0, F. BOHWEIER,
Editor and Proprietor.
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L' XLV MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1891. NO. 29.
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IS INDIA'S SACRED CITY.
Xbe dturlianecB in BoDares, of
,uicu tho caMo bus recently brought
brief re, orts, liraw attention to one of
2,e oldest cities in the world and, in
the eves of millions of men, the most
aereil. Like urnst disorders in India
the basis of the present trouble is ro
unoiis, the moving cause lieiug thfl de
molition of a temple to make room for
5W water works.
Benares, the most anciont city in
In lw. lies ulioitt tour hundred miles in
i northwesterly direction from Cal
ntt, tlio most modern. There the
iiu(,'ts, s iere lest 01 an streams in me
stiinutiou nf 200,000,oK)of men, makes
i gentle curve, along the north side of j
h:ch sacred city stretches for more
dian throe miles, with au average
irni.itli of about one mile and a half,
ft'itlim that urea there is a population
if i!-"',""', mostly Hindus, who live a
jfctlmt nut only in its outward eon-,
litinris, hut in its thoughts and Is-liefs
Mil tlie aims and hopes that form it, is
Hi different from ours us the life of any j
iDople of whom the writer has any
inowle 'g-
Aud yet we are luoro closely related ,
x them than to any of the other great
rut's of men. There is no truth which ,
nodern research into the origin of na- '
lions has revealed moro clearly than
;hif, that our forefathers and theirs of
the great Aryan or 1 ndo-Europoon race .
)n! spoke the s mo language, were
governed by tlio s inin laws, observed j
jie same religions l ites, and had a com
nou home ou the bunks of the Oxus, in -Antral
Asia. I
The nmst trustworthy part of a conn-
Iry's history is often found written on (
Jio ruins of its cities. Much of tho j
nist of Italy is inscribed on the ruins of
II-.rue, nml so with India by do means .
i small part of its history may bo road i
n the remains of a remote Benares ,
'rum which the present city has drilled (
.wo or three miles southward in tho j
soarse of ugis. As tho commercial i
progress and political greatcess of
England are seen in tho wonderful
math and magnitude ot London, so
IVniiros, more than any o'hor city re-lex-tH
tlio India of the Hindu peoplo ;
ant, indeed, commercially or politicul
y, hut religiously and intellectually.
Id llciiiircs tlio Hindu faith and Hindu
jhilo-ophy Hnd patronage and protec
iin, snd there, probably, tho contest
letweeu these aud the new idoas whieh
Einjliahi dueatiou and the new life which
Christian missions are introducing will
Di-ranst severe and prolonged. What
Mecca is to the devout Mohumniodnn
tad all that Jerusalem ever was to the
;iious Jew, Itenares has been and still
if to ttie holy Hindu, lie adores tho
my dust of it, regards its stones as
iiu-reil, and cherishes no higher hope
than to ihish tho closing days of th'S
ife within its precincts, that he may
:1ms secure a passport to a higher and
Mu-pior luture state.
llemires is, nnd for many years has
been, kuuwn by two names ISenaros
hhI Kashi. The former may be regardod
m the civil name, used in common by
Hindus, Mohammedans, and Kurop
ms. Tho latter is the sacred name,
ase.l almost exclusively by Hindus
when they speak of the city as a place
31 pilprimago or in a religious connec
tion, lli-th names occur repeatedly in
llrithuiuinieid literature that dates at
ieast l"i0 yours before our era. All
uriters mi I'-u-l lhism or 'tho Law,"
i it in termed by its adherents, agree
:hat Saliva Muni, the founder and tho
nily real liistiiricid Jluddha, ou attaiu
I'Rto the state of I'-UililhrJiood, traveled
from the city of (iaya to JJcnares.
Tin re he spnke of the change that had
xime over him, and began to proclaim
the two leading principles of his relig
ion, namely, " Hlmrma," or righteous
ness, and " Nirvana," meaning literally
""thingness. Hakya Muni is believed
by tho lest aulhorities t- have entereit
3n his mispii-n -riS J!. C As IVuBros
a nndiuibtoilly a city of consi-li-rablo
popiihitinii and iiilluenco when ho fixed
ill-oil it as Ui must suitable place froai
Wh to promulgate his doctrines, it
Uiay safely be believed that it was
founded not l ib r than tlio seventh cen
tury l,ef,.ro flnist.
In many respects 15onares is different
'roni tho other great cities of India.
Ilelijjioc is its chief source of mainten-
ineenu.l (.-rent wkhIUi; without it, it
'"uMhim.ii sink intocomparutive insign
itinmec. To the Ciii'i.penn it seems one
ff the most uiidesiral.li! places in Indi.i
to live in, and, indeed, nearly all who
for ;my time are situated there dwell in
'suburb nearly a mile and a half fur
1'iir from the river than the city. For
Hindus J'.eimrcB lias a strong fncina
uori; they regard it as most beautiful
nd i,rtliy to 1 e loved. Tlio city is
chiefly t.iult of sandstone, and is a vast
"hyriiilli of loftv narrow streets and
aziuirs, int ,m;v ,,( wl,i,.h the rays of
the sun peiii tnite for only a few mo
riiiMits .f ,.B,.i .lay. The houses arc
-liii rly two stories high, some of three
"r '' iir, nnd B lew even higher. Their
outer walls are adorned, on a large
!'le, with paint ngs of trees, garrteua,
birds, bi-usis, fislu-s, snakes hunting
-ptHH. ro.Is, goddesses, aud all kinds
jf laytholii-ieid Miibjects. The paints
l-e-l consist of some very bright oolor
"i!? matter, whieh, notwithstanding
constant exposure to snn and rains.
Preserves it, freshness for many years.
' of fl painiina i,licat5 skill,
;nt most of them ignore both perspec--ve
and proportion, and lend a strange
""striking nppcara-ice to the houses
n whirl, tli.-y are seen. ?
About To p,.r eent. of tho peo: lo arc
la-lus, who are divided primarily into
lour (-rput rast,,s or cinasos called
ihnnns, or tho iiriestly caste; the
Irntris, or the milibtry casb; tho
Uisyus, ,,r the trailing caste, and Sild
ir tho servdo, !a' oring caste,
'ueso are po ulariy Is lieved to have
i'fnn respectively from the head, the
rW", the ,-liest, nnd ihe feet of Hrali-
. the supn ine, all. pervading f.pirit
ji".'!' V""" they return. Abut SKI.INI t
'he Hiiiilus of llenaresare ltrahmins.
' "iiapproachaliSe, so mysterious a
J8 "' nicn, or any that uresent such
to the student of hnmiio nature,
'not probably be found in U tho
'world. They all wnrr thA nn.dio
sacred cord, over the left shoulder and
nnder the right aim, and bear the
frontal marks, the color or shape of
wh eh in.be ites the deity to whom they
are especially devoted.
India is pre-eminently a land of pil
grimage. Benares, on account of its
reputed sancity and somewhat central
position, is tne most frequented spot
l'llgrims flock into the city at all seal
sous, but es ecially during the first and
last two months of the year. They
oome from the surrounding provinces
and from the most distant parts of the
1 -nd. There is no mistaking them, to:
their weary, toil-worn appearance and
anxions, yet hopeful expression as they
wendtheir way along the " I'uncti
Kobi, or any of the main- roads lead
ing into the oity, plainly indicate who
they are and what they seek.
In the intense heat of an Indian Sum
mer men have been known to prostrate
their persons en the dusty road and to
stretch out their arms to mark the
point on the road to which their lingers
reached. Covered from head to foot
with the dust of the road they rise and
repeat the process. For weeks, and in
some eases for months, even, the pil
grims repeat th's process as they meas
ure with their own persons the whole
of the way from their distant homes to
Benares. Some of these strange
jonrneys extend over hundreds of
miles. One of the saddest sights im
aginable is to behold an aged man, per
haps rich through dishonesty and ex
tortion, or adelu led devotee or a worn
out sensualist, from some remote prov
ince of India making desj erato ellorts
to progress on his way, fearing lest the
little strength left iu him should fail
ere his journey is endod and sntlicient
merit secured in tho sacred city to
counteract the consequences of an ill
spent life.
The writer has seen a middle-aged
man with his right arm stretched ont
aliove his head and never removed
from that position. When he began
tho pilgrim life, he made a vow to some
god or godd. ss that ho wonld thus
sacriQco his arm and (rive part of his
body for tho sin of his soul. The arm
was raised and by the power of that
strange vow and his indomitable will it
was forcibly kept in that position till
it became rigid, useless, and withered
in appearance like the dry, leulless
branch that it resembles.
Benares is truly a city of idolatry.
Temples and shrines, in all some l.DnO,
are seen in every street, alley, and
bazaar. Borne stand alone, others are
placed in a line or grouped around one
another, in order or no order. Tho
idols are of various materials stofic,
earth, wood, marble, iron, brass, silver,
gold of all sizes and shapes, diminu
tive and colossal, human, bestial, nat
ural, and unnatural. Most of thorn uro
grotesque, huge, badly formed, and in
decent. Many living creatures, such
as bulls, peacocks, monkeys, and ser
pents are seen in the temples and
houses; they are snperstitiously re
vered, if not reverently worshiped.
Although the temples in Benares are
numerous, they are, with scarcely an
exception, modern. Many of them
ore believed to bo on the sites of an
cient temples that have long since
passed away. I'robabiy not one of
them dates earlier than the Mohamme
dan invasion of India. The temples of
Benares and nearly of them in Northern
India aro small and unimposing when
compared with the grand and stately
temples of Southern India. The tem
ple of Bisheshmar, Lord of tho Uni
verse, known also as Mahadcv, is prob
ably tho largest, and certainly tho
most popular of all tho sacred city's
temples. It occupies one corner of a
large square, the greater portion of
which is an elevated platform. On one
side of it stands the principal mosque
of the city. It is built on tho site
and partly with the materials of the an
cient temple of Bishesmar, which was
destroyed by the order of Arnnszeb.
A high aud massivo wall surrounds the
temple, and in the midst of the quad
rangle is a raised platform with a roof,
above which are images in sandstone,
marble, and brass of varions gods and
goddesses, who form, as it were, the
conrt of Bisheshmar.
The India metal workers and thoso
of their cratt have their shops near the
gnto of the temple. Their idols can bo
bought according to weight, or work
manship, and not a little wrangling
may be heard ns the seller praises ind
the ln.iyt-r dispnrag s, the image of the
god that liolh of them worship. At all
hours of tho day, but specially from 5
A. M. to 12, crowds of worshipers
puss in and out of the totnplo. Kach
ono comes at the hour most convenient
for himself, as there is no appointed
time, and worships any or all of the
gods as he may please. Kach worship
er In this temple must of necessity
pay homage to Bisheshmar, the presid
mp deity.
Many women of middle life or .tged
aro to bo seen in the temple. Unlike
the nwa, they are decently clothed.
Bands of pilgrims who speak strange
tongues are conducted through the
temple by a paid guide, who directs
them in tho ceremonies that must be
performed, and insists upon the offer
ings that must be made to insure the
full spiritual lieneflt of a visit to the
sacred city. Men and women move
around confusedly, noisily muttering
prayers, proclaiming the names of
gods, conversing, orfeven quarreling.
A sacred bull or two may lie seen mov
ing around in the crowd, themselves
worshiped as gods, while, unconscious
of tho honors paid to them, they oat
the offerings made to other gods. Nine
iiclls are rung from tho roof of the
temple, so that each worshiper may
call th-j attention of the god himself.
Tho almost inccssaut ringing of these
bells is bewi'deving.
In the sain street and net far from
the temple of Bisheshmar is another,
tho temple ot Anspurna, the goddess of
plenty, erected about ;i70 years ago.
The temple stands on a raised plalfrom
built in the centre of a quadrangle, sur
rounded by high walls, on tho luuer
side of which are cloisters. A dome,
supported by pillars, and a small tower
are also parts of the templo. Elaborate
enrvings and fantastic paintings of
plants, Uowers, fruits, and birds are
seen in profusion. Taere are four
shrines. In one is an image of Clanesh,
tho god of wisdom in human shape,
but with the head of nu elephant Iu
another is Hannman, the monkey
god, who aided tho deified hero Bam
to conquer Kaiuan, tho demon king of
Ceylon, and to recover histjneen, Sita,
who had been carried off by him. The
third sLriue contains an image of
(latin, wife of Mabaden; the fourth an
imago of tho sun in a chariot drawn by
seven horses and surrounded by a glory
representing rays of light
Tho templo of tho goddess Purga is
at the Southern end of the city. Here
very many bloody sacrifices are offered.
Thnv have no connection, in the minds
of those who offer them, with sin or
the means of atoning for it The god
dess is supposed to delight in the did
eases and death of mankind. As she
tbirBta for blood, it is given to her. inj
th tint a II.., .u i. i , I
- i -"' duo u aj ou ni-peaseu anu
induced to spare tl e iifo of man, wo
man, or chilu whom sue had doomed to
death.
A colony of large tailless monkeys,
numbering many thousands and all re
garded as living gods anil goddesses is
connected with the templo. They wan
der around all over ihe neighborhood,
throngh the temple, and are seen in the
bazaars, upon the flat roofs of houses,
in the gardens, ami everywhere. Tho
visitors to the temple feed them libcral
riu.with STdia' frnit. and sweetmeats.
Ihe gardens and even the shops of the
open bazaars a- e often ruined by them.
If a European or a Mohammedan were
to kill one of tho monkeys it would
probably lead to a disturbance of the
peace of the city. A similar colony or,
rather, two such colonies of monkeys
are fonnd in the city of Muttm, a few
hundred miles north of Benares. The
two colonies are of one species and
seem to have divided the city between
them. The natives of SInttra are not
able to distinguish the monkeys of one
colony from those of the other when
they meet any of their simian fellow
citizens. Not so with the monkeys,
however, for if any member of one
colony venture to invade the territory
of the others, a desperate battle begins,
in which all the monkeys of the two
colonies engage.
One of the most interesting sights for
foreigners in BenareB is an observatory
erected about 170 years ago, and still
in a good ttaleot preservation. It was
built by the order of Java Singh, a
Bajputana chief, and rises high above
ono of the rtats or flights of stone steps
froii the rivor to the top of the cliff,
The instruments were also constructed
nnder the immediate guidance of Jaya
Singh. They are of vast size, built of
solid masonry, and covered with a fine
and durable plaster, which gave to the
surface of the instruments when new
the appearance of enamel One of tho
instruments is called "1'antraSamrat,"
or "prince of instruments." It con
sists of a wall 86 feet long, 4 1 feet
broad, exactly in the plane of the
meridian. The wall slopes from the
Sonthern end, where it is 6 feet 4J
inches high, np to the Northern end,
where it is 22 feet S inches high, and
points directly to the North pole. In
the centre of the wall are stone step?
to ascend to the top of it On the
eastern nnd western sides of this wall
there is a mural quadrant 5 feet 11
inches broad and 7J feet thick. Both
sides of each of the arcs are marked
with divisions of six degrees each, each
of which is subdivided into six equal
parts, and each 2 inches in breadth.
The radius of the lower edge of each of
the arcs is 9 feet 8J inches. By means
of this instrument the distance from
the mcridhtn and the declination of any
planet or star ami the sun and also the
right ascension of a star may lie known.
Benares contains several wells and
tanks, square or oblong iu shape. Ench
of the four sides is bounded by flights
of stone steps along the whole length.
All ihcirt wells are regarded as Facred.
't here are several, such as the Well of
Fate, the Well of Virtue, aud the Well
of Serpent?, Ac. The Manikarnika
Well, or Well i f the Ear Jewel, is the
most wonderful. It consists of a large
oblong excavation, the four sides of
whieh are flights of stone steps loading
down twenty-five or thirty feet to the
water of a well. On the North side of
the steps is an image of the god Vishnu,
and close to the water on the west sido
are sixteen small altars, all in a row,
ou w hich pilgrims and others place of
ferings to their ancestors. The well
contains only a few feet of water, ex
cept in the rainy season; on account of
the constant use of it by thousands it
i exceedingly foul. All pilgrims on
their annual visit to Benares inquire
anxiously for this well. They believo
that by plunging beneath its filthty
waters all their sins, however heinous,
will undoubtedly In) washed away.
There is no place in Benares or in
India, I supjiose, held in such super
stitious reverence as this welL The
legend regarding ita origin is so silly
that it is hard to believe how it could
havo been written in earnest It is
known from the legend given in the
Kashi Khauda, a Sanskrit book, that
the god Vishnu dug the well with lus
discus, and instead of water filled
it with the perspiration from his own
body. He then went to the north
side aud begnn to practice austerities.
In the meantime the god Mahades ar
rived, and, looking into tho well, saw
in it' the beauty of a hundred millions
of suns, and was so enraptured that he
at once broke out into loud praises of
Vishnu. In his joy Mahades declared J
that whatever gift he might ask ol mm
he would grant. Pleased at the offer,
Vishnu replied that his request was that
Mahades should always reside with
him. Mahades hearing this was great
ly flattered, and his body shook w th
delight. From tho violeuce of tho n o
liou an oar-ring fell from his car :iiic
the welL From this circumstance
Ma'.adcs gavo it the name of Manikar
nika Keep-Well of the Ear Jewel.
GLEANINGS AT HOME AND
ABKOAD.
Ar Milan a bilingual inscription
iu Etruscan and ljalin has been found
on a terracotta amphora. According
to Professor Luttes, the Etruscan eon
tains tho name of tho measure, ex.
pressed by a word taken from th
Greek, tri'metr for trimrtron: the Latin
hears the cipher 75 1-2, indicating the
contents in pounds.
Tun cultivation of tobacco in British
North Borneo is rapidly increasing.
The output for last year was a million
aud a half pounds.
Fbkxch parent possessing seven oi
more children have certain exemption
.'ram taxation. In France there ar
150,000 families so exemuted.
A rti-dt ot sea bottom, currents,
temperature, and life of the Adriatic
sea shows that thoro is a vast growth of
marine algie at the depth of two thou
sand meters.
Tuk announcement is made that the
soda lakes of Natrona connty, at Cas
per, Wyo. , have been sold to an Eng
lish syndicate for the sum of $2,000, 900.
These lakes form circular basins wner
sulphate of soda has filled in to a depta
of twenty feet of solid soda.
It is reported that a French invent,
is msti'ifneturing paper from hop vines.
Thk tuouoy gilts to Vate College lart
year exsoeded $1,K0,000.
rn.. nn.mlin.lKntnf the Itnltiiiiora
Training School for Nurses, Miss Lou- I
isa Paysons, studied her profession in
London with Florence Nightingale, and !
was a nnrse with the Egyptian cxpedi- ,
tion. The Queen bestowed upon her j
the royal rod cross.
orxo ladies who lace themselves too
tightly when, dressing for dinner, ev
dently prefer grace before meat. j
Jobc'4 Mother. I
There was a timid knock at the dooi
of the country printing office of the
"Weekly Palladium." After the usual
"come in'' there entered a faded and
bent old lady, whose dress immediately
proclaimed her as a resident of the far
back townships. She had a frightened,
bewildered look, and her bointiazinc
dress was dusty and wrinkled with the
long ride she had taken over the Kan
sas prairies iu her trip to the county
scut.
I regretted having called out to
roughly, and aMiogi.ed. She did not
notice my apology, but asked in a
trembling voice:
"Is this the printin' office?"
"Yes," I replied. "What can I do
for you ?'
"I saw ye didn't have nothin' about
John in the paper."
1 did not know John from Adam,
and was aloud to tell her so, but was
glad a moment after I did not.
"1 told the undertaker," she wont
on, "ter we that the paper knew alnuit
it, but I sMse he didn't."
"No one ever told ine, I am sure."
"Ye see, we live out in Cheever
township, an' ye prob'ly didn't hear of
John's dyin'. I looked for it in the
paper, but didn't see nothin'."
"I am sorry, but if you will give me
the facts I'll see that it goes in next
wi-ek," was the only reply that I could
make.
"John was an awful good boy," she
began, "lie was good ter mo, an'
'hat's what counts. When we came
West we had kinder poor luck. My
aiisbaiid died an' the other boys left
Ine, an' with the debts on the claim
an' no money ahead I don't know w hat
I'd a done 'eejit for John. He worked
night an' day, pliuighiti' and plautiii'
an' sow in'. He never had a harsh
Word for bis mother never."
Sin stoipd to wipe her eyes, and I
found it convenient to look in auolliei
direction.
She continued : "He was 25 years
old, but he lis iked ten more he work
ed too hard. I guess it killed him, but
I didn't know he was overdoin'. He
never complained. He wasn't siek
long just a few days. I done all I
could. I'd have given my life for
John if the Lord l have let it be that
way. You don't know how lonesome
the claim is now. Jest ine alone iu
the sod cabin; I can't die, an' its only
sorrow to live. 1 had John buried on
the prairie so I could go to him: I'll
go to him for good pretty soon, 1
hope."
She sobbed a little nnd then recover
ed siitlieientlv to give ine the full name,
age, Ac, of the dead youth, after
which, her errand accomplished, she
left me to ride home across the prairies
to the lonely cabin.
If I did not give John a suitable
death notice the next week, if I did
not feelingly portray the uiisellKli
heriosiu of the boy whose world was
bis mot her and whoso ambition was to
aid her iu her necessities, it was not be
cause I did not try. I hope I succeed
ed in bringing a little comfort to the
heart of John's mother, who may be
yet wailing to join the noble son buried
liem-ath the carpet of sod stretching
away from her door. IMroit Free
Press.
Hundreds of liliml Horses.
The Woman's Humane Sieielv has
received the following letter from a
young man of St. I-iiis, now visiting
Europe: " Standing on I guidon
bridge yesterday afternoon I made a
calculation of the ell'ei ls of blinders on
horses. I look 2M horses as they passed,
making my selection at random, and I
assure you the result was astonishing,
if not appalling. The figures I obtained
were as follows: Horses with both
eyes closed, eighteen ; horses with one
eye closed, fifty-four; with lxith
ryes partially closed, H'S; with eyes
uiililindeil, twenty. When I speak of
eyes being closed, I mean that the
blinders either curve round in front of
the eyes so that the horse cannot see or
are pressed against the eyes.
Of recent years the front curving
blinder has come largely into use. A
horse sees out of his eyes, not iu front
like a human Is-iug, but from the side,
and when a screen is placed along the
si!; of his eye he is more or less
deprived of his sight. In a crowded
city where people are constantly ls-ing
run down it is an outrage that such a
system is tolerated. I-t a horse see
where he is going and be will try to
avoid stepping on a person. Anyone
who knows how horses on a biittletield
will avoid Ixidics will not duspulc
tliis.
A School of lb-t il Fish.
Old ocean pilots and sea-going peo
ple who watched the school of devil lish
that played about the pilot boats and
the tug Cynthia before Ihe boals got
ot' in a recent regatta al Charleston, S.
('., say that such a sight is rare in the
life of a mariner. They played alum!
the craft for fully half an hour, ami
were principally young devil fish from
four feet long to six feet, nnd they
lisik like great bats. Some of tlieiil
had shed their tails, while others had
caudal appendages fully a yard iu
length. As many as twenty of these
hideous looking marine curiosilies
were mi ll at one lime, and one was
shot by one of the crew of Ihe Neeo,
and after lashing the waters of the
Kuinit it sank out of sight.
A Youth Marries an Old Woniiin.
A curious wedding has just taken
place at I-od.. A young man, is years
of age and of good position, for some
unaccountable reason married a poor
widow with a numerous family. The
"blushing" bride is in her 74th year!
The "happy" bridegroom has u.vjv
eleven stepsons and daughters, the old
est of whom is 6:1; lie-ides Iwenty
llnee grandchildren and I wenl v-lliri c
great-grandchildren and all that at
18. Pestli (Hungary) Zeiluii.
It is reported that a French inventor
is manufacturing paper from hop vines.
Tun money gitts to fate College last
year exceeded $1,150,000.
Thb Snjienntcndent of the Baltimore
Training School for Nurses, Miss Ln
isa Paysons, studied her profession in
Pinion with Florence Nightingale, and
was nnrse with tho Egyptian expedi
tion. The Queen bestowed npoS her
the royal red cross.
Yocno ladies who lace themselves too
tightly when dressing for dinner, evi
dently prefer grace before meat
AFTER DEATH IN ARABIA.
He madr lift and Ilt tak'M it w tnttead
Uivei more: prats- f'-e Jiestorer. Al-Ma-hid'
Hp who tiled at Azan gentl
1 till to Comfort faillilul friends.
r.ftbful frleniln! it lies, I know,
Pale and while ami cold as snonri
Ami ye sav, "Alslnllali's iloail!"
Weeplnn at my fw-t and head;
1 ean see your fulling tear,
I can hear your erles anil tirayera;
Vet I niinle. ami wlnHM-r tills
"1 am not that thine ' loss;
Cease your tears, and let It lie;
It tea mine, It Is not I."
Sweet friends! what Ihe women lave.
For Its Ixst lie-l In the crave.
Is a tent wlileh I am quitting.
Is a garment no more tlttuii;.
Is acaK from which, at last,
.ike a hawk my soul hatli passed,
.ove the inmate, not tho room;
The wearer, not the garh; the plume
Of the falcon, not the bum
Whieh kept hi in tr-in Ihe splendid start.
l.ovlng friends 1 he wise, and dry
f-traii;htwav everv wpt.iiiK eye;
What ye lift upon the bier
la not worth a wistful tear.
'TIs an empty sea-shell, one
Out of which the pearl :s irone;
'I he shell is broken. It lies there j
The pearl, the all, the soul, is here.
"I Is an earlhen Jar whose lid
Allah sealeil. the while it hid
That treasure of His treasury,
A niinil whieh love-l 1 1 1 n ; let it Me!
I.et the shai il he earth's once more,
Since the p'lil shines In Ills store I
Allah Mii'hhl, Allah most Roodl
Now 1 hy Krace is iindi-rsUMH ;
how mv heart no longer wonders
w hat Al-liarsakh Is, which sunders.
T.lfe from death, and death (rom Heaven
Tior the -Tar.idis-'s Seven"
Whieh the hapi-y ilead Inherit:
Nor those --bints" whieh hear earn spirit
Towards the Throne, "green bird' and white,'
jltadiaiit. glorious, swilt their tlightl
Now ihe long, long darkness euds.
Yel ye wail, my fisiltsh friends.
While ihe itniii whom ye call "dead"
1 ii unbroken bliss instead
Lives, and h.ves you : lost, 'tis true
i'.y any Imhl wb eh shines for you;
ut in light ve cannot see
t! Illllllllllled felieity,
.Ami enlarging I'aradise,
Lives the life that never dies.
Farewell, friends! Yet not farewell
"eVhere I am, ye too shall dwell.
J am gone before your luce
'A heart l-eat's tune, a grey ant'- pace.
When ye eome where f have stepped,
"Ye will ma! vel why ye wept ;
A'e will know, by true lo-e taught.
I hat here is all, anil there is uaught.
W eep aw hile, if ye are fain,
t-iiiislniie still must billow rain!
Only not at death, for death
r-ow I see is that tlrst breath
Whieh our souls draw when ne enter
Life, that is of all life centre.
.Know ve Allah's law Is love,
lewed fiinii Allah's '1 hrone above:
J'.e e II nil of ti list, and eome
'ailliful onward to your hornet
.ii A iii ilia AUuhl Yea,
Mu hidl llesiorerl Sovereign!" sayl
Jfe wnt dferi at Aran fjave
Whig to iitse that made his grave,
EnwiN Ahsoi-O.
Cf. Koran XXIII, chapter "Of Believers."
THE PRINCE OF ItAINCOW
LAND.
JULIA M. roTT.
Ono warm summer afternoon Ethel
lay iu a hammock nnder an old apple
tree playing with a rrism. Suddenly
a low, rumbling sound in the far west
caused her to sit up, and look in that
directiou. "There will lie a shower "
she thought, "but as it is at a distance
1 can lie here and watch it." Presently
she saw tho ra n falling in slanting
lines across the sky, while at times tho
lightning was so vivid she was obliged
to cover her eyes.
But tho storm wan not to be a long
ono, and soon the clouds Ix-gau to
break, the sun shone forth again, and
a iM-nulifiil double rainbow appeared
liefore the delighted eyes of the little
maid.
"Oh! bow lovelyl" she exclaimed,
?:azing at it wonderingly. "But it is
uding slowly now!" and she continued
to watch, till ono by ono the glowing
colors paled in the sky. As the last
faint streak disappeared, a small cloud
seemed to flout along the heavens and
como neater and nearer, descending
slowly, until to her great astonishment
she caw it was a large bubble, clear as
crystal, which soon alighted at her feet
while within it she saw a most peculiar
little man. A thrill ran throngh Ethel
as this strange lieing arose aud step
ping from his airy car approached
her.
(In his head he wore a red helmet,
from which waved a pin mo of seven
feat hois, red, orange, green, yellow,
blue, indigo, and violet His short
jacket was of red, with yellow trim
mings; his tro .sera of orange, striped
with blue, and fastened at tho knees by
huge rosettes of purple and green ; his
shoes of pale violet leather running
into a sharp point at the toes, and tied
at the ankles by silken strings. Court
eously ibis little man doffed his helmet,
aud thus Is-gan the conversation.
"Hear child," he said, "I am the
Prince of Bainlow-Land, and have
come to ask your aid; for you are what
I have long sought, namely, a maiden
who owns a prism.''
"Yes, 1 have one " said Ethel, sur
prised, and holding up the triangular
piece of crystal which had fallen from
her mamma's old-fashioned candelabra.
"But how can I and this bit of glass
help a prince like you ?"
"I will tell you," replied the little
man. "Although I rule in seven beau
tiful kingdoms of Sky hind and have the
fairest queen ever seen, I am very sor
rowful; for onr cruel master, the Sun,
has snatched away from us our only
son. Crystal."
"Why was that ?" asked Ethel sym
pathiiugly. "Keeiiuse, after giving thousands of
my choicest gems t be blended into
old Sol's sunrises and sunsets, I ven
tured to suggest that he occasionally
give me a chance to exhibit the I eau
ties of my kiugdom; for unless he
deigns to illuminate my lands, my bow
is never seen. Bis anger knew no
bounds, and in his rage he carried off
ray princely boy and bound him in
chains. I begged and pleaded, bnt
this is the only answer he returned:
Your son shall never he released until
you can find an earth-born maiden
who, with a prism in her hand, will be
brave enough to encounter the dangers
of the heavens nnd gaze steadily, with
out duelling, into my burning eyes.
Then, and only then, shall Prince Crys
tal be free.' Little girl, will yon dare
all this for me? First you must visit
my kingdom in order to receive the
badge ut admission to the Sun-King's
rialacu. Then journey onward. Hor
rible monsters will meet you on the
way, who will seek to frighten and de
stroy you, but fear not, one wave cf
your prism will over-power them by its
brilliancy and make them cover in
blind dismay. When all is accom
plished you shall return safely to earth,
provided yonr eyes are kept closed,
during the ascent and descent."
"Yes, of course I will go," cried
v.thel touched by the wee creature's
frief and feeling as though she was in
t'ie midst of a fairy-story. "At once
will 1 go, and test the powers of my lit
tle prism. If it will work such won
ders 4i yon say, why need I fear."
And bandaging her eyes with her hsnd
kerchief, she stepi ed with the Prince
into the buhVe, which slowly lie gnu to
rise as the tiuy men crooned this magic
spoil
Trvsfalline bubble. I bid thee arise.
And slowly as end in the bright summer skies;
Now over and under the rloiiillels dip
Sle--r thy course rightly. O beautiful ship!
I'arry us safelv. I bid thee to-day.
To the laud of the Kaiubow. far away..
The air wan a sweet one, and Ethel
sat listening, entranced, think inir
"Oh, what a wonderfnl story I shall
have to tell when I get home again!"
The motion of the bubble made her at
first a little faint and dizzy, bnt she
soon became acenstomed tt it, and did
not mind it so much, although she gave
a sigh of relief when it presently came
to a standstill.
"Welcome to Rainbow-Land," paid
the Pru oe, as he pulled off her bandage
and helped her out of the strange csrJ
riage. Taking her by the band, he led
the bewildered girl to his seven sided
pslaae at the end of the arcido to
which a royal staircase of polished glass
led up; and the roof of which was sup
ported by seven wonderful pillars, the
first of rubies, the second emeralds,
and the third, sapphires, the fourth
displaying the deep orange of the sar
donyx, contrasting vividly with the
fifth column of purple amethyst the
sixth of dull topaz and the seventh of
pale blue turquoise.
"When thrt sun comes ont after a
shower," explained the Prince, '-the
reflection from these pillars causes the
rainbow you so much admire. Bnt
here comes my wife to welcome you."
A sweet-faced princess clad in white
and diamond-crowned received Ethel
most cordially, and sitting beside her
on a throne of fleecy clouds sent a ser
vant to bring wine of rubies and oake
of powdered pearls for her refresh
ment Then after a short visit to the
rich mines where she saw hundreds of
dwarfs digging, cutting and polishing
the precious stones she said r' e would
start at once upon her perilous journey
the home ot the powerful un-King.
The Prince looked sad but boivoful,
and fastening the badge he hail prom
ised, a star, brilliant with seven sub
lime jewels, upon her breast, led her to
the extreme verge of his possessions
and, pointing to a white line in the
sky, said: "There is the road you first
must take. I may not tell you more:
but nse your prism well, and should
you bring our darling back, we are
your slaves forever." Half dismayed
Ethel gazed at the pathway before her,
which seemed naught but a bank of
clouds. Wonld they bear her weight?
She gathered up her courage, glanced
at her prism and then made a des
perate leap, landing in a fluffy mass
as soft as a feather bed, and apparently
as substantial. "Ah I this is quite
sport!" she cried aloud in her delight-,
and then went gently on, springing
from cloud to cloud until night came
on and the moon and the stars ap
peared in tho heavens. Now, however,
the cloud on which she was standing
began to shrink, while there was no
o'her very near. "What shall I do
now?" she thought, aud then, glancing
at the prism read there engraved:
"Swing yonrsolf along from star to
star;' which advice she tremblingly
hastened to oliey. Fortunately, the
heavenly bodies were near together,
but the points were sharp an I her
hands were badly lacerated. Suddenly,
a low growl broke the stillness, and a
huge black form with two glaring red
eyes rose before her, making her feel
sure she was in the quarters of the
Great Bear.
"Pear Ursa Major," she said timidly,
"please don't bite me for 1 am only a
little girl going to see the Sun.
"Ha, ha! that is a likely storyl"
growled the Bear. 'No mortal has
ever ventured this way before. Let
you pass, iu.leod! No, I shall devour
you on the spot," and ho made a wild
plunge forward to treat her to a deadly
embrace.
Kthel was badly frightened, bnt,
freeing ono baud, sho shook her prism
bravely in his face, when startled by
the flashing of this strange weapon,
and bewildered by its many colors, the
cowardly animal shrank back and hid
himself from sight.
"Well!" thought the child, "my
prism certainly helped me that time,
and 1 will trv to conquer the other
monsters of the sky." And resolutely
she continued her journey.
A loud aud furions roar next set her
heart beating violently, and, looking
liefore her she saw Taurus, the Bull,
with head bent down rushing madly
nKin her. "I will toss yon on my
horns'" "I will tear yon to pieces!" he
bellowed loudly. But she courageous
ly awaited his approach, and then
knocking her prism into its eye, the
animal with a terrific cry of pain rushed
up the other way.
"Oh! I lioi-e I shall meet no more
such creatures!" cried Ethel aloud, as
she still swung onward from star to
star, bnt while stopping for a few mo
menta at one of the constellations to
rest her weary limbs, she suddenly felt
herself snrronnded by long and squirm
ing claws, which seemed slowly but
surely drawing her away from ber
grasp on the star. She made a des-l-erate
struggle, however, and managed
to strike with her magic charm one of
those terrible arms, when they all re
laxed so suddenly that she nearly lost
her balance, and was so frightened that
she only clung stupidly for some time,
gazing with horror at the Giant Crab
creeping away in the distance. When
she again ventured onward, to her
great delight the clouds began to
brighten and flush in the East, the
stars liehiud them faded, and the
rounded, goldon-hued castle of the Sun
met her ey es.
Massive gates with red-hot bolts and
bars prevented her entrance, and the
heat and the smoke arising trom them
were so stifling she could scarcely
breathe. Bnt as she touched the por
tals with her powerful weai-on they
slowly opened with a grating, hissing
sound, growing less and leas red, till
finally they turned cold and black.
Rubbing her prism over her face,
neck, arms and clothing she felt re
lieved to find a coider air played
aronnd her, and bo resolutely poshed
forward.
Presently she observed a group of
grotesque goblins engaged in a game
of ninepins, using enormous balls of
fire, which they rolled down an alley
of glowing cinders. And now a sud
den increase of light and hi at made her
aware she was in the presence of the
King himself. He was reclining uku
bed of live coals, and on his head
rested a pointed crown of flame. His
eyes were like two dianonds, so won
derlully brilliant that the child was
forced to look down that the might not
meet their blinding radiance.
"Ha!" cried he, as. he beheld her,
"What creature ventures here? Speak
ere 1 scorch you to death?"
Bravely Ethel stepped forward, and
pointed to the star upon her shoulder.
"I eome from the Rainbow Kingdom,
sire," she s nd, "but 1 am a mortal
child and here upon yd r own condi
tions to free an niifortuoate iirisoner.
Where may he lie?"
"There! hissed the King burning
with aner. A very disagreeable fel
low he has been, too, for I e will not
enjoy our climate, and grumbles all the
time!"
"No wouder!' thonght Ethel, as she
looked at the poor fellow clia no 1 to a
stake, his face pinched aud drawn, his
lips shriveled, aud his skin scorched.
But to be his deliverer." continued
the Sun King, "you must be able to
gaze steadily into my eyes without
shrinking or moving so much ns au
eyelid." Aud lot laughed a taunting
laugh which made Ethel tremble all
over, while she hesibited considerably,
for to look into those dazzling orbs
would be blindness for ever He
saw her timidity and laughed again!
This aroused her at once, and raising
ber prism she held it liefore her eyes
and his, and found to ber thankful sur
prise her simple pu ce of glass had so
s- if ten a. I ami chionro.1 his Hturimv o-tm-A
that she was only lookiug at a circle of
: beautiful colors.
"You have stood the test!" at last he
said, sulkily. "Go, free the miserable
wretch, and depart at once!''
Gladly Ethel sprang to the side of tho
poor victim, and his chaius fell from
him as she did so.
"Come!" said he, "run! ran for our
lives! The King is repenting his act
even now. See! he is leaving his
throne! he will destroy ns! Hurry I
hnrry I"
And away they both sped just in time
to escape a huge fire ball, which tho
Snn Monarch in his rage had hurled
after them.
Jnstonthe outskirts of the Sou's
kingdom, they found the bubble await
ing them. Most gladly they entered it
nd were soon watted safely to Uainliow
Land. Here all the good little people
of Ilia It il. .v. I. .ii. W..P.1 u.u.imlilAil 4.-k
ceive their yonng Master Crystal aud
express their gratitude to l.thel.
How they all crowded aronnd to hear
her adventures, whilo the Prince and
Princess thanked her again and again
with ttars in their brilliant eyes, and
offerings of tho richest gems in their
hands.
But Ethel was tired aud longed to
return to her own home, so soon Viado
her Raiubow folk "farewell," and start
ed on her downward way, tho Prince
calling after her:
"Be sure aud keep your eyes tight
shut nutil the eartli is reached," aud
41..... 1 : - . .... a. i .
I ueu, i-eiuiuu- mo sweet low cuaui.
tuai cuuseii me iiuoi ie v uesccmi:
"Itiititile of lii-auty down you must go.
To the noise mid the life of tho world below,
Take thou this miii ten, so gentle and fair.
Carry her safely through the soft summer
Ir,
Perils for lis ahe has l rne to day,
And gralef ul ulTeetion she carries away.
Sweetly the tinkling of each fairy bell.
Will chime in tho distuueeour lovinur fare
well." Now Ethel fnlly intended to olieythe
Prince's injunction, and not even tako
one peep to see where she was going,
bnt having neglected to baudago her
eyes she, lulled by her pleasant
thoughts, fie got what she had been
told, and all ut once tho brown orbs in
voluntarily flashed open. She caught a
glimpse of blue above, and green be
low, aud then, with a loud report tlio
bubble burst, ami s'io found herself
fa ling through space until suddenly
her head struck the ground, sho gavo
loud scream and knew no moro.
"Mercy, child, you have fallen out
of the 1 ammock!" cried I'.tlu l's mother,
running from tho piazza to lift her lit
tle daughter, who was lying ou the
grass, but who looked np with a dazed
smile to say:
"Why, Mamma, the bubble burst and
I drop. ed dewu from the sky."
"No wonder you think so dear, for
yon had a hard bump, aud there is a
lump on yonr forehead as largo as a
robin's egg."
"Is there? Well I do not care,
since I have rescued Prince Crys
tal." "Really, tho child bilks quit.) wild,
sho must, have been dreaming or else
the blow must have affected her
brain!"
And greatly to Ethel's disgnst sho
was obliged to lie ou the sofa nnlil tea
time, with ice bonnd about her head,
while whenever she mentioned tho
wonderful a I ventures lnr mother looked
Worried and bilked of sending for the
doctor. So at length the little girl
wisely conclude 1 to keep her journey
through the sky a secret to think over
by herself, but wheuever after she saw
the bow of iiromise i-rehmg the B.uro
heavens, she thought of the pillars of
the seven-sided palace and the gall Hit
little Prince of l'.aiul.-ow-Land.
New Styles In Hogs.
Just as there is iu bonnets. Now
nothing is so scorned as Spilz or Ihe
pug. The huge in.islill'. the lililldo,
the bull terrier or Ihe fox terrier are a
la mode. The little Blenheim has a
certain cachet beeaiise the I'niled States
is, in a roundabout way, comieeted
with the Marlborough family. Tin:
bulldog, when' at all amenable to the
wiles of womanhood, is penile and
very affectionate, although it looks so
wicked. Put of the entire procession
of small dogs the fox terrier undoubt
edly, inelaphoi ii aliy anil really lakes
the eakc. His I -oily should In' entirely
while and only one-half his f:iv and
ears should be marked ; his tail should
be bitten off just after his birth, and in
lime a few hairs grow on the end of it
that are plumy in cU'ecf.
It is at home that the fox-terrier is
seen at his best. He adores children
ami s'mioIs of thread ; he endeavors to
swallow a bonnet pin with the same
case that he docs a i hi-ken bone. lie
has rooted likes and dislikes, and hi:
knows when he is Is-iiig spoken lo
w del her his name is mentioned or not,
just as well as he knows the ililli lein i;
between ginger ale and champagne.
He is not a greedy ilo, but he is a
dainty one. He sympathizes with you
in your woe by a series of most exub
erant kisses, ami when you are glad
about anything be dam-es alsuit you
wildly, expressing his great, glee at
your joy. He will let a small child
tear him to pieces, will walk on two
legs or on his ear to eoneiliale the baby,
but from a grown mi-soii -MTinits no
contemptuous trilling, even with his
tail. His memory is good, lie never
forgets a friend or foe, and he has a
fine set of teeth with which to revenge
himself.
The Pope has decided to present his
statue in marble to the St. Mary's
Church io Hanover. It is to le placed
over the tomb of Or. Ludwig Wind
horst. A woman is seldom prosaic until she
is some man's mother-in-law
m
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Xatural gas has been discovered at
I'leasanton, Cal.
Australia is now shipping egs U
the Butish niaiket
A 21-story building of steel is being
planned Tor In Chicago.
Wagner's operas had Ml perform
ances in Germany during 1S0O.
The eschseh'iltzia has been Adopted
as the State flower of California.
True bony teeth are peculiar to
animals which have backbones.
A new motor, utilizing ordinary
gas as well as petroleum, is announced..
A hitherto neglected source o
wealth to Miunesoia is the flax and
hemp crops.
tfciron lie Rothschild has a collect
Ion of postage stamjis that is valued at
1 10, 0H0.
All noithern and central Alaska h
eminently adapted to the raising ol
reindeer.
Since 1S71 the Congregational
churches in rncland have increased
from 3009 to 47.50.
A large amount of railroad building
In West Virginia IspromUed during thr'
next six months.
The area of South America is near
ly 7,010,000 square miles, and the popu
lation about U'.i.ihmi ono.
A farmer near Mooresville, Ind.J
has a six-legged calf. It uses all 1W
'egs In walking.
There are nearly 1500 more female
than male teachers In the.Mis.40url com
mon schools.
In New York city thsy have ansd
ciationsof men w ho do not drink dur
ing business hours.
Prussia hasou'y lOOJciMzpns whosi
annual income exvee.ls $'25 noO. and
12,5'Jl whose Income exceeds f'SKKi.
Queen Marguei ite, of Italy has or
dered that 'Joo soup t:ckets redistribut
ed daily in ber name to the poor lii
Koine.
London's street hoc dents from fast
driving have caused the suggestion that
uo driver be allowed under IS years of
ge.
The foreign trade of China during
1S0O, deqilte the great decline in opiuul
and tea, shows a slight increase over the
previous year.
I'luial marriages were forbidden"
among Mormons iu future by a decree1
of the President of the Moriuon Church,
published October C, lS'.M.
There are nearly 5noo dialects and
;hm languages. The Bible, or New
Testament, is published in 250 languag
es. A tell-tale clock in connection with
the Loud on- Paris telephone keeps the
record of seconds while the patroi
Utlks.
The citizens of Athens, Ga., be)
eech their council to p.iss an ordinance
t.ir the muzliiig of cats. The animals
ire too noisy o' nights.
A plow that was lost iu the Cheboy
gan River, Michigan, by the ujisettlna
of a caiii e more than four years ago
was fished up recently.
Recent development in chemical
science promote belief in the existence
of elementary forms of matter not yet
actually observed.
A new railway appliance enables
the conductor lo signal to the engineer
accurately and promptly by means ol
compressed air. It Is a trigger device.
In France succeisful experiments
have U'eu uuule with sulphate of iron
and with sulphate of copier, lime, and
water as a spray in preventing potato
disease.
A Llmogps firm has Introduced a
new process of firing porcclian by mean
of petroleum or residuum oils, whicU
give a very pure heat without smoke ot
fumes.
By anew device, pieces of metal
i;an lie .stamped with greater rapidity
by being lirst rendered plastic by an
electric current just before the stoke of
the dies.
The erosion of big guns Is thought
to be largely due to igniting- slow-hunt-lug
powder at the base of the charge,
whereby the bore receives a tritionfroiu
the hard unburn! portions of the pow
ler.
The manufacture of st.'ich from arrow-root
is a new a id tlnivli g !n lustrj
in Florida. The law material is found
in abundance In Hade County.
A nativeof Syria who is now in New
Yolk has invented a pus-ess for manu
facturing silk trom ihe leaves tndtwlg.
of the niulht-riy tree without the aid c'
silk worm.'.
An Irisli-Aineiicnii in Newaik, N.
J. , was let off from puuis'iment in court
recently for thrashing a foreigner who
disputed his as-or lion that the United
Mutes was the best country ou earth.
The Island of Hawaii, the largest
in the Sandwich group. Is constantly
increasing in size, owing to the ever
flowiiig streams of lava, which run
out to the sea and flow over and make
the shores cf t.ie island overhang the
main stem of the formation.
Professor Lewis Boss rea l a paper
recently in Washington I). C, before
the National Aoulemy of Sciences, In
which he said that the average Sieed of
the stars through space is twenty-eight
miles a second, while that ot our sun Is
alxiut twenty-live miles a second.
Johns Hopkins University, of
Baltimore, Md., is about to re-establish,
its marine liihoratory in the West Iu-
, tlie. It had heretofore been a valuably
aid In the teaching of science. The Un
iveisity of Pennsylvania is about oien
iug a marine laboiatory at Sea Isle
City.
j Women are said to be vei-y easy
' subjects for hypnot sin, especially those
past for'y yeais of ae. Little women
a-1 1 1 1 black eyes, abundant black hair,
and their eyebrows, are more favorable
ul-jecls than pale or lymi hatie ones,
and nervous women a re seldom brought
under the hypnotic ii.tluenee.
Tne most elulmrate dental apparatus
known tietongsto the sea-urchin, whose
j.iws are coiiiosed of foity pieces, tuov
ed by forty separate inun !.
Professor Barnard has brought ont
An Ingeniout device for discovering
cornels, based upon the pilncip'.e of
the selenium cell.
A Newcastle Inventor lias applieo
for a patent to construct cycle wheel
aithout spokea, using Instead two
li-ks of very thin steel rlvct?d W-getLtr
tt the rims and axle holes.
i Internal revenue receipts in the
Northwest show that the production
f oleomargarine is raiilly gaining
upon that of butter. - 7
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