The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
ABoSWIAN MONA

response from the hardworking mother.
An evening procession Of returning heio
laborers is usually headed by the fatners'
carefully balancing on their turbaned heaoS
the family pride and joy,
The Bosnian has taken with more or
less kindness to the schools that tins GOV
eminent has established for his beneht.
A SUN reporter visited one OF these In .
village near Sarajevo.
My pupils represent eleven diierent
nationalities," said the teacher, and IN"
| strlction uudsr such circumstances Is some"
what difficult.
THE little Moslem boy is supposed to
be taught nothing that is not in the korani
for therein his father believes is all that 10
necessary for any one to know. Thu Ser
Wan must have all Of his religious books
in Cyrilic characters, while the Croat must
have his only in Roman characters.
1.-THE jew wants no Christian teaching ut
all, the Professionals are opposed to tins
Greek and Roman churches, while the fol-
lowers of either of these are as bitterly
opposed to each other as they are to
paganism. German, being the official lam
guage, must, OF course, be taught, but
most of my pupils do not speak it outside
of the schoolroom, while the Hungarians
will scarcely endure that tongue even in
the classes"
The Armenians early found an asylum
in Hungary. The Jews have been received
and treated with much more kindness in
Hungary than in Austria, and their number
has been constantly increasing. One OF
the titles of Emperor Francis Joseph 10
the King of Jerusalem. He is said to have
remarked at one time that his successor
might yet be called King of the Jews.
In Bosnia are found a considerable nums
Der of Spanish Jews. They obtained an
asylum from the Sultan at Sarajevo when
they we're driven from Granada. In return
they accepted the Turkish dress and many
Of their women go yelled.
They have remained an exclusive body
and have grown wealthy. They have moth
ing to do with the other Jews of the country;
inteTmarrying only with members OF their
own religious body.
The Moslem, the ancient foe Of the Aus
trian, becomes in Bosnia his ~oompatriot.
In this country the public notices to keep
of the grass" or look out for the engine
are printed in five different language.
80 as to give offence to no one, and Turkish
is one of these
The real Turk, however, is a rarity in
Bosnia. The Mohammedans here are the
descendants Of renegade Christians.
A sect called the Bogomiles gained q
strong footing in Bosnia in the ninth and
tenth centuries. Prosecutions we're di-
rected against them by the other churches,
and finding no other refuge they returned
to the Sultan and through his promises
were converted almost in q body to Moham-
mechanism. In one day thousands Of people
all over Bosnia and Herzegovina gave up
their religion and embraced Islam.
The Bogomiles would be entirely forgotten
were it not for their vast cemeteries and
richly carved monuments. Now and then
remnants of the sect arc said to be found
in some seoluGe ed valley or mountain glen,
where their rel gion has taken on the form
of devil worship; but such q community
has never actually been located, and 1t Is
certain that Of the ancient faith not a single
living disciple remains.