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THE WEST SHORE.
October, 1878.
HINDOO D0L8 ami RELIGION,
The Hindoo! say thai there it one
supreme i"l, DOl btlldM tllis one idea.
it may, Mrhaps, bt doubted whether
they have retained any part of the sys
ti 111 of religion which their ancestori
derived from Noah. Their priest-.
tern h iiiat the supreme being created
Brahma ami Vishnu, and also Siva,
Ml li 1 if w bom ha hi peculiar attributes
M tnlioW, temples anil preposterous fa
Mrs. Brahma, Vishnu ami Siva, are
reported to have visited the earth under
a variety of forms, ami for v arious and
puerile purposes. In many I ases, (00,
ihe objects for which they had under
gone these transformations, ami submit
rope for binding incorrigible offenders.
His other hands are open. He has a
third eye in his forehead. Serpents
form Ins ear-rings. His necklace Is
formed of human heads.
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.Ml. insiovv reuiai k, ui.u mvri
iloos are divided into two leading sects,
the Voithnuvut, or worshippers of
Vishnu, and the Soivyus, or followers
of Siv a. Brahma has no temples, and
no general worship, on account of be
ing cursed by l'arvutce, the wife of
Siva, for telling a lie. The sect of
Vishnu, who is worshipped principally
under the forms assumed in the last of
his nine incarnations, is most numerous
in Bengali but is not without adherents
HOW OTHERS SEE US.
The Hon. Stephen J. Field, Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, has just completed
a circuit through Oregon and Washing
ton Territory. He speaks of the land
as one of marvelous fertility of soil,
adaptation for commerce, and one des
tined to a magnificent future. He
represents the trip as one that every
person should take to appreciate the
capacities of this most desirable portion
of our domain. The scenery of the
Columbia exceeds in picturesque beauty
the Hudson, the Rhine, or the more
romantic parts of Europe. The land
abounds in magnificent forests, in
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ted to prolonged and humiliating or
pamiul l.iixus, .He of the moat vicious
ami at) worth klutj, and Mbh rf would
oimlcmn a human Ining to contempt
r n ignominious punishment. In
Itvnj5.il, Brahma hi nasally aeon, ns in
the tnfravia, with four face, and1
linn anus; having m h,s ,.,iids ., portion
f the Yel oi Hindoo suipiurc, a
mon, i rK,My, and a vessel tontaimng
Hie water of ablution. Vishnu holds
il Ilia light hand ., shell uacd as
Itumpet.antl in the other a (JOrt ofqiiait
from which irresit,.li fire fanwi w,u.n
it m whirled ,, fmgeu 0K (lf
Ihe left hand, tj Mf1 of dub, id in
Ihe othei a lotus l-iamh. .s,v.,h.,s .
one brad a trident, and in (be other a
vmisc.
HINDOO SUB-G0D8 Ok IDOLS,
In the south of India. The Soivyus
form, however, is the prevailing sect
among the Tumul people."
Dyking to a large extent is heing
Ions "ii the Samtah Hats, VV, T. Mc-
Tg!(Brt takes the lead, dyking 3j0
irrrk 'lu . is! i .
.-anusti lias proved to he
equal to the Swinomish Hats by equal.
I then, in production-;., bushcll to
il'. KCN on all dyked land.
There arc twenty.four "counties in
Washington Territory, containing a
l"pulat,o of about Wx,, ;M1(1 u, u.
taxable property for .878 i. quoted at
t:'"'-'('' "' 379 per head.
What other country , .. make an equal
Snowing,
SIVA.
streams filled with fish; the soil is of
unexampled fertility, the climate un
surpassed for excellence. The I'uget
Sound is a splendid inland sea fringed
with primeval forests and rich lands,
out of which may be carved desirable
farms and homes. The whole land is
adapted for agricultural and grazing
pursuits and abounding in coal. It is a
land in which there are no loungcrs.no
tramps, no grumbling, no poverty, and
no idleness; a land of boundless oppor
tunity for remunerative labor, where
industry, perseverance, economy, and
toil may carve out homes of plenty and
abundance.
p.
' ive pound potatoes arc raised on
Burnt river, Hatter county.