The National tribune., 1895-12-05
PLnpGE or LoYAL noMn WoRKERs.
EDTTOISS CHAT.
The Beautiful Legend Of Keesa of Totami.
Not for Ourselves, but Others.

The Beautiful legend Of Keesa of Totami
Not for Ourselves, but Others.
THE STORY OF KEEsA.
It is wonderful how common grief makes
the whole world kin, and how a common need
unifes all classes and conditions in an onward
movement for mutual solaee or Improvement
At recent woman's meeting over in Canada
member present revived a beautiful Oriental
legend in which she saw the inception of the
"Council idea" which is bringing together in
the bond of helplulness women OK every sect
creed, society, aud association, banded together
I" to apply the Golden Rule to society, custom,
and law:
1.-TWO thousand years ago, in India, there
was a little girl named Keesa. who lived in the
city Of Totami. She was a farmers daughter,
married TO farmer. She knew nothing OF
what il was 10 be a mother-knew nothing of
her married responsibility-and before she was
Is years old she became mother. Her little
boy, said to have been a beautiful boy, grew
up 10 be the JOY of the city, which is called
after her TO this day. One day he fell into a
fit and died. The poor little moi her did not
know what to do. What was this terrible
thing that had come over her boy? She
poured water on his face, caressed him, called
for her husband, who was away; she ran into
the street ing someone for medicine to cure
her baby. No one gave her any counsel.
Finally, Keesa went to Buddha and said: L
hear you are wise man; give me some medl-
cine TO cure my baby
"Buddha saw how inexperienced she was, and
said: Go and bring me handful of mustard
seed; but when you go into house and ask
for mustard seed you must be careful that
fnch catastrophe has happened there as has
touched you So as she went looking for
the seed she asked " IN this the house of my
friend has ever any been such as this my
baby? And always the answer was Yes"
Then she took up her baby and sat upon a
stone, and said: Alas, this is heavy task that
j have undertaken And presently light shone
upon her and she said: mol / shall not seek
for the mustard seed ] cannot find it. will
bury my baby and 60 back to my good man and
teil him ] cannot lind the seed She laid her
baby in the earth and returned TO Buddhs, who
asked her if she had found the seed, and she
replied, No Buddha asked her what she
had done with her baby, and she answered
thst she had buried him. and that her heart
was sick for all those who had suffered as
abe had
''Then Buddha said: Sister you have found
the mustard seed Keesa went and taught
other women how 10 tend their babies. She
told her husband, "0ur child is dead but am
going to teach myself SO that If / should have
another child can train him."
This is the true spirit of living the world
oyer-nOt for ourselves, but for Others
PASSING IN REVIEW.
James =. Hllpln, Hopperton, Mich, writes
that his address viii hereafter be at that place,
instead o, at Hors shoe, as heretofore He has
removed with his parents TO that place, and
says: Our new home is on the Chicago
West Michigan Railroad. 45 miles south Of
Grand Rapids, where will conduct my busi-
ness in the grocery line, as you most all know,
on wheels. and would he pleased to have any
G. g. call that may be passing this way"
Inez Iiumbert is General Secretary of the
NomAn's Christian Temperance Union of Car
roll County. ILL.,. and officer of the Relief
Corps of Shannon. ber place OF residence. be.
Eides being one OF the stsDehest Of Loyal Home
Workers
Florence Crabb, Lima O., will exchange
postal autographs with &C. aud LH.W.. and
give handsome bound book for the prettiest.
Alice J.. Putnam, Fredonia. n. Y, enioved
the Ind an Summer Goubly because of the fine
wheeling it afforded.
OUR ROLL-CALL.
THE letters vs.. mean veterans son yd vetar.
sl's daughter aud veterans widow: mem bers
OF nssoclfiioifs viii be mark ed ". and D.Vl
Nary i. Hague. v.d, Saxon, o.; Maggie
sines, y.c., S.zoH O.; Helen L. Webster. South
Hancock. Ne. Wolf Lipski, Ellsworth. Ne.
Emma Martin. Seward, Okla; Thos Morgan,
Crescent City, Okla; Harrison Gordon, Stevens.
burg Va. Total, I526I