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! 1 1I I ON THE TRAIL OF THE I 'AMERICAN MISSIONARY 1 ' I By WILLIAM T. ELLIS This DistlnJlUlshed American Journalist Is Traveling ! .round the World for the Purpose of Inveslhzatlnlt the American Forehn Missionary froln II Purely Disinterested. Seculal and Non-Sectarian Standpoint. I . Hind' ' : ; ' : : ' : " : ; " ; 1 : ' : : ' " " " Shocks an Occidental , ; , ' . . . . . . I : llenares , Imlla.-Thls Is holy Hindu 8 ! ground. Even if such an outcast as n European should quit earth on this ! . most favored spot , ho might hope to be born again as n Hindu. This Is the best place In the world to die. accordIng - Ing to the belief of 207,14G.000 IIlndus. That Is why thousands of persons are . ; ) 'early brought here for that express purpose. nnd wealthr : rajahs build palaces along the rIver banle In which ' . to spend theIr dying days. 'fho slm- I I' l11e fact of dwelling In this sacred city Imparts sanctity to one. More I . than Mecca Is to the 1\Iohammedan , j , llenares Is to the HIndu. : ObvIoUl1r : , this Is the place to study I 1/ Hinduism. Obviously. also , Hinduism . here Is not the Hinduism of the Chicago - cage parliament of religions-or of Boston "parlor meetings. " All the washing that Is done In " 1\Iother Ganges" ca'n scarcely maleo Hinduism I clean enough to be presentable In I . gopd Anglo-Saxon society. Holiness and Dirt. The "holiest" Hindu Is the dirtiest. He has his face and body completefy - smeared with ashes , whereas the ordinary - dinary Hindu has only his arms and breast and forehead so marked. This holy man's hair hangs in matted ropes. uncombed , unwashed and ash-filled. Although his sancUt ) ' is so great that he Is worshipped-I saw the act , more than once-he is not obliged to bother I . j about the common moralities which I go along with the western faiths. \ , I One of the holiest , as well as one ( of the braIniest , was reclining on a couch of Sha1'llCned nails ( a torture which probabl ) ' loolwd more horrible than it felt , for this man underwent . it with no sign of discomfort ) when , , , I IntervIewed him , through an Inter- - l1reter. I aslwd him about the "holy woman" at his side. comely even I through her ashes , on account of whom this celebrated "falwer" Is con-I " side red outcast by certain of th ! I , ; / II . . , parts oC the emplt.o. como down b ) ' thousands to the wostet'll banle of the Ganges In order to batho. Prom Infants - fants to docrellit oltl men the ) ' dip Into the watOl' and mutter their pray- ers. with an ea1'l1estness and sincerity whictitcannot bo doubted. The great ghats. or stel1s down Into the water. are thronged with d votees. 1\Ian ) ' carry awa ) ' the walet. . for househo tl use. or to be bot'llo laboriously bacl , home to the pllgrltn's natlvo , ' 11lage. Only the westet'll banI , of lho Ganges is efficacious , to die on the oustern l1nl , Is to be reborn an ass. So the western bank is IInod wIlh temples. ghats. and palaces. In , iarious stages of disr pair. 'fhoro Is morlt In erectIng - Ing ono of these structures , but no merit In maintaining . ono after another man has built It. Ono huge brown stone palace especially. a wonder of worlmwnshlp. has "sat down" In dls. orderly ruin on the banI , . If ever modem science takes .hold of India. the popularity of Benares Is gone , for this worship oC the Ganges Is u thIng to give n believer In germs the shudders. Peol11e bathe and drinlt the water. right from the spot where sewage is seeping through the ghats. 'I'hey are not troubled by the pl'Oxim- Ity of bathol's In all stages of disease. The fact that corpses are soaltlng In the stream just above them does not disturb the worshippers a pl1rtlcle. 'l'he practlco of IHirning the dend at llenares is famous. After the body. wrapped in a thin covering. has lain for a time Ih the Ganges , a rough funeral pyre , three or four feet high , Is built of logs and stlcls bought for the pU1'l10Se , and It is consumed with more or less thoroughness. The parish dogs thrIve b ) ' the fact that the job Is not alwa's well done ; I saw one cur gnawing a burnt fragment of a human bed ) ' . I came to Benares prepared to find much to a mire in Hinduism ; but I 'I . . , " j1 - , " , f" " . , , , .f , . " i I , I . I , , \ 'it. . , " )1 A Hindu Holy Man Sitting on SplkeJ , stricter sort of new Hindus. He assured - , sured me that the woman merely lived with him to talw care of his house ; ! and that he Is not marrIed to her. India Is fun of stories of the Immoralities - alities of these "holy men , " who , as they march In procession starle nalted through the streets , are truer to t'pe than when on their visits o VOl' seas they sit. picturesquely clad. the adored center of groups of American women faddists , One More Disillusionment. At llenares I discovered a grievance against the stories I used to hear uUll ' read , when a ) 'oungster In Sunday school. about lhese "falceers , " and the other Hindu pilgrims to the Gauges' cleansing fiood. I saw thousunds of the latter in a single day , It used to l.Je represenled that these mon and women were all so smitten with a sense of their sins , so bUl'dened WiUl their consciousness of unholiness , that they performed all their exacting vows In order to secure spiritual release , Dut missionaries on the spot tell me' ' that the HIndu is as lacltlng in a sense of sin as I found the Japanese and the Chinese to be. They Imow little or nothing about what the Anglo. Saxon experIences as a consciousness of personal sin. What these people " are tr'ing to expiate Is the dread burl - l- den of life Itself. and to secure , by the favor of the Innumerable gods in their pantheon , a mitigation of life's llls In the next birth. In the long order of reincarnations. Every Hindu's drend Is that ho may' ' at death be transmigrated Into a lower caste man , or oven into a woman. 01' Into nn ass. a snal\O , a toad , or some other loathsome creature. HIs hope I I.s that he ma ) ' be reborn Into a higher caste , possibly a Brnlunan ; and eventual1y , in the dreary procession - sion of ages , Into Nirvana ; which , while m'stlcnlly explained in various , ways. amounts real1) ' to the extlnc , tlon of personal identlt ) ' . Some of the hol ) ' m n oven expect to IU'occod " from this present lIre into Nirvana. Wash Day on the Gi\nges. I Therofor all these washings. Early In the morning the people of this old cltr-llenares far antedates the Cht'is- Uan era-and tl ! . 111 ! rls , fro11 ! , ull somehow I cannot get past the dirt and filthiness of it all. There , for an Jthel' example , is ono well , the most sacred bit of watol' In India. ThIs Is a pool. the size of the swImming tanl < In an ordinary gymnasium. without inlet or outlet , filled from the Ganges , ami cleaned out only once 11 ) 'ear , To bathe In it one must 11ay I.U. high fee , as well as buy the lOWCl'S , mill ; : , con- fectlonar ) ' . sandalwood and other votive offerings that are Iloured Into the pool by the bathel's. As a result of all these accumulations. the can. tents , Instead of being merely dirty water , are a viscous mass , nauseatIng - Ing even to loole Ul10n 01' to smel1. Yet tottel'lng old women , strong men , and blooming youth duclted in this place. I was imlu'essed lJ - a touch of human sentlmont here ; 11 man and woman went into the pool tied to. gether , thus hailing to Insure that when they should he born again they would once more hecomo man and wife. Religion that Is Not "Fit to Print. " The endeavol' to give a fait. ropre , sentatlon of the conditions In India amidst which missionaries wOl'I < . and against which the ) ' must strive. is hIndered - dered by the simple fact that were I to write plainly what I saw as the prominent feature oC Hindu worshill In Benares this papel' would not be pormltted trnnsmission through the malls. The commonest object of worshIp - shIp may not even be hinted at ; whlle , so far from writing a description of the sculptures ori the walls of ono temple. they may not even be recalled without disgust. It is a distinct ascent to contemplate the s/lcred / monlcc's that fill one tomple-moro than 200 of them Bcamllering about the trees and the courts-or the sacred cows anll bulls that abound throughout the city. When a wealthy Brahman dies , a hull Is tU1'l1ed loose In the city to w\uder through the narrow - row streets and to pillage , undisturbed , . from the bazaars. 'I'ho molten calf which the baclslldden ; : 18l'1\elltes wor. ' shipped is also hero , to bo purchased I as a household god. The Quarrel In the Temple. At the famous "Cow 'I'cmple" I saw and heard a row that would huvo p.t. - - - - - ' . . . , , ' , . , - . , . . \ trat'trd ! 1. 1110b nn'wlll'ro : In Christen- dom. A woman worshlppor wanted to go Into th inn'I' shrine. but the pril'l t contt'ndell that she had not 11nid enough mone ) ' . She shrilly In. slsted that she had. and tt'letl to force her wn ' } 1I\st the priest. 'fhe latter thereul10n struck her resounding blow In the facc , but even this could not deter the In tending worsl1lp10r , and when 1 Il'ft : , after watching the muss 101' tell minutes , the nolso of the wrangle stili filled the tem1110 : al. Ulough the ether worshippers seemed to mind It as lIttle as did the weU- fed cows that filled the temple court. Being on the Safe SIde. Within the compass oC ono brIef artlclo It Is impossible to give 11101'0 than mere glimpses or' the rollglous life of this sact'ed city and Its myrlall pilgrims. bent on lllalting the 4G.mllo round of hol ) ' places. ' 1'ho ol.Jjects of , venct'atlon are Innulllomble , Hero are a Ilalnt ' pair of feet , carved In high rellof-not Improssell Into the white marble-which are worshiplled as the foot-prInts oC Vishnu. Nearbr are Suttee stones , marltlng the sites where wIdows immolated themselves upon their husband's funet'Ul p'res. 1m. , nges of countless sorts. are wreathed in flowers , showered with rice. covered - ered with holy water. and made obeIsance - sanco to. A IIindu Is not going to tnlw any chances : ho worshl11s whatever - ever Is li1wly to be sacred. from a Duddhist statue to a Christian church , to speale only witl1ln my own knowl- edge. As one said. "You novoI' cnn tell , , and it is best to be on the safe side. " The tracts whIch I saw a mIssionary - sionary distrIbuting among the pilgrims - grims on the river bank were eagerlY sought for nnd read. For theot'eUcal Hinduism the reader must be referred to the encyclopedia ; this Is not the place to attempt eyen an utlln of Its main features , much less a description of the principal members of Its gallerr of Innumerable gods. Wovcn Into the religion is the caste s 'stem. which hopelossl ) ' shuts off ono for life in the caste into which he was born. so that n. llt'Uhman Is contaminated br the very shadow of a sweeper. 'l'heorctlcall ' , there are four grand divisions of caste , actual1r , there are. thousands of castes , and I never heard of a Eurol1ean who at. tempted to understand al1 the caste marls which Hindus paint upon their faces. heads , arms amI chests. One advantage of casle has been mentlonc'd to mo by British army officers - cers : "If It were not for th.a caste s'stem , which breals the people up Into irreconclllahle sections , England woultl not be ahle to hold India fOl' six months. " Theosophy's FlourIshing College , Theosophy , which here claims to be. prnctcally. ! pure Hinduism , has estah- lIshed a great college at Denarcs. the "Central Hindu College , " with 700 students - dents and 11 fine equhlluent of build- ings. Mrs. Annie 13esant , herself , whom the late Col. Olcott nominated at the direction of the " Iahatmas" as president of the 'I'heosophlsts ( although not all of the ' 1'heosophists seem Inclined to ratify this choice ) . resides hero an Is the head of the col , lege. The day of my visit to the col. lege she was in 1\ll\.dras , the world headquarters of theosoph ) ' . so my in , tel'view was with her assistant , an } o ngllshwoman dressed in a salmon- colored lt1mono , with a white philos- opher's robe draped over It. She were the sacred Brahman cord about her neck and her bare feet were thrust Into sandals. Irs. Besant claims to have been a Brahman In a previous incarnation. A revIval of pure Hinduism Is ono of the objects , if not the chief ob , ject. of the college ; which also gives instruction In the western sciences. It was as surprising as It was disgust- Ing'to find that this institution. with a staff of European theosophists among Its teachers , and sUl11JOrted In good lJart br funds from Europe and Amer , ica should have as the one consplcu- , ous figure on Its campus , In heroic size , the unmentionable Shive symbol. If Boston only lenew ! Digging Up a Burled City. Although there are now only a few hundred Buddhlsls in all India propel' , it was at Benares that Buddhism rea II ) ' began. Buddha , after his enlightenment - lightenment , began to teach at a spot ! 1. few miles from here. Imown as Sar- nl\.th , the original site of Denares. At .tho present moment archeological explorations - plorations of great Importance are under way at Sarnath. 'rhe ruins which have just tJeen unearthed are probabl ) ' those of the very monastery to which Duddha re , tired , In the fifth century B. C. 'rhe images dug UlJ are In excellent C011lI , tlon , and quite as well carved as those in modern temples. One of the "finds" is a huge pOlished granite pillar. erected by King Asokn , "tho Constantine of Buddhism. " 200 years before the Christian era. The week of my vIsit , ! 1. finely built well. In perfect condition. though now dry. had been uncovered. 'I'hese excavations at Sarnath are probably the most 1m , pOl'tant now under Wa ) ' anywhere In the world. ' ( Copyrhht , by Joscph D. Bowles , ) Drink Water , The Japanese know what Is good for them when ther insist on their women drinking quantities of water each da ) ' . Wo woultl hear fewer complaints - plaints of utter fatigue. and needless assistance from beauty hints if our women , one and 1111. would follow the example of their almond-c'ed sls , tel's. tel's.No No day should llUSS without at least 'a quart of II\11'e watet. being drunk- hetter ) 'et two Quarts. It Is wIser. however. to lJegin with the smaller quaatlt ) ' or ) 'OU may feel yourself water-logged. ' and delmrt from the goot ! habit nltogether , I . , . " I r T - . " . . SORRY HE SPOKE , I t . I r Hubby-Just 1001 , nt that hllot. Fltz- jones , what a ch1\rmlns , a1l11ablo wlfo ho has-seems to me n11 the biggest Cools g l hold of the prcttlest womcn I Wifey-You'ro right. nobody knows that rbctter than I do. $100 Reward , $100. The redetA of thll paper will ho ploa80 < 110 Icarn tbat there II _ t leaH olle drenlled dl.o"'o that 8el0lleo' has been able 10 cure tn all It. lIatOI , and thM It Catnrrh , lIall'8 Catnrrh Cure h the eely positive cure 11\111' knuwn to Iho modlenl frtrrolty. Cntarrh beloi cuultttutluoill i.hoI\80 , requlro. cUllltltU' tluual treatll1tut. lIall' . Clul/rh Cure h tkon 10' tornllllylIctlng dlroctly UpOIi the blued I1IIIIII1I1COUI lurlllcrl of Iho IYllem. tbBroby . doetroylllf ; the founllatlon of the dlooall1. nllli 1C1\.tnl ( the patient IlrenKth by buildIng ull Iho CUllltltutlon lIud auh" IlIg nature In dulol ( Its wurk. The prol'rt1tllu h8\0 .olllucb faltb 10 Ita cllrntlvo powers that they oltor /oe lIuodred Dollars lor nllY caie ttJat It :1111 , to cure. Senll lor lilt ot lullmolliall , AdMen F' . J. ClUS11 ; \ ' .t co" ToleJo , O. Rold b ) nlll1rUlIl/lau. 1 0. 'fako Hall'a l"alUt l'Ut. tor cOII.III'llIon , Floating Workshop. A unlquo amI interesting vessel is H. 1\1. S. C'clops-general repair ship , to the fieet. Amongst her ml\chinm' ) ' sIte hils plant calJablo of turning out castings weighing two tons. anll lathes which will deal with such castings up to a length of 15 feet. The Cyclops Is equippell to l'elmir an.thing from 1\ . brolccn bolt to GO-ton gun , a special feature of her 111ncII111er ) ' being that it Is all electrIeal1) ' drl\'on.-London Tit- ill ts. ' Don't Try Uncertain ReclprJ. It IH entlrl'h'II"H'ce snr ' to eXlwrhncnt with thlH , that Ilnd the other l'ccllC. Get trom ' 01ll' rOl'pr. for 10 CIl1tH , n I1l\clttl o ot "OUH-l'I1 " Prcparatlon-I.l'mon. 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