THE OMAHA SUNDAY HKE: JIXY f!1, 1910. Strange Church of Millionaires Which Does Not Welcome Converts j : i H KIM X Aft AIM mm ra t will uiiHiiirm wwu .v v 1. 4 U m( It H An. ab B (Copyright, l10, by Frank tt. Carpenter.) JMUAY. (Special Correspondent'; of The ' Uce.1 The richest, the most powerful, the iiK.pt Intelli gent and most charitable uf all religions Is the Parsee, which has IU headquarters here Ht ltonibay. I use theaa terms In comparing It with the other great religions ;.s to the number of its member. There ar lews than 100,000 Parsees in tln world, but their banks and other financial Insttutlona are scattered throughout, tne far east, and thc.r possessions are untold Millions.- They have to be considered in every business movement that goes on in India; fur they are the financial kings of the country. . They are noted for their In tegrity and progresslvenens, and just now, when India is torn up by the populirttc Hin doos, the fact that they stand in favor of the government Is of value to Oreat Brit ain. One of thoir biggest capitalists re cently said at a Parsee mass meeting tnu't his peopl'j denounced the vioieuee and an archy advocated by the revolutionists of other scots, and referred to tlie Urttish rulo as an unmitigated blessing to India. Tlie Hindoos am illiterate. Not one In ten can read or write. Tlio Farsaos ai- universally educated.. Many of them are graduates of colleges and universities, and thev huve large boys' schools und girls' aliens and ruin the prosperity of the Parage community. ciu i mi If II pL "J III Tlie FaltU of the Put-seen. I I H T -?3lY 1 ll And this brings me to the faith of tlie 1 wZfJ ) I Parsee. Vou huve often heard them called I yLS I j III worshipers of fire. In a sense they are S". 1 ney nave lire always ouruiuK in iiinr ten'pies. but they worship It, as one of them told ine, only as an emblem of the sun und as the highest visible typo of tho Creator. Jt Is so with all religions sup posed to be purely IdolntnuiH. Upon in vestigation one finds that the idols aro worshiped only as the representative of u deity who creates and rules, and not as i-tiiks and stjties endowed with super natural powers. There is no religion upon fifty years ao. It was a great success, earth that does not contain beautiful traits, and its founder added ethers, so that lie Otherwise It could not be believed by became th cotton king of the country, reasoning man nor have Its followers from A laree part of the Wadla fortune was generation to generation. made in cotton, as were a.lso thoso of the Tlie Parsees believe in one Uod and In tho Tatas and thi Jee.1eclhoys. Other rich fain- resurrection and equality of all beings be llies control the Parsee banks In the va- fore God. They believe that this Ood rlous cities of India und In other parts of created two spirits; one of evil and the the, far cast, and a big steel industry has other of good; one of light and tho other of Just been started by the Tatas. But of darkness. These spirits ur always fight ing Tor mans soul, and according as ho favors one or thy,, other he ascends to heaven or descends to hell. II!u conduct on earth determines his life after death. The Xiiorcd Klre. The Parsees look upon fire und water and tlds I shull write in theafuture. HrHgloos Trust. before mentioning Homo tenets of the Parsee faith I want to tell you about the Punchayat or religious trust which man ages It. This controls more property thou Trinity church In New 1'ork. Jt bus charge the sun, moon and stars as the creation of of all the church funds, amounting to more the spirit of light. They especially revere than I2.OO0.OO0, and other holdings In real 'Ire, and that used In the temples here at estate which aro of great value. The Pun- Horn bay Is said to have been burning for chuyat lias recently figured In some trials nundreds of years. It came from Persia, here at Bombay, which havo created (ireat where It was first lighted many centuries excitement throughout the Pamoe world. u- efore tha Mohammedans conquered The Par.eo church is a close corporation. tMe country and drove these people out. It Its member are liberal to a fault, and give was earrled by ihem to tho town of Ormuz more to their faith than any sect I know. the Tertian gulf, and brought with them At tho samo time thev are conservative t,J S"nJn in India when tlie first of their ftr. 1-;.: It o M mam, A and want to control what tliey give by 4 1 v N i: t stct came to Hindustan. Later Mill they keeping out of tlie fold converts who are uluu"1 11 w,ln l" uoinbuy, und It Is not of pure Parsee blod. always kept blazing in the temples here. Not long ago ono of the Tatas, a million- Tll Tarsees do not permit strangers tc aire member of tho community, took unto r "re- 1 regard their worship hlmlf tl French wif. Wi became con- iu uu 11. viewi ny oincrs, ana ' " " " " " t it. VJ hi (rround Ban of the Tovr of Silence 9& "Women. Who ftlicve in Zoroasber 8 s.-hoolw at Bombav und other places In Hin- ., A. .... , , -,. ...,,,.. , they muke no dlsnkiv of their inllirinn he today, - veriwu 10 ncr iiuuuiiun ieiir,ioti, ii.ui'jpncii - - dusian tor tne training oi ineir cuuuieu. and Million for Charity. There are no more charitable believers in the world than the Parsees. They are al ways giving lo public enterprises, and their iniitltutlons, founded for their own people, have cost inuny millions of dollars, lmrlng the last year tho bequests of the lata a oroj! M. Wadla havo been largely distrib uted, and In addition there have beu other gifts from Parsees here at JJombay aggre gating W,)00. The Wadla bequests amount at their weddings a fire Is the faith of Zoroaster and was taken into rgeous churches and elaborate religious "1:tf'1 " Idlest and the bride and i, .ii,,.,. i,i,.u',,f ceremonies. 1 am told that they look upon 'oom walk around It. Akbar, the great faith objected, and the trustees of te Pun chayat decided that they could not allow any Interest In the church money to go to outside converts to warm their souls at the holy fires or upon death to have their flesh torn from their bodies liy the vulturts on tire as the purest thing upon earth. In Mohammedan emperor of Jiorthern India, some of tluir new temples they have started n;nclu his own sacred fire by lighting a. form the old creed of the Magi. He had northern Persia and the old Persian writ ings chronicle many miracles as to his birth and life. Ho. went through a period of rellslous pi epa ration and at thirty re ceived a revelation und came forth to re- tho fires by coals from a tree or building stluck by lightning, and have fed them with chips and dust of sandalwood. 1 un derstand that they will not spit in the fire the towers of silence. The French lady has '",r bluw out " Uht- ' Kor a tl,n "a"- piece of col ton through a crystal lens with the rays cf the yun. He lined this burn ing glass several times every year, and all tho fires of his household were started that, way insisted upoif her rights, and she has now brougt suit to enforce them ix.fo e thu courts at Uombay. Tho judges have de cided In her' favor, and converts are now them would not smoko tobacco, and aomo of them havo refused to servo in the flm department here at Uombay, not wishing to sin In putting fire out. .oronntcr the Pronhct. i no j-'arsees aro ouen called disciples of years, but Zoroaster. Thin man belonged to toe .udg.; Parsees. many visions. He saw the one Uod, and was tempted again and again by the spirit of darkness, but always came off trium phant. During his life he converted Vish taspa, one of tho reiit kings of that lime, and his religion spread all over Persia. it was llie enter reilglon there for many is now believed alone by the tn T.ior.s than HS.UU0.0U0 gold. All this was to havo the rlgnt to come Into tho church for the amelioration of tho condition of the under certain restrictions. However, Miere Door and the promotion of education among was a minority decision. One of tlio Jus- tho Parsees. . I drove past the Jonisetjoe Jeejeebhoy Institute, which was founded sixty years ago by a Parsee of that name. He began life a poor boy and died worth JlO.OoO.OCO. A greut part of bis wealth wunt to charity. He gave 15,000,000 to hospitals, colleges and rest houses and about 1100,040 to this school. The government of India took charge of the gift and agreed to pay tt per cent upon It as a loan. Since then the other Parsee have added to the endowment and the capi tal of this Institute Is fourfold as large as when started. Tho Parsees of Uombay are building sanitary houses for the poor of their communities. Their scheme Is about the samo as that of tho Oeo. g- Pea body trust fund and they expect to mako only per cent on their money. tlces KUFgested that the aliens might have separate temples and burial towers, and another lias protested that the verdict might open up tho church to undesirable This worship of fire is by no means, he held the same faith as tlie wise men oilglnal with the Parsees. Our own an- wtio followed the star to the stable when cestors of the long ago. the early Aryans, Christ was born at Uetiilehem. It Is one were worshipers of fire as representing of the oldest of religions and was wor- the lightning and tlie sun. The Hindoos shlped by Cyrus the Great. Zoroaster was nad a fire god called AriiI. and bowed a boy of twelve at the time Jerusalem was down to It as a means of purification, taken by Nebuchadnezzar. He lived In life we settle our future existence. As to whole of Jiomlmy. the Parsee Uod, ho is called the IXier. tlie at one side, shut Creator and tlie Uoverruxr of the World. Ho is tlia. emblem of gl(ry and light, and for this reason the Parsee when he wor ships stand before the fire or turns his face to tho Bun us the symbol' of the Al mighty. The Toners of Silence. Tt seems strange to think of a beautiful, well bred, intelligent woman, the wife of a millionaire, fighting in the courts of India for her right to Pursee burial. 'This -uieiiiis that at death she will be laid naked upon the Towers of Silence, and huve the flesh picked from her bonis by a flock of vul tures which have always fed upon human flesh. This is the universal Parsee dispo sition of the dead. They do not bury the. body In the earth nor burn it. Fire Is too holy and nacred to be defiled with u corpse and the work of the worms Is too slow und too vile. Instead they lay their bodies out in the open en an iron gratini; under tho sky and the birds pick the bones. The place where the towers of the dead stand Is a beautiful one. It Is on .Malabar hill, an elevation rising almost straight up from the seu, ujid washed by the winds from the ocean. Tho hill Is covered with a beautiful garden. You walk up to It over well paved roads shaded by tropical trees and bordered with flowers and shrubs. A white-haired, sliver-bearded old fol lower of tills faith tells me that one of the chief elements of tho religion Is the belief that the soul is immortal, and that Winding your way through tills luxurlent all human beings ure free moral agents, vegetation you at last reach a point from and therefore responsible. They believe In whence you tan see far out over tho Indian rewards and punishments, and that In this ocean, and turning landward view the Curious and Romantic Courtships and Unique Capers of Cupid A Trolley Honeymoon. WlilDDlNU ceremony that hold tlie sympathetic liunest f mauy was that trf Uv. Herman Tiuky, 70 yeura old, of Blast One liunditd and Twenty-first street, and Airs, llurbara Xcll- niai., ivo 70, and who looks not a day over iO, of 110 Kast One Hundred and Twelfth street, New York City. Tho ceremony was performed by Hev. Mr. Tiicaro, In the pav Chaurttlra ot Parse Women. lol. of ,)l0 aide's home. The brldo was Such charities are not confined to tho given away In marriage by her grandson. Henry Uaumsarl. men. They are pushed and aided by tlie women as well. They hao rich widows who .compare In their gifts with Mrs. Russell Sage and girls who might stand side by side with Helen Oould. Of tlie latter character is illas Hamabal Frauiji Petit. ,who has Jiut given her Jewelry valued at 1,LH.000 rupees, for founding a Parsee girls' orphange whero it is proposed to teach the various arts and industries wo that the graduates, upon leaving, may earn their own living. Miss Petit lias given thtu money over to trustees and a com mittee of Influential Parsee gentlemen are now laying out the plans for tho Institu tion. 1 One of the Parsee givers of tho past, whom wo might compare with certain of our millionaire widows was Mrs. Hal All the neighborhood and thousands of the couple's frlands leurnej of th.?!r Inten tion to br"marrtod when tiiey made applica tion at the city lia.ll tor a license reports the New York American. The block ou which the bride lives was crowded with women and children, all well-wishers, who had como to see that the aged couple Cot a proper se.id-off when they di purled i n their honeymoon. The ceremony was simple. The brldo wore a plain black dress of silk, while the bride groom made no pretensions at adhering lo conventionality and appeared in a sack suit, of black, with a white stiav hat. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Tausky left the house amid a shower of old rhocs and rice, thrown by tho bride's little The neighbors had been awaiting their re turn. As soon as they were spotted the crowd of children onco more gathered around them and resumed the cheering. .Many little gifts cimtrlbiited by tho chil dren were piled up on the table at the brido's home. Also there wero several hun dred telegrams of cjnsrutulation from friends of the olucii duva. They came from ull parts of tlie country. Want a Wife Just to Cook. Adam lielnhtliiier, a tuinier of Cass county, Inuiuua, has advertised for a w.t'o and has made so good a pita for help irom tho feminine world that the newspapers of the stilts have taken up his cause and are helping htm In his search for a wift. Mr. Rei:.,. rimer Is 5n and has been trying to get along without u woman In the house. His laider Is a,wtvs toll, lie lia- the ear liest spring chickens in In.- county, h.s hens supply fivsh . kks all the winter through and he has two Jersev cows that furnish milk ami butter enough for two families. He does not concejl the fact that he wants u wife that can cool;. Uo can wash dishes and Is willing to do so; he Is will ing to do the scrubbing or hire some one to do ll. and he promises that tho wo.id snail be supplied at the stove and he will an expert, but .r. Uelnhelmer does not ap- haired bride-to the altar a second time, decided to return to Columbus prove of this plan. He thinks it w-nild bo After the'wedding and an elaborate supper license tlie next day. for the Motllbal Wadla, of the somo family aa the blends. They made a splendid appearance nmkt. , t.arly nuilnlng fires himself. man who has Just lcrt the C.ouo.OPO gold dollar. She was the wife of a millionaire Pursee of this city, whom she outlived more than' thirty years. Lnu Uig that time she Ifavo away one million and a half dolluis In public churllles, and almost two millions in private alms. .She guve Uombay Its flr.it hospital for native women ut a cost vt over jr.0.0iXl, and uothwIihHtaiidit.g all tl.la, left a big fortune to her descendants. aa they wulked down the street w4th firm step, followed by the cheering crowd. The little ones in the neighborhood arc all fond of the brldo because of her fcentlc. hludly nature and her hnc tor children. The Ucv. Mr. Tausky gallantly pasisied the brldo on a l-cxliiijton u venue trolley car and followed her. Tlio crowd gave on last cheer and a parting shower of iloe as the car sped on Its way. The couple go: off the oar ut thu Battery. The jrido "I don't mind washing dishes, scrubbing the floors, feedlnt; the stoeii and th'i like . but I can t cook.'' he t.iyt. "Why, It toon nc l ire- months (o l.-i mi to uo 1 wale without burning it. Ami when I got :.. 1 could boil an egg I thought I could set along forever without a woman, but 1 v nad ettga and tggs and egga till I'm ashamed to look a ebb-ken In the fac.-. "What 1 want la sni corned ben' and cabbage and sum bacon und 1,,-an and other ihlcgs Ilia. unl u woman can cook. I've got chlcKe,,, lots of 'em, that's big enough to fry, but I can't iry em. I need a woman. I thought I could get along -.oreed Combs and murrn d without, but I can't. Mr. Kelnhelmer is receiving a good many v afterward told of their honevinmm iilu "" Millionaires. -Ve went Into the aquarium and sin-nt These gifts suggest the wealth of l.ie about three-quarters of an hour watching Pursee. The Petlts might be called the the fishes. Tney were very lntei-eming. The ' IlothschlHa of the eountry, save that they attendants were all very kind to us when are by far more generous. wia of the meu wo told them we were newly married and of tho Petit fsnillv. to which belonged the on our" honeymoon. Indeed, one of ihem girl who has Just donated her jewels for "evoted all of his time to us. explannlng letters as a result of tho friendly Interest a girls' orphanage, founded a boys' or- " ahout the various kinds of fifties. When ,h,t ",e edit"" are taking In his case, and phanage to perpetuate the memory his Wo had seen everything in the aquarium we 'nie of the writers havo ' volunteered to on. who wil cut off In his prime. These eame out and wondered whero we would eook several meals for him by way of test Petlts havo made their millions In cotton. B" next." of their a.,lty. It lias been proposed inst One of them erect! the first spinning and The eouplo then Journeyed to the bride's the writers get loguuier and lurnlsh sain- weavlng in. 11 for India. This ivas over '-otiie, via a Lexington avenue trolley car. pls of th.ir cooking und-r tho direction of unfair to have a contest In cooking, us some would be disappointed, and he wants to t;tk" unto himself a, wife without any Jealousies or heartburnings following the iiUPPX eVtnt. Marrying I be lieaf. "Hew to ii'itily a tieaf pel son who is get ting married when it is time to make the responses puzzles every clergyman," a New York curute said. "if a person is only slightly deaf I ca:i make him. hear by rain ing iny voice, or if he is afraid to depend upon his curs u nod tells him when It Is I. is luiu to say something. Uut I married a couple the either Cay who dlsirusted botli ears Mid n"d. "Sa.d tlu bridegroom: 'Mary ,s very deaf, Wlii n it to.! i. .. . e lor hi.r to say, "1 do." will you pinch her'.' "I suggisteu that It might bo advisable, for the bi Iderooni to do ihc pinching, but he decline. I on the ground that he might make a mistake und pine, at the wrong time. f ' 'It Is L.ii right,' he .'-aid. 'I have ex plained it to her. Bhe will underst ind.' "And apparently she did. lor at every nip ut her .urcfinger she gave t.ie required I isp'Miucs.' I'nriril mid lt"fd. Wedded mo:e than thirty yturs ago, palled fur most of thu time by mutual u s trust due lo st'Uit r: elri uluti J li uu al leged friend, uul rein.iT lied last we-'U is the run. antli wlory of Wilbur M. Comb, mi liiMii.inee mail of New ork, and -Mrs. Jtosa M. 'rravvr of Auburn. N. V. In ISs Co:;i'u" n, arricJ u heiintlf ill ounj; Voma i at (iiiu a. near Au'mw... Soon ufter ii ai il. while '.ii a husitiees inn to .v'i v Jer sey, the juiii!,! l url uiel In ai d stories of luitlileNsnct-H and left ills s tie. Mislead ing HJicirlits reai lied hln wife's ears and a until named the estrangement grew. Mrs. Combs dl Traver. A pretty child, born of the first union, grew to girlhood, became a beauti ful woman and died two years ago. Over her bier tho parents met and were recon ciled. The woman was a widow. In con versation both learned lliat they had been vic tims of false reports and on June Mr. Combs, imw an old man, led his siiver- ut .Shanley's they went to Atlantic City for their honeymoon. Mrs. Combs has built up n wonion's wrapper factory on Market street, Au burn, und has made a comfortable for tune, has a beautiful home at No. 37 Frank lin street and owns considerable real estate. Hartsvllle Is well acquainted Willi Mr. I.uwience, and it turned out in force about 10 o'clock on the night of his home-coming. It was armed with shotguns, rifles, re volvers, horse pistols, drum."', ' fifes and horns. Tho spirit of '70 was In the ulr, and Hartsvllle, marched to the home of Mr. Mr. Combs was formerly head of the Can- Lawrence, where It gave him an old-fash- ada Life Assurance company of Toronto and is now an expert underwriter. A Prlr Out slaty. That Cupid "moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform" and that love never grows old, and a number of other things, have Just been brought out at' Columbus, lna., by thu marriage of John Werley Lawn nee. aged i. of J lartsvide, lad., and Mrs. Uiucia Foust, used i, of j'ii.lii(,ci'hia. -Ur. Uwunre Is a retired contractor and is wealthy, lie ,s ft veteran of tne civil war und was a trustee of llie t'nited brethren college ut Haitsvnio when a scuool floin Isneil there fi r several ;.eurs. He is a mild mannered ituhi and imu.hi nave attracted no auenti.ui in tlie streets had It not been .or the fact that he wore a long streamer of blue ribbon in tils buttonhole. Inquisitive frit-mis asked why Ami ne told tiiem. He liaieu Ine se. lei. of neari and sa.d he couple. lulled charivari, lasting for an hour. Mr. Lawrence stood the noise for that length of time patiently, and then consented to make a speech, that was not altogether complimentary to bis friends and well wishers. Wrddlnus ou Horseback. Mounted on horseback und attended by about 300 friends slndlurly situated, Miss i-'ve!yu Laker, u former Loslon belle, and ( leort.-" K. Moise, Loth members of the out West club, were the central figures In a plcture-jque wedding ceremony In Lis An aeles. Out In an open si retell of laud Juki north ot a giove of llv, oak trees In the northern end of lirlfflu park, the happy couple end the members of the unique bridal p.ntv formed u seml-t.-iri le o;i their quinen while the minister, alro astride his horse, per foi med tlie ceremony that united the happy was going to n.eet .l rs. l-'oi.st. ile said hlie had i lted her ister, Mrs. Lyman Knwlin;;s. In Ins h ine loun. hut l,,i had r.ev. : Miokeu u v.oril t i her in Ins l.rti. A Her siie ivtiirm.d I, nine Mv. I'.tv. u.,;, Migesitil to ! ; 1 1 1 1 that sue nnuhl iii-ru'tg-i u in.i-.dt i.elw.in ;,.-r Mst.-r und tun,. 1jiuci aiiiied, ar-.d Mm. Lawl.injs conduct- il thi cui ri spoiiiKvee. '!'!:. iiiui ring- -,.ts ai ui ;ci by letter, and Mr.-.. U.iw iiu.v und I..ui n-iii ,: n t j t 'i i ' ii in litis to ir-.eet Mrs. i-'otist. As Mr. l.;i rei.ee bad tit.cr spoken lo her ami n.i.i ii- t st. mi ii-r lor so. at: i.uie, lie u as ai'taii there liiiitnt be .on:e mistake wiien her cur arrived. Consequently lie arrayed hun he.f in oiue I iis.uu und litis wia a tuiieii that he was he. Mrs. Foust tlid not arrive until ufter the oll':cii of tlie county clerk closed, 11. d lie drcunid over trio telephone to return here from Ills home in the teu,.i.ry uud lsuM tt murriag- in en-.. . ,Vt i . L;-.wrenee drove to ilails.lllu vi llli Mrs l'ojst, uud they '1 h details had been left In charge of the Out West club, hoi st hack I'ldeis or southern California, and they tletlded thai il ,-iii.til.l lie uib-le t!: liloM l int I us well us u historic c-.vut In i'io initials of the i a niz.it lull. lovers' lonsluue), A 'unuikiililc story of filial devv;ioii ::d I i'. i r. ' ei.i stale I- repm I. d fruiu l.t.iila In K. hi ii it i! .i . e.nl it l.us ji -it culiiii .,tti-d In Hit marriage of .Marin Liega, aged W, und Jiiseiih St.jlisco. uetl a.".. SI sty eurs ago Juatia and Jos-(ill were unxaius to wed. but the Riii's father refu ted bis consent and the dulllul daugnter agreed to remain a spinster until ileal Ii removed Ills opposition. The father, In a country where, thanks to the use of sour milk n- ti-iiarians ure eniumwi. kept her waiting unt.l lin leached the age of 113. The l.islii.p nf Hi alia, who performed the long deluvcil ceieinmiy, htld up the newly married Lv'.iple s ;i,i example to ull ymn loteis. Here among Oie trees) off by an Iron railing so that nono but the priests may enter, stand five great circular towers aa whit us tho bones which lie on their topw " -"' Laid t pon n Urldlroa. ' Each lewc-r Is about twenty-five feat In height ami ninety feet In diameter. It bJ crowned with a grating or great circular gridiron which Blopes toward the Center, where a well five feet in width runs down to the sea. Tho gridiron grating Is cast In aeotloiia and so formed thut there are foot paths here and the.ro through It. In each tower there are certain divisions for the olasen " of the dead. One section Is devoted to the bodies of men, another to those of women and a third to tlie children, the last part neu rust the well. The bodies are stripped naked before they are placed upon the . towers; und after the flesh, has been de voured by thu vultures the skeletons ara left, to bleach und dry III the sun. The bodies ure taken into tho towers by two bearded men dressed ull In white. These are the curriers of tho dead. At . every funeral they take the corpse and, entering tho lower through an opening about eight feet from the ground, walk up a flight of bteps and place it upon its proper location. Afier it has been stripped by the birds, and bus become perfectly dry, they take tongs und throw the bones Into the well, whero they ure left to crumble to dust. ' . These towers ure well drained. The heavy rains of tlie tropics fall upon them, but thu water goes off Into the sea and there are fillers below them llllcd with , chin coal so that all Is kept clean. Indeed, llie bone dust accumulates so slowly that It has taken forty years to make It rlso. to five feet. A Lvok. at i be Vultures. I sini!) never l'urgc-l my visit to the towers of silence. None but the Paxsees can go closo to them anil It was through a Parsee of high rank that I gained ad mittance. Climbing tho hill with ono of tho sextons, 1 made my way about through tho paths of a garden comprising perhaps sixty acres of trees and flowers. I was shown the Parsee Temple and then taken to a place where I could overlook th gieat towcrii. At first each i ceuied to me a hug cylinder of white with a frieze or coping of mighty black birds. As I continued to look the birds sprang Into life. They raised their bonis and crum-d llielr necks, un.t I thought they piiHi-.iued us corpse hearer.-. A lis. mint laler. u funcrn! U'.iidu its way uii the hill, uud 1 raw thai they were gazing ill 11. In front came the two carriers of the dead ami upon their shoultleis luy the corpse of u bit by, which was clad In .vniie. The tvrrhn: had their faces t-iid. and behind lliem came in. ml in-, s el t.j.it, in while cb thing. All Parsee walk lo their funerals and they drtss much tint same, 'there are no dif ferences cf condition at the towns of silence. ".Nuked wti eaulu Into the world uud naked v imiu tie an from it," said my old I'm. ice guide. "The bones of us all j;o 'iii.j tti.se leservolis, mid the flesh i ; Hin rich a::J thu poor Cecil llie saiilu volt ores." As tho .' jt-e.-isi.in fit e .v nenr the birds grew extllt l. Tut) flupped their wings and fit w in. ii tun: s :! or 1 1 c tower to the other. Yin- .-'n. if the grating lu s.H-h u .ii 1 could i nl see the 11 1 r lo body us u witi rtilpjicd uud laid In It' plsee. Such .d,. his arc iMblo only lo the earners, but 1 tuiild tell the tjmn of the exposuie l.y the liotk of vuiluies which tame fly ing from tho various towers to that part of the Inelosure, and by the flapping ut tin- wings and the noise. The signt was a horrible one, but when I thought that those bIMs In two hours wdU'fl accomplish what millions of Insects und Filmy worms in. ghl have been weeks or months in per forming, 1 doubled uflcr ull whether their method la not belter than ours. k'ia.S'U J. CAlU'iJNl'LM. I'