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park where Buddha taught his dis ciples. Recent excavations near there have brought to light one of the Asoka pillars which, though unfortunately broken, still bears testimony to the skill of the suclptor as we'll as to the
 zeal of the great Buddhist king. But
 these ruins are all that there Is left Of Buddhism in this vicinity where Bud aha livel and taught and where his doctrines were once triumphant. for Hinduism has virtually rooted out Buddhism. adopting. it is said. the de- vice of making him one of the incar- nations of their own god.
 At Benares one sees idolatry in its grossest and most repulsive forms. and itsis therefore as interesting today to the student of the worlds religion as to the devoted Hindu who travels hun- dreds of miles over dusty roads to bathe in the Ganges. whose waters he consid- CTS sacred. Benares Is built upon the north bank of the Ganges, and 1t Is es- timated that each year 1t Is visited
 by million pilgrims When more than
 300 miles from the city we saw the caravan of the Maharaja (Maharaja Is the title borne by native princes) on
 its way to the river. There were five elephants. a dozen camels and twenty or thirty bull carts besides numerous
 pack animals and horses. The trip
 could not be made in much less than
 two months, and all this for the sake of bath in the waters of the sacred riveri
 The bank of the Ganges is lined for
 a long distance with bathing ghats Gas the steps leading to the river are called)
 and at one point there Is a burning gfat where the bodies of the dead are cremated. Cremation Is universal among the Hindus. sandal-wood being used
 where the relatives can afford it. Talk ing a boat, as is customary, we owed
 up and down the river in the early
 morning, and such a sight. Down the steps as far as the eye could reach came the bathers, mea, woren and children, and up the steps went a constant stream of those who had finished their abIu- tions. Most of them carried upon their heads water pots of shining brass and some carried bundles of wearing ap- parel The bathing Is done leisurely as If according to a ritual, with fre- quent dippings; water Is poured out to
 the sun and prayers are said. The lame, the halt and the blind are there, some picking their way with painful
 step. others assisted by friends. Here,
 leper sought healing in the stream;
 near him a man with emaciated form
 mixed his medicine with the holy wa ter, and not far of fakir with matted hair prayed beneath his big umbrella
 On one of the piers a young man was cultivating psychic power by standing on one leg while he told his beads with his fa>e toward the sun.
 Dressing and undressing Is a simple matter with the mass of the people. Men and women emerging from the wa ter throw a clean robe around them selves and then unloosing the wet gar
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the junction of the three rivers; The great Mogul Akbar built a splendid fort where the Ganges and the Jumna meet and probably on this account Alana- inces of Agra and Oudh. Within the walls of the fort there Is another or the Asoka pillars, very well preserved one. forty-nine feet hingh and bear ing numerous inscriptions, among which are the famous edicts of Asoka issued in 240 B. C.. against the talk ing of life. Within the. fort in a subterranean room is another object or ing banyan tree. As this tree Is de- scribed by a Chinese pilgrim or the seventh century, 1t is either of remark able antiquity or has been renewed | from time to time.
 The religious importance Of Ailana- bad is largely due to fair which IS held there every year and which on every twelfth year becomes natlondi event It is called the Mela and last January brought to the city a crowd
 estimated at from one and half to three millions. This every-twelfth-
 year fair brings together not only the devout Hindus, who come as matter
 of religious duty, and innumeraole
 traders who at such times find a mar ket for their wares, but it draws large
 numbers of fakirs (pronounced fah-
 keers. with the accent upon the last
 syllable). or holy men. They wear
 boards and long hair and no clothing
 except the breech clout They put
 ashes and even manure upon their heads, and their hairs and whiskers
 are matted and discolored. These men
 are supposed to have raised them selves to a high spiritual state by as- ceticism and self punishment. They undergo all sorts of hardships. such as hanging over fire, holding up the arm until it withers and sitting upon a bed of spikes We saw many fakirs at Benares and Allahabad and some elsewhere (for they are scattered over the whole country), and at the latter place one accommodated us by taking his seat upon the spikes.
 At the recent Mela 500 of these ia
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Brahmo Somaj. It was built upon mos notheism. or the worship of one god. for which 1t claimed to find authority In the Hindu sacred books. It drew to itself a number of strong men. among them MT. Tagore and Mir. Sen. the latter making a trip to England to present the principles of the new faith before prominent religious bod ies there.
 The Ayra Somaj. another reform sect, spring up later. Both of these have exerted considerable influence upon the thought of India. far beyond their numerical strength. So, far. however. Christianity has made great CT inroads upon Hinduism than any of the reformations that have been attempted from within.
 At Allahabad we found two Christian colleges. the Allahabad Christian col- lege for men and the Wanamaker school for girls. Dr. A. H. Ewing is at the head of the former and Miss Foreman. the daughter of an early mis- sionary. at the head of the latter. Both of these schools have been built with American money, MT. Wanamaker hav- ing been the most liberal patron. They splendid work and are affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Fifty do1- lars will pay for the food. room. clothes and tuition of ono boy. while and interested Americans have already established several scholarships. but money Is badly needed to enlarge the facilities of both these schools.
 We spent the Sabbath at Allahabad and visited both of these schools. and our appreciation of their work was enhanced by our observations at Ben- ares. It seemed like an oasis in the desert. Surely those who have helped to create this green spot-may it ever xxyid find GQffafaNft0n in the good that these schools are do- ing and will do.
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BY HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles -COpyright in Great Britain
 All Rights Reserved.)


 Suez, April 8, 1906.-Before beginning the trip through the interior. a para graph must be given to Indian travel. There are no Pullman sleeper5 in this country, and the tourist must carry his bedding with him. Night trains have compartments containing broad seats which can be used as couches and hanging shelves upon which one may lie. The traveller carries his own blan- ket, pillow, sheet, towels, soap, etc, and occasionally ltas to rely on these at hotels as well as on the trains. The cars are entered from the side, and one must take his chance of awaking at the right station, for there is no off, ficial to give him warning.
 In India 1t Is customary for foreigners to take an Indian servant with them who acts as interpreter and looks after the baggage-and looking after bag gae Is no easy task in this part of the British empire. After we had made one short trip without assistance, we were glad to yield to the custom and Goolab a Calcutta Musselman. proved himself an invaluable aid in dealing with the baggage coolies whose language we could not understand and whose charg- es varied from the legal rate as the minimum to three or four times that if the tourist shows himself novice at the business.
 The hotels of India are declared by Lu6 kulQo DOOhS Dd O1us anu Ohc NOCS not feel like disputing these authori- ties after having made the trip. l do not mean to say that there is no diff ference between them, for in several places we found comfortable rooms and in some places palatable food. Every where we were so interested in what we saw that we could endure almost any kind of accommodations. but at one place the fare was so unsatlfac- tory that we were reduced to eggs and toast. Goolab overhearing some nut terings of discontent. took 1t upon him self to report in the hope of securing some improvement, and the clerk asked me for particulars. I told him that l had not intended to make any com plaint, but that as he was good enough to inquire, I would say that we did not like the cooking. that the crackers were sometimes mouse-eaten and that we found a worm in the cabbage. He thought that the mice were inexcusa- ble, but, as if the question disposed of the matter, asked: The worm was dead wasn't !t?" l was compelled to admit that it was.
 Leaving Calcutta we sought the an- cient city of Benares. which bears the distinction of being the center of Hin duism. In fact. it has been the relig- ion capital of India for 2,000 years or more.
 At Sarnaht. just outside Benares, stands the first Buddhist pagoda, said to have been erected nearly 500 years before the beginning of the Christian era to commemorate a spot in the deer
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  fol hrixtan School Among the
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B,rd,. Odd Ne.s,u~ P,.c..

curious story of a nesting place chosen by birds comes from Germany. A pair of redthroats, so correspond freight car running between Marbach and Heilbronn. It contains four eggs, upon which the female is now brood ing. The curious part of the story is that the wagon is in daily use, either in transit or in loading or unloading. The male bird feeds his mate, flying to and from the truck while in motion and, unlike some human travellers who pay for their tickets, he has never been known to miss his train. The starting signal invariably finds him at his post near the nest.
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ment wiring 1t out and are ready to return. These who bring water pots fill them from the stream out of which they have so recently come and carry them away as if some divinity protect ed the water from pollution. As the river contains countless dead and re- ceives the filth of the city as well as the flowers cast into it by worshipers,
 1t requires a strong faith to believe 1t free from lurking disease and seeds or pestilence-
 When we reached the burning ghat. we found one body on the funeral pyre and another soaking In the water as a preparation for burning. So highly IS the Ganges reyered that aged people arc brought there that they may die, if possible. in the water. While we were watching, a third body was pre- pared for the burning. and 1t was SO limp that death could not have oc- cured long before. While the flames were consuming those three corpses. we saw coming down the steps a man carrying the body of child, apparently about years old. wrapped in piece of thin cotton cloth. (The children or the poor are buried in the stream be- cause of the cost of wood ) The man bore his lifeIess burden to little barge and made the corpse fiat to heavy stone slab. The boatman then pushed out from the shore and when the mid dle of the stream was reached the man
 in charge of the body dropped 1t over board. and the burial was over.
 | No one has seen India until he has seen the Glnges; no one has seen the Ganges 1ntitl he has seen it at Ben ares; and no one who has seen the Ganges at Benares will ever forget 1t. | In the suburbs of the city stands the l Durga temple. better known as the
 Monkey Temple, because 1t Is the home
 of a large family of monkeys which
 are regarded as sacred. Photographs
 of the temple present rather an attract live appearances. but the original Is
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Caruso's Bad Year.

The tenor Caruso does not regard this as his lucky season. He lost all his belongings in San Francisco. and when he arrived in London the first letter ne opened was from the authorities de- manding an income tax. He told an interviewer that he would always res member his San Francisco experience which does not seem improbable.
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'Tf Things Aint Cheerfie, Peoples Got
 Ter He."

N
 Mrs. Burnett's new story '"rhe Dawn of a Tomorrow" published by ths Scribners. is written around an inter- esting type of a present day religious convert in the slums of London. One of the friends of this convert describes her religion in the following words: My eye chuckling. it was queer talk P'aps 1t was lies. but it was cheerfle lies that 'elps yer. What [ ses is-if things aint cheerful. peoples got to be-to fight 1t out. The womarf in the 'ouse larft fit to kill their-selves when she fust come 'ome limpin' and talked to 'em about what the lidy told 'er But arter bit they liked to ear 'er-tust along O the cheergeness. Said 1t was like pantermine. Drunk en Bet says if she could get old f it an believe 1t slime as Jimmy Montauben does it'd be as cheerin' as drink an last longer"
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Happiness Caused Insanity.

Judge von der Meden. of Hamburg, who recently disappeared while on his honeymoon at Hanover, and was found wandering in the streets of Zurich, has now been declared insane. Among papers found on him was a letter from his wife On the envelope he had writ ten: T did not know a man could be so happy. am so very happy that think I shall go mad"
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anything but beautiful and the mon keys and general filth of the place de- prive it of all appearance of place of worship
 The Golden Temple, however. is the one most visited by tourists. and it would be dificult to picture less in viting place. The buildings are old and greasy, and the narrow streets are filled with images and thronged with oeglrs. One finds his interest in mis- sionary work quickened if he wanders through these streets and sees the of fering of incerse to the elephant god and monkey god, and to Images innumerable. The air is heavy with perfume and the odor of decaying flowers. and one jostles against the sacred bulls as he threads his way In any other land such evidences of superstition, such effort to ward off evil spirits and to conciliate idols. The ed ucated Hindues, and there are many learned men among the Hindus regard these idols as only visible representa- tions of an invisible God. but the mass es seem to look no farther than the ugly images before which they bow. It was relief to find snear this dark pool of idolatry an institution of learn Ing, recently founded, which promises to purifying spring. I refer to the Cen | tral Hindu College of which Mrs. An nie Besant, the well know tehosophist
 is the head. Although the school Is
 but seven years old, 1t already includes a valuable group of buildings and has some 500 students. Among the pro- fessors are several Englishmen who serve without compensation, finding sufficient reward in the consciousness
 ot service.
 Next to Benares, AlIahabad Is the | most important Hindu center The l city is Is on the Ganges. at its juno | ton with the Jumna, one of its long
 est branches. There is an old tr3di'
 ton that another river. flowing under
 ground empties into the Ganges at this ! point and the place Is referred to al
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-05
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful if i
Preserving Health and Beauty
Costs Nothing to Try.

Nearly everybody knows that charoo.,
is the safest and most efficient disinf"a'
tant and purifier in nature, but few wy
lie its value when taken into the b,,roo
system for the same cleansing pur.noso
Charcoal is remedy that the mnr.
you take of it the better; it is not p d.
at all, but simply absorbs the gases aus
Impurities always present in the stomaaS
and intestines and carries them on ".
the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath aftor
smoking, drinking or after eating Onion,
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm.
proves the complexion, it whitens fl.
teeth and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe catha-tIc
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis.
1nfects the mouth and throat from III.
poison of catarrh
All druggists sell charcoal in one forr
or another, but probably the best charcoal
and the most for the money is in Stuart,
Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed
of the finest powdered Willow charcoal
and other harmless antiseptics in tablet
form or rather in the form of large. Meas.
ant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being
mixed with honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in much improved condition
of the general health, better complexion.
sWeeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of it is, that no possible harm
can result from their continued use, but
on the contrary, great benefit
Buffalo physician, In speaking of the
benefits of charcoal, says: at advise
Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges to all pa.
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ton, yet I believe 1 get more and better
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than in any Of the ordinary charcoal tab
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-05

An epileptic dropped in fit on the
streets of Boston not long ago and was
taken to a hospital. Upon removing
his coat there was found pinned to
his waistcoat a slip of paper on which
was written:
This is to inform the house-surgeon
that this is just case of plain fit; not
appendicitis. My appendix has already
been removed wice."-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
LABOR IN POULTRY KEEPING.


Labor is the greatest factor in the
raising of poultry. The one great stumb-
ling block in the way of numerous poul-
try enterprises being constantly started
is the failure to appreciate at the outset
the large amount of labor that will pc
required. We see on every hand the
wrecks of poultry raising ventures, and
this has been the cause of most of them.
Nov1ces do not even dream of the vast
amount of detail work connected with
the raising of large number of fowls.
Many man has dreamed about big
poultry establishment that he could
build up as a side issue. He had tried
the project and has come to grief. He
says that the lice got in, or the roup
struck the flock or he could not dispose
OF the product at a fair price, or he lost
too many chicks in the incubators
and in the brooders; but back of these
apparent reasons is the real reason
the lack of necessary work.
Any man that has for years cared for
several hundred f7vls reai9 on.
tinually man must be about his bust
ness to keep things in order. The anna
teur expects to see the business run
itself but finds that he must run the
business or it will be a costly venture
for him. The writer has in mind the
business of a man that had a thousand
blooded fowls. He had advertised wide
ly and received a great many orders
for fowls. He could we'll have made
that business a paying one; he found
another that was more congenial and
tried to run both. When the writer
visited his place the long poultry hous-
es had apparently not been cleaned out
for many weeks. Dead fowls lay about
under the roosts and here and there
was sick bird with roup. The fact
was the labor required had been used
elsewhere, and not enough was left to
the poultry business to remove the dead
birds and segregate the roupy ones.
1t was not surprising that this man
shortly after abandoned the poultry
business.
a man that wants to make a success
out of poultry raising can do so without
much trouble, but he must provide a
large amount of labor Sometimes
cheap labor is as good as any, providing
1t is abundant in quantity. Women
make good laborers for this kind of
work, as they understand how to keep
things clean and take naturally to me-
thods of feeding
"How many fowls can one person
take care OFF, is question variously
answered. Some say that 1000 hens
will take one mans time, but there are
establishments where one man takes
care of more than double that number.
The arrangements for feeding and
watering are, however, of the best. BY
arranging a central room for preparing
all feed a great deal of time will be
saved in going back and forth between
the poultry houses.-National Farmer
and Stock Grower.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-18
PROBABLE MARKET
FOR OUR BANANA

Here is a chance for Hawaiian bG-
mana growers TO find a market for
their output. The Portland Daily
Journal OF March % says:
The organization of a company and
construction of a big factory in Port
land for the manufacture of food prod
ucts from evaporated bananas is the
newest industrial venture that has been
submitted for the consideration of Port
land capitalists. A. Lincoln Funk and
two associates representing the Inter-
national Banana Foods company of
Chicago are in the city in the interest
of the proposed venture. They are en-
deavoring TO interest sufficient local
capital to insure the construction of a
factory in Portland to control the
manufacture and sale of banana food
products from the coast to the Rocky
and handle the trade of the
Orient
The purpose is to manufacture from
ordinary bananas flour from which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-18

bread, cakes and all sorts of pastries
can be made; breakfast foods, hospital
and infant foods, soup ingredients, cof-
fee that has the flavor and aroma OF
high-grade Mocha and Java, far more
nutrition and no stimulating or deleter-
ious effects; sugar, syrup, oil vinegar,
ingredients for cakes and pies, candy
and other products.
The International company has big
factory in Chicago and others in Mexi-
co and the southern part of the United
States. 1t has banana plantations and
evaporating plants in Africa, Mexico,
South America, Australia and the Phil
ippines. Mr.. Funk is endeavoring to
organize the Pacific Coast Banana
Products company with capital stock
of 100000, of which $4,000 is to be
taken by the parent company and the
other by local capital.
The company now in opera ton in
the East produces it's foods and ma
terials from ordinary eating bananas
and another variety known as cooking
bananas. The bananas are allowed to
ripen perfectly on the plantations.
then are cut and dried by a process
which removes all the water but leaves
the oils and all the other elements that
go TO make up the nutrition and body
of the fruit. The process, it is claim
ed, renders the evaporated fruit proof
against climatic conditions, thus en-
abling handlers to keep it indefinitely
either IN the original or manufactured
form. After evaporation, it is shipped
in bales to the factory. Here it is cut
into various forms for manufacture
into different articles of food. From
the dried cooking banana fine flour,
that can be used for any purpose
wheat flour is, is manufactured.
From the eating banana, which is
ground into grains like ground coffee,
and barched, a beverage is brewed
that has all the appearance, aroma
and flavor of high-grade coffees, pos
sessing in addition great nutritive
properties and peculiarly pleasant
flavor not found in anything else. A
chemical analysis of the coffee shows
* to contain no caffeine or other dele
terious stimulant, it is claimed, the
body of it being hydro-carbonates ash
and protein. Nutritious breakfast
foods, foods for invalids and for babies,
are made from bananas treated in
little different manner. Other forms
of treatment produce sugar, syrup, oil,
vinegar. ingredients for soup, cakes,
pies. and even brandy.
Stanley, in his travels through At
RIGA, first learned the great nutritive
AMI medicinal properties of powdered
dry. bananas. Information he gave the
world about the use of the fruit by
natives resulted in the manufacture of
food from it.