut liio reign vt. uuuuier ruj&n
was concluded. Singapore Free Press.
, Old and, Touug.
There is no surer antidote for . the ef
fect which time has over ua all, in mak
ing our age evident, than a young heart.
"I should like to live to be as old as
yon are, grandmamma," said little
Helen, "but I don't want to be as old as
Aunt Susan, evert?.
"Why, why," said grandmamma.
looking over her spectacles, "what do
you mean, my: dear child? Your Aunt
Susan is a great many years younger
than I am r
"I don't see how that can be," said
Helen, much perplexed. "Ton always
remember the plays you . had when yon
were a little girl; but when I asked
Aunt Susan one day, she said, 'For pity's
sake, child, yon don't expect me to re-
omember any of the games I had as a little
girl. It's so long ago I've forgotten
whether I ever played any!' " Youth's
Companion. ;
A Crael Joke on a Married Couple.
Lieutenant P. B. Brown, U. S. A., and
bride, who were married on Monday at
Phillipsburg, were the victims of a ludi
crous practical joke at the hands of their
friends. They boarded the Pittsburg
day express, which reaches here about
6:80, and like most honeymooners tried
to look and act like old married people..
Meanwhile their baggage was holding
an impromptu reception in the baggage
tar. There were three brand new trunks,
and upon one of them a huge card, care
fully painted, was tacked with large
brass tacks, with the inscription:
i HONEYMOON BaOOAQS, :
: "Bride's Trousseau." :
This was further ornamented with a
large bow of white satin. On the sec
ond trunk was a placard like this:
: BAKDU WITH CARS. I
: . "Just Married." v j'
And another huge white satin bow. The
groom's trunk was spared a label, but
the satin bow was a trifle larger and
more conspicuous than the others.
The baggage agent thought the thing
too good to keep to himself, so he in
vited everybody in to enjoy the joke.
Of course everybody went through the
car to find the young married couple,
and equally of course the young married
couple were easily found, and they won
dered, as the people smiled broadly
when they passed them, whether they
were more conspicuously married than
all the other young brides and grooms
that had lived and moved and had their
beings, or whether they were only suf
fering what thousands had done before
them. r
They never found out, and it is pre
sumed that the trunks thus belabeled
rolled up to all prominent hotels and
gave the baggage smashers a treat.
Philadelphia Press.
To Extinguish Prairie Fires.
An inventive genius of North Dakota
has just patented a device for making a
fire break to fight prairie fires with. It
is a sheet iron contrivance five feet wide
and seven feet long and about two feet
high. On top of it are three circular reser
voirs for holding gasoline. Underneath
is arranged a series of burners designed
to set fire to the- grass as the machine
passes over it. The main part of the ap
paratus is followed by a sheet iron trailer
in three sections, each five by seven feet.
While the first two of these are pass
ing over the grass it is supposed to be
well consumed, and the final trailer is
designed to extinguish every particle of
fire. The invention is awakening much
interest among the ranchmen, many of
whom believe the machine will prove
impracticable because it will not securely
confine the fire and it will thereby cause
serious conflagrations. . The inventor
claims it will safely burn a strip five
feet wide and twenty-five miles long in
one day. Four horses will be required
to draw the apparatus. New York Tele
gram. .
, The Dead Returned. ' '
The announcement of the suicide of
Dr. F. D. Clarke, in Chicago, led to a
sensational incident when Dr. H. V.
Oldfield entered Fen wick's restaurant to
take his dinner next day. With one ac
cord the people arose from their chairs.
"Has the grave yielded up its dead?"
was the query, on every face. Dr. Old
field looked startled himself. ,.; He turned
red, then white, and tottered to the
desk. The gentlemanly attendant drew
back. At last one courageous man ap
proached the desk and said, "Are you
not dead?" This brought out an ex
planation. Dr. Oldfield bought Dr. F. D. Clarke's
business here two years ago, and, owing
to the reputation of the place, continued
the old name. Oldfield -is in feature,
form, manner and voice the exact coun
terpart of the Chicago specialist. De
troit Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Sickness In the Jury Room.
The sanctity of a jury room appears to
be so well guarded that even in case of
sudden sickness a physician may not en
ter except after due process of Jaw. In
the Foss will case,, tried recently in Bos
ton, the jury were deliberating, when
late" one evening one of. them was sud
denly attacked with what proved to be
a stroke of apoplexy. The officer in
charge notified the deputy sheriff, who
not having authority to let any one into
the jury room, drove across the city and
informed the sheriff , but even this offi
cial was not high enough to act, and an
other expedition startedin search of the
judge. As the latter happened to be at
home, the requisite order was obtained
to summon a doctor. Boston Medical
and Surgical JonrnaL '
Raising Mushrooms All the Tear Round.
A company in St. . Louis, is raising
mushrooms in an immense cellar, 12 by
90 feet, for the western market. An in
quirer who ventured into the subterra
nean garden found an almost Egyptian
darkness and a temperature of 60 to 52
degs. Fahrenheit. The company began
operations in August last and has al
ready sold 40,000 pounds of the succu
lent fungi. The season of field mush
rooms lasts only six weeks, and the St.
Louis growers propose to meet the de
mand for the remainder of the year.
New York Post.
. ' Not a All Gallant. . "
' "Do you know, Mr. Hicks," said Ara
bella,, the i night, after Halloween, "I
went down stairs last night at midnight
with a candle and looked into the
mirror to Bee the face of my future hus
band reflected there, and tee-hee--I
saw your face!"
"What beastly ridiculous things these
Halloween customs are I" said Mr. Hicks.
Harper's Bazar.
Big' Hickory Kuts.
Stories have reached the division of
pomology of hickory nuts in the Wabash
valley as big as one's two fists. Much
anxiety was felt to secure some of them,
but it was finally learned that this esti
mate of size included the husks, the ker
nels being small and almost worthless.
Washington Star. ..
- Brown' Queer flee Tree.
Joseph ' Brown, who Works ' in the
lumber woods, near Galetoh, Pa, came
into town aod got William Squires to go
with him to Bald Hill to help him gather
the stores from a bee tree he said he had
discovered on his way in from the woods.
"I heard the bees buzzing in the tree
while I was five rods away from it,"
Brown said, "or I wouldn't " have dis
covered it."
The men took with them three patent
pails to hold the honey, an ax to cut the
tree down, and a lot of sulphur to burn
in the hollow for the purpose of smoth
ering the bees. Brown led the way to
the tree, but they could not hear the
humming. 'The tree was hit' with the
ax and the humming struck up immedi
ately and bo loud as to startle the two
men. ;' They found near the bottom of
the trunk a hole where the occupants of
the tree had "made their entrance and the
sulphur fire was started there, and its
stifling fumes went up into the . hollow
tree. ' For a time the buzzing inside was
terrific, but gradually grew fainter and
fainter as the sulphur had its deadly ef
fect and finally ceased entirely. - r c
"Now we'll cut her down and gobble
that stock of honey?" said Brown.
The tree was chopped down, and when
it fell and displayed its hollow interior
the two bee hunters were not only sur
prised, but disgusted. - Instead of layers
of rich honey they were greeted by the
sight of a tangled -mass of rattlesnakes,
which had been . suffocated by the sul
phur fumes. The snakes had chosen the
hollow tree for - their winter home.
There were fifty-eight large rattlers and
eight blacksnakes, a puff ' adder", and
three copperheads in the collection. The
noise Brown had thought was the buzz
ing of wild bees was made by the rat
tling of rattlesnakes in chorus as he was
passing. Brown and Squires will get
about two gallons of oil out of the rattle
snakes, which will net them at least
$100, so their queer bee tree will pan out
a good day's work after all. Cor. New
York Sun.
Burled Cities of Mew Mexico.
"New Mexico and Arizona offer as
great a field for archaeologists as do the
lands where the empires of ancient days
flourished," said W. P. Metcalf , of Al
buquerque, N. M. "An expedition left
Albuquerque only a few days ago to seek
for treasure which traditions say is to
be found at Qran Quivera, 100 miles
from that city. Before the pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock there were
flourishing settlements of white men
along the Rio Grande. - Coronado, in his
history of the explorations made as early
as 1540, wrote of the seven cities of
Cibola, describing them as of fabulous
wealth and magnificent beauty. The
ruins at Gran Quivera are believed to be
the ruins of one of those cities.
"Coronado told1 of abundant gold and
treasures in all of these cities, and many
expeditions have explored about Quivera.
The ruins indicate that a large city stood
there. The limestone walls mark out
the sites of palaces, monasteries and
churches. A curious thing is that no
water can be found for fifty miles around
the site of the old city, although treasure
searchers have honeycombed, the land
trying to secure a supply' of water. . No5
treasuro has ever been found there, but
the belief that it is located there ante
dates any traditions of the Mexicans or
Indians. Just what prospects induced
the last expedition to start out I do hot
know." Chicago Tribune. -
Chicago's Highest Buildings,
The highest building in Chicago. at
present (and one which is not built on
the new Chicago construction system) is
the Auditorium. Its loftiest point is 296
feet above the sidewalk. :The Fair build
ing, now almost completed in one sec
tion, measures 241 feet to the coping,
and it is possible that it will be carried
higher to sixteen or eighteen stories.
The new Masonic temple will measure,
over all, 274 feet This is constructed
entirely on the new system. The Ashland
block measures 210 feet to the coping;
the Woman's temple, whose topmost
stories are now being finished, towers
266 feet from the ground; the Manhattan,
198 feet; the Monadnock, 194; the Hen
ning and Speed block, 192; the Abstract
building, 190; the Chamber of Commerce
block, 180; the Home Insurance, 178;
the Tacoma, 175; the Northern hotel,
174; the Rookery, 164; the O wings block,
161: the Rand-McNally, 148; the Chicago
Opera house, 135, and the L. Z. Leiter
building. 133 feet. Harper's Weekly.
The Last Mourner.
In May, 1890, there died at Perignat
(Ain) a retired captain of artillery named
Lesgourgnes. knight of the Legion of
Honor. His dog, a spaniel, answering
to the name of Black, accompanied the
funeral procession : to the cemetery of
Izernore. Ever since the date of inter
ment Black has walked the distance of
nine miles which separates Perignat
from Izernore, climbed over the wall of
the cemetery, and gone to lie down on
the grave of his master every day at the
same hour. . Neither "the stone throwing
of the village children nor the efforts of
passers by to -draw off his attention have
prevented the accomplishment of his
self imposed task. For the last sixteen
months Black has performed this daily
pilgrimage in all weathers. La Tribune
de Geneve.
. Telegraph Statistics.
According to statistics ' furnished at
the last annual meeting of , the Western
Union company, messages ha Vet in
creased from 5,879,282 in 1867 to 59,148,
343, in 1891. , The receipts during the
same time: have risen from $0,568,925 to
f23.034.826. The average tolls for mes
sages have decreased from 104.7 in 1868
to 82.5 in 1891, while the average cost to
the company of each message has been
reduced from 63.4 to 23.2.
. Quick Photographs. - (
The latest achievements in "instanta
neous" photography have been the mak
ing of twenty -four different pictures of
a dog during the interval between its
leaving and alighting on the ground in
the action of jumping. New York Re
corder. ' : ,
CANONitLfi""
Amid the busy multitude, moves soar r t." ' " -..
A queen uncrowned, av saint in earthly guise,
With In the clear depths of her shining ejus
And en her pallid face a rliancy - i" ; -
Xbat seems reflected from tbe crystal
Which stretches twizt our souls and
.diSe. .. . . .'. - i .
Some say that in her heart a sorrow lies
Which contradicts her sweet tranquillity.
A victor, no symbolic palm she bears: .
Upon her face her triumph's sign she
A peace that showeth all her stainless soul.
Enthroned is hearts of erring and of good,: '.
Bhe reigns in royalty of womanhood, . . t -
Yet round her head there shines no aureole!
Josephine Preston Peabody in Kate Field's
., Washington. . :
Couldn't Fass the Note.
' Mr. Casilear told how he happened to
be in New York at one time during the
war looking out for a gang of counter
feiters. - To avoid making his presence
in the city conspicuous he put up at a
second rate hotel, where he was un
known. ' For some purpose he banded to
the clerk at the desk a brand new fifty
cent note. ' It was an issue just out, with
General Spinner's portrait on it, the like
ness having been substituted for a pic
ture of Justice with her scales, which
the forgers had imitated very success
fully. .-..- ,x .
The clerk looked at the note with evi
dent suspicion, and handed it back. -'
"I never saw anything like that be
fore," he said. "
"It is good, I assure yon," replied Mr.
Casilear. " . .
"I don't believe it," said the clerk.
"Very well," rejoined Mr.' Casilear.
"It doesn't matter, though I know it is
good, because I made it myself."
The clerk smiled sardonically. -
"That is just what occurred to me,"
he said; "therefore I refused to accept it."
Mr. Casilear felt that the joke was on
himself, so he treated himself to a bottle
of soda water at the bar - and left for
Washington that evening. New York
Sun. . -
ST I PAT I ON.
Afflict hull the Amer;cau people yet there is
only one prej-4irtt:oH of Sorsupariila thut acts ou
the bowels end reaches this iinr-ortiiiit trouble,
end that is Joy's Vegetable Parscparilla. It re
lieves it in 24 hours, and nu occasional doso
prevents return. "Ve refer by permission to C. E.
E'.kiiiston, 125 Locust Avenue, Eon Francisco;
J. II. Brown. Fetaluma; II. S. Winn, Geary Court.
San rranoiseo, and hundreds of others whohave
used it in constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Eikington, writes: "I have been for
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Have been po bad for a year back have
had to take a physic every other night or else I
would have a headache. A f tor taking one bottle
of J. V. 8., I am in splendid shape. It has done
wonderful things for me.. People similarly
trouoied should try l! and be convinced." .
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
s
Most modem, injur effective, largest bottle.
MM Price, UXS;. sit forJiOCU' " v
For Sale by SNIPES 8t KINERSL.Y
THE DALLES. OREGON.
RIAL MERIT
PEOPLE "". "
Say the S. B. Cough Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. ;v'.:We - are :not
flattered for we known Real Mebit wm
Win. AH we ask is an honest trial. '
For sale by all druggists. "
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
Dufur, Oregon.
A Severe Law.
The English- pes- :
pie look more closely '
'to the genuineness '
of these staples than'
we do. In fact, tbey '
have a law under
'which they .make
seizures . and de
stroy adulterated
- ' products that are
not what they are represented to be. Under
this stsmte thoHsands of pounds of tea have
been knrncd because of their wholesale adul
ter alio u.
Tea, by the way. Is one of the most notori
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not '
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifl--il!y
colored, but thousands of pounds of -xubr:t!.iutc
for tea leaves ore used to swell
the bulk of cheep teas; ash, sloe, and willovr '
leaves being those most commonly used.
A;iii;i, sweepings'. fr-,m tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept, .
dried, and m&deovcrand find their way into
the cheap teas.
The English government attempts tn stamp "
thik out by counxebtCwu; but no tea is too
poor for U", and the renl. is, that probably
- the poorest tcasnsed by any nation are those
. consumed iuAmericc' - -
leech's Tea is rrccnted with the guar
n:i:y that it is uueolurert and unadulterated;
In fact, tbe snn-enTd tea leaf pnife and sim
. pie. lt purity lusarcl snperior . strength, ,
Unit one third less of it being required for
an infusion than of thrs : Hi i si teas, and Its
fragrance and exqul;:c flavor is at" once ap
parent.' It -will -be a revelation to you. . In
order that Its purity and quality may be gnac-'
anteed, It Is sold only In pound packages -bearing
this trade-mark :
Joy
BEEOgTEA
'PureAs-GHiTdhood:
Price 60c per pound. , For ssle at
Loslio :i3u-tXox'i9,
THE DAILE8, OREGON.
Still on Deek.
Phoenix Like lias Arisen
From the Ashes! .
JAMES WHITE,
The Restauranteur Has Opened the
BaldiuiA estaapaiit
ON MAIN STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
of his old patrons. :
Open day and Night.' First class meals
twenty -five cents.
YOUR flTTEHTIOfl
Is called to the fact that
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
ana uuuaing material of all kinds.
Carries the Finest I,ine of
To be foctnd In the City.
72 CUashington Street.
A NEW
Undertakinff Establishment !
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business a
complete ' Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
tne undertakers '.Trust our prices will
be low accordingly.- ; .
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. ' ; '
JOLES
Hugh
Glenn
: DEALERS IN:
Staple aqd
Hay, Grain
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
Jeu o. Qolumbia o. ji o tel ,
THE DAIiLES, OREGON.
Best Dollar a Day House on the Coast!
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect. ,
None but the Best of White Help Employed.
T. T. Nicholas, Ppop.
Washington 01?t ll D 11 6S 5 Washi"gton
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to' be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Mestment Co.,
0. D. TAYLOR, THEIDALLES.
JOHN PASHEK,
it - Tailor.
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's Latest System used in cutting
garments, and a fit guaranteed
- each time.
fepaiirincj and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
R. B. HOOD,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
iorrvmission, and Money
- Advanced on Horses
Left for Sale.
OFFICE OF s
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles Every Morning
at 7:30 end Goldendale at 7;30. All
freight must be left at R. B.
Hood's office the eve
ning before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Opposite old Stand. The Dalles, Or.
THE
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
REGULATOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street
. every morning at 7 A. M.
for
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
Faet Steamer
DAliliES GITY,
At the Foot of the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Bates, Apply
to Agent, or Purser on Board.
Office northeast corner of Court and Main street
NOTICE.
R. . French has for sale a number of
improved ranches and : unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms. '
Mr. French can locate settlers on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass Valley,
Sherman county, Oregon. '.
BROS.,
and Feed.
Court Streets, The Dalles.Oregop.
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
' Best Selling Property of
the Season in the Northwest.
mercnar
r . -
Gioceis,
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND.