THE LEARNED MEN, |
INDIAN FRONTIER INFLUENCE,
MOLLAHS OF THE AND THEIR
Ex: nders of the Mohammedsen Law. Given Credit Yer Supernatural Powers, Jealous of the Dignity of Their Positions,
How a Village Got a Sacred Shrine.
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The moliahs are collectively kncwn ¢ the ulima, or learned. They are acl asters, lav yers, judg - oO ‘ the priests, many of them being 1 1 of great ability and scholarsh! are all passionately devote to Gscir order it cannot be said that their in‘iuence is al- together evil. They are nt peacemak- ers in a land where fighting is the breath of a man’s nostrils, j one of them in Lalpoorah rush beiween two bod- ies Of Mohmunds who were drawn up to attack each other, and, by passior ate prayers to them to remember their com- mon God and their common country, make these desperate men forget purpose and go away as quietly as fright- ened schoolboys,
The position of mollah is conferred on such candidates as have undergone a spe- cial course of study in the intricate h.o- hammedan law and successfully passed an examination therein. The principal part of the ceremony consists of the most saint- ly mollah present investing the novice with the wide flowing gown of white cot- ten and the peculiarly shaped turban.
The mollahs marry and live like the laity in most particulars, though some of them assume the most ridiculous austeri- ty, frowning on the simplest amusements and even condemning all music, except the warlike drum and trum) et, as being effeminate. Tosuch men the merry fid- dle or the sighing lute is as the horus of the evil one.
One rich source of revenue with the priesthood is its fine collection ot charms and incantations. It is no uncommon sight to see an ancient Afridi or Molhmund sitting with a molluh and vigoruusly re- peating acharm or performing a subtle incantation to enable him to fix the affec- tions of some fair lady whois not enam- ored of his gray hairs.
A moellah’s most sensitive point is the dignity of his office. When tiat is out- raged, ther¢ is trouble in the land. He calls the brethren toacouncil. They sus- pend all the rites of public worship, de- nounce thcir enemy as a dog and an inti- del, cover him and his people with their maledictions and practicully excommuni- cate him. If this dues ot bring the un- happy man to his senses, the mollahs don their sacred robes, and, carrying the green standard of the prophet, go up and cown throughout the land proclaiming the Mo- hammedan warcry and calling’ on the faithful to avenge the honor of the zpostle of the prophet. To those who flock to their side they promise cternal bliss; to those who ignore their appeals, everlasting tor- ture. The mollah’s voice is not raised in Vain. He soon has a frantic army follow- ing the green flag, willing to go anywhere and do anything its leader pleases.
When a mollah dies, the place of his death becomes a sacred shrine at which mirages are worked. There is not a vil- lage throughout the whole Pathan coun- try which has not its holy spot to which the sick, the halt and the blind resort for relief. In this connection a curious story is toll of one of the sections of Bonervals.
It had long been a source of grief to the inhabitants of the village that no holy man had ever been good enough to die among them. The consequent absence of & miracle working shrine had degraded them in the eyes of their neighbors, who looked on them asaset of wretches so abandoned that no saint would end his days in their midst. The men of the village determined to put an end to this degrading suspicion in a characteristic oriental method. There was living in a distant town a mollah with the highest reputation for holiness. A deputation from the benighted village waited on this mollah and implored him to shed the light of his countenance on them for a few days. The pricst was so flattered at this testi- mony to his piety that he gladly conscnt- ed. He was entertained on his arrival to a considerable feast. When the banquet had ended, the chief rose and solemnly in- formed their guest of the sad condition of the villagers through no holy man ever having died in their midst, adding that they intended to end so unfortunate a state of things by killing their visitor. As his soul would atomce pass to paradise, and as the scene of his death would be- come a miracle working shrine, they did not consider he had anything to complain of.—sit. James Gazette.
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Whitle the intreduction of portable fire- arms into Lurope is ef conmy iratively re- cent date, their use was frequent among the Mohammedans of eastern Asia at a very early period. La Brocquiere, who made a journey to Jerusalem in the mid dle of the fifteenth cs ntury, and who tray- eled extensively in the mentions the firing of small arquebuses at the great fes- tivals in Damaccus
The first use of muskets in Furope was
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with rests were still in use, and it was not until the beginning cf the eichteenth -en-
tury that frelocks were successfully em- ployed.—Harper’s Round Table.
The Bis Brother.
Children early learn to adopt the man- nersand the speech of the elder brother: the small boy is educated by the one who is at college or in business much more than by his governess or his tutor. Said a wise observer once: “If only you can get your eldest son well started, if he is man- ly, truthful and of higk principles, the others in the family follow right on in the same direction. The judicious father will take great pains with his oldest boy.”’
In a neighborhood or a school the large boys influence social opinion and set the fashion for the rest. Always there is some larger boy whom the little lad gres- ly admires, who is his model, whose smile or whose frown makes or unmakes his happiness. The big brother does not know it, but he is im this changeful world the one personage whose scepter never tatters, whose popularity never wanes and whe never goes out of fashion.
To his sisters he has the opportunity of showing chivalry, kindness and the defer ence of the stronger to the weaker. To the baby of the household he is little short of a king. The big brother, bless his heart, when he is a nice, obliging, affectionate and generous fellow, is as important a member of society as any one who can ke mentioned.
If, as sometimes happens, he is cither a bully or a coward, then he is more com- temptible than he would be if he had been born in a less fortunate order in the fam- ily, forhe has, so to speak, broken faith with all that was expected of him.—Har- per's Bazar.
A SEA OF FLAME.
On the evening of November, 28th, 1878, a fire broke out in the British ship Melante, loaded with soo barrels of petroleum. An awful mass of flames shot up from the main hatch and the vessel quivered from stem to
stern with explosion of the barrels. Her seams opened and the blazing petroleum poured out into the river, spreading a belt of fire around her. The master and seamen jumped overboard. Captain Sharp, whose vessel was lying close-by, propelled a small boat through the blazing river and after a severe scorching and imminent peril, saved the seamen from a horrible death.
All over civilization there are thousands of men in more imminent danger than were those seamen. They are threatened with consumption or are already in the clutch of that deadly disease. If they only knew it, help is at hand. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery cures 98 per cent. of all cases of consumption. It also cures bronchitis, asthma, throat and nasal troubles and all diseases of the air passages. It is the great blood-maker, flesh-builder, and nerve-tonic. It makes the appetite hearty, the digestion
erfect and the liver active. The ‘Golden Medical Discovery’’ is the product of that eminent specialist, Dr. R. V. Pierce, who, during the thirty years that he has been chief consulting physician to the great Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, has treated more cases than fifty ordinary physicians treat in a _ lifetime. Thousands given’ up by doctors, have tes- tified to complete recovery under this mar- velous medicine.
Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It is speedily cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets.
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What Is a Gentleman? The old story about the French marquis opined that the Almighty would & gentleman of quality, doubtless finds an echo in all genuincly ‘‘armigerous’’ boso: there is another tale in Evely
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lish position as pointedly as the other does that of the ancient regime: ‘March 1, 1682.-—~V. told a friend of mine who accompanied him to the gallows and g2ye him some advice that he did not value dy ing of a rush and hoped and believed God would deal with him like a gentleman’’—
i. e., With courtesy and consideration. Everybody would admit that breeding has nota littl to do with gentle instincts, but three generations may be trusted to do as much as 80.—Cornhill Magazine.
A Slight Drawback.
Snodgraso—The world has a place icr everybody.
Micawhber—Yes; the only trouble is there’s genera fy somebody else in it—
at the siego of Phege fn 1591 by thy ish s: ldfers, P hose Grud we re 65 @xtie.Le- ly heavy that they could not be used with- out a rest. They were provided with matchlocks, and were effective at a consid erable distance While on the march the
| soldiers themselves carried only the am- munition and tho rests, and boys, bearing , the muskets, followed after, like caddies on a golf course.
Loading these cumbersome arms was a slow operation. They were clumsy and awkward to handle, the ball and powder
| were carried separately, and the prepara- tion and adjustment of the match took a long time
Befcre long, however, improvements be- gan to be ade. The guns became lighter in construction, anw the soldiers carried their ammu: 2 in broad shoulder belts called bandclicrs, to which were suspended a pbumber of little leather covered wooden | cases, each of which held a charge cf powder. A pouch, in which the bullets were carried loose, and a priming hors bung et the side #f the soldier, :
As late as the timeof Charles I muskets
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London Answers. Dumas and His honey. Dumas the elder was not in the habit of counting his money, but did once, Jexy-
ing it on the mantel while he left the rouin for a few minutes. When he refurn- ed and was giving sonia instructions toa
servant, he mechanically counted the pieces Over again and found a louis missing. “Well,’’ he said, with a sich, ‘considering that 1 never counted my money before, | Can’t say it pays,’’
**Sir,’’ said the master of
Palliol in his
parting address toa distinguished alum- nus, ‘‘your fellow studenis think highly of you, the tutors and professors think highly of you, I think highly of you, but aG one thinks more highly of you than yeu Go yourself,
“WELL KNOWN VIOLINIST.
Traveled Extensively Throughout the Provinces —Interesting Statements Concerning His Experience. STELLARTON, N.S.—James R. Murray,
a well known violinist, of this place, who
has traveled extensively throughout the
Provinces, makes this statement:
‘*I was running down in health and my weight fell off from 175 to 150 pounds. Prescriptions did me but little good. My trouble was called nervous dyspepsia. I resorted to Hood’s Sarsaparilla and after taking five bottles I was greatly benefited. I feel as well now as ever in my life, and have increased in flesh so that I now weigh 177 pounds. Iam well known in this part of the country, having followed my profession, that ofa violin musician for the last 26 years. I gladly tell my friends what Hood’s Sarsaparilla has done forme. Before I began taking the medi- cine I did not have any ambition, but now all is changed and my dyspeptic trouble perfectly cured.’”” JAmM=s R. MURRAY.
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