HINDOO SUPERSTITIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3593, 21 August 1890, Page 2

HINDOO SUPERSTITIONS.

' Hindoos are early risers, 'ln the yrarm season—extending from April to, uponj the housetop or* in the court-' yard,[or in the verandah ifraiu should be threatening, and usually up at five ojclock or earlier in the morning. In the cold weather, when they aleop

v ithih doors, they rise later, but they . ace out before «erou, jßisingj in .the, - mora'ng.wliile" but 1 hajf : 1 awake, 1 the' t ft Hindoo repeats the name of llama Bevoral times. Happening to yawn, he immediately fillips his thumb and middle finger, ' he' doe's hot' know! why. He, prepares,for his rooming toilet. He plucks a twig irom the bitter Neem-tree, breaks off a span length of it, crushcß one end between'his teeth, and extemporises a toothbrush. Ha next draws up water from ithe well in the yard with an iron -hacket, und prepares to wash his bauds! and face. This is quickly done. | He then throws on an extra garment, the thickness and texture depending on tha season and weather, lights his hooka, takes a few pulls with his euphonious hubble-bubble, and is ready to go out. With a passing " Kama, ratna," | to friend or acquaintance, ho repairs i to his placo of business, While going • ho will sedulously} avoid i those sights ;•: , and sounds which may augur ill f6r i the day.'; • • Sho'tiM .6ne)'fineez?//,or f i should he hear tlie cawing of a crow or the ory of a kite, or should'he meet [an oil-man, or one blind.or lame, or 4 j sed a cat croßß'hia:path, , .He''.wbuld be, greatly distressed as to the day before i him, 'On the other hand, 1 fr'a fox 1 crosses his path, if he hears a gong or i bolt summonsing him to-worship, or 3 if he meets,a;Jßrabmin with, his head f uncovered, as auspicious. M Soine are so siipir- > atltioiia tbat if aiiy aril portent ocours 3 on the way they would > return home, ; have a smoke, or ; oh'ewa.bejeMeafind ' g proce&Ufresh.—Science.. *

_ r i———j ®op artura of tbo ffteniSJor ftnara^ 1 ' k i..., j*;;l.' ; !S P* ty...The,Qrcnadief.piiarasleftfor'Bormuda jpD tWmoniiDgof,the 22nd July, ; ■ affectipg;; The wives," children, sweet-7 h'eartSj ahdcomrades, orowded intolhe • spacious yard, arid from 6 o'clock to 10 , o'clock no Gußrdsmea' wereallowetl to «. leave.'An exciting btH painful'meeting * nits held in the yard and the canteen. ... . At first the men of the second battalion ) bore themselves bravely.andjaugkedat jJj"the expressions of fear ! of their 'wires : '■ and-sweethearts. f he- sympathetic words of old comrades, however, soon kindled tho : aiigry/!)feelings ■ that/;; > r smouldered in their breasts, and the j / , men weiieiinimediately' aroused ahd.;i •* inTeitjbedibitterl^against : .the order,, that confined themV" lii'one w : tbo wife of a prisoner,',was ,j r . : She liad three children with her, and was in a delicate condition.'Asher mar-.< riagejwas without the. consent of tlio Colonel the poor' woman could cot expect .to get assistance during the . absence of her those married by permlssionalwajrs. r^eiye, ; • At ]engtb|M tho,bugle'.'Bounded-!.fpr. ; visitors to leave, • the^bflsbahd f raised hisiwife and &lmo9t ; carriedihertb ih& his, place and fidr'e. her' fiome." Outside *" ' stood a •■great"crowd of 'sightseer#, who gazed onriously and sympathetically i 'At ten o'clook in the'eveniDg i the yard was wd, i obeying the ordera'of tfie police/swiy moped midnight'' gathering/reappeared' , every hour.x By ,':,B;.vp'cjpck: in' morning it numbered more i At 4 o'olo ok .the: Birdcage Walk Traa i thronged. The men gave way'at the , railings for with i tear-stained ojesand hag4»d beld . i their ohildren tp'seeifthey'OTuld.i' find out their daddies.', 'At' 5| o'clock i the j men, .• '"jircrfe '.•i'Jwwtt j'/itoPr'-ft i double like.' 'arid ' 15• i tnibutes oater : - • i the 1 jColonol;.gave the word.to .march, v . i The 'great; gatesjat the ! V , Paloco ond of the yard were thrown " [ open! and while'.th3j.band:played ; the "BritM'Groria'diere" the" battalion ; marohed out,; .Thejr i werei. greeted i by shouts and cheers' liy. the.enormpus [ throng. . The streets; were blookaded - and;a' large nuihteV'of! jwlic6/ive'ra ; i formed in three lines to open the way I for the soldiers. After the police I came the sappers>and iminers, and : behind them the band and Colonel j Eaton at- the: head of ; the regiment. [ As tho battalio'nip'peateUin theroad''. . 'a- mighty deafening cheer went up i 'from the assenlblage; i They r were tgf accompanied ,from *'the^'' barracks' , to I the \i statioflv y byiH r 20,000 i civilians, Iwhd t santly^Tbe'troops pfocMded'by^il} 4 ' cto Ohatbam, jiwbere 'embarked-orf c > - the' ; convey : thenij to; ; 5 Good order troops, agi}, thenar, Office, 'yu ■ j.extremely ; pleasedj«t'the l wayftto'! i, a'otdiera- 4 ■■ b'ehaved;Al£i tlieirtgood fl conduct, continues "the .regiment .may 1 be ordered back to London within tvjo years. 1 Previous to the departure oi; the haUIUoP) the west <){

; six of tho Grenndiere, and their trial :by court-martial, had tonded'td a - | gloom ovor the wholo batnlliw. ,When .8 | : the sentences mo - jironoii'tlcd at \ |, parade on tho Slst some painful / i ecenea occurred, Tho oldest eoldietf! 1 of the companies seemed to have been ; |. seleetcd focJiinl. Tho precise hour j I' of their to:.'the 'Brixton I military prison was a well-kepi secret whilst their liMtisfer tto the ninbulI ■' ance waggon was so quietly effected • .. that only a few soldiers and spectators were present, When tho men emerged the Bpeotators raised' a loud' shout. ■ Tho Grenadiers wcro handcuffed in 1 pairs and escorted by non-commis-j sioned officera and soldiers. They appeared dejected-*'and haggard. <t Several of tho prisoners hurst out : crying, tho teats streaming down their faces. : |

A despatch fro ni Guatemala an- 1 noauccsyftit. tho Sates of Guatemala • and Honduras are demanding , that General Czota shrill resign tlio Pre- j I sidenoy of San Salvador. General Carlo ■ . Gzeta was leader of tlio forces in San I Salvador, but on the sudden death i of General Menendez, the President which took place at a banquet held towards the end of June, he assumed command.