New-York tribune., 1899-04-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

There used to be-" says THE Philadelphia
Press" -four Sankaracharyas. or spiritual heads,
among the Hndoos-one at Dwarka. another at
Sringer Mysore, third at Pur Orissa, and an
other at Bandrinarian. or Badrkaasram near
Hurdwar. The last two seats. which went by the
name OF Jotishi Math and Goverdhan Math, have
been abolished. The Dwarka seat is called
the Shardoa Msth. and that in Mysore is the IA
nous Srnger Math The Jagatguru Sankara-
charya OF Dwarka is the seventy-second in the
succession. the first having appeared as far back
twenty-six hundred years ago. Both this seat
and that of Mysore are extremely wealthy. Their
Sankaracharyas seldom leave their seats. but when
they do II is TO travel In great state and with
large retinues WELDING. within the limits Of their
respective jurisdictions, an influence almost royal
their religious edicts are obeyed implicitly. The
Sankaracharya Of Mysore has large authority in
Southern India. He Of Dwarka wields power ex
tending to Bombay. the Punjab and northwest
provinces and Oudh. Central India. Rajputana, and
since the abolition OF the office in Puri. even to
Bengal"
the place in the local market. of the Vermont ar
ticle TO a considerable extent this season. the crop
In the Green Mountain State having almost wholly
failed Probably few Mlssourians outside that i'm
mediate locality know that the .saccharne luxury
ity of ST Joseph or elsewhere in the State, but
such is the case.-(Kansas City Journal
Here is an extract from THE Mexican Herald's'
report Of the Palm Sunday bullhght In the City of
Mexico: Bull No. 5.-Ths bull tumbled the plea
dores pretty brisky. and made things lively gen.
orally. There were some narrow escapes. and el
Gupuscoano distinguished himself by timely
quite on behalf of CalleJa. With respect to ban
derillas. the only thing deserving Of mention
a good pay al cuarteo by Minute. Cervera Prieto
did some fair pase work but experienced serious
difficulties in dispatchng the bull. owing to It's
keeping the barrier. After a poor pnchazo a
horrible cuarteo and a somewhat slanting media
he finished up with media perpendicular which
did the business"
Mr.. kipling OF Methodist ancestry "on
both sides Of the house" as they say Down East.
was the Rev Joseph Kipling. a member OF we'll
to,do farming family in Cumberland One who
and much respected. But he was as plain as a
pIkestaf in appearance. dress, type of mind
grandson did not come from him." The other
grandfather. the Rev. George B. Macdonald
different type He & declares the same M authority
was man of very unusual gifts. brmful OF
his name from his paternai srandfather. he 1n-
doubtediy got his brilliancy from his maternal
aid that in the days when he W Was eourtins the
lady whom he afterward married the father IN :
notions in regard the proprieties-was njudicous
enough on one occasion TO enter the parlor without
enene Wss ha found aS the
Ing single chair Deeply shocked by this spec
tacle the old man solemny INN said said; MI Macdona, Ma d
side OF the room and ! on the other" Macdonalds s
reply was; That's what ] should have done II l
had been courtng Mrs Brown."-(Troy Press.
Some women OF Chicago have formed a Womans S
Municipal Ownership League. the object Of which Is
to advocate municipal ownership of the street rail-
ways. The Organization has had thousands OF
cards printed for distribution in the cars. as fol-
lows: