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Tim llellgloii of Vlilnn.
Buddhism 1h tho principal religious
f.ilth of lliu ChlncHo. Long as this
religion has existed, it Ih little under
stood by Americans. Its rounder,
Huddhn. wan horn fiJ3 years before the
Olirlatlan era. HIh theory of deity
embraced n trinity, known iib the
Thrco PrccloiiB Ones. The moral coilo
of thu religion contains ton prohlbl
tlfltlH kllltiiK. stonjlng, lyliiR. selling
wine, charging Interest on loans,
sponklng fnlBfl of otherH, Belf-pralso
nnd back-bltlug, parsimony und Hcof
lln, uncorrected anger und reviling
(ho Throo Precious Ones.
The Huddhbt church In Thibet 1i:ih
Its pope, ILk cardinals, lta bishops,
priests nnd nuna, exactly nB haa the
llonfnn Catholic church. And more,
It haw infant baptism, confirmation,
cundlcH, sacred water and processions.
The teachings of Iluddlm wero re
duced to writing 93 U. C. The entire
canon of the faith was compiled In
A. D. 400. In this Iliiddha Is described
us coming from heaven, being born of
virgin, welcomed by angels, re
solved by an old saint, presented In n
temple, bnptlzed with water und later
by lire. Ho Is described us astonish
Ing the doctors with his understand
ing, wna Inter led into u wilderness,
where he was tempted by the devil,
and thereafter ho went about doing
wonders nnd preaching. Ho was u
friend to the poor.
It seems doubtful when Huddblsm
w.ih Introduced Into China. It Is re
corded, however, that In tho year 03
. I), tho emperor, Hnn-Mlng-TI, had
a vision wherein ho saw u great gold
im Imngo around whoso head was n
halo, and It was believed It mount
truth. Tho emperor's brother, Prluco
Thu, having heard of Buddhism from
I'udln, said the vision was nothing but
tho great Huddhn. A mission wns sent
forth, which returuod after some years,
bringing back a wooden Image, n
counterpart of tho golden ono, one
book und u Hindu priest.
Tho great temple nt Pekln, cnlled
tlio YuiiB-Ho-Kung. or tho Lumn
temple, la n Mongol nuddhlst monns
tory, In which thoro nro some 1,200
acting priests. Hero the dogmns of
Buddhism nro taught under tho con
trol of a CJngan, or living Huddhn.
Tho studies comprlao a course of in
struction in metaphysics, nacetlo du
ties, astrology and medicine.
Many Chlnoso are Confucluns. Theso
follow tho teachings of Confucluft.
which uro tho worship" of ancestors.
Ono of tho provisions of this creed Is
that no son shnll live more expensive
ly than his father or mother.
Clilnvue lMtlnn.
Contrary to geuorul supposition, the
deities of tho Chinese aro not mythi
cal. Each of them Is supposed to be
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ONE OF THE STREETS OF THE NATIVE QUARTER OF.PEICIN ljURNHD !iY THE MORS OF FANATICAL CHINESE.
tl01T
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patterned nftor nnd to embody tho
noblo traits of some man who has
lived In the past. Confucianism la
now well understood, und both Hud
dhlsm nnd Taoism have been so thor
oughly explored that It Is linn! to bc
llevo Mint anything of Importance re
lating thereto Is to bo discovered. At
least onu inoro book upon this topic,
however, remains to be compiled
namely, a Chinese mythological dic
tionary. Such a work should contain
an account of all the principal divini
ties ncttinlly worshiped by tho Chinese,
With authentic details of such as aro
historical, together with u record or
tho steps by which ninny of them have
been promoted In tho Chinese pnn
theon, until, llko Kuan-TI, tho god of
war, from vory humble beginnings
they liavo become "adjuvant or
heaven." Tho number of theso divin
ities Is very largo and Includes innny
Mint havo been continuously worshiped
for over 1,000 yearn. Whether tho
Chinese havo ever ut any time in their
long history bad perception or con
ception of ono true God, "Father and
Creator of all things," is a question
that hns boon long and leurnedly dis
cussed by scholarly students of their
classical writings. It is still an open
question. But Micro is no iloufit ut till
Mint for muny centuries past they have
worshiped tho sun, tho moon, tho
stnrs and u host of ancestral deities.
All tlio gods or China may lie said to
havo been (lend men, and, by the right
or ancestral worship, It may bn
ainrmod thai. In a sense nil the dead
men or China are gods. Temples nro
constantly erected, by the consent or
the emperor, to men who, while living,
huvo In various ways distinguished
themselves. It is impossible to say
that any ono or theso men muy not, In
tho slow evolution or uges, rise to tho
highest plnco among tho national di
vinities. There enn, therefore, be no
doubt whatever that as a nation tho
Chinese aro polytheistic.
Clilncae Hiiperntltlon.
Similar in some respects to the cele
bration or ChrlBtmiiH in Christian,
countries is tho observance or tho
devil's birthday In China. On this an
niversary mnny costly gifts are laid
upon tho nltnr or tho evil one. There
nro muny other 'superstitions current.
In Bonding tho kitchen god to heaven
every year, the Chinese honsokeopor
has to burn it nnd let thu fumes as
cend. It reports on tho good deeds or
tho rnnilly for the year and brings
good luck. Uoforo burning it tho
hoiiBowlfo dips her finger In a jar or
molasses nnd smears tho upper nnd
lower lip or the Idol, so that when ho
arrives at tho, pearly city ho may tell
a sweet tale on the family and thus In
sure benedictions. A family, when
gambling, will cover tho eyes of tho
Idol until the card playing Is through.
TORIE
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A woman In Lulioh city went to tho
temple to pray ror the recovery or her
son from smnllpox. Ho recovered, but
wna marked with tho effects or tho di
sease. She returned to tho templo In
a great rage, put u coll or ropo around
tbo Idol's neck and sotised It several
times In the river, saying: "I'll tench
you to lose your benign Inllucnce, you
ruscul."
Ceilom to 1'orelgn I'oirrn.
Each conflict In which Chlnn haw en
gaged has resulted In a loss of terri
tory. Tho prlnclpnl cessions mndo by
tho Mongol government as tho price of
peace have been tho following: Tho
Islnnd or Formosa was ceded to Japan
In 1895, after tho war with China. In
1897 Germany seized the port of Klou
Chou on tho east const or tho Shan
tung peninsula, her excuse for so doing
being a massacre or missionaries
which hnd taken place thoro. Two
months later sho received from China
a nlnety-nlno year lease or tho port
and district. In 1898 Russia obtained
from China a twenty-five-year lease
of Port Arthur. Tnllenwan and their
adjacent territories nnd .waters. Tho
leaso can be extended by mutual
agreement. Tho same year the Chi
nese government gave permission for
Croat Hrltnln to occupy Wel-Hal-Wei
for as long a period as Kussla shall
hold Port Arthur. To compensate
Franco for the concessions given to
Croat Hrltnln and Itussla a nlnety-nlne-ycar
leaso was given her of tho
bay of Kwang-Chnu-Wan, on the
coast opposite .tho island of Hnlnan,
and InBt year two Islands at the en
trance of the buy were (Infinitely ceded
to her. Hong-Kong was ceded to
Croat HWtnln In 1SI1.
Tim Chluexe Trent.
Tho treaty between the United
States and Chlnn negotiated In 1S5S
and proclaimed in 18C0 provided Mint
tbo Chinese government should guar
antee protection to the American min
ister in his Journeys to und from Pe
kln, and should protect him lend his
suite while In Pekln. Tho treaty of
18G8, negotiated by William H.'Soward
and Anson Uiirllngamo, provides for
the protection or American citizens,
American property, and American
trnde. In article 1 It Is declared:
"Nothing In this article shall bo con
strued to prevent the United States
from resisting an.attack by any hostile
power or party upon their citizens or
their property."
Uechnicat Urainihtf.
Ono of the best testimonials to tho
value of technical training as fitting
a young man to become u successful
wage-earner Immediately Is found In
the report of tho Georgia School or
Technology. Tho school, which Is In
A&OUT
,
Atlnnta, was established in December,
1897. Tho'lpglslaturo appropriated 10,
000 on condition Mint friends of tho
school would ndd $10,000N more. This
wns enslly rulaod,,und In 189S about
120,000 worth of machinery nnd ?13,noo
of material was given It. Tho textile
department, which Is said to be ono of
tho best In the country, wns a new fen
turo of education In Georgia, and one
that became popular at onre. Instruc
tion Is given In manufacture of nil
grades of cotton goods, In manual
training, chemistry, dyeing, design
ing, nnd engineering. The roport of,
tho Institution Btutes that of the ninety-four
living graduates all but nlno
aro employed in pursuits, for which
they havo been fitted by their training,
nt tho school. They nro mechanical
engineers, superintendents of cotton
mills, In machine shops, chemical fac
tories, oil mills, and other establish
ments of tho same kind, nearly all be
ing In positions or authority and com
mnndlng good wnges. No better evi
dence or tho practical value or practi
cal training could be asked than this
The Lute Senator Gear.
Tho late Senator Gear was one ol
the most familiar figures at the cnpl
tal, having been a member of the Fif
tieth, Fifty-First and Fifty-Second
Congress, and a senator for tho Inst
six years. Ho was re-elected to the
Senate by thejlow.i legislature last
winter, but the present term will not
f.xplro until next
March. JIo was
also assistant sec
retary of the treas
ury undor Urosi
dent Harrison, aft
er he was defeated
for re-election to
tho Fifty-Second
Congress. In the
House of Repre
sentatives be was
one or the most
industrious mem
Senator Gear.
bers, nnd also one
or the clearest-headed business mem
bers. Ho wns a member or the ways
and means committee In tho Fifty
First Congress, which framed tho Mc
Kinley tariff bill, and his knowledge
of huslncbs nffalrs mndo him ono of
the valued advisors or Chairman Mc
Kinley, who Intrusted to him tho frnm
Ing or the free-sugar clause In that
work. Tho sobriquet or "Old Busi
ness" given to Mr. Gear while gov
ernor or Iowa followed him to Wash
ington, and In the House nnd In the
Senate he was familiarly called "Old
Business."
The franchises of nearly 1,000 cor
porations In Texas have been revoked
because of their failure to pay the
state taxes.
LEFT BROKEN HE AUTS
MYSTERY OP A LITTLE BOY'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
rour-Yonr-Olil Child I.nnt Seen Walking
on tlm Cntial Hank CltltenV Commit
tee Aiding IHitrncled 1'nronU In tho
Search.
On the morning or March 28 George
Arthur Dent, the sturdy llttlo 4-yoar-old
son or Arthur G. Dent or Lowell,
Mass., went down to piny on the cnnal
bank with two or his small compan
ionsAubrey Hunt und Jlmmle Mc
Dermott. They had no right to bo
Micro. Tho canal Is renccd off, but a
hole had been scooped out near tho
corner or a mill nnd through this the
little fellows crawled to get near tho
water. Tho two companions of "Ar
tie" went homo to dinner before noon,
but tho Dent boy failed to do likewise.
He has not been seen since, nnd Io
wcll has for three months been m a
mnzo ot excitement mixed with sym
pathy tor tho maddt'ned parents or the
little' boy.
Tho entire city has searched ror
him, hundreds of thousands in Now
England nnd elsewhere have Joined In t
the quest, but not a scrap or trustwor
thy evldenco pointing to the child's
rate has been laid bare. Arthur G.
Dent, rathor or tho missing boy, keeps
a "corporation" boarding- house at tho
extremity or a long row or "rorpora
tlon" houses that, lie between tho great
cotton mills ot the Tremont nnd Suf
rolk nnd Lawrence companies. "Artie"
Is or perhaps was the youngest
child or tho family, ns pretty a boy
as could be met with in n day's march.
Strong, swift, active and skillful In
whatever his baby hands, feet or brain
found to do ho was tho Idol or parents
und sisters and a favorite in all tho
neighborhood. Whon the first hue nnd
GEORGE ARTHUR DENT,
cry. wns raised and it was learned that
ho had been seen on tho grassy slope
of tho canal bank it was assumed that
he had been drowned. Suspicion
seemed to becomo a certainty when
ono or tho llttlo boys ot the neighbor
hood told his mother that Jlmmlo Mc
Dermott had said to him: "I know
where ..rtlo Dent Is. I pushed him into
tho wnter." Hut searching cross-examination
ot Jlmmlo led to tho conclu
sion Mint he had merely been making
a bid for fnme. He hlmseir declared
with tearful sincerity Mint he hnd been
"only fooling." So that theory railed.
Already without a leg to stand on,
tho drowning theory wns rorgotten
when two overseers ot tho Tremont
nnd Suffolk mills enmo forward with
tho statement that at noon, an hour
after Artie had been seen on tho canal
bank, they had scon him walking nlong
Cabot street toward his home. Within
tlio knowlcdgo of those who nro
searching for Artie Dent he has not
lnco been seen, nllvo or dead.
Tho further search progressed tho
deeper was tho mystery. First tho par
ents nnd rrlemls, then the police, then
tho entire community threw them
selves into the tusk ot trying to trace
tho missing child. Then tho whole,
country becamo Interested In tho rate
or "tho Charllo Ross or Ixiwcll," and
sharp eyes everywhere watched ror a
child answering tho description sent
out by tho citizens' coniniltteo organ
ized to nld tlio heartbroken parents.
The citizens' committee Is an index
or public reeling In LoWell. Its chr.lr
mnn Is Colonol A. M. Cbadwlck, pay
master or tho Tremont und Suffolk
mill corporation, who was a memuer
of tho staff ot Governor Hrackntt of
Massachusetts. rTho committee Is rais
ing a fund for detective work and tho
offer of rewards. They havo already
collected $1,500. Mcanwhllo Artlo
Dent's father has offered ?300 the
fruit of a lifetime's saving ror the re
covery or ills child nllvo and $100 ror
proof that lto Is dead.
Artie's lovo ot horses und his abil
Ity to drive have given rlso to tho tho
ory Mint some clucus performer has
stolen him and Is training him to be
como a circus pcrff.rmor. A woman
who lives in Lyme, N. H hns wrltton
to Mrs. Dent telling of having seen n
lad of Artie's age nnd genoral nppear
nnco perform in n circus which plnyed
in Lyme some weeks ago. Sho thought
she recognized tho boy from his de
scription nnd portrnlt.
As was tho caso with Charllo Ross,
the number ot "crank" lotters re
ceived by the committee is large. Ono
or these, postmarked Worcester, Mass.,
declared that the boy wan stolen by
gypsies nnd that the writer saw him In
n gypsy camp hidden by blankets. Tho
Worcester pollen made a thorough In
vestigation. The result was n refuta
tion or tho charge Tho mother In her
distraction has turned to clairvoyants
und fortune tellers and spends her pre
cious tlmo nnd money acting upon
tholr "revelations," only to encounter
renewed disappointments.
. The caso of Charlie Ross In Phlln
delphla some twenty-five yoars ago,
mysterious as it was in many respectoJFy
was not bo baffling ns this mystery ot
Lowell. In the former lamentable case
It was plain that the child hnd boon
kidnapped for rnnsom. There is no
such probability in connection with
the disappearance of Artie Dent In
fact, neither the family nor tho frlendB
or the missing boy can offer nny rea
sonable explanation of the mystery.
Mrs. Dent has about given up hope of
ever ngaln seeing her child, but the
rather and sisters, havo not given way
to their rears and express confidence
that llttlo Artlo will ere long bo re
stored to his homo.
FIFTY CATS MOURN.
Newport's Hermit Miter Left H.10,000 tn
u H. V. V. A.
The will or Miss Sarah 13. Gardlnor
wns offered for probate hero this week,
says a recent dispatch from Newport,
R. I., but final action was postponed
for two weeks, us Sarah Gardlnor
Graw of Detroit, through her coun
sel, objected on tho ground that sho ''
was tbo next of kin. Miss Gardiner
led tho life or u recluse here ror muny
years, having been disappointed hi
love In early lite. Sho was genorally
believed to bo very poor, as alio had
ror many years mndo n dully round of
the ash barrels ot tho city, gathering
anything that might bo or valuo as
Junk. Sho lived In a wretched hovel
and allowed none ot hor neighbors to
enter, her houso on any pretext, and
she died unattended. A search of her
miserable 'dwelling revealed a will and
bank books showing deposits of up
ward of 150,000. Miss Gardiner was
passionately fond of cats, or which
sho had at loaso fifty, and by her will
sho bequeathed her estate to the
Rhode Island Society for tho Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals. Sarah
Gardlnor Graw claims to bo n coubIi'i
and E. M. Caswell ot Detroit and Now
York also claims relationship. Thor
promises to bo a bitter contest.
LITTLE TOT A BOLD BRICIAND.
Klx-Yeiir-Old Colored lJojr Kobn Store ,
lit I'n nt or l'Utol.
"Hol' up yo' han's.mlster white man,
'cnuso I'se got do drop on yo'!" TliU
startling command aroused the pro
prietor or a shoe storo at Indlnnapolls,
Ind.. nnd ho peered around tho appa
rently empty store to sco whenco It
came. Then he started to look undor
the counter. "None er dat, now! El
yo' moves cr finger I'se gwlne blow yo'
head off!" Then tho storekeeper dis
covered tho bold outlaw a C-yoara-old
negro boy standing Mp-too to en
able him to see over tho counter. Kcop
Ing a watchful eyo on his victim, the
tiny bandit picked out thrco pairs ol
shoes nnd backed out of tho store.
Later bo entered a grocery store, and,
after covering tho proprietor with hli
revolvers, stole a quantity of candy.
The boy wns finally arrested while
asleep on a board pile. A pistol waa
lying besldo him ready to repulse an
attuck. . '
DIED WOUNDED AND CURSINO.
M'Bro Murderer Shot by ShorlfT itutf
Thon l.d to Cnllowa.
Randolph Evans, a negro murderer,
wns hanged at Quitman, Miss., tho
other day, after having been first crip
pled by tho sheriff. When tho sheriff
went to Evans' cell to lead him to tha
gallows, he brandished a piece of Iron
piping, nnd when tho deputies entered
attacked them viciously, one ot them
narrowly escaping a fractured skull.
Ho sworo ho would kill any ono who
touched him. Sheriff Dobbs directed
tho deputies to hold tho negro's atten
tion nnd sent a bullet through each of
his rorearms, breaking them. Evans
wns then tied and carried to tho gal
lows, where ho died, cursing loudly
through tho black cap up to tho Mma
the drop fell.
INDIAN HEAP CIVILIZED.
Houth Diikutit Couple Married nltll AV
the Modem Frill.
Samuel Earth Eater, a full-blooded
Indian, nnd Wensel Hear, a full-blooded
Indian maiden, were married at
Fort Yates, S. D., tho other day with
all the display that attends some of
tho most pompous white weddings.
Tho ceremony took placo In tho Cath
olic church In tho presenco of several
hundred Indian friends of tho young
couple. Tho brldo wnro a beautiful
light cream-colored gown, long veil,
nnd white slippers, and a larj?o bunch
of orango blossoms covered her breast,
all or which wero very becoming to
her shapely figure. In tho evening the
bridegroom gave u grand ball In tho
agency hall.
l'nnld right n Man.
Georso Perry, a flehorman residing
on Heaver Island In the Mississippi
river, just below Clinton, In., had a
desperate fight tho othor afternoon
with a large eagle. Perry caw tlio bird
In a tree near his house, and, with a
double-barroled Bhotgun, slightly
wounded It. Before ho could .fire tha
second barrel tho klnl was on top of
him. and a lively fight ensued. Perry
flnnlly managed to kill tho bird. It
measured six feet six inches rrom tic
to tip.
fiold .Minor n RidrliL
Peter HeltsIH years olfl, and' part
ownor in tho gold mlno operated by
htmstir nnd partners near Montana
City, Mont., blew out h8 brains with
giant powder. Ho was sick and de
spondent. . j
Four or five ounces of sugar is all
that an ndult In good health should
eat with impunity In tho courso or a
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