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Changes Among Followers of Mohammedanism in Far-A way India
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dence. of The Be.) Surrounded
by the mighty ruins of Akber
and Sliah Jehan, the Mohiimme
ilan emperors of India's past. I
write of the Mohammedans of
Irdla s present. You all know how lh
Moguls overran this country six or seven
hundred- years, ago. They luv&ged It from
one eaj to the other, enslaved the Hindoos
and built here some of the most gorgeous
palaces, and mightiest fortifications the
world has ever seen. Thev orpanlred a
great government and for seneratlons they
ruled supremo. As to the wonders of their
rfmalns I shall write farther on. The
letter la about their descendants. The Mo-
hammndans of India now number ono-fift;i
of the whole population. We are ao-
customed to luolt upon India as a laud
of the Hindoos. It Is so, but It lias one
Mohammedan for every three Hindoos, and
In musole and In independence of spirtt he
Is stronger. He forms a big element In
the unrest of today, and if civil war should
.occur, or the British leave India he will
ravage the land from one end to the other,
II 1 by the mighty ruins of Akber mosque In the world, surpassing anything II 1 '' ' ' , ',
Have you ever thought of the extent of ai naturally Illiterate. It Is a principle of
Mohammedan India? The followers of the religion that there Is nothing good
prophet arc scattered all over this country, outsldo the Koran, and in the past the
and In some of the provinces they are In onIy Incentive for them to learn has been
the majority. There are 62,000,000 all told. tnat hev might read their Bibles. Accord
Thls is more than the entire population of ln to the beBt estimates, about W per
the aoiman empire. It Is almost twice as cent of the Mohammedans of Tripoli, Al
nW, as the Mohammedans of Turkty4 eri and Ey cannot read and write,
r;.hi p.wiin. r.A Bvri. rt . K.,,.. nM. The Bedouins are all Illiterate, .the Per-
fourth of all
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the
Mohammedans of the
; '1'he Hohaininedaa World.
Two or three years ago there was a mis-
lonary conference at Cairo, which estl-
mated the number of followers of ,: the
prophet. It put it at .Ji2.000.0o0. A leading
Herman authority makes the Mohammedans
259,000.000, and I have seen statistics which
claim that thy number all told as much
as 300,000.000. Putting it at I40.0t0.000 to bs
on tho safe side, the Indian Mohammedans
are one-fourth or the Whole. They stand
ahead of those of 'the Turkish empire, who
number .000,000, and after them come those
of China, Persia and then various parts of
the African continent Kurope has only
about 6,000,000 Mohammedans. Russia in
Asia has .14,000,000, and .we have at least
oiiQ-thlrd of a million among the Moros of
the Phlllpltie Islands.
I found Mohammedans all over the Dutch
Kast Indies. They are In Borneo, Sumatra
and the Celebes. . There are more than
twenty-five millions of them In Java alono,
and one finds their mosques scattered
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of Malacca and about the Gulf of Slam.
The kingdom of Slam Is supposed to be
Buddhist, but It has a million Mohamme
dans. 1 met Mohammedans In Burma,
and I have seen them praying with their
faces toward Meeca ln different parts of
the Chinese empire. Indeed, I was sur
prised to find so many of this religion in
Peking. China, all told, has from twenty
to forty million followers of the prophet.
It has one province which contains 8,0U0,UK,
another which has 0,000.000 and another
4.000.000. Altogether one-fifth of the whole
population of Ajsla Is Mohammedan, and.
they form the ruling element In Afganl
stan, Beluchlstan, Persia. Arabia, Pales
tine, Syria, Asia Minor and Chinese Turkestan.
Afrlt-ait Mohammedans. wnicti Mark Twain happened to be stay
As lJ Africa, that Is a Uohannnedaa
continent in that it has more Mohamuie- ,
dans than members of any other religion. Jollying; ( uk.
Three or four urs ago I went around "niiu" so Mrs. Iiekinond Humphries, the
the whole of Africa and I was seldom out Ui.glish tiuvolist, is called was uonaemn-
of sight of a Mohammedan prayer rug. Ing In New York the frequency of divorce
Morocco has magnlflceut mosques, and In in America.
Algeria aud Tunis there are fanatics who
frequently endanger the lives of Christians.
There are moeques all along tho Nlgtr,
and especially In the country about Tim
buktu. Every ois of the Sahara turn
them, and Barbary has some of trie most
intolerant of these believers. Egypt is
almost altogether Mohammedan, sad, in
fact, north of twenty degrees, W per cent
of the people say their pruyers facing
Mecca. There are !,00.0uo Mohammedans
iu the Congo Free tte aud others south
of the Zambeat. In both northern aud cen
tral Africa the Mohammedans are a'rivs
The religion Is pleading from tne I'pper
Nlle toward the Congo watershed. It is
growing ln strength in the Niger basin and
also ln Gerniau East Africa westward front
Zanslbar. There is a great unrest iu
Egypt and I found theui talking of a holy
war agatnai tho Christiana Iu Morocco,
Algeria and Tunisia.
'I hey Want Government Uf fives.
There Is a big awakeniug of th Mo-
hammedans in India. in the re.oim
schemes now proposed they aie asking
fur their Cull sliai ln the council of the
viceroy. X deletotlorj recently demanded
five seata in that couucU from as nisay
provinces, to be elected exclusively by Mo-
hammedaa voters, and additional Moham-
tnedaua elected bf property owuers. as
well , as one to ha uomlnated by the vice-
toy of lieluchiaien. It has already beau
Wided to give tbetn a big rajMeeiitation,
kud fjoin now on they will ask for mote
nul more of the offices. So fa.' the Hln-
loos have been tung more than their
iisie, and the Mohammedans feel It. They
.i.lnk they have been ponuded by both
jir BntisD and people t,f other religious
aL. UlllrraxAtlCaipenbpahdl buiw, or th whole wona. ti, fir g 1
.f P VI ill TT ,1 Tl ir , t fill Jamma MusJId 1 of red sandstone Inlaid Bf I ' . X V
- ZlltirJ . Jllll -DlQll XTlCSr At eJaiOCma II II with white marble.' It hag threo reat , . X - W
without reason.
recent speech one of
ihem compared their position as like that
of the toad in the schoolboy's fable. Said
the man to
the boy: "Why are you throw-
at It. It's only a toad?" "Yes,"
ing stones
was the reply of the boy, "and I'll le"Um it
to be a toad."
The. orator claimed that the oilier sects
were trying to "learn" the Mohammedans
to be a toad. He claimed' that this has
.been their action for years, and concluded
by saving that the Mohammedan toad, like
tIiat of Shakespeare, might yet have a
"precious Jewel In its head," and It should
bo properly treated.
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Ktlaratiua- the Mohammedans.
The Hindoos of India have practically
monopolized the schools. They are greedy
for education, and especially so as a
step to government office. They are quick
to learn, and they comprise th greater
Part of the five million students In liio
government schools. The Mohammedans
re almost as Daa, ana nere m inaia
H per cent of the Mohammedans cannot minor Institutions in some of the Mohani
read.' That Is, there are only four persons mertan cities, and the missionaries are en
ln every hundred among them who can read rolling more and inoro Mohammedans in
and write, and
that under, the English
government 'n a seml-alvlllsed country,
The Mohammedans have bees discussing
thoir situation since the Japan-Russian
war. They feel that It Is their own fault
that they have not a greater share lu the
government. The desire for education Is
spreading. Cheap translations of the sa-
cred books aie being circulated, and asso-
Some Interesting1 Gossip
Fladlna Mark Tnsls by Faith.
NE evening a few years ago, re-
lates the Bookman, ' Brander
Matthews and Francis Wilson
were dining together at the
Players' club of New York,
when -the former made the sug-
Ct' K F i (t M thlt 1 1 . A r m.T-it 11 f P Ia Mal'lr
Twain. "But," objected Mr. Wilson, "we
don't know where he is," for it was at a
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time when Mr. Clemens was away travel- east, and they had the time of their lives, she made a remarkable diminuendo, reach
ing somewhere. "Oh," said Prof. Mat- " ing a pianissimo as faint as a sigh, but
thew. "that does not make any difference. Webster and Jenny Llnd. with a carrying power that made it dis-
It is sure to find him. I think he is some ln "Some Musical Recollections of Fifty tlnctly audible at the most extreme limits
place in Europe, so we had better put on Ye's," Richard Hoffman writes ln Scrlb- ,,f Castle garden or Tiipler hall where the
a five-cent stamp." So the two sat down nrs: Jenny IJnd would trip on and off as later concerts were given,
and composed a letter which they ad- ,f ln n ctcy of delight at the oppor- One of the most haunting things to me
dressed to:
MARK TWAIN.
GOD KNOWS WHERE.
Within three weeks they received a reply
rrom Hr. Clemens which said briefly:
"He did." The letter had been sent by
the New York postofflce to Harper &
Bros., thence to Chatto & WIndus of Lon
don; thence to a bank in Vienna, and from
the bank to a small "town in Austria In
"You Americans,"" she said, "don't tee:n
to possess the secret the secret, I mean
of matrimoiilal happinesu. Perhaps you
might take a lesson ,frum a city clerk I
heard of leceutly.
"A friend of his, alter Visiting him at
his huine said:
" 'Excuse me, Will, but how do you man
age 011 your small salary, to have such
wcil-oooked and delicious meal.'
" 'The secret is simple,' Will replied.
Every day I kiss the cooi; and do aJI I
can to please hcv and make her happy.'
"'But doesn't your wife object?" ti.e
other asked.
" 'Dear, no.' she's the cook.' was the
reply." Washington Star.
thnntminait Wish Uvrkavd (.haws.
Because they were hospitable, kind and
"chummy" with him when he was a bare
footed boy, living in Ciawfordsvllle, lud.,
Charles N. Williams of Indianapolis, piesi-
dent of the Farmers' Trust company thai e.
took j Webb Talbot and Wallace timltli
of indiatmDolls on a trlu thiuusli the st.
AU ,equMla of Talbot aud Bmith was
tliat thty f0 ,l0Ilg wlth hlnl 8nd ,e4ve tllelp
pocketbook at home.
All thlee al. now pist 4 eais'of age,
reports the Iudiauapolla News. Forty years
go they ,, boy playmate together,
Talbot and Smith were sons of prosperous
farmers' living south of the city. Williams
waa poor boy. But they wero happy
chums, aud money made no diffcience.
They grew to manhood, and WIUUiiis
always cherished a warm spot la his heart
for r! old friends.
A few days ago all tniee left ludun-
apolis for the east. They visited Nisgaia
clations for the Improvement and eleva-
tion of the Mohammedans axe being
formed. The more progressive are now
bp,,, tlier boyB t0 government schools.
manv ... ttr,.niiinir th Mrvhn.rnme-"of
dan College at Allgarh. JThls institution
is situated about seventy-eight miles from
here in one of the old cities of India. , If
was started thirty-five years ago as a
small school, but it Is now an up-to-date,
modern college, giving a degree of bache
lor ut arts. It lias a stuff of English uni
versity graduates as teachers, but its
trustees are Mohammedans, and many of
the professors are of that religion. In
addition to the ordinary studies. It pays
especial attention to Sanscrit, Arabic and
ferslan, . e
instructed
Ud
in
the
the
students are oarefully
Mohammedan religion.
The Koran Is read to the chapel and
prayers are enforced, the boys bowing
toward Mecca as they go through dsvo-
tions.
The Allgaj-li- students are devoted to
modern athletics. They have a cricket
team which Is one of the best In India,
and they strain and tug at foot ball and
run upon the track. The college is lnde-
pendent of the government.' and It is
largely supported by the contributions of
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.aamun w um scmooj ver" r?
their schools from year to year. This is
especially so with the Y. M. C. A., which
has boarding clubs and hotels In which
Mohammedajis and Hindoos eat together.
This means much In a caste country like
India. The missionaries tall me It Is more
difficult to convert the "Mohammedans
than the Hindoos. The Mohammedans
ure the stronger race. They are better
Falls, crossed New York state to Albany,
took a boat trip down the Hudson river to
New York City, had a good time over at
Coney Island and Atlantic City, spent two
pleasant days in Philadelphia, enjoyed a
couple more In Washington, and returned
home happy and contented and with the
Ynn1 rf IHanrfokln mnrA of mr. -! . . - .1
than ever before. It was the first time
Talbot, and Smith had ever been In the
tunity or singing, bowing and smiling to
Two Interesting Family Groups
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MKS. R K. DRAKE. J T. M'-UOLS.
o. D. MCHoLtf. ALICE NICHOLS.
HEN Miss Alice Nichols opened
lw
her baby eyes on the world at
Dorchester, Neb., she completed
tiie link that created two rather
remarkable family groups. Both
her paternal and maternal
great-grandmothers are living at Dorches
ter, and these, with her grandfathers and
other connection, make her the csuter of ruary IS. Itu. ttie Is K years old. having Alice, was born ln Dorchester Jan
to groups of four living generations iu N sound mind and In good lieaHh. H uary it, 1VU.
yJIUI ExiL&Tld' 1 1 If domes and mighty minarets from the top Bl . I V- f . , 3 Ill
lyiVjfl t l,f whluh lman rail the hour c( MY- A . ml . . , . i.'. " i' . ; l
p 1 .uki 1VVA. ItV" nrayer five times a day. It in the blKucst II . ' ,' II
fed
In hlld marriage and they encourage the
remarriage of widows. The most of them
Hve in cities and eat meat. The majority
the Hindoos live in the country, aiib-
slst upon vegetables and 'have barely
enough to keep eoul and body together,
The Mohammedans hate the Hindoos a.nd
would start a religious war against them
at any time if the' British" should leave.
India's HlRK-rst Mosque.
I have often been asked by Christians at
homo whether the Mohammedans were hyp
ocrites or really believed in their religion.
I can assure yoiMhere Is no doubt of their
belief. They have as strong a faith as we
have and are much less backward In show-
Ing it. When we pray we sneak back of
the barn, behind the woodpile or at least
kneel In our closets. If there ere others in
the same room we may pray In bed. The
Mohammedan, when the hour of prayer
comes, bobs down upon his knees In the
open and goes through his long devotions
wherever he may be.; You may pfteu sco
him reading his Bible the Koran while In
his shop, and you will find ; him' praying
everywhere. If he is at all devout he goes
to the mosque every day and prAy Jhere In
P"bc. He always washes before ho prays.
.ond he takes off his shoes before he steps
upon the holy floor or his, church. He
makes the stranger dq, likewise' or requires
him to put on slippers over his shoes, that
the sacred pavements may not-.be defiled,
Thu la what I had to do when I went Vlth
a nlgh prle8t 'through the Jamma MusJId
today, although his holiness told me I
might keep my hat on. '-
And this brings me to India's greatest
mosque. . It Is called the Jamma MusJId
nnd it is situated here on tho banks -of
thn Jumna on a nlateau of rodk between
Jelhl fort and the city. - It Is something
l.ke BOO years old, having been built by Shah
Concerning-
her audlnce, and giving every one pres-
ent a flattering sense of contributing In
a measure toward the success of the even-
lug. She had three or four songs whicli
showed the wonderful compass and. power
of her voice, and one or more of these were
called ' for at every concert. A Swedish
aKa l ...hint. .1 nrm.M ...V. A V.
own voice bv a sort of ventrllooulsm that
was quite marvelous, and another In which
was her singing of Taubert's bird song
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one lamuy.
Mrs. R. E. Drake was born In Virginia
March 36. 14. M years of age. Mr. J. T.
Nichols was born In Ohio. May . aged
C. Mr. O. D. Nichols
was burn In Mo-
Dotiough county, III., February 9. 1973. and
Miss Alice Nichols was born January W,
IMS. at Dorchester. Neb.
Mrs. Ellsa Long was born iu Ohio. Feb-
Jehan, the same man who ererted the Taj
Mahal at Agra, considered the most beauti
ful building of the whole world. Th
Jamma MusJId Is of red sandstone inlaid
with white marble. It has threo great
domes and mighty minarets from the top
of whluh the Imans rail the hours cf
prayer five times a day. H is the biggest
mosque In the world, surpassing anything'
in Cairo or Constantinople and lurger thnu
the famed Mohammedan churches of Kalr
ouan. The Jamma Mupjld has a paved
court of more than four, acres In front ct
It, and this Is walled by cloisters which run
around Its three sides.
The floor, of the mosque is divided into
kneeling places of white marble bordered
with black. Kach Is large enough to
accommodate one man upon his knees with
sufficient fpace In front for him to bow
his head to th Ktone. All point" toward
Mecca, and as I walked through the build
ing I saw many prayinvr. In the alcoves
worshipers were reading their Korans, and
off at one side
crowd of women shrcuded
in white veils was sitting. As we walked
through the high prirel pointed out the
beauties of the mosque translating the texts
of the Koran Inlaid here and there. He
took me to the pulpit which is cut out of
a single ' block of solid marble, and es a
special favor showed me the ' greatest
treasure possessed by the church. This
!s kept In a Vault of stone with numerous
doors, which ark guarded by t wo gray
bearded followers of the prophet. At. the.
direction of the .high priest these, doors "
were opened. . My curiosity rose as. key
after key was , used, ( and when at last
I was shown a t-aaket covered with glass
I expected a great diamond or some collec-
tion or rubles end pearls. - i looKoa in ana
saw nothing until Ills holiness minted to'
a single rough, red, wiry1 hair, in the cen-
tor. The hair was about two inches long"
and so fastened by glue to "the1 'casket
that It atocdsstralght up. I was told that
Is was a real hair from tne mustache of
Mohammed and that It made the mosque
especially holy.
It reminded me of a mosque which I
visited at Kalrouan in Tunisia. This was
built hv the harhr nf Mnrmnvmpd ' whn
burled under Its foundation three hairs
from the beard of the prohot. The barber
Noted People
"I Know Not Why I Am Singing." Hor
shake was the finest I ever heard, so close
and even as to be altogether perfect. Her
volce, which she said herself was naturally
stiff and stubborn, she had educated and
practiced into such a degree of perfection
that her roulades and cadenzas were un-
..n.nll t.l ln UI . tn
In her sacred songs she rose to the sub-
lime, and on one occasion, as she finished
the aria, "I Know That My Redeemer
Llveth," I recollect that Daniel Webster,
who was seated In the center of the bal
cony, ruse from his seat and made her a
profound bow. Her rapt expression of face
and never-ending volume or voice made her
appear like some Inspired seraph delivering
a divine message.
MRS. ELIZA LONG. MRS. M J. PARKER.
MKS. MARY E. NICHOLAS. ALICE NICHOLS.
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remembers things that happened when sn
was a .mall gUI. and tells of the falling
.tars or comet at that time. Since W71
she has never been out of the state but
once.
Mrs. M. J. Parker was born In Ohio
September U. IMS, aged 7. Mrs. Mary Nick-
uls was born ln Salln. county, December is,
17J. aged . and her daughter,
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stole tLe hairs one day while shaving'
Mohammed and carried ttiem about him
ft-r the rest of his life. One he kept under
his toturiie. Hnnthor avm hln heArt and the
third glued to his right arm! Upon his
death they were planted and the mosque
built above them. The golden pagoda of
m f.TFt.1. I 4 -4- ' Mil iWt ?. r i:i iti. "
Rangoon, the most famous Buddhist monu- Order of Assassins, which Is also found in
ment of the world. Is erected over seven Arabia and Persia. It was Instituted by a
or eight hairs of Buddha, and down ln Cey- mahdl who appeared at the time of the
Ion there Is a wonderful temple which con- Crusades and who believed In political ax
tains Buddha's favorite tooth. sasaiuation as a cure for various Ills.
The Pe77fMo.aiie. Wist Thejr Believe.
Another beautiful mosque here Is known In the tnaln, however, the Indian Mo-
as tlle Motl MusJId, or pearl mosque. It
w'8 bu,lt bout two hundred and fifty
ye-rs iro by Arungzeb, one of the Mo-
"ammeaan emperors, ana n is xne wier
to the pearl mosque at Arga, built by
6"an Jnn- tn or tnese structures are
of whlla marble exquisitely carved and in-
laid That at Agra Is perhaps the mcnt
oeauu.ui religious uu.iumg 01 me w.o.o
woria, layara layior sam limi 11 nwmra
to him so pure and stainless and so abso
lutely perfect in revealing the spirit of
worship that he felt humbled to think
that the Christian religion had never In-
nlreri lta architects to aumasa It. This
temple' to God and Mohammed Is of the
purest white marble, with three great
silvery domes rising above It. The court
Is of marble squares like those of tho
Jamma MusJId. There is a great marble
tank in the center of the court, and upon
the wails nre inscriptions inlaid in black,
which compare the building to a pearl and
descrlbe Its builder as the king of kings
and the shadow of God.
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Mohammedan Hecta.
1 find the Mohammedans here somewhat
different from those of Egypt, Turkey; and
Arabla. The religion has changed creatly
accordlng to the countries where It has
been believed. Moros are among the most
Ignorant followers of the faith, and the same
I, true of certahv district of this country
wlere the people have mixed the principle.
Oi intj iv ui ail rtiiii iiiuva ui aiiiiuuui.iiii. in
some villages the followers of the prophet
bi-lieve In witches. They employ the Hin
doo astrologists to fix lucky days for their
mmrlages and uiso pray to the Hindoo
gods to give them sons. There ure some
sects which have castes, and in the Punjab
there is 0110 led by a man who claims to
be the mcsaiali of the Mohammedans. He
preuches against modern education mid
sa. s tl lit the tay of losurrecllon Ii at hi d.
In k. ntrul thorn are about as many sects
timong the Mohammedans as the Christians.
Mohammed told his followers that after he
died the religion would be divided and seventy-three
sects would arise. There are
more than this In the Mohammedan world.
Iu India the four principal schools are the
Suunltcs, the hiahs, the Wahabls and tho
new progressive school, which is Iu furor
of education and almost everything modern.
It is from this lust school that the chief
untest comes. The college at Allgarh repre
sent It, and among Its members are those
who belong to the various Moslem leagues
and Moslem agitators.
e Bunniles and ri'hiah. have long been
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the most prominent sects throughout ttjo
Mohammedan world. The aunmtes ac-
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been the. rightful successor, of Mohammed,
wherea. the Bhishs claim that All. the
cousin an.l I on-in-law tr the prophet, should
have succeeded him. 'ihere aie something
like 14fi.0o0.OUO Sunnltes in the world and .The moment he reaches there his body
only U.OUO.OOO Bhlahs. . goes buck to the prime of manhood, and
As to the Wshabis, they are the Uni- bis soul regains its full capacity for ea
tarlans of Mohammedanism. They claim to Juyiuont of all kinds,
have the purest religion and to found their FRANK a. CARPE.YTClk
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fnlth, not upon saints, but solely upon tha
Koran and Mohammed. . They do not wor-
ship the tomb of Mohammed, and when
thev caDtured Medina about a century ago
they destroyed the rollcs and stripped off
the ornaments of that sacred spot.
There is another sect here known as the
hammed a;is believe much the sama as
their brothers of this reliKlon In other
parts of the world
They believe la one
uod and Ills prophets, or which the enter
j, Mohammed. They have faith in pre-
destination of good and 111 and think the
day of judgment will oome.
They be-
lieve ln angels and witches ujid devCs
The nnRe8 are ,eKlon and ,ney a,., hca(t
by Gabrjel. Every man has an an
upon each side ot him at all times. K.
of these has a note book and he wri..
4own the good and the 'ill that the man
does at the time ha does it. The re-
cording angel of the good stands on his
rKht of v" on his left, aud when
thJ Mohammedan splta he always spits
to the left.
As to the witclis of genii, they are
much like those described ln the Arabian
Nights. They are made of fire aud can
ussume all sorts of shapes. All the Mo-
Jiommedans believe In them and that they
live In the mountain which surround the
world.
The Indian Mohammedans rive credit
to most of the prophets of the Bible,
Mohammed ttaid there were 124,000 propii-
etM ond over 200 aptles; among the lat-
ler were AJam Noah Abraham, Moees,
JeijU aiu3 Mohammed. They rank Jesus
amon(, the greatet of the prophets and
revel.ence AdaB1 Noah and Abranam
T b.,(eve , our .;
According to them Ho was sent to re
veal the gospel to man a. id He foretold
tliat Molianinied would come. They do
not believe tnat hu was crucified, but
that another man was put In his place
and he uus miraculously taken to heaven.
At the lust d.iy ho Mill come again and
break the cross and make many reforms.
Ho will rolgn us a kin for a time and
tlun dlo and be burled ;nar the tomb of
Mohammed.
The BlohaiiinieUan Hell.
I wlbh I could describe the Mohammedan
hell. The Huddhists lisve lie' in of Ice and
hulls of. fire, and there are certain hell
believed Mil by the Chlneue in which the
devil taws tno unxodly t' pieces. The
hell of tho Mohammedans is of fires kept
hot by burning men. The fatter the alo
ne" the un le flro he makt for his fellows.
The clcthes of tho damned are burning
pitch and their torments are varied by
the continued stinging of scorpions, ser-
nl "'d other ""tlle
On the other hand the Mohammedan
heaven Is a garden pf . delight, whore the
M..d reH. .,, i,h v.r.K ..
P'yV: If J
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'ful maidens to wait upon them. Ev.ryT
beaver, upon his arrival In paradl. if .
seven. -mo i..c-eea wives, who
wi.i do ever oeautitui ami ever young.
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