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Brooklyn. and known as Marie Louise
Davitt She was among the number or
those who were particularly impressed by
the philosophical doctrine expounded by
the young Bengal "Sunyasi."
She made a point of attending his lee
lures, and after a full exchange of ideas
she expressed her desire of becoming his
"chela' or disciple, with a'view of finally
adopting Hindooism. Then, carried away
by zeal, she asked for permission, and
was allowed, to enter one of the religious
orders of Shivaisen. that being the sect
of Hindooism to which her ''guru.' or
spiritual guide, Virikananda, belonged
The latter Ordained" her in New York
In 1885, and subsequently at intervals
raised her through all the ranks of the
priesthood until she reached the highest
rung of the ladder, and was finally made
a ''Sunyasi' of the "puri'' order. AS
such she is the very first of the Western
world. and in fact. it sounds incompatible
an American lady becoming a Hindoo
"Sunyasi," or Yogi"
The lady Swami If we may so call her,
is a little over so years of age, stands
somewhat above the average height and
is of rather imposing figure. Her face
impresses one at the outset with its eX-
preston of gentleness. calmness and kind
ness, but with these traits she possesses
the strong chin and massive jaw which
betray the dominant will power and in
vincible determination without which he
could never have crossed such a wide
social gulf as that which she has over
stepped.
She wears her hair. which is gray al
most to whiteness, cut very short and
brushed backward, a mode which shows
to advantage the breadth and height of
her straight forehead. Imagine her, too,
with a pair of dark eyes, full of earnest
ness, set In a face of a pale hue, and you
have a portrait of Swami Abhayananda-
According to the rules Of her order, she
wears a simple cloth gown of saffron color
of a. style modified to suit European con-
ventionalities, but cut perfectly plain. like
that of monk, and without any adorn-
ment at all beyond a sash Of the same
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Liberal Club. Then she was known in the
press and on the platform as Nine. Maria
Louise, fearless, progressive, advanced
woman, whose boast il was that she was
always in the front of the battle and
ahead of her times.
In an interview which she gave the Her
aid in 1896 she gave the following as tho
Swami's fundamental teaching:
Every man must develop according to
his own nature. AS every science has it's
methods so has every religion Methods
of attaining the end of our religion are
called Yoga. and the different forms of
Yoga that we teach are adapted to the
different natures and temperaments of
men. We classify them in the following
way, under four heads
''0) Karma Yoga-The manner In which
a man realizes his own divinity through
works and duty.
go Bhakti Yoga-The realization of a
divinity through devotion to and love
of personal God.
90 Rajah Yoga-The realization of a
divinity through control Of mind.
80 Guanna Yoga-The realization of a
mans own divinity through knowledge
These are all different roads leading to
the same center-God. Indeed the varie-
ties of religious belief are an ADVANTAGE.
since all faiths are good so far as they
encourage man to religious life The moer
sects there are the more opportunities
there are for making successful appeals
to the divine instincts of all men,
In contemplating the step she had taken
and in considering the future this woman
has chosen to adopt one can not but be
reminded of Schopenhauer's strange pre-
diction when he said, in reference to the
ethics and philosophy of Hindooism:
1.-The world is about to see a revolution In
thought more extensive and more power
full than that which was witnessed by the
Renaissance of Greek literature.
During the time of the social Juror Gre
ated by the Swami Virikanandi. when he
was the social lion of New York's Four
Hundred, after the Chicago Fair, the
Swami Abhayananda was at that time
earning her living as journalist In
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~ HIS Is the story of an American
woman who would a-whaling go.
She ran the gamut of nautical adj
ventures from the ice fields of the
north seas, from the typhoons Of
the Orient, to the wreck Of the
bark Horatio on the reefs near the Caro-
line IslandS-the wreck that still clings
to the rocks in the harbor Of Kusaie; the
wreck which she predicted weeks before
from a significant dream. These expert
ences have made up her life aboard ship
in just twelve months.
She did not go a-salling for the mere
love Of adventure, nor IN the cold serious
ness of skirts, but in the more comfort
able If less lovely boomer uniform. And
she chose the life Of the sea to share lifes
vicissitudes with her husband Captain
West was the skipper and she the first
mate of the Inflated bark Horatio that
is now pounding itself to pieces on the
Caroline shores.
Seven years ago Mrs. West, the cap
tain's bride, stepped aboard the whaling
bark at Marthas Vineyard to try her new
home on the deep. For seven years
bark has been her only dwelling, and in
that length of time her voyages havs ex-
tended over $4,000 leagues.
These years she has devoted to the
study of navigation, and her account of
them is freaked with untoward events.
Last week the barkentine Ruth arrived
from the Caroline Islands with the crew
of the wrecked whaling bark, and Mrs.
West spoke of her eventful year IN a
matter-of-fact, New England way.
Upon the first day of my voyage" she
said. i began TO learn the names of the
sails and the rigging. In a very little
while I understood the theory Of steering
and how to box the compass. I would
often take the sun and get the latitude,
and from that time on looked upon navi-
cation seriously instead of as an amusing
pastime
1t took some time, however, before dur
ing a storm / could muster up the cour-
age which l always had ashore, and every
time there was strong breeze I asked
Captain West If 1t were a gale.
And so the life on the ocean wave
grew upon me, and the flercer the hurri-
cane the more my courage rose, inspired,
I have always thought, by the knowledge
that the captain knew how TO control his
ship.
The first serious danger we encoun-
tered occurred in the Arctic Ocean about
thirty-fve miles south of Herald Island.
For two weeks I had our satchels packed,
ready to leave the ship at a moments
notice Neither night nor day did 1
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impossible to stand upright anywhere
When the lower main topsail, main spen-
Ger and fore sail were carried away, Cap
tain West came below and ordered me to
put on all the warm clothes I could wear
and to make haste about it. / was so
frightened that my fingers were numb.
but somehow / managed to put on four
dresses over my boomers. 1 knew with
out questioning that l was preparing for
an open boat in that awful sea 1t was
blowing so hard that looking windward
we could nothing but spray off the
top Of the sea. That was the very worst
storm. but it suddenly left us, and the
Horatio, though badly strained, wealth
cred the gale.
Now comes the strangest part of my
whole experience. the part that almost
every will say is too extraordinary
to admit of belief From the time the
Horatio left San Francisco last Decem-
Der l had a soul-pervading horror of be-
ing shipwrecked. The great big dangers
that had jutted out on our horizon pre-
viously ! did not seem to fear, for I re-
lied upon the captains skill to evade
them. But the undefnable. clinging pre-
monition that we were to be in danger
when we least expected 1t filled me with
fearful foreboding.
This fear did not possess me until we
were crossing the bar, and 1 felt then
IldI the f1OTdIO WAS Oh utE IdSl NON-
age that she would be shipwrecked.
THE captain laughed at my supersti-
tons, even while he respected them: but
the days went by, and as nothing oc-
Cured that was not anticipated. l, too.
began to doubt the prediction would come
to pass.
But one night I had a singular dream.
1t was not the result Of Ill health nor of
seasickness Aboard ship l am not
troubled with indigestion. so that the
dream and its subsequent fulfillment was
altogether remarkable. Much of the Wis
ion, of course. inexplicable, but
enough of it portended the disaster which
actually happened TO make me ever after
ward a believer in dreams.
THE pets which I took with me from
San Francisco were a canary, rat ter
rier and a black kitten.
The entire crew of thirty-six men
looked askance at the black cat and
shook their heads disapprovingly. Once
I heard sailor say Let's throw 1t over
board
well in my dream I thought the Ho-
ratio was painted yellow. just the color
of the canary-in fact the bark had sud-
denly been metamorphosed into the bird
and the cat sat on a rock splashed by the
sea. The cats eyes seemed dilated and
steadfast, and ! knew that it was charm
ing the bird and Turing her to destruction
All at once the dog set up a bark that
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color carried around her waist and with
the ends hanging down in front of her.
Strange to say, after she was ordained
a priestess at New York in 1895 the lady
Swami collected congregation around
her at the mission she started here. and
succeeded in converting number of
American men and women to the Shivaite
sect of HindooiSm.
The lady Swami is now on her first visit
to India 1t is matter of some specula-
ton to see in what light the Hindoos Of
India will receive Swami Abhayananda as
she goes about among them in her saffron
gown
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particularly because his flesh Is tainted
with poison from the repeated snake
bites. These curious fights generally take
place near water-holes.
have also seen remarkable combats
between snakes of various species and
sizes. A small snake Will always respond
to the challenge of much larger one,
this challenge taking the form of rear
ing UP and kissing. The little snake will
then advance slowly toward its opponent
and attempt to strike, but as a rule the
big one brushes 1t before it can do any
harm. I had often heard of the joke
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about two snakes of an equal size trying
to swallow one another, and was, there
fore, the more interested when I came
across this identical situation in real life.
One day, right in my track lay two very
large snakes which had evidently been
engaged in a very serious encounter, and
the victor had commenced swallowing his
exhausted adversary. He had disposed
of some three or four feet of that adver-
sary's length when / arrived on the
scene, and was evidently resting before
taking in the rest. I easily made prison.
ers of both.
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could not be quoted and ran about like
mad in the cabin and finally upon deck,
while I followed close behind. When half
way up the steps there came a dreadful
shock, and grasping the rail, 1 escaped
falling backward. Then I heard the cap
tain shouting. Clear away your boats"
II awoke with a jerk, sat bolt up
right in bed and for some moments
thought the Horatio had surely foun-
dered. To make it more real the dog
was bowling.
ITO satisfy me the captain went on
deck to take a look around OF course
we were in midocean with land nowhere
in sight, and the next morning even
laughed with him over my vivid dream
ITO tell the truth, did not think or IL
again until the Horatio really did strike
the rocks.
"Then what occurred was surely a CO.
incidence: If nothing more. we were go
highest tide of the year The captain had
been in this port several times and
and Very much interested in reading
novel, but the fox terrier made such a
racket that 1 finally had to close my, book;
Then he suddenly made for the deck, and
knowing that he would be in the cap
tains way 1 quickly followed.
while half way up the steps there
came a shock so terrible that grasped
the rail to keep from falling backward.
Just then the captains voice rang out,
Clear away your boats
Like flash 1 remembered my dream:
1.-THE swell lifted the bark only to toss
1t with greater force upon the next rock.
Again and again we struck the reef' each
time with a harder crash.
Sound the pumps Back all the yards
and carry out an anchor. such orders
followed fast, and faster the bark gltded
on to the reef.
"In less than twenty minutes after the
Horatio struck she lost her false keel.
The awful ripping, grinding and Sizing
will always ring in my ears. The signals
of distress were given, and though we
were two miles from shore the natives
saw our predicament and boats were soon
making out toward us.
81 went ashore in the first boat and
carried with me my pets, the trunks and
the two chronometers.
1T was quite dark before stepped into
the lifeboat, and the fitful, sullen glare OF
rockets across the water only intensified
the gloom. Mrs. PauleckSa, a native
woman kind-hearted and hospitable, took
me to her home and made me as COM
Portable as possible. However, 1 spent
most of the night walking the beach,
waiting and watching until a. m, when
the last boat left the wreck.
II did not sleep much that night. was
haunted by the memory of my dream and
its uncanny realization.
shall 1 give up the life of the sea? Oh.
no / am willing and ready to start on a
voyage tomorrow; but for the peace OF
the crew I'll leave the black cat ashore.
II so happened that the bark struck the
sunken rock on Friday, and above the
roar Of the grinding wreck heard the
muttered imprecation, Curse that cat
ANNABEL LEE.
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II MONG the passengers on board the
~ Peninsular and Oriental steam
~ ship Carthage, which arrived at
n Bombay recently, was an Ameri-
Il - can lady of French extraction, who
is known as Swami Abhayananda,
and who is the first European, If we may
so call her, to be actually and practically
converted to Hindooism."
This little item, clipped from an English
newspaper, may recall to many-at least
those in any way interested in Theosophy
the very peculiar conversion, some four
years ago. of a woman to the Hindco
faith, who preached and lectured in
Brooklyn, and who was known as the
woman monk"
She created quite a sensation at the
time of her first appearance, especially
as the public mind was rather prepared
for Theosophical discussion from its in
tense interest in the Congress of Re-
ligions held at the worlds fair. Her mas
ter and teacher was the Swami Virilkan-
anda, who was so prominent in Chicago
during the Exposition.
There Is little known of her to-day in
New York. though she was so prominent
among the Socialists some ten years ago.
Justus Schwab, in speaking of her, said
.She was a very fine woman, of an I'M
determined age, very homely, but very
intelligent. 1 have known Marie Louise
for twenty-five years, but, of course, all
interest in her ceased as soon as she took
up with Theosophy. She was of French
parentage, and spoke the language, flu
emily, but she claimed to love America
better. She was very prominent at the
different liberal clubs, but, of course, that
is all over with now"
found upon further investigation that
she was a French woman, but natural
H.
York for twenty-five years. She had rath-
er a curious history. For a quarter of a
century she had been known as a ma
terialist, socialist-some say anarchists
friend of Emma Goldman and others of
that ilk. Twelve months before she be-
came converted to Hindooism she was a
prominent member of the Manhattan
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ENTION of the snake incident re-
II III minds me of a very peculiar and
MI interesting sport which the
blacks in northern Australia in
- L dulge in, says Louis de Rouge
mont. ] refer to fights between
snakes and iguanas. These combats GER
tainly afford very fine sport. The two
creatures are always at mortal enmity
with one another, but as rule the
iguana commences the attack, no matter
how much bigger the snake may be than
himself or whether il is poisonous or
not I have seen iguanas attack black
snakes from six to ten feet in length,
while they themselves rarely measured
more than three or four feet.
AS a rule the iguana makes a swapping
bite at the snake a few inches below its
head and the latter instantly retaliates
by striking its enemy with it's poisonous
fangs. Then an extraordinary thing hap
pens. The iguana viii let go his hold
and straightway make for a kind of fern,
which 10 eats in considerable quantities;
the object of this being to counterfeit the
effects of the poison. When he thinks he
has had enough of the antidote he rushes
back TO the scene of the encounter and
resumes the attack. tie snake always
waiting there for him. Again and again
the snake bites the iguana. and as often
the latter has recourse to the counterfeit
ing influences Of the anidote The fight
may last for upward of an hour, but
eventually the iguana conquers.
The fnal struggle is most exciting The
iguana seizes hold OF the snake five or
six inches below the head, and this time
refuses to let go mis- hold, no matter how
much the snake may struggle and en-
wrap him in its coils. Over and over
roll the combatants, but the grip Of the
iguana is relentless: and the struggles
Of the snake grow weaker, until at length
he is stretched out dead. Then the tri-
umphant iguana steals slowly away.
The spectators would never dream of
killing him, partly on account Of their
admiration for his prowess, but more
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MONG the passengers on board the
Peninsular and Oriental steam
ship Carthage, which arrived at
Bombay recently, was an Ameri-
: can lady of French extra ctinn Whn
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. HIS Is the story of an American
woman who would a-whaling go.
She ran the gamut Of nautical adj
ventures from the ice fields of the
north seas. from the typhoOns Of
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COVOCATION OF NASHVILLE.
Interesting Meetings Held In 81. Peter
Church

Interesting Meeting. Held In 81. Peters
Church.
The CpuvocAtiOn Of Nashville.
which is compose of the clergy of
the Epi scOpal Church Of the Middle
section OF Tennessee. convened last
Tuesday evening in st Peters Epis-
cOpal Cnufch of this city. The ser
vice was opened by the reading Of
the lessons and prayer by Rev
Granville Allison aud Rev. A j.
Wilder, and the opening sermon was
preached by Rev. w. G.. Robertson,
his discourse being greatly enjoyed
by those in attendance.
The following ministers were pr
ent: Rev. p. A. ROdriknev, of Muir.
freesboro; Rev. Y. F. Martin, Of
Nashville; Rev. r. NJ. Edwards, of
Tullahoma; Rev. Granville Allison,
of Pulaski; Rev. A. j. Wilder, ~
Nashville; Rev. w. q. Robertson, o.
Nashville; Rev. S b. McGlohon, of
Franklin; Rev. Alex Patterson, mis-
sionary at larg-; and r V. w. H.
Wilson, colored, of Columbia. Rev.
Baker P Lee, Rector of st. Peters,
was absen5 in Virginia, where he
had been called to attend the sick
bed of his child.
A business meeting Of the COnvo.
cation was held Wednesday morn
ing at 8 O clock, followed by a service
and holy communion at IL a. m.
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
the final business meeting was held l.,
and at night there was a missionary
meeting, during which many inter
esting facts in regard to the work
done by this church for the cause of
missions were brought out.
Yesterday morning a memorial
service, held in COMMUNICATION of
Bishop Otey, the first bishop Of the
diocese. whose remains lie buried in
st. Johns cemetery, was conducted
in ST. Johns church at Ashwood
The clergy and a lumber of persons
from Columbia were in attendance.
Dinner was spread on the ground
and at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon
another service was held, the SER
mon being preached by Rev. P. A.
Rodriguez.
Altogether, the meeting Of the
Convocation has been a most enjoy
able one, and all those who attended
have been grea ly benefited. The
next meeting will be held the third
week in October at Rossview, Mont
gomery county.
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OVER THE COUNTY

Cabinets, 81 per doz. at Young's, If
The drOuth this year Is said To be
almost unprecedented.
Use Alcorn's Foot Relief If
w. w. Gibbs has bought of James
Giddens three tracts of land Tor
$4,000.
Use Alcorn's Foot Relief.
Miss Louise Elan, of Nashville, is
visiting the family Of Mr.. j. w. AL
exsnder at Spring Hill,
Use Alcorn's Diarrhea remedy.
If
Rev. w. r. Dale, of Mt Pleasant,
has been sick for several weeks aud
unable to ill his appointments.
Cheap town lots for sale.
7l44 GORDON Il RUTLEDGE.
The building fever is still on in
Mt. Pleasant, and the price of town
lots have advanced greatly.
Use Alcorn's Electric Liniment
for pains and bruises. If
Luther Thomas, Jr.. the little son
of County Court Clerk Thomas, has
been Ill tor several days, but, we are
glad to report, is now improving.
Buy your paints at Alcorn's.
Hammar Paint is best If
The Capital wagon is the leader of
them all. j. p. STREET d Co. 1t
There will be game of base ball
at Culleoka this afternoon at
o'clock between Nashville team
and the CulIeoka boys.
We buy pearls of all kinds, that
are marketable. Will pay the high
est market price, JAMES BROS.
7l42t
| The cornerstone of the new Cum
berland Presbyterian church at Mt.
Pleasant will be laid tomorrow. An
! interesting programme has been
prepared for the occasion.
Sam Nichols, at Carriers Creek,
wants to buy your wheat. Call him
at either the Citizens or the Bell
Telephone. If
Buy your millet seed and field
peas of Frierson q Embry; prices
reasonable. 1t
Attention Is called to the an.
nouncement of Messrs. Branham &
Hughes, elsewhere in this paper
The fall term of their school at
Spring Hill will begin August 30
1899. These gentlemen have build
ed up school which every Maury
Countian should feel proud of.
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BIG PHOSPHATE DEAL.
w. W. Gibbs Buys in SS5,1S5 worth
of Property.

w. W. Gibbs Buys in ss5,1s5 Worth
of Property.
Mr.. w. w. Gibbs. of Philadelphia,
has entered the Maury County phOs-
phate field, and is buying up lands
by the wholesale. Deeds were filed
in the Registers Office Wednesday,
conveying to him property amount
ing in the aggregate To $3.50, 1856, the
consideration being for cash. The
lands were bought from the follow
ing parties
H. ID. Ruhm and j. H. Carpenter
40 acres in the 18th district, known
as the Bailey place, conveyed to
Ruhm & Carp enter by j. H. Carpen-
ter-$l6 600.
H. D. Ruhm, 5414 acres in 18th
district, conveyed to Ruhm by 5. II
Armstrong, 81 $50.
H. d. Ruhm, $50 acress in 7th and
18th districts, conveyed to Ruhm by
w n. Murphy, $4,000.
H ID. Ruhm, Trustee, three tracts
in 18th district, containing 1877 acres
conveyed to Ruhm by w. +. Bend.
erman and M. G. Howard. $780,
H. d. Ruhm and wife, PA acres in
1lth district, conveyed to Ruhm by
q. M. Swami and wife, SIS 525.
Mr.. HID. Ruhm had previously
secured options on all the above
named places, and it is understood
in business circles that he realized q
nice profit by the deal, amounting t
some $4,000 on SIS 900 perhaps.