Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-07-13
THE HlNDoO SACRED RIVER.
india Disturbed by an Old Prophecy
Concerning the. GnnEes.

india Disturbed by an Old Prophecy
Concerning the. GnnEes.
The ancient prophecy to which ref
erence has been made in this journal
more than once, that the sanctity Of
| the river Ganges will pass to the Mar
bada in 1S9495, has been quoted very
widely by the Indian press, and is said
to be creating more uneasiness than
the mango-smearing 1t appears that,
what with indignation meetings in
every part of the country to protest
against the sacrifice of Indian finance
to the Manchester vote, the murder
Gus feuds of the Mohammedans and
Hindoos, the criminal trials for SIAN
der Which have sprung cut of the mis-
sionaTy misrepresentation on the
opium question, and the demand for
the public prosecution Of q leading mis-
sionary Journal for insulting native
religious beliefs, Il wave of unrest is
again passing over India The Use
sarevitch in his account of his recent
travels in that country dWells at length
upon the prOphesy and the silent revO-
luton which he declares to be proceed
ing without suspicion on the part of
the British. A writer in the London
Times" says of the prediction. 1T
derives of course, .ne authority from
the Veda. Nor have we. after some
inquiry, been able to discover Il refer
ence to it in any text belonging to the
classical SanSkrit period. The earliest
authentic notice has been traced no
further back than the Rewa Khanda
a local s;lcred poem in honor of the
Narbada. Sixty years ago Sir
Henry Sleeman mentioned it
in his journal as current
in the Narbada region of the Central
Provinces. About the year 1880 Sir
MonierWilliams heard Il good deal
concerning it from the Brahmins of
Western India at Amadabad. The
change was to take place in 1851 Of
the Samvat era, corresponding to 1884
% Of our em. The ceremonial cycle
of the Hindoos is one of twelve years,
and the bathing festivals on the GSn-
ges have each twelfth year a special
religious value. At the last Of these
cycle anniversaries the devotion of the
populace was stimulated by the rumor
that they had better take advantage
of it lest the sanctity of the Ganges
should depart before the next occasion !
arrived Unprecedented multitudes
focked to the bathing places along it's
banks, and the demonstration WAS con-
sidered of sufficient Importance to find
its way into the official record of the
period New York Evening Post.
Recovered His Memory in Old Age.
Authentic instances of old people |
who have recovered lost sight, hearing
or speech, or who have grown Il third |
set Of teeth OF a supplementary crop of
hair, are not uncommon. But eases in
which perfect memory has been re-
gained, after being impaired almost to
the verge of extinction by paralytic
shock, are rare. This. however has hap
pened to William McEntee, an old man
of 81, residing on North Twenty-eighth
street. During the recent storm he in
sisted upon taking his daily walk, and
in consequence was laid up with Il Sc
we're cold. While sittingain his arm
chair after his recovery. Il day or two
since, he found himself humming an
air which he had not heard since he
was boy in the emerald isle Then
he began TO tell 4 story which the old
song recalled, and to the ;mazement
of his family he went on to recite Incl
dents and events not only of long ago,
but of more recent dates, of which,
before his brief illness, he had no recol-
lection.- Philadelphia Record.