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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

The Parsees look upon fire and water and
the sun. moon and stars as the creation OF
the spirit of light. They especially revere
fire and that used In the temples here at
Bombay Is said to have been burning for
hundreds of years. 1t came from Persia,
where 1t was first lighted many centuries
ago before the Mohammedans conquered
the country and drove these people out It
was carried by them to the town of Ormuz
on the Persian gulf, and brought with them
10 Sanjan in India when the first of their
sect came to HindustRn. Later stlll they
brought IL with them to Bombay, and it is
always kept blazing in the temples here
The Parsees do not permit strangers tc
see this fire. They regard their worship
too~holy to have it viewed by others, and
they make no display of their religion by
gorgeous churches and elaborate religious
ceremonies. ] am told that they look upon
fire as the purest thing upon earth. III
some of their new temples they have started
the fires by Goals from a tree or building
struck by lightning 'and have fed them
with chips and dust Of sandalwood / IN
derstand that they will not spit in the fire
nor blow out a light. For time many of
them would not smoke tobacco, and some
of them have refused to serve In the fire
department here at Bombay not wishing to
sin in putting fire out.
This worship Of fire is by no means
original with the Parsees. Our own an
cestors Of the long ago the early Aryans.
were worshipers of fire as representing
the lightning and the sun. The Hindoos
mad a fire god called Agni, and bowed
down to it as means of publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
MiIlIonr cor ChnritN.

There are no more charitable believers in
the world than the Parsees. They are al
ways giving to public enterprises, and their
institutions founded for their own people,
have cost many millions OF dollars. During
the last year tho requests Of the late lrs-
oroil NJ Wadia have been largely distlfb-
uted, and la addition there have bSen other
gifts from Parsees here at Bombay aggre-
eating 100000. The Wadia requests amount
to more than s5,OOO,OO0 gold. All this was
for the amelioration OF the condition Of the
poor and the promotion OF education among
the Parsees
drove past the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
institute which was founded sixty years
ago by Parsee OF that name. He began
life poor boy and died worth $4,000 Geo.
A great part Of his wealth went to charity.
He gave $5,oOOOOO to hospitals, colleges and
rest houses and about 100000 to this school.
The government of India took charge of
the gift and agreed to pay per cent upon
Il as loan. Since then the other Parsees
have added to the endowment and the CAPT
tai of this institute is fourfold as large as
when started. Tho Parsees OF bombay
are building sanitary houses for the poor
of their communities. Their scheme Is
about the same as that of the George Pea
body trust fund and they expect to make
only per cent on their money.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Each tower is about twenty-five feet in
height and ninety feet in diameter. 1t n
crowned with a grating or great circular
gridrou which slopes toward the center,
where a well five feet in width runs down
to the sea.
Tho gridiron grating is cast in sections
and SO formed that there are foot paths
here and there through It. In each tower
there are certain divisions for the classes
of the dead. one section is devoted TO the
bodies of men, another to those Of women
and a third to the children, the last part
nearest the we'll. The. bodies are stripped
naked before they are placed upon the
towers; and after the flesh has been de-
voured by the vultures the skeletons are
left to bleach and dry in the sun.
The bodies are taken into the towers by
two bearded men dressed all In white.
These are the carriers Of the dead. At
every funeral they take the corpse and.
entering the tower through an opening
about eight feet from the ground, walk
up a flight Of steps and place it upon its
proper location. After it has been stripped
dry, they take tongs and throw the bones
into the well, where they are left to
crumble to dust.
These towers are well drained. The
heavy rains Of the tropics fall upon them.
but the water goes Off into the sea and
there are filters below them filled with
charcoal SO that all Is kept clean Indeed,
the bone dust accumulates 50 slowly that
It has taken forty years to make 1t rise
to five feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31


mar. asu &c, and who looks not day over
so, OF 10 East one Hundred and Twelfth
street, New York city. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr.. Theare, in the par
Tor Of the brides home The bride was
given away in marriage by her grandson,
Henry Baumsart
All the neighborhood and thousands Of
the couples friends learned OF their lnten-
tion to bomarred when they made applica-
ton at the city hall FOR license reports
the New York American. The block GU
which the bride lives was crowded with
women and children, an wcl-wishers, who
had como 10 sec that the aged couple got
a proper send-Off when they departed on
their honeymoon.
The ceremony was simple. The bride wore,
a plain black dress Of silk while the bride
groom made no pretensions At adherlug 10
convenuonality and appeared in sack suit
OF black, with white straw hat.
After the ceremony Nj. and Mrs. Tausky
left the house amid q shower Of old shoes
and rice, thrown by the brides little
friends. They made splendid appearance
as they walked down the street with firm
step. followed by the cheering crowd. The
little ones IN the ncighborhood are al fond
OF the bride because of her gentle, kindly
nature and her love for children
fhe Rev. Mr.. Tausky CALAMITY assisted
the bride on Lexington avenue trolley
car and followed her. The crowd gave one
last cheer and parting shower OF rice as
the car sped or its way The couple go.
off the car at the Battery. The bride
atterward told Of their honeymoon trip:
We went into the aquarium and spent
about thrco-quartors Of an hour watching
the fishes. Tney We're very Interesting. The
attendants were all very kind "a us when
we told them We We're newly married and
on our honeymoon. Indeed one OF them
devoted all Of his time To US, explaining
all about the various kinds OF fishes. When
"e had seen everything in the AQUARIUM We
came out and wondered where we would
go next"
me couple then journeyed TO the bride )
"o'ne' Via Lexington avenue trolley car.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Welded more than thirty years ago
parted for most Of the time by mutual dis
trust due to stories circulated by an al
legged friend and remarked last weel, is
the romantic story OF Wilbur NJ. Combs,
an Insurance man OF New FORK, and Mrs,
Rosa NJ Traver OF Auburn, \. Y.
Ia 1873 Combs married "a beautiful Young
woman at Genoa, near Auburn. soon after
ward while on business trp to Now Jcr-
sey, the young husband heard stories of
fsithlessness and lett his wife. Mlslead-
ing statesaents reached his wife's ears and
VoTced Combs and married a man named
the estrangement grew. Mrs. Combs d.
Traver. a pretty child, born of the first
union, grew TO girlhood, became beauti-
ful woman and died two years ago over
her bier the parents met and We're recon
ciled The woman was a widow. In con
versation both learned that they had been
victims Of false reports and on June %, MT
Combs. now an old man, led his silver
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
4 Pair over sixty.

That Cupid moves In a mysterious way
his wonders To perform" and that love
never grows old, and u number OF other
things, have just been brought out at
Columbus, Ina, by the marriage Of John
Wesley Lawrence, aged is, OF Hartsvnle,
Ind, and Mrs. Drucla Foust, aged 60, OK
PhlaoCphia.
Mir. Lawrence Is a retired contractor and
is wealthy. He IS a veteran Of the clvil war
ana was a trustee OF the Cnited Brethren
college at HaltsvIie when scnool flour
isned there for several yeurs lie Is a mild
hammered man ana Nould nave attracted no
attention in the streets had IL not been
.of the fact that he wore a long streumer OF
blue ribbon in mis- buttonhoic. lnuulsitive
frienus asked Why AND ne told them. lie
bdieu ,ne seIel OF nts nedrJ ana SAID ne
was going To meet Mrs, Foust He said she
had visited her sister, Mrs. Lyman
Rawlings, In hs home town, but lac had
ncy,. spoken word {, her i'm his lie
After she returned home Mrs. RlNu4g.
suggested to him that she might arrapgr
a match between her sister and him
Lawrence agreed, and Mrs. RAWLINGS con.
Quoted tho correspondence.
TIE marriage was urru sei 10y letter and
Mrs. rawlings and Lawrence wglt [.
Columbus 90 meet AiTs. roust As Mr.
Lawrence had never spoken 30 her and nda
not seen uec Tor some time, he was ARA.
there might be some mistake when hel
car arrived. Consequently he arrayed hun
he.f la blue riODOu and this Was d tOkel
that he was he
Mrs. Foust aid not arrive until after tn,
office OF the county clerk closed md n,
declined over the telephone 10 return her,
from his homo In the country and issue
marriage license. 80, hr. Lawrence druvl
" Hartssille with Mrs Foust and the.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Charities OF Par.ee women.

Such charities are not confined 20 the
men, They are pushed and aided by the
women as well. They hayo rich widows
who compare in their gifts with Airs,
Russell Sage and girls who might stand
side by side with Helen Gould. OF the
latter character is Miss Hamabsi Framji
Petit. who has just given her jowelTy
valued at 1,a0oOOo rupees. for founding n
Parsee girls orphange where II Is proposed
10 teach the various arts and Industries
80 that the graduates, upon leaving, may
earn their own living. Miss Petit has given
this money over to trustees and a COM
nlittee OF Influential Parsee gentlemen are
now laying out the plans for tho insttu-
ton.
one OF the Parsee givers OF tho past
whom wo might compare with certain Of
our millionaire widows was Mrs. Bal
Motlibsl Wadia Of the same family as the
man who has just left the 5,OOOOcO gold
dollars. She was the wife Of millionaire
Parsee Of this city, whom she outlived more
than thirty years. During that time she
gave away one million and a half dollars
IN public charities, and almost two millions
in private aims. She gave Bombay it's
first hospital for native women Ut a cost
Of over 100000, and notwithstanding all
this left big fortune to her descendants.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Women Who 1elieNe in Zoroaster.-.@

northern Persia and the old Persian writ
ings chronicle many miracles as to his
birth and life. He went through a period
Of religious preparation and at thirty re-
ceived revelation and came forth to re-
form the old creed of the Magi He had
many visions He saw the one God, and
was tempted again and again by the spirit
Of darkness, but always came off trium-
phant During his life he converted Wish
taspa, one of the great kings of that time,
and his religion spread all over Persia.
1t was the chief religion there for many
years, but is now believed alone by the
Parsees.
a white-haired, silver bearded Old fol-
lower of this faith tells me that one Of
the chief elements of the religion is the
belief that the soul Is immortal, and that
all human beings are free moral agents,
and therefore responsible They believe in
rewards and punishments, and that in this
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

How to notify deaf person who is get
ting married when it is time to make the
responses puzzles every clergyman" "a New
York curate said. III a person is only
slightly deaf l can make him hear by rails
ing my voice, on If he is afraid to depend
upon his ears a nod tells him when It IS
his turn to say something But | married
a couple the other cay who distrusted both
ears ;ud mods.
sad the bridegroom: Mary is very deaf,
When IL uO.lts ,.-.e Tor nor 10 say, 81 DO,
will you pinch her.
~ suggested that 1t might be advisable
for the bridegroom to do the piuching, but
he declined on the ground that he might
make a mistake and p.ncu at the wrong
time.
lit Is Ill right, nc said. 4 have eX-
plained it to her. She will understand
And apparently she did Tor at every
nip at her .orefinser she gave the required
responses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

/ shall never forget my visit to these
towers OF silence, None but the Psrsees
can go close to them and IT was through
Parsec of high rank that / gained adj
mittanCe. Climbing the hill with one of
the sections, ! made my way about through
the paths OF a garden comprising perhaps
sixty acres OF trees and flowers. was
shown tho Parseo Temple and then taken
TO place where l could overlook the
great towers
At first each seemed to me q huge
cylinder Of white with a friezc or coping
Of mighty black birds. As / continued to
look the birds sprang into life, They
raised their heads and cruucd their necks
and / thought they imagined us corpse
bearer. 4 moment later a funeral made
its way up the hill, and 1 saw that they
were gazing at It. In front came the two
carriers Of the dead and upon their
shoulders lay the corpse OF a baby, which
was clad IN white. The carriers had their
faces covered, and behind them came
mouIners ON foot, ia white 81, ching. All
Parsce walk TO their funerals and they
dress much the same. There are no diff
ferences Of condition at the towers OF
silence.
Naked we came into the world and
naked We must depart from It," said ny
old Parscc guide. THE bones Of US all
20 into these reservoirs, and tho flesh
Of the rich ana the poor feed the same
yulturcs."
As the procession drew near the birds
grew excited. Tncy Tapped their wings
and flew from one side of tee tower 10 the
other. The slope OF Tho grating Is
such tult } could not see the little body
az IT was stripped ana laid In ita place
such sights arc visible only 90 the carriers
but I could tell the time OF the exposure
By the ROCK OF vuituIes which came fly,
ing from the various towers 20 that part
OF the inclosure, and by the Tapping VI
the wings and the noise, The sight was
horrible one, but when ! thought tha
those bids in two hours wou;d accomplish
what millions OF insects and Shiny wormt
might have been weeks or months IA per
forming, 1 doubted after all whether thci
method Is not better than ours.
CRANK q. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
want. a wife Just to Cook.


Adam Reinheimcr, farmer OF Cass
county lnuiuna, has advertised Tor a VIE
and has made so good a plea for help from
the feminine world that the newspapers OF
the state have taken up his cause aud are
helping him I'm his search for a Wife
Mr.. Reiineimer is 81 and has been trying
10 get along without a woman in the house.
His larder is Always fun he has the ear
Hest spring chickens iu the county, his
hens supply fresh eggs all the winter
through and he has two JERSEY cows that
furnish milk ana butter enough for two
families.
He docs not conceal the fact that nc
wants wife that can cook lie can WASH
dishes and is willing To- do SO; he is will
ing To do the scrubbing or hire some one
TO do it, and H. promises that the wood
shall be supplied at the stove and he Will
make the early morning fires himself.
Il don't mind washing dishes, scrubbinR
the floors, feeding the stock and the like
hut | can cook" he says why. II tooA
me three months 10 learn TO Dol w6lc.
without burning il, And when ] got $40
could boil an egg I thought ! could gej
along forever without a woman, but lvc
nad eggs and eggs aud eggs till I'm
ashamed Ia look a chicken I'm the face.
What want 10 some corned beer and
cabbage and some bacon ana beans and
other ,hings tina, only "a woman can cook
I've got chickens, lots OF EN-, that's biz
enough to fry, but I can't iry en-. I neeu
woman. ] thought l could get alons
without, but l can't"
Mr.. Reinheimer is receiving a good many
letters as result OF the friendly interest
that the editors are taking In his case, and
some OF the writers have volunteered "a
cook several meals for him by way Of test
OF their aU.,ity IL mas been proposed that
the writer's get togener and furnish sam
pies of their cooking under the direction on
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
LnNers, Cnnsinnc,.

A 'emarkable story OIL lllal devotion a@d
loyer' coustaHcy s. reported from Eraila
In Houma1a, aad Il has just eliminated
H the marriage OF Maria Liega, aged 50,
and Joseph St5lcsco, AGED S.
sixty years ago Maria and Joseph We're
ANXIOUS 10 we'd, but the girls father refused
his consent and the dutiful daughter agreed
to remain "A splnster until death removed
HIS opposition. The father, IN country
where, thanks 10 the use Of sour milk, CEN
tenaUaus are common, kept her waiting
until no reached the age of ll3. The bishop
OF Braila, who performed the long DELAYED
ceremony, held up the newly married couple
IS an example TO an young lovers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

decided to return to Columbus for the
license the next day.
Hartsville is well acquainted with MI.
Lawrence and 1t turned out in force about
10 O'Clock on the night of his homecoming.
1t was armed with shotguns, rifles, re-
volyers, horse pistols, drums, flies and
horns. The spirit Of 70 was in the air, and
Hartsville marched TO the home Of Mr..
Lawrence where 1t gave him an old-fash-
toned charivari, lasting for an hour. Mr..
Lawrence stood the noise for that length
of time patiently, and then consented to
make a speech, that was not altogether
complimentary to his friends and well
WiShers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

haired bride to the altar a second time.
After the wedding and an elaborate supper
at Shanley's they went to Atlantic City for
their honeymoon.
Mrs. Combs has built up a women's
wrapper factory on Market street, Au-
burn, and has made a comfortable for
tune, has beautiful home at No. 81 Frank
lin street and owns considerable real estate.
Mr.. Combs was formerly head OF the Can
ada Life Assurance company of Toronto
and is now an expert underwater.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

fifty years ago 1t was great success,
and its founder added others, so that he
became the, cotton king Of the country
4 large part Of the Wadia fortune was
made in cotton, were also those Of TIE
Tatas and the Jeejeebhoys. Other rich Fam
lilies control the Parsee banks in the va
rious cities of India and in other parts Of
the far cast and big steel industry has
just been started by the Tatas. But Of
this 1 shall write in theefuture.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Par.re MiIIionrire..

These gifts suggest the wealth OF tho
Parsees. The Petits might be called the
Rothschilds OF the country, save that they
are by far more generous One OF the men
OF the Petit family. to which belonged the
girl who has just donated her jewels for
a girls orphanage, founded boys or
phanase 20 perpetuate the memory of his
son. who was cut Off In his prime. These
Petits have made their millions In cotton,
one Of them erected the first spinning ana
weaving mili for India. This was over
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Curious Romantic Courtshps Unique Capers Cupid

an expert, but Mr.. Reinheimer does not APP
prove of this plan. He thinks it would be
unfair to have a contest in cooking, as
some would be disappointed, and he wants
to take unto himself a. wife without any
jealousies or heartburnings following the
nappE event
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

The Parsees are often called disciples OF
ZorOaster. This man belonged to the Mag;
he held the same faith as the wise men
who followed the star to the stable when
Christ was born at Bethlehem. II is one
of the Oldest of religions and was wor-
SHIPPED by Cyrus the Great. zoroaster was
boy Of twelve at the time Jerusalem was
taken by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS He lived IN
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90 Ground Plan Of Che Tower Of Silence 8

life we settle our future existence AS to
the Parsee God, he is called the Doer, the
Creator and the Governor Of the World.
He is the emblem of glory and light. and
for this reason the Parsee when he wor-
ships stand before the fire or turns his
face to the sun as the symbols Of the Al
mighty.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

The neighbors had been awaiting their re-
turn. As soon as they were spotted the
crowd of children once more gathered
around them and resumed the cheering.
Many little gifts contributed by the chill
dren We're piled up on the table at the
brides home. Also there were several hum
dred kilograms Of congratulatlon from
friends of the olden davs, They came from
all parts of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

whole Of Bombay. Here among the trees
at one side, shut Off by an iron railing
so that mono but the priests may enter,
stand five great circular towers as white
as the bones which lie on their top =
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

They use sacred fire in their domestic rites
today, and at their weddings a fire is
lighted by d priest and the bride and
groom walk around it. Akbar, the great
Mohammedan emperor Of northern India,
made his own sacred fire by lighting a
piece OF Gotten through a crystal lens with
the rays Of the sun. He used this burn
ing glass several times every year, and all
the fires of his household were started
that way
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Bombay. 1 use these terms in comparing
It with the other great religions as to the
humber OF its members
There are less than 100000 Parsees IN the
world, but their banks and other financial
Institutions are scattered throughout the
far east, and Their possessions are untold
millions They have to be considered in
every business movement that goes on in
India, for they are the financial kings OF
the country. They are noted for their In
tegrity and progressiVeness, and just now,
when India is torn UP by the populistic Hin
DOCS, the fact that they stand in favor of
the government is of value to Great Brit
ain. one OF their biggest capitalists re-
Gently said at Parsee mass meeting that
Ills people denounced the violence and an
srchy advocated by tho revolutionists Of
other sects, and referred to the British rule
AS an unmitigated blessing 10 India.
Tile Hindoos are nliterate. Not one in
ten can read or write. The Parsses are
universally educated Many of them are
graduates OF colleges and universities and
they have large boys schools and girls
schools at Bombay and other places in Hin
dustan for the training Of their children.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
4 Trolley Honeymoon.

WEDDING ceremony Jhat held
the sympathetic interest Of
mauy was that OF Rev. Herman
Tausky, 20 years old, OF 80 East
One Hundred and Twenty-first
street, and Mrs. Barbara Nell
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

aliens and ruin the prosperity Of the Parsoe
community.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

)MBAY.--(Special Correspondence
of The Bee. THE richest, the
most powerful, the most intelli-
gent and most charitable OF all
religions is the Parsee, which
has its headquarters here at
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tCopyrieht, 1910, by Frank G. carpenterJ
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-07
NEWS OF OREGON
STATED IN BRIEF
TELEGRAPHIc CHRONICLE OF
STATE HAPPENINGS.
BALLINGER's PLAN FOUGHT
Hawley Contends That Settlers or
Klamath High Lands Are En-
titled to Benefits as Pledged.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Haw.
ley is endeayoring to secure a re
versal of the recent order of Secre.
tary Ballinger eliminating about So.
900 acres of high land from the Klam.
ath irrigation project.
His efforts aim to have the Klam.
ath project built according to the or
iginal lands, so as to reclaim not only
the lands that can be irrigated by
gravity systems, but those which de-
pend upon pumping.
Because of the reasons advanced
by Secretary Ballinger for cutting out
the high lands of the upper project,
and because of the unusually bad
showing made by the Klamath set
tiers before the Senate Irrigation Com
mittee last Fall, the task is diff
cult one, and the probabilities are
that the Secretary will stand by his
decision.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-07
Jury Renders Peculiar Verdict.

PORTLAND-The jury in the case
of Walter H. Moore. indicted presi.
dent of the defunct Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank, returned a verdict OF
not guilty. The jury was out over
thirty hours.
The jurys verdict was the most re.
markable> ever returned by a jury in
Oregon, and has few equals in Amer
lean Jurisprudence, according to the
lawyers in the case and others who
have followed the trial from its in
ception. 1t recommended that Moore
be the recipient of the most severe
censure of the court for his guilty
knowledge and participation in the
unlawful and dishonest acts relative
to the conduct of the bank Of which
he was president and director"