The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-20

10y Herbert TempIe.) {
London, Feb. ia strange tale of
superstition in minister of the En-
glish church, comes from leicester
shire. The vicar of a rural parish is
the unhappy possessor of some Indian
idols which he inherited from his faith
er, an officer in the English army in
India. which greatly disturbs his peace
of mind.
The possession of them has always
worried him he confesses, and now
that his brother has just received a
mysterious letter from India, warning
him to remember the judgment of
the GODS he has asked London pa
per to relieve him of the troublesome
: idols.
Father an UnIucky Man.
"These idols have brought persistent
| i'll luck. My father was one of the
most unlucky of men," he says, land
during the seventeen years I have had
these weird objects nothing has
seemed to go right with me or my af-
| fairs
Ten years ago my brother was stay
ing at Lyndhurst, in the New Forest,
when Hindu. as he says, came to him
and asked him about the idols my
father brought home. He named my
father and had evidently traced his
career from his subaltern days.
My brother said he had no idols
himself, and laughed when the Indian
grew very solemn and declared that
misfortune would accompany the idols
everywhere until they were returned
to India.
'He told my brother to give this
message to their possessor, but said
that he would not demand to know
who had the idols, for ten years to
come.
Contents Of the Letter.
"a few days ago, he received let
ter from India, ten years after the
Lyndhurst interview. saying simply
Remember the judgment of the gods
'By the same mail came a letter
from London announcing that his
wife had suddenly had paralyti1
stroke. This scared him so dreadfully
that he has written me the whole sto
ry, for he feels now that, in not hav
ing disclosed my own and my sisters
ownership of three of them, he has in.
Cured the wrath of the Indian society
which seeks the idols.
'Of course, l, myself, regard it all
as series of condolences, but the
whole family wants to be rid of the
idols as soon as possible.
''They are supposed to be connected
with the Jains and to date from not
later than 800 B. c. and possibly to be
800 years Older
/ A Democratic Divine.
There is no more democratic clergy
man in all England than the Bishop of
Liverpool, who is especially fond of
associating with the, workingmen of
his diocese.
The other day he invited all the
workers of the Cunard Line to meet
him in one of the huge shops Of the
company and here he preached a spe
cial sermon to engineers, boiler-mak-
ers, smiths, and other mechanics, who
listened to him with the utmost atten-
ton.
Some Rugged the warm corner OF
the smithy hearths, where they finish
ed their midday meal, or smoked the
after pipe. Others stepped boldly
out and joined heartily in the hymns
led by harmonium brought from one
of the Cunard liners.
From the moment the Bishop began
to hold them in complete grip. He
gave them as a motto 'He careth for
YOU From the first to the last there
was not touch of patronage in the
Bishops message, whilst the men were
quick to note and to appreciate the alb
sence from it of the least namby-pam
byism.
Cheering was INDUCED in when the
Bishop had finished, and the general
feeling of the men was well expressed
by one smith, who remarked, as he be
gan to renew his dormant fire, well
he's one of the BEST