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LIFE IN INDIA.
Jtcm Me CtmhiU Magazine.
"Any we from India t"
mlj another row.11
"Wkftt about f A woman in tbc caae V
"Mot tkia time i something about oilman's
torea and mutton."
tacb, with Incidental variation., is too often
tat etjle of conversation beard after the arrival
fan Indian mail. The great sensation of the
Month is some new "scandal." The Indian
jenraals Indeed are seldom without an excite
went of an intensel personal character. Some
body's reputation is being tried in the balance.
Ae soon as the country ceases to be convulsed
"with war, the conflicts of peace commence. A
drowsy cantonment, or bustling bill station,
jaay be the scene of strife. The contention
nay be purely among the men j or a woman, if
the eauta teterrlmti belli, may be mixed up with
it, and "more embroil the affray." In some
.eaeee, perhaps, there may be grave infractions
f tbe moral law ; bat in others the story Is en
crusted with the pettiest personalities, which,
jMwever exciting they may be on the spot, are
regarded at a distance simply with contempt:
and. the pity of it is, that too often great and
feonorable names are associated with these
small and discreditable "scandals." The general
inference then is, that there is something in an
Indian snn that "breeds maggots," not only in
."dead dogs," but also in "il?5 lions," A diatin-
Knisnea general, who is supposed to knonr as
much at least of the theory of war as any man
in the British army, and who is said to be
.Ds!ly sagacious in councll.ls suddenly paraded
Jbefore the public in connection with an un
seemly dispute with one of his aides-de-camp.
IUwonld be foreign to our purpose to enter into
the merits of the last "scandal," even if the
fact that it was. at the dato ol our last advices
from India, still under investigation by a judt-
Tial tnouuai, u- uuv lorwiu any mo-jumSm..u.
of the case. Nor shall we analyse any of its
rredecessors. But the natural history of these
''scandals" is not unworthy of examination.
We hear much about the "demoralizing effects
ot the Indian climate." It is said that these
things would not have happened anywhere else.
Is it to.? We will endeavor to show how far the
conditions of Anglo-Indian society contribute
to the growth of the evil.
We are unwilling to accept those sweeping
statements so often made to the effect that
Anglo-Indian morality is on a very low scale in
comparison with that which is maintained
among Englishmen at home. There are, deubt
less, some special circumstances which must be
admitted to have a deteriorating effect upon so
ciety in India circumstances of which we
shall presently speak in detail but there are
others the tendency ot which is towards the
maintenance of sound morality. Foremobt
among these is the fact that there can be no
ecresy; nothing can be done in the darkness.
The Englishman in India is a marked man. He
is never lost in a crowd. All his habits and
ways of life are well known. He cannot go
bitber and thither without being watched.
Privacy is impossible to him. Literally and
figuratively, be lives with his doors and win
dows open towards every point of the compass.
His countrymen are able to take his exact
measure. He cannot lead a disreputable life
and bear a respectable character. There is no
ench thing as "keeping up appearances." In
England you may live next doer to a man, or
even lodge In tne mm o wuk Kim and vet
take no account of his name, mucn ft-
of bis doings. In our large towns, we
are mostly too busy to concern ourselves
about the affairs of our neighbors; the multitude
of those neighbors is detracting; and individual
recognitions, except on a very limited scale, are
impossible. Mr. Brown in Belgravia may be
"Mr. Jones" in SU John's Wood; yet no account
may be taken of bis duality. Nay, even noble
lords may slip their peerage in the "shady
groves of the Evangelist," and bring no scandal
upon their names. But in India, our country
men for the most part live In a state of society
resembling that which exists, not in a large
town, but in a small village at home. And in
our small villages scandals abound, although
they seldom obtain more than a limited local
notoriety. Even in the case of such residence,
in the midst of small rural societies, men prone
to irregularity of life may "run up to London
business," and commit manifold transgressions,
' without any oneot their neighbors, or even the
members of their own household, knowing any
thing about it. But in India a man can do
nothing "on the sly." Even the place where he
dines is matter of notoriety. He lives, as' it
were, in a glass-house, surrounded by servants,
who follow him everywhere. Morew, be is
peneraily tied down to a particular locality by
official or other engagements. He cannot play
the truant It he would.
There are better by which we mean more
honorable reasons than this "hazard of con
cealment" for not "tempting the illicit rove."
We are disposed to think that the sanctity of
domestic lite is less frequently violated in India
than in England, chiefly becanse husband and
wife are "thrown upon each other" more, are
more mutually dependent, in the former coun
try than in the latter. This sense of reciprocal
reliance, doubtless, rivets the chains of conjugal
love and fidelity. Neither men nor women have
the same external resources, the same means of
obtaining excitement and variety abroad, as In
European countries; and. therefore, they are
the more ready to reconcile themselves to the
dulness and monotony ot home, to take Interest
in small things, and to cultivate tne domestic
charities. There is, indeed, no state of society
in the world in which the blessing of a good
wife is moie thoroughly appreciated than it is
among Englishmen in India.
.But It must be admitted, on the other hand,
that there are some adverse circumstances
which may tend in some measure to counterbal
ance these advantages. It is true that women
marry very young in India, and that marnages
re formed alter very short acquaintance and
with very slight mutual knowledge of character.
A morning call or two, a little conversational
the band, a dinner-party, a ball, and the thing
is done. U is said, too. that what is trrcverenllv
called the "marriage market" in India is not
supplied with produce of the best kind; that at
an early age girls are deprived of parental care,
are imperfectly educated in England, under the
supervision of strangers, and return, whilst yet
in their teens, to the care of parents in
India of whom they know little or nothing.
But this evil has been in recent years
very much modifled by the extersion of steam
communication and by the more, liberal char
acter of the furlough regulations. in 0ld times,
a child was often sent to England, and ten or
twelve years afterwards returned a grown
" ?an t0 tather and a mother whom Junne
all that time she had never seen. But, In these
"A rare,I haPPens that a separation of
this kind endures during many years. Thn
separation is or another kind-the separation
of husband and w te. And this is another of
the detenorating circumstances to which we
have referred. The domestic "scandals." of
which, unhappily, we have too many instances
on the records of the divorce court, are mosilv
the growth of these enforced separations. The
wife goes home to see her children or to rnornii
her Esalth, and either on the voyage toS
land, or during her residence tbere, mavha
xptwedto grievous temptation. This, doubt
less, is a peculiarity of Indian life, though the
mitcbief occurs out of lud'a. There is rrne
thing, however. of tbe same kind in the coun
try Itself. "Scandals'' do arise, at the hill sta
&. where women temporarily separated
from their husbands "grass widows" en jo v
themselves ta. tbe invigorating mountain air
whilst their huabandg are tolling on tbe plains.
P'! "P08"1 to tbe flatteries and sedtic
tMns of idle men. who have nothing to do but
to make themselves agieeable to others
mu8 tl"n selves. It would be
strange f there were 0t some shipwrecks of
t.? ?,RlMM! B? domestic happinesi 11
!?uwJi im"'l V of theciv.lized
, WOfW. We do not claim lor Amrlo-Indinn
octty any immunity troi those affi , and
which dtlace social ie in Erow Tbut we
r. taw tv UufcA tiat, If TV oi
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morality of our conntrymrn in the East is sub
stantially on a higher scale than in other parts
of the world, where men are less easily found
out.
Why then do we bear so much of these Indian
scsndalsf The question almost answers itself.
De non apparent ilws et non txlrtentibut eastern
est ratio. In England a vast deal exists that
does not appear. In India everything that exists
In tbe lives of English residents does appear,
and with an ostentations appearance. We bear
ot more "scandals" in India in proportion to
the extent ot European society, but It does not
follow, therefore, that more scanJnlous things
are done. The magnitude of tbe evil consists
mainly in our bearing ot it. That which ex
cites much interest in India would excite little
or none in England. Petty personal matters
loom large in a country where, In times or
peace, there are no great questions to dwarf
them. An Indian newspaper, day after day, or
week alter week, devotes whole pages to a
Mhow scandal or a Bimlah scandal; and its
readers find the record of these personal con
flicts, very entertaining matter. In dull times
such Incidents as these are god-sends to hungry
Journalists. It Is very much the same all over
the journallstio world. During the past month
our own papers have been dealing largely In
"scandals, which at a busier season of the year
would necessarily have been overlaid by more
important intelligence. To the question, "Why
do we hear so much of these election scandals T"
we might answer, "Because we hear ot them,"
Whether it be a matter ot buying votes or selling
mutton. It is all the same. We should have
heard little or nothing of all these minute
details of bribery and corruption if the
committees oi investigation and the two
fA..aa r n 1 ; - . . .. .1 1 r . . I ...
jiuudco vi i aiiinuirub uiwi ueen suwntr at tne i
earna lima T in . 1
i"";v v. jm me long vacation we are
glad of such little excitements. They are to us ,
very much what the scandals of which we are
writing are to the Anglo-Indian community in
times of peace. Election scandals . are large
matters in proportion to those which obtain
such painful prominence In India: but so is the
community that takes account ot them a large
community in proportion to that which gloats
over the personal contentions of Simian or
Mhow. Except in times of war Ot revolution.
M-eal Questions rise up in India ti' interest
the great mass of the Anglo-Indian community.
Of course there are great questions perhaps,
the greatest in the world continually pressing
forward for solution; but though they are deeply
interesting to a lew thinking minds, to the ma
jority of our countrymen In India they are essen
tially dull. Who doubts that nine out of ten
readers of an Indian newspaper, seeing in con
tiguous columns "The Simian Scandal" and the
"Famine in Orissa," incontinently address
themselves first to all the details of the former?
It comes to this, that tbe conditions of Anglo
Indian society render it necessary that the petty
personal conflicts, from whatever source they
may arise, which for convenience we deslenato
by the generic name of "scandals," should ob
tain extraordinary prominence in India. It may
be an affair of love or an affair of money; but
when it may be lalrly surmised that a very large
majority of the readers of a newspaper know
something about the parties concerned in tho
case, it is, of course, published with minuteness
of detail. In England not a thousandth per
haps not a ten thousandth-part of the readers of
a newspaper know or care anything about any
particular "case" reported in its columns. Half-a-dozen
divorce suits are disposed of by tbe
judge ordinary in the course of a day. and the
whole are reported, except on very special
occasions, In half-a column of our daily
papers; and, perhaps, among them is an "In
dian case," which would have afforded column
after column of sensation matter to an Indian
journal, if it had been investigated in one of
IT ""T cnims. w have, at
times, too, our military icunomv u.
ments stationed at borne; but, except in rare
instances, as, lor example, that of tne famous
"black bottle" affair, the Interest which they
excite is very limited, and, therefore, the space
devoted to them in our journals is the same.
Now, all this is very intelligible; bat when due
allowance is made lor it, is it sufficient to ac
count wholly for tho apparent frequency of
these Indian "scandals;" or Are there other con
ditions ot Anglo-Indian seciety affecting not
merely the apparent, but also the existent! We
cannot answer this question altogether in the
negative. We believe that the comparative fre
quency of these Indian scandals has been very
much exaggerated, because they have been ob
truded more prominently upon public notice;
but we do not deny that tne comparison is, to
some extent, to the disadvantage of India,
There are circumstances, doubtless, which favor
the Growth of the evil in that country. It re
mains then lor us to consider what they are.
The "scandals" of which we write are mostly
military "scandals," and they are developed in
time of peace. When India is convulsed with
war, foreign or domestic, we seldom hear any
thing of these things, and it maybe presumed
that they do not exist. When men have a com
mon enemy to (tux, they are little minded to
quarrel among themselves. They have too much
to do aud too much to think of, to vex them
selves or othors about trifles. Moreover, a feel
ing of comradeship is engendered by the sense
ot a common danger, and the qnest of a com
mon object; petty animosities and irritations
subside under the excitement ot strenuous
action; and are knit to each other in bonds of
brotherhood at such a time, and know none but
honorable rivalries. But in the dieary stagna
tion of caiitonment life in Indl i, our officers
have too much time upon tbeir hands, if idle
ness be not the mother of all tbe vices, she is
assuredly the mother of strile. But it may be
said that there la plenty of idleness in our Eng
lish gairieon towns. Doubtless, and our English
garrison towns are sometimes hotbeds of scan
dal. But there are many circumstances which
mitigate the evils of the fatniente in England.
Tbe climate of India during a great part of the
year compels inaction. Military life, in time of
Eeace, at home may not be burdened with very
eavy duties; but there is much more social
occupation than in the East. Existence may not
be very profitable, but it is not a dreary blank.
The curse of ennui does not sit upon our officers
In such places as Maidstone and Canterbury,
Dublin and Brighton. -One station may be more
or less lively than another; but on the whole
there Is no lack of amusement. Idle men ot good
address are always in requisition in our provin
cial towns. There are picnics, and croquet par
tie?, and cricket matches in tbe summer; shoot
ing and hunting and steeple chasing in the
autumn aud winter; and balU and dinner-panics
at all season?. - In such circumstances officers
diffuse themeerves more than they can at an
Indian ttation, where the society is so
much more limited. What is the effect of a
handful of people being, as it were, shut up
together, with no possibility of escape, is
especially oboervable In life on board ship.
In the . old times not so very long ago
alter all when the voyage to and from India
occupied four or five months, it was seldom ac
complished without a " scandal." People
became very intimate and familiar with ach
other; and it often happened that tbe closest
mends at the beginning of a V03 age were tbe
bitterest enemies at the end. It there were no
quarrels before the ship entered the Hooghly or
tue Channel, it was a bier sing lor which the
passengers bad good cause devoutly to be thank
ful. Now, the society ol a military cantonment
in India my much resembles that of a large
passenger vessel. People become very intlmute
and familiar with each other, and out of this
intimacy and familial Hy come contempt and
In tbe absence of all larger objects and
Inn-rest, little things become great. Petty
grievances and causes of offense are exaggerated.
The apple of contention gtows in time to the
6ize ot an immense aouro. It is watered and
nonrlvhed on either aide by the partisanship of
lookers-on, who, in the general dearth of ex
citement, find a stimulating occupation in
watching tbe affray.
We do not mean to say that military societv in
India is necessarily distinguished by tbe fre
quency of its scandals and contention. We
he known large stations, the residents of
which have dwelt together for years in the
utmost harmony; where the married families
lived In affectionate intercourse with each
other, and their houses were continually open
to th onnper officers of tbe cantonment. But
a the stations which, we have In mind wre
Dell j, in the vicinity ,i the great presldeocj
ton", tbe fact of which we speak rather
strenethens than Impairs oar argument. In the
vicinity of the presidency an officer has a larger
circle of triends and acquaintances, and a
greater diversity of objects of interest. Every
thing is on a larger scale. He dors not see
eternally the same faces, or from week's end to
week's end hear tbe same style of conversation.
But in an "op-country" station, it a man is,
bored, mere is no escape: U he Is ennuye, there
is no relief. An absorbing occupation is an
antidote against the poison ot petty provo
cations. But there is seldom any such safe-
feard In the accompaniments of military
ife in a MofusMl station. We all know
what are the jealousies and animosities the
rivalries and mallenltles the scandals and
backbitings the "evil tongues and rash Judg
ments" which often make society in remote
rural districts as unlovely and uncharitable a
the snnta nn whlfh thnv HwaII a - .... .1
. , ' " - j "' iwfrij nuu
Denis n. But in the metropolis people have
little time to quarrel, and they are case hard
ened against small aggravations. The attrition
of the world soon rub off the mark left by pal
try annoyances. But in small communities and
In remote places these annoyances stick to men
like burrs, because they have seldom 'sufficient
occupation to wear them off. So it is in our
more remote Indian military stations. Idleness
begets and nourishes strife.
Another illustration of this may be discerned
In the fact that we seldom hear anything of
these "scandals" among the members ot the
Indian Civil service, who for the most part are
occupied from morning till night in the per
formance of Important duties. Take such a pic
ture asthis and it Is not an exaggerated one
of the daily life of a revenue officer In India-
We see him exerting dally, and with no vain
or fruitless result, all his faculties of observa
tion, of research, of penetration, of judgment.
It Is a strange sight a wonderful proof of the
power of Intellectual and moral education to
watch the respect and confidence evinced by
gres-headed men towards that beardless youth.
We-ree him, in the early morning mist, stretch
ing! at an inspiring gallop over the dewy fields.
Not unmlndlul is he of the hare, which scuds
awaj Ifpp bis horse's feet; oi the call of the
partridge from the brake; 6r of the wild fowl on
the marsli. The well-earned holiday will turive,
when hewili.be able to follow these, or perhaps
nobler same; but at present he has other work
on band. He . is on his way to some distant
point, where measurements are to be tested,
doubts resolvedor objections investigated. This
done, he returns 'to his solitary breakfast,
cheered by the companionship ot a book, or
Serhaps by letters from a far-distant land
oubly welcome under such circumstances. The
lorenoon is spent in receiving reports from tbe
native officers employed under him; in directing
their operations; in examining, comparing,
aiial.vzing, and.arranglngthe various information
which comes in irom alltquarters. As the day ad
vances, the wlde-tpread shade begins to be
peopled with living figures. Group after group of
villagers arrive in their best and whitest dresses;
and a hum of voices succeeds to the stlllnesi,
before only broken by the cooing ot the dove
and the cream ot the parrcquet. The carpet Is
then spread in the open air; the chair is set;
litigants and spectators take their seats on the
ground in orderly rat.ks; silence is proclaimed,
and the rural court is opened. As case after
case Is brought forward, tne very demeanor of
tbe parties, and of the crowJs around, seems to
point out on which side justice lies. No need
here of et parte decisions, or claims lost through
default. All are free to come and go, with little
trouble, and at no expense. . No need ot
lengthened pleadings. A few simple questions
bring out tbe matter of the suit and the grounds
on which it rests. No need of lists of witnesses.
Scores of witnesses are ready on the spot, alike
nnsummoned and untutored. No need of the
-T"-r."r-- u.rv,'a. i"y of truth Is
" "f-j i iu on mum vieoBb, wuuu preaei'veu
from counteracting Influences; still more so,
then, when the sanction of public opinion as
sists and protects the rightful cause. In such a
couit Abraham sat, when arbitrating among his
simple-minded herdsmen. In such a court was
Iustice everywhere administered iuthe child
lood of the human race; before wealth In
creased, and with wealth complicated interests,
and law became a science requiring a life's
study to understand. Strange must that man's
character be, and dull hla sympathies, who, in
the midst ot occupations like these, does not
find his heart accompanying and lightening his
labor s.
This is a t-Vetch of civil work written by a
distinguished civilian, and the truth of it 'has
been amply confinned.by other writers of the
same profusion. In Mr. Charles Baikes' en
tertaining and Instructive volume entitled
"Notes on the North-Western Provinces," and
in Mr. Edwards' mere recently published work,
"Reminiscences of a Bengal Civilian," we see
distinct) v the character ot civil work in India
how varied and important, and, above all, how
deeply interesting it is. As the extract which
we nave given represents this work on the rev
enue side, so Mr.t Ratkes' book chiefly treats
ot tbe judicial, and Mr. Edwards' of its political
aspects.
Men who spend their lives in this way are not
likely to be mixed up with petty "scandals."
But very different is the existence of a military
officer at an up-country station. During tbe
greater pait of the year, the heat of the
climate foibids regimental exerciser ot
any kind whatever, except in the
morning and the evening, and even in the cold
weather they occupy only a few hours of the
day. There is a book-club and a band and a
billiard-table (perhaps not all ot these), and
little or nothing beyond to occupy and amuse
the mind. There is a good soil, theretore, for
the growth of strile. The beginning may be
very small; but it grows apace, and soon as
sumes portentous dimensions. And tbe worst
of it is that in this view of the ease, looking
upon idleness as the root of the evil, there is
every prospect of an increasing number ol
these kcandals. Tbe recent changes in the or
ganization ot the Indian Army have necessarily
had a great etlect upon military society. The
Indian officer, "pure and simple," looking upon
India as his home, taking a deep interest in the
country and its people, studying the native
languages so as to prepare himself for useful
and honorable woik, proud of his pro
fession and content with bis way of life
now giving place to the "general service'
officer, the bird of passage, who looks upon his
residence in India a a period of hated exile
and only cares to kill the time until the happy
hour of his release from the bondage which his
soul abhors. With sixty or seventy thousand
of European soldiers In India, the country must
be overrun with officers of this elass-iotor-ab
e gentlemen and good military leaders-but
with tastes and dispositions utterly untuned to
the environments of Indian life. Executions
may, doubtless, be found. Among the man v
there may be some who, looking soriouslv at
their position, begin to discern attainable
objtctsnot unworthy of their best endeavor
and gradually open their eyes to the tact that
au Indian career may not be so bad a thioit
after all. But that a very large majority will
always be loundwho can by no means recon
cile themselves to Indian lite, is unfortunately
not to be doubted. A hatred of India is natural
to this . lass ot officers. They have not enlisted
lor Indian sei vice, and they look upon the ne
cessity of taking their turn of dutyin so abo-
i .Le J Pun,lrJ M 4.e ,one K"at drawback
from tbe advantages or tbeir general poMiion as
officers ot her Majesty's army.
And we are afraid that thjs is not all. There
are many of tbe old race of Company's officers
who, having gone out flushed with plea-uraMo
anticipations of an Indian career, have been
deprived of all heart and hope by the changes
incident upon tbe transfer of the Indian Gov
ernment to tbe Crown, and have settled dowu
lino a state of discontent from which It is
carce!y probable that they will ever emerge.
Every one now says that "India is not what it
wa. Tbe Indian service is not what it was."
There is a general hatred of India, of which
those who kit the counlry some twelve or
?t H1 ro can form no adequate concep
. lb''r e few who are not eager to quit
it, but who do not feel at tho same time that,
irom the loss of prospects they have sustained,
.1 J?'01' difficult to quit it than ever. Thes4
'Indian army grievance" of which we have
heard so much words wb'ch, perhaps to the
Stncrul public ceavej only a very vagit
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idea have grievously affected that general
efficiency which has Its source lu lovaltv
end content. We trust that tbe more liberal
view, which has bben taken by the preaent
Government, ot the equitable claims of the
aggrieved officers, may have some effect In
allaying the very natural and excusable Irrita
tion which for some years has disturbed tbe
minds of the officers of the old Company's army;
but we are afraid that those miserable words,
"too late," are inscribed upon these acts of
tardy justice. "The beautiful has vanished,
and returns not"
"Kolhlng can bring back the boor
Of glory to the grass of splendor to the flower"
And nothing can bring back tho confidence and
affection which has once been banished by tbe
ac.s ot grievous injustice and wrong-doing.
But even apart Irom this, if the old Indian
Army bad been left in its normal state, still
society would have been subjected to a baneful
chanse by the influences of the Great Rebellion
of 1K67-68. This great historical event has
doubtless shaken to its very foundation tho
secnrlty which Anzlo-Indlan residents once
felt, and has engendered a bitter feud between
the two races which years of peace will not be
potent to allay. The atrocities which were com
mitted during the season of convulsion has
forced those who before loved.to hate India and
her people. Time may mitigate this evil; but
until it has brought "healing on Its wings" the
wounds will be open wounds, and onr peoplo
will writhe and gnash their teeth under the
infliction ol these tunning sores. Whilst this
feeling exists, even our old Indian officers
cannot take the Interest which tbey once took
In their WOik. There is, naturally, an Increased
tendency to send the family to England; and so
there is more and more weariness, and tnsouci
once, and Indolence, amongst those who were
once interested and active, and who seldom or
never hankered after home.
Assuming, then, that it Is want ot interest In
the environments of Indian life, and general
indolence and discontent, wnlcb, more tban all
eUe, are the provocatives of the "scandals"
which have lately obtained such unfortunate
notoriety in India, it Is easy to perceive that
there Is one remedy, or none. If a
man nas work to do, and takes interest in
doing it, we may be sure that he will not much
concern himself about thoso paltry personalities
which fructify into "scandals." Much has been
written lately about the character of the Euro
pean soldier (especially in India), and of the
efforts made to improve it, but as the officer is so
will be the soldier. If the officer thinks that his
duties are limited to paiade dnties, there Is
small hope for the moral character of the men.
More tban twenty years ago an affectionate ex
hortation on this subject was anonymously ad
dressed to the officers of the European army In
India. It has since been published in the col
lected Essays of Sir Henry Lawrence, than
whom no grander example of an Indian officer
ot tbe best school has ever shone out from the
history of our Indian empire. We need make
no apology for quoting them here, for nothing
can possibly be more germane to the question
under consociation:
"It would be a wonder of wonders,lf,neglccted
as he is, the European soldier were to occupy a
higher place in the scale of Christian morality;
but whatever he may have to answer for, it is
almost beyond denial that the responsibilities
of the officer are far greater than his own. The
soldier's sins ol commission are not so heavy as
the officer's sins of omission, from which they
are the direct emanations. The moral character
of a regiment, be it good or bad, fairly reflects
the amount of interest taken by the officers In
the well-being of their men. Tbe soldier wanders
out of garrison or cantonment, and commits ex
cesses abroad, because he has no inducements
to remain within the piectncts of the bnrrok
square. He goes abroad in search of amuse
ment aud he finds not amusement but excite
1116111; ue uinkc, hib wny to tho village toddy
shop, or to the punch-house; he seeks other
haunts of vice; and when both money and credit
are gone, perhaps he takes lo the high road.
This would not happen if regimental officers
really did their duty to their men. It is not
merely the duty of an officer to attend parade,
to manoeuvre a company or regiment, to mount
guard, to sanction promotions, to 6ee the pay
issued, to sign monthly returns, and to wear a
coat with a standing collar. Tho officer has
higher duties to perform a duty to bis sovereign ;
a duty to his neighbor; a duty to his God, not
to be discharged by the simple observance of
these military formalities. He stands in loco
parentis; he is the father of his men; bis treat
ment ot them should be such as to call forth
their reverence and affection, and incite in them
a strong feeling of shame on being detected by
him in the commission of unworthy actions.
J1 ,9A'.8 dut.y t0 Ptudy their .characters; to in
terest himself in their pursuits; to enhance their
comforts; to assist and to encourage: with
counsel and praise, every good effort; to extend
his sympathy to them in distress; to console
them in affliction to show by every means in
his power, that though exiles from home and
aliens irom their kindred, they have yet a friend
upon earth, who will not desert them. These are
the duties of the officer and duties, too, which
cannot be performed without an abundant re
compense. There are many idle, good hearted,
do-nothing officers, who find the day too long,
complain of the country and the climate, are
devoured with ennui, and living between ex
citement and reaction, perhaps in ttme sink
into hypochondriasis but who would, if they
were to follow our advice, tendered not arro
gantly but affectionately, find that they had dis
covered a new pleasure; that a glory had
sprung up in a shady place; that the day was
never too long, the climate never too oppres
sive ; that at their up-iislng and thelrjdo wa-sitting
serenity and cheerfulness were ever present;
thai, in sbort.lthey had begun a new lite, as dif
ferent from that out of which tbey had just
emerged, as tbe sunshine on tbe hill-top from
tbe gloom In the abyss. Some may smile
some may sneer some may acknowledge the
truth dimly, and forget it. To all we have one
answer to give, couched in two very short
words Try it"
We need add nothing to this. We heartily
echo these words, "Jry itln
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It will resist the action of salt water, and eonseqnently
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fulnta o( eveiy color ground In puis Linseed Oil and
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AMERICAN GUJI PAINT COMPANY.
8. E. COltNEtt TWENTIETH AND FILBERT STS.
lomuthaam .
HATS AND CAPS.
JAMES C. DENNISON,
Fashionable Hatter and Furrier,'
No. 720 POPLAR Street,
Das coniiantly oa band a large aaaortoent of
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FALL TRADE,
A Floe Stock of Goods, the neweit and
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. ELEGANT VELVET DECORATIONS
Of all grade
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40-INCH PLAIN PAPERS,
ff Of crery shade, with rich GOLD MOULD.
unub, an wiatDs, to wtucn we lorlts tbe
attention of the Trade.
WINDOW SHADES
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Mj OP FINE SCOTCH HOLLANDS,
AU widths, Wnite',1 Bany Green, Blue, and
H" Pearl Color.
f' ELEGANT FIGURED SHADES ol the
most elaborate designs.
PICTURE CORDS, TASSELS, AND SHADE
TRnonNGS. u
To the WHOLESALE TRADE we offer
an Extensive Stock of GREEN AND
BROWN GUM CLOTHS, .TABLE OIL
CLOTHS, at tne Lowest Net Cash Prices,
and work done by competent hands.
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02 IIOWELL & BODRKE
CORNER POVRTB UTOKARXET STS,
CLOAKS AND FURS
I O 7 O P E N,
PARIS CLOAKS,
EXCLUSIVE STYLES,
(WHICH WILL SOT BE COPIED),
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IN GREAT ABUNDANCE.
NEW CLOAKING CLOTHS
JS GREAT VABIXTT.
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SUPERIOR BLACK SILKS FOR DRESSES, ETC.,
FROM THE BEST MANUFACTURERS.
AND CUT IN ANY LENGTH.
J. W. PROCTOR & CO.,
ni7imn Ko. 920 CHESNTJT St.
IST O W O J? E -3Ve
FURS OF ALL NATIONS.
RUSSIAN SABLE FURS,
HUDSON BAT SABLE FURS,
FINE DARK MINK SABLES
ROYAL ERMINE AND CHINCHILLA,
DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, .
PERSIAN LAMB,
ASTRACAN, ETC. ETC.
For Ladies, Misses, and Children.
J. W. PROCTOR & CO.,
un imrp No. 920 CHKSNUT St.
QLOAKB, CLOAKS, CLOAKS, CLOAKS.
HEADQUARTERS FOR CLOAKS
The cbeaoe.t Cloak Sloie In the eltr.
Small profits and quick tales.
THE OLD 8TASD,
WATKI.V8',
. KINTH and CBEBBT Streets.
6JEK) THE PRICES.
Waterproof Cloake, only S3.
Walerpioof Cloake, only
Waterproof Cloak., onl; e&.
Ueayy Bearer Stoquee, trimmed, SO.
Heavy Bearer Basques, trimmed, 90.
Tbt old Ordinal Cheapest Cloak Store in the city.
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" . Ho. 131 N. NINTH Street,
S. E. eoiaei NINTH todCBLEBBT.
The Bldge Arena and CJnlon line Car. pa, the
Store erry two to In a tea jo g tatha3m
JICIT, RARE AND RELIABLE
PURS.
Hadaon'i Bay Eabla Mafli, Collar, and Berthaa.
Fin. Sable Attnk M uffa. Collars and Berthas.
Siberian Sqolrrel Wufla, Collar, and Berthaa.
Ktal Boy al Xrmlne Hulk, Collar, and Berthaa.
Children's Bet. to erery variety of Fnra.
, An bsmenae saving la price by applying for an early
tlectlon at the
CLOAK, MANTILLA, AND FUR EKFORIUX,.
Ho. U B. SECOND Street, six door, below Market
9 29ttuth8tnl QHA8. L.EWI8SON.
EXCELSI0B
CLOTHING HALL,.
EXCELSIOR
CLOTHING HALL,
EXCELSIOR
CLOTHING HALL.
S.E. Cor. SECOND and MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA.
CLOTHING FOR MEN AND B01S.
CLOTHS, CASSMERES, AND VISITS GS.
Department Tar Custom YtVki
Agents for OUf I Orbing.
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10 i toths2mtp ;
Use starin's cofisiiic.": rc;v:ri
FOB . .
HORSES AND CATTLH.
It enre. Wonna, Botta, and Co'lo. ,
It core. Colda. Coughs, .DdBIde-Bcoa i
It is the best alterative for Bone, and tattle tik, w
use. having a reputation of a years' t4a
It Is a sure preventive for the much dnHi bud r.
t I :
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t or sale In rbUadvlphla by DYOTf t v-t Ve
North 1 6tCOi.l btieeti JOIINmON. Bt. ' Ovr" lv"
C O W DKN. o. I North BIXTU hSUt I a I ? ,
gist, throughout the country. Addio. u . :t,
STABlJf FLOTD.r. r . f. "
"' Wo. M DTJANB Street, y.vw .
FOR SALE STATE 'AND COTJKTT RT r '
froaa breaking. TMa we will warract Ai. w.,
third Hi nil fll ... ...,....... " ; ..'
So. Mi BACK Street. Phi edelphla. Bamp e - . i : '
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