Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [‎445v] (893/1814)

PIONEER, SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER
3 - 1899 .
ies want to cover up their furniture with
3 se things for f’ till at last the draperies in
.estion were all so creased and soiled that they
,d to be removed en misse.
“ I must take more pains about getting him
mfortably settled,” said the Memsabib, in
iswer to a diatribe from myself heaping
lathemas on our visitor’s head for his destruc-
ve, restless and untidy habits. “ Perhaps
I take care always to be in the room before
e turns up,” and she finished her sen-
mce with something that sounded suspiciously
ke a sigh.
For all that he was beforehand with her that
fternoon, for when she entered the drawintr-
00 m she found him already at work twising
,11 the curtains into wips and tucking them on
me side on the ground that “ it was impos-
iible to see anything in that light ? ” and
ifter one glance at her crumpled and ruined
reasures she sat down listlessly and left him to
vork whafc further destruction he pleased.
“ Let me tell the fellow to go,” I said resent-
ully to the Memsahib. But she shook her head,
leclaring it was her own fault and she must put
ip with it to the bitter end.
Nobody is braver than the Memsahib as long
is there isn’t a mouse involved in the question.
However, I didn’t feel so brave about it myself,
so I went out and cogitated.
Just one minute before the dinner hour next
day, and having first ascertained it was just
about to be announced, I went into my wife’s
room “ I’ve some news for you,” said I.
I’ve been ordered to do some work which
will take me out in the district, and I've got to
go at once. You’ll come with me, I suppose ?
You can take tents and all that kind of thing
you know.”
“ Oh yes, what fun ” cried the Memsahib de
lightedly, with a blissful forgetfulness of her
position.
“ Good ! Then I’ll make arrangements,” said
I as unconcernedly as I could manage, and
escaped under cover of the dinner bell just as
the Memsahib began suddenly “ Oh I but Ri
chard !”
Conversation rattled gaily all through that
dinner till having reached the dessert I
turned suddenly to Dawson and, explain
ing how sorry I was, informed him I had
been ordered out into the district and would
have to go at once. “ And,” added I after a
perceptible pause, “ my wife always comes
with me on these occasions, so you see—that
i 3 _we—er—we—shall be very sorry to lose you
but
“ Oh don’t trouble about me,” put in Dawson
with a grin meant to be affable but which I
longed to kick him for, “7 shall loorry along
all right till you come back.”
Speech deserted me momentarily. Too men
tally crumpled up to rally all at once, I glanced
despairingly towards my wife for assistance,
" 1 u
four hours that any anxiety was observable on
either countenance was the moment when the
dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. was brought in.
On the eighth day, as I was beginning to feel
some shade of uneasiness, for I had hardly
expected Dawson to last out more than half
that time seeing what his servant was, there
came the happy release. Dawson wrote half
in sorrow half in anger to say that he had
held out as long as he could, but having
the last four days been forced to take all
meals at the Dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. Bungalow, owing to reasons
he would not distress us by detailing, he was
now unable to continue this arrangement any
longer. The unexpected amount of wet weather
they were experiencing in the station had
already given him a severe chill that he feared
might turn to fever if he neglected it further
and continued to tramp out in the damp for all
his meals. He was therefore leaving the station
by the 10-30 a. m. train that day, but trusted he
should be able to finish his stay wifh us at some
future and more opportune occasion : an occa
sion when I would not be under the painful
necessity of leaving my pleasant and charmingly
managed quarters (the words are Dawson’s own
at the instance of a brutal Government, in order
to carry out foolish investigations in a district
that did very well without them ! &c. In fact
Mr. Dawson wasn’t pleased and as he wrote
on his anger overcame his sorrow. But what
cared I for that or anything now that he had
gone.
Six hours later saw us packed and starting
for home ; but—fresh facer—the Memsahib who
had traversed this road, under what appeared
to me unhappy circumstances, in such fits of
laughter, retraced it, under what appeared to me
quite happy conditions, silent and distressed.
Was there ever a man who understood a
woman’s mind yet. She was actually harrowing
her soul with the belief that Dawson’s letter
was only a ruse to get us back again ! And she
refused to be positively re-assured until we had
actually arrived and she could satisfy herself by
personal inspection and enquiry that the dread
ed Dawson had really gone.
Then, in a moment of sudden expansion con
sequent on this happy re-installation in our
dainty little bungalow and the flinging off of her
secret fears, the Memsahib buried her head in
my waistcoat and declared in a muffled voice
that “ whatever any nasty M. P. might say” (it
is to be hoped on the Memsahib’s account that no
M. P. will see this), in future she should never
again want to show hospitality to people she
knew nothing about.
I am sure I hope her tender heart and instinc
tive hospitality will permit her to abide by this.
There only remains now to have it out with the
William Smiths.
I But this, under the circumstances, is, I consi
der, rather a large order still.
MAGA.
QUERIES.
Is there any rule whereby an old soldier of
over 24 years’ service, nearly all in India, can
obtain a small pension from the Lord Clive
Fund on his being discharged from the service,
owing to illness brought on in active service ?—B.
Heaj>aches.—W ill some of your readers
oblige me with a remedy for bad head
aches. I have tried all sorts of things, but can
not get rid of them For the past three months
I have, with the exception of perhaps a few days
off, had head-aches every day. The head
starts paining on awaking in the mornings and
sometimes it reaches a very severe form, but
generally subsides by evening, and the night
is passed in quiet sleep. At times the pain
starts over the left eye and shoots up into the
head and then diffuses all over the head. My
general health is good, except dyspesia,
which troubles me sometimes. I take very little
exercise and my business is a sedentary one.
I have been in the habit of reading by lamplight
after dinner, but not more than an hour or hour
and half. I weigh 14 stone and my age is 43.
Perhaps from the above particulars some kind
person will be able to judge of my case and
help me with suggestions for getting rid of
these terrible head-aches. Doctors say it is neur
algia and I have dosed myself with quinine
till I am pretty full of it, and still no relief.—
A Martvr.
AflS WERS.
THE WEATHER.
The following report has been received :—
Simla, 1s£ September.
Pressure has changed by small amounts, the
changes showing a downward tendency in
Burma, the south and west of the Peninsula,
and North Bombay, and an upward tendency
over the remainder of India. Moderately heavy
rain has fallen in North and East Bengal, where
Barisal, Narayanganj, Mymensing Dhubri, Dar
jeeling, and Dinapur have received 2 inches, but
only light showers are reported from the remain
ing districts of Bengal and from Burma. A few
light showers have fallen in Gujarat, but no rain
has fallen in any other province. The tempera
ture is in slight defect in Behar and Gujarat,
and is normal in Assam, Bengal, Orissa and
Sind. In all other parts of the country it is in
excess. The rainfall has decreased everywhere,
and the whole country is practically rainless
with the exception of Burma and Bengal.
^ 0 £ a t:
THE SPHINX MINSTRELS.
An entertainment by this talented com
pany of the 1 st Gloucestershire Regiment will be
given under the patronage of Colonel Wilford
and Officers in the Railway Theatre on Monday
night. The programme is a long and very at
tractive one, and includes many of the latest
London comic songs. In addition to 17 items
of vocal and instrumental music (including a
piccolo solo by the accomplished player, Mr. T.
Jeal) the screaming farce entitled Caught in
his own Trap will be presented. The proceeds
of the entertainment will be given to Mr. Luker’s
Christmas Charity Fund.
CHURCH NOTICES.
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.
Holy Trinity ^ Church—Sunday—Morning Prayer,
Sermon and Holy Communion, 8 a.m. ; Children’s
Service 4-45 p.m. ; Evening Prayer and Sermon,
6 p.m. Friday—Evening Prayer, 6-30 p.m. ; Choir
Practice, 7 p.m.
All Saints’ Cathedral— Sunday—Litany, Holy Com
munion, and Sermon 8 a.m. ; Children’s Service,
5 p.m. ; Evensong and Sermon, 6-30 p.m. Monday
—Matins, 8 a.m. ; Evensong, 6-30 p.m. Tuesday—
Matins, 8 a.m ; Evensong 6-30 p.m. Wednesday
Matins and Litany, 8 a.m. ; Choral Evensong and
Address, 6-30 p.m. Thursday—Holy Communion,
8 a.m. ; Evensong, 6-30 p.m. Friday—Matins and
Litany, 8 A.M. ; Evensong, 6-30 p.m. Saturday—
Matins, 8 a.m. ; Evensong, 6-30 p.m. Sunday—
Matins and Sermon, 8 a.m. ; Holy Communion,
9 a.m. ; Evensong and Sermon, 6-30 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Church—Sunday—Services at 7 a.m.
and 6-30 p.m. (Collection for Darjeeling Mission.)
Bible Class, 5-30 p.m ; Sunday School, 8 a.m. ;
Monday—Monthly Missionary Prayer Meeting
at Bible House, Clive Road, 6-30 p.m. Thursday—
Service at 6-30 p.m. ; Choir Practice, 7-30 p.m.
Methodist Episcopal Church—Sunday—Preaching
Services, 7 a.m. and 6-30 p.m. ; Sunday School, 8
a.m—T uesday—Believer’s Meeting, 7 p.m. Thurs
day, Song and Prayer Service, 7 p.m. Saturday
—Y. P. S C E. Meeting, 7 p.m. ; Holy Commu
nion the first Sunday evening in every month
after the preaching service.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
«eooudko at Allahabad noRiNG thk 24 hours
ENDING 8 A.M. ON THR 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1839.
10 A.M.
4 P M.
10 P.M.
6 A.M.
Barometer reduced
to 32° F.
29-373
29-289
29-353
29-355
Temperature of the
air.
88-3
88 5
83 0
783
Humidity Satura
tion— i00).
Wind direction ...
66-
W.N.W.
68-
W.
82-
S.S.W.
82-
W.SW.
Maximum temperature in shade
Maximum temperature in sun’s rays
Minimum temperature in shade
Minimum temperture on grass
Mean temperature of the day
Normal temperature of the day
Rain ...
Total rain from 1st January
Normal total up to date ...
Hours of bright sunshine ...
Percentage of total possible ^ -.
V.B.—The normal temperature and rainfall
day are derived from the observations of 28
1870 98.
145 4
77'6
726
84-7
83-4
000
38'70
32 64
145
12 -
of each
years,
t pjiohdmcnL, fnniwtww,
IVMffW, kt.
“ Inexperienced.”— When guinea fowl chicks
are hatched, keep in wooden box with hen—and
feed on eggs hard boiled, and bran moistened
with warm water. Never allow either guinea
fowl or turkey chicks to drink water until
well feathered,— An Old Hand.
“ Inexperienced.”—I reared more than sixty
guinea chicks last year by feeding them
on white ants {demuck) and bajra twice a
day, morning and evening. Bajra must be given
twice during the day, no water. Keep them on
this diet for a month or two. Let them loose
morning and evening to pick up grass-hoppers,
&c. Give them common rice (raw) and wheat
when they are older. No deaths occurred among
ray chicks treated in this way.—C.D.
“ Inexperienced.” —For young guinea fowls
bread and milk or any wet food should be avoid
ed. as they would never eat that in their natural
state. Give them a liberal dish of white ants
the first thing in the morning from the time
they are 24 hours old, and keep up the feeding
on yolk of egg for one week only. After
that bajra or any of the small grains • (a
mixture is always best) or coarsely ground
dhullia. They will do well on plenty of fresh
green grass and the flower of the grass out of
which they will pick the seeds. Let them out
daily for a run, as they also enjoy the small
black ants, and give them water to drink—
Poultry.
“ Singher.”— To repair tyre tubes .-—Remove
the canvas patch near valve insertion. This can
be done with benzene and a camel hair brush,
lightly applied between the canvas and the
rubber tube. ( 2 ) Then find the position of
leak on rubber tube, and patch it in the usual
way with very thin patching rubber. (3)
Replace the canvas piece in its original place
over this patch. (4) If the leak is between the
valve tube and the tyre, the latter should be
firmly fixed to the former with some rubber
cement before the piece of canvas is put back
in its original place.— An Old Hand.
N.-W. PROVINCES AND 0UDH GAZETTE.
(2^7 September, 1899).
APPOINTMENT DEPARTMENT.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Captain W II Gray, IMS, whose services have
been temporarily placed at t e disposal of this
Government, to officiate as Superintendent, Centra]
Prison, Lucknow. - .
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. -
APPOINTMENT.—VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Oudh Light Horse and Oudh Volunteer Rifle Corps
Lieutenant C W Compton, Prince Albert
(Somersetshire Light Infantry), to be Adjutant
with effect from the 2nd August, 1899, inclusive
vice Captain K P Apthorp, whose tenure of th
appointment has expired.
COMMAND ORDERS.
Murree, 24M August, 1899.
The undermentioned officers having passed tl
required tests for the Indian Staff Corps on t!
dates specified, are qualified for permanent emplo
ment with native troops :—
Lieutenant W. S. Leslie, 40th Pathans, 3rd Jul
1899.
Lieutenant A. Young, 1st Battalion 1st Gurkhi
10th July, 1899.
Lieutenant G. Dodd, 27th Punjab Infantry, 10
July, 1899.
Under instructions received from Army He
Quarters, Lieutenant R. H. McVittie, No. 5 Cc
pany, Western Division, Royal Garrision Artitle
has been appointed Adjutant of the Rangoon P
Defence Volunteers.
It is notified that the War Office has sanctioned
exchange of Battalions between the officers nan
below on condition that the public be put tc
expense by the arrangement:—
Somersetshire Light Infantry.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel G. H.
Couchman, from 2nd to 1st Battalion.
Captain S. L. V. Crealock, from 1st to 2nd Battali
Captain Crealock is accordingly directed
proceed to England at his own expense and ;
the 2nd Battalion.
Under instructions received from the War Oi
Major A, Cupel Cure, on promotion to that n
obtai
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