The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 9, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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worship, which is never used tor
any other purpose. In the homes of
my country there are no chairs or
tables. We sit on ruga upon the
floor. Now, after three years’ use
of chairs and tables, with aS their
stiffness.' I find myself frequently
longing for a Matt on the floor On
one of our rage, whore, crossing my
legs, or leaning on sn elbow, I am
perfectly free. We have no rheu-
matism to prevent sluing with our
legs crossed.
In an American town, with a pop-
ulation of three hundred families,
there are perhaps three families that
have both morning and evening
prayers. There may be fifty fami-
lies of these three hundred, that have
family prayers, with Bible reading
once s day.
In Gorivs if there are three hun-
dred homes, then there are three
hundred places where both morning
and evening prayers are said ever)
day of the year. There are no ex-
ceptions.
About 8 o’clock in the morning a
Brahmin priest comes in to con duo
morning worship.
He has already visited the river,
or some other body of water, for his
morning bath, which must be finish-
ed before the sun rises. He has
gathered a basket of flowers, which
he brings with him. Passing
through the house, be says to each
one, “Blessings be upon you.”
In the worship room there is a
a small sacred stool. If the family
be rich, it is of pure gold or silver.
Among the poor it is copper, but
always metalie. Here, it is be-
hoved the spirit ot God takes his
seat to listen to our worship.
Many families, longing for some
visible object to represent the Deity,
bring from the river side a small
black stone, and lay it on the sacred
stool. The weight of this stone ex-
presses to them strength and solidity.
It helps them to think of the substan-
tial force and power of the Infinite.
This may stand for what, among the
white races, is known as an Indian
idol. Every Hindoo knows that the
various images we use to represent
the super-natural, are not God, but
each thing represents some quality
of the Supreme Being.
Christisns treat with reverence
their Bible, though they know it is
made of paper which was rags. Just
so. a Hindoo treats with reverenoa
one of his idols. He knows it is
clay, or stone, or wood, snd no more
God than paper rags; but like the
Bible, his piece of day or stone helps
him to thank God.
The Brahmin, having saluted each
of us with a blearing as he passes
through the house into the worship-
room, now sits down upon a square
rug in front of the golden or silver
stool. He there repeats an invoca-
tion to the Supreme Being.
This occupies a few minutes, snd
is spoken in Sanscrit. It is s prayer
to the invisible God to come snd sit
upon our Umily seat. At the close,
of this invocation, the priest turn*,
and facing the family, kneels. They
likewise tall upon their knees, and
repeat after him, each phrase of a
prayer. At the end of each sen-
tence he throws a flower from his
basket upon the aacred stool, , The
flowers remain there, snd are only
removed in the early morning before
the priest comes again. All the
members of the family bow to the
Brahmin as he leaves, snd he re-
sponds with a “God bless you.”
Each priest attends five or six lami-
lies.
My people are astonished when
they are told that in Christian coun-
tries only one family in five or ten
has morning and evening prayers. I
do not believe that a single family in
Gorivs has omitted these prsyers in
a'century; if so, the circo instances
must have been of a most extraor-
dinary and overwhelming sort. I
ought to say that our contact with
the West is beginning to weaken the
force of* our ancient faith, snd that
the number ol Indians with “no re-
ligion” snd no foim of worship is
increasing every day. At the eve-
ning worship, the priest’s presence is
not necessary, though be is frequent-
ly with US.
Immediately after morning wor-
ship, comes breakfast. We have
several courses: first, boiled rice,
mixed with some kind of peas; then
one, then another, and perhaps a
third kind of curry. A vegetable
stew is the nearest aoproach to our
curry. The several curries differ
principally in consistency and flavor-
ing. The last one contains an acid
and some pleasant flavor. Rice
forms part of every course, and in
the last one, it is taken with milk.
Breakfast takes jrface from 9 to n
a. m., and there is no more eating
until evening, except sometimes a
alight lunch, which is merely a nib-
ble at some sort of sweetmeats or
pastries.
At twilight, when the lamps are
being lighted, the evening worship is
held. It may resemble the morning
ceremony snd be conducted by the
priest, or, it may consist simply in
the dedication of the first lamp
lighted, before the stool iu the wor-
ship-room, by the principal lady in
thi house, who invokes the blessings
of the Deitycm the household, all
gathered around herv^AU then kneel
and bow, facing the seat of the De-
ity, and retire from the room.
After this cornea the second meal,
which is, in course and cookery, al
most a repitition of breakfast.
Daring the day, when the males
are away at their different vocations,
the ladies are visiting or receiving
their female friends, reading to one
another, sewing, playing same game
of cards or looking alter the house-
hold work. *
Our amusements are varied and
ed by the while akUaad people of
this country about the negro, is one
of the moat lamentable facta in the
Hardware, Tinware, Staves, Agricultural
Implements, Iron, Steel, Hails,
* Barb Wire, Etc., Etc., *
Mechanic's Tools, “Mitchell' Wagons,
Ml tan and Fursl & Bradlty’s Plows ad Cultivators.
The Best and Cheapsst Cooking Stoves Made.
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No. 913 Main Street,DENISON, TEXAS.
have removed Dr, Wolff, health offi-
cer at Brasoa station. It will be re-
membered that be was appointed by
the Texas and Mexican authorities,
and served on the Mexican side by
A. R. COLLINS &
Mr- Roy received a medical edu-
cation in the University of Calcutta,
and bus recently spent two year* in
the University of Bdinburgn, Scot-
land. He la hi the United states to
study oar people and country.
Those who meat him ate much im-
pressed with bis tare intelligence,
gentle courtesies, and obvious integ-
rity. Few persona have had hotter
opportunities to know what life in
India really ir A member ot the
physician’s caste, bis father former-
ly professor in an Indian college,
Mr. Roy, by inheritance, education,
and broad opportunities for observa-
tion among all castes, is well quali-
fied to speak of life in India, We
have asked him to give us, in this,
his tint paper .a detailed, description
of life in bis own home and native
Tillage.
The tendency to generalised state-
ments, the besetting sin of travelers
among out-of-tbe way peoples, we
•hall avoid by beginning with a
simple description of life in one
home. Thus we shall comprehend
life in the nation.
The people of India have no pub-
lic or political lift. A description
of their home life comprehends their
entire life. Even the daily newspa-
per, which among us fuses thnr
thoughts of a nation is little known
in India.
In speaking ot America we speak
of many classes of public institutions.
But In native India we find only
homes.
A GUMFSX INTO A HINDOO HOME—
GOKIVA.
A description ol home life in Hin-
dostan may interest the readers of
this msgsaiue. Bora, reared and
educated in Hindostan, I can speak
with familiarity of the details of its
life.
Life in Gorivi, Bengal, my birth-
place and my home until I was more
than twenty years of age, may be
said to represent life In India. So I
shall apeak of Gorivs. It is a vil
lage containing 1,500 inhabitants,
and it twenty-five miles north of
Calcutta. It. has 00a main thor-
oughfare running through it from
end to end, besides many smaller
streets. The main thoroughfare is
about twenty feet broad, while the
other streets are f*om eight t<^ ten
feet broad. These streets are paved
with broken bricks.
Tne houses in this villsge are of
two torts. Those of the better class
are of brick,' two stories high, with
flat roofs, which serve for prome-
nades, drying clothes, and in the hot
season, for sleeping. The houses of
the very poor people consist of a
wooden frame plastered over with
mud. Every house, large end small,
has a yard and a garden.
One of the peculiar features of a
village in India oonsiets of large
wells, or tanks, which are distribut-
ed throughout the village. Digging
dowyj twenty feet into the ground
secures a very copious flow of water.
These wells or tanks are sometimes
•mall, but more frequently from so
to 150 feet across. The water is
soft and cold. Water enters so very
largely into our domestic economy
that these wells may be said to con-
stitute an important feature in Hin-
doo life. Gorivs is now clearly seen
by the readers, with its two-story
brick bouses and mud huts, every
house snd hut having its garden and
front yard. One street twenty feet;
broad, running its entire length, and
other streets tan feet wide running
in many directions, with wells or
tanks, large and small, scattered
through the village.
We rise shout 5 o’clock. You re-
member that we are just shove, in-
deed, almost on the tropic of cancer,
where the rising of the tun never
varies far from 6 a. m. Soon after
the rising all the members of the
family take a bath. This includes
the cleansing ot the teeth. These
acts, which are called “prataskriya”
(morning duties) must be performed
by everybody, excepting very small
ctyldren, before he or she may join in
the famdy worship or take break-
fast la India I have never met a
person above twelve years of age,
whether a Hindoo or a Mohamme-
dan, who does not cleanse the teeth
and rinse the mouth every morning,
or who, in s. state of health, goes
without at least one daily bath. The
taking of meals without first having
gone through the prmtaakriy*-,
would appear to a Hindoo an in-
credible story. While preparations
It Is believed one hundred thou-
sand persons perished in North Ban-
tam during the recent calamity. It
la alse believed the fort and garrison
at Aqjert are ewept away- An ex-
tensive plain of volcanto origin has
formed in the sea near Lumpoeg,
Sumatra, preventing communication
with Teleok, Belange and South-
west Java. /. ...
A delegation of “wi 1 e-cutters”—
five in number—met a delegation of
Clay county stockmen in council at
Henrietta last weak, and passed res-
olutions satisfactory to both parties,
in substance that all settlers and
stockmen in unison, wilt us% every
exertion to parent wire cutrog, the
stockmen agreeing to open gatee
and outlets for eaob and every man
to suit his convenience.
The Chinese government intends
to Mm a formal protest to the great
powers declaring the treaty at peace
between Franca and Aanam signed
at Hue is void, as the king of An-
num was forced by the French to sign
it. It is raportsd that 15,000 Chi-
new troops have crossed the Mong-
kai snd will proceed to Naidenong.
A squadron of vessels is loading at
Shanghai with troops, amuuition and
torpedoes. The French have de-
clared all the ports of Annam, in-
cluding Saigon, blockaded
The Mechanical News speaks ot
arbitration as “a known, intallibie
and Bole remedy” for strikes, or as at
least apparently such a remedy.
But, aays the Washington World,
suppose arbitration don’t arbitrate;
what then? It is indeed an excel-
lent way of settling all disputes,
from ostioes down to individuals,
provided both parties agree to abide
by the arbitration; but if one of
them won’t, then where’s the use ot
erty, Gainesville Town Company.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company.
North British and Merchantile Insurance Company.
Queen of England Fire Insurance Company.
Western Assurance of Toronto Insurance Company
Springfield fire and Marine Insurance Company.
Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Company.
Girard of Philadelphia Insurance Company.
Niagara Fire Insurance Company.
Crescent of New Orleans Insurance Company.
California Fire Insurance Company.
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Now York.
Travelers life and Accident Insurance Co. of Hartford.
Merchants of Newark Insurance Company.
Commercial of California, of California.
500,000 -A-OIR/HJS
CHOICE FARMRI, 6RAZIN6, FRUIT AM MIRERAL LARDS,
1 iTerma Time, Tracts Cat to Sait.
Taxes paid for Non-Resident*, Maps, Plata and Abstractsfu rn I*hod. Spec
ial attention to Loan*. Choice Residence and Business Property tor sate or real.
Lots sold by monthly payments.
If your wish to buy a Reaiderce. If you wish to Rent a Residence,
He Guarantees Satisfaction.
134 Main St., DENISON, TEXAS
Always have a carriage at the door to show property, free of charge.
The best investment—a home of your own.
Edward Perry, Vice President,
F. M. Adams, Cashier,
Directors :—John Scullin, Eadwrd Perry, Geo, A. Madill
Samuel Star.
Special Attention Given to Collections. - "
IE. IE- LATTA,
Commission Merchant
Fruits and Vegetables a Specialty.
10. lit Mail street, - - Denison, Texas.
Guiteau & Waldron’s
Drug Store,
UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE I
W According to the Philadelphia cor-
^^tepdent of the Now York World,
^NHt time before hie deeth Judge
m$k wea queationed in regard to
m\% opinion of the preaidential out-
look for 1884. He aaid he hoped
the old ticket would not be nominal-
ed unleaa , it wero reverted—Hen-
dricks and Tilden. He believed
thetTildeu might fill the office of
vtq* president creditably, end Hen-
dricks would make en admirable
president, but hia choice was Han-
cock ; he was Hancock Inside and
out, right end left, end under ell
cironmatances. * ’
A special to the Port Worth Ga-
votte says the Brownwood end Cisco
stage, while en route for Brownwood
end about flfteeu miles from Cisco,
wet belted Monday last by a single
masked man with e presented six-
shooter, who commended the passen-
gers to give up their money. After
relieving a Mr. Owen of nine dollars
end the driver of fifty cents, he or-
dered the driver to cut the straps off
the. mail begs end take from them ell
the registered packages, end after
having him to plaoe the registered
matter on the ground, ordered him
to drive off, which the driver wee
glnd to do. It is believed the rob-
bery was committed by some one
who was acquainted with the mails.
Mr. Riddle, of Stephens county,
tells it on the streets or Stephenville
that the people of hie county heard
fifty odd distinct teporis resembling
canons, in a direction north of their
connty. Perhaps this wea the same
noise our people heard last Monday,
which was attributed to Masting in
Do Leon.—Stephen-
Galvt
TURNING. SCROLL WORK, E TC
$10,000
$10,000 TO LOAN
In Diamonds. Watches and Jewelry.
A complete stock of the above New Goods always on hand. Great bargains
in unredeemed pledges.
Next deer to ftuklh’i Barber Shop, Main SI, DENISON, TEXAS-
CIGARS AND PIPES
KEHDAICS
MVIN CURI
The most successful remedy ever dis-
covered as it is certain in its effects and
does not blister. READ PROOF BE-
LOW.
Saved Him 1,800 Dollars.
Adams. N. Y., Jan. so, 1883.
Da. B. J. Kendall & Co., Gents:—
Having used a good deal of your Ken-
dall’s Spavin Cure with great succes-, I
thought I would let you know what it has
done for me. Two years ago I had a*
speedy a colt as was ever raised in Jeffer-
son County. When I was breaking him,
he kicked over the cross bar and got fast
and tore one of his hind legs all to pieces
I employed the best farriers, bat they all
said he was spoiled. He had a very large
thorough-pin, and I used two bottles of
your Kendall’s Spavin Cure, and it took
the bunch entirely off, and he sold after-
wards for $1,800 (dollars). I have used it
for bone spavins and wind ga'ls, and it
has always cured completely and teit the
leg smoo h.
It is a splendid medicine for rheuma-
tism- I have recomended it to a good
many, and they all say it does the work.
I was in Witherington Sl Kneeiand’s drug
store, in Adams, the other day and saw a
veiy fine picture you sent them. I tried
to buy it, but could not; they said if I
would write to you that you would send
me one. I wish you would, snd I trill do
you all the good I can.
Very respectfully,
£. S. Lyman.
Kendall’s Spavin Gore
ON HUMAN FLESH.
Vevay.Ind., Aug. 13th, 1881.
Dr. B. J. Kendall & Co., Gents:—
Sample at circulars received to-day.
Please send me some with my imprint,
primed on one side only. The Kendall’s
Spavin Cure is in excellent demand with
us, and not only for animals, but for hu-
man ailimente also. Mr. Jos. Voris, one
of the leading farmers in our county,
sprained an ankle badly, and knowing
the value of the remedy for horses, tried
it on himself, and it did far better than
he expected- Cured the sprain in verv
short order.
Very resneetiully,
C- O. Thieband.
Price gi per bottle, or 6 bottles for $5.
All druggists have it or can get it for
you, or it will be sent to any address on
receipt of price by the proprietors, Da.
B. J. Kendall & Co., Kaosbttigh Falls,
Vt. Send tor illustrated circular.
SOLD BY ALL DBUGGISm
[Christian Register.)
The Catholic Review has an arti-
cle on the legend of the handkerchief
of Veronica. The legend is that
Veronica, among other women, met
Jesus on his way to Calvary ; that,
as he was sinking from exhaustion,
blinded by sweat and blood, she of-
fered him her handkerchief or veil,
and the Sacred Face was withdrawn
from it an ex »ct picture of the liLca-
menta remained. The Review writer
contends that “it is not more aboard
than a list ol other miracles recorded
in Scripture. Is it not more touching,
more ennobling, mope heart-subdu-
ing, than the miracles of the demons
i.nd the swine? Protestants should
be chary of making this charge, else
they may find the whole scaffolding
of Scripture miradeetumbling about
their ears.” There is certainly logic
in this caution, though little in the
legend.
North and Hast
NO. 303 MAIN STREET
FROM LITTLE ROOK TO
L0BISVILLIWXTB0TJTCHAB8I
- CONNECTING with—
THROUGH CARS TO
—
the quarries at
vile Empire.
The Bandera Eagle also says that
on laat Monday a noise very much
resembling heavy canonading was
distinctly heard by many ot file citi-
zens of Bandera. The noise was
in a northeasterly direction from
town. On Tuesday Mr. Robert
Sparks, who lives several miles
northeast of town, came in and re-
ported having heard the same unac-
countable noise. He aays that he
was in sevetal notable battles during
the late wiri and that he never beard
any connonadhig to equal it. This
strange circumstance has given rise
to quite a number of conjectures, and
some little excitement prevailed.
GEORGE BRAUN
nilieiMl EASTERN CITIES
WITHOUT OSAim.
Tor Jhrtter Information Addrtts
tad Ticket Ag«*t.
LOUISVILLE, KY,
A young man asked a minister the
other day if he believed the Bible.
“Why, certainly I do.”
“Every word?”
“Certainly.”
“Let me ask a Bible question.
Parties sending lor relatives and
friends in Europe, will do well to consult
O. E. O'MALEY. agent H A T C Ry.,
who is agent for the following Steamship
Lines.
WHITE STAR.
INMAN.
CUNARD.
STATE LINE.
NORTH GERMAN LOYD.
MISSISSIPPI A DOMINION.
NATHANIEL.
ANCHOR.
TALIAN LINE.
MALLERY. I
American Register.
As the newspapers have contrib-
uted so many alleged remedies for
this dreaded disease, which once
again ia threatening an invasion of
the country, we shall give one baaed
or personal experience in Cuba in
If is simply chleroform adminis-
tered internally; a table spoonful
intermixed with six or eight times
that amount of water. We know
al fully one hundred men who were
so cured, and we administered the
“Y- s, sir, 1 believe it does.
“And the Bible also says that the
flood lasted a*year ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, Elder. I learn by the Bible
that the flood took place when this
gentleman they call Methuselah was
810 years ot age. And as you ad-
mitted a moment ago, that the flood
only lasted s year, I want to know
where this old gentleman Methuselah
was during these few days of ex-
treme dampness?”
It is needless to say the question
remains unanswered even onto this
day.—Thinker.
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