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and sciences generally was so great as
now. The oonvenienoes ol moukind in
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and on the farm, as well as in official
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progress of the American inventor, who
being on the alert, and ready to per
ceive the existing deficiencies, does not
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ter bim from quickly oonoeiving the
remedy to overcome existing discrepan
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those who' adopt the "No patent, no
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and strength of the patent is never con
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Allyn, T. J., lone. Or. Homes G( on left
shoulder; cattle aame on left hip, nnder bit on
Tight ear, and upper bit on the left; range, Mor
row county.
Armstrong, J. C, Alpine, Or. T with bar nn
der it on left shoulder of horses; cattle same
on left hip.
Allison, O. D.,KiRhtMile, Or.-Oattle brand,
O 1) on left hip and horses same brand on right
ah mi M"r, lUnKe, Right Mile.
Adkins, J. J., Heppner, Or. Horses. JA oon
nsotil on left Hank: catt le, same on left hip.
Hiirtholnmew, A. L, Alpine, Or. Horses
branded 7 K on either shoulder, Hange in Mor
'ow oountv
riantilstnr, .T. W., Hardman, Or. Tattle brand
ed H on left hip and thigh; split in each ear.
Hrenner, Peter, Uoosnhnrry Oregon Horses
branded I1 It no left shoulder. Cattle same on
riiht, side.
Hurke, M net;, ljong (ireeic, ur un cattle,
M A V oorjaeotad on left nip, ctop off left ear, nn
der half orop off right. Horses, same brand on
Ictft shoulder. Hange in Grant and Morrow
onnty.
Hrosman, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horses branded t
on right shoulder; cattle H on the left side.
Left ear half orop mil right ear nnper slope.
Hiirton, Wm.. Heppner, Or. -Horses, J B on
right thigh; cattle, same on right hip; split in
each ear,
Hrown, lsa, Ijexington, Or. Horses IB on the
right stitle; cattle same on righthip; range, Mor
row county.
Hrown, J. 0., Heppner, Or. Horses, circle
C with dot in net ter on left, hip; cattle, same.
Brown, W. J., Ina, Oregon. Horses W. liar
over it, on the loft shoulder. Cattle same on left
bin.
Buyer, W. ft., Heppner, Or. Horses, box
brand on right nip cattle, same, with split in
each ear.
Horn, P.O., Heppner, Or. Horses, P B on left
shoulder; cattle, same on left hip.
Hniwniee, W. J., Kni.Or Cattle, JB connected
on leftside; orop on loft ear and two splits and
middle piece ont out. on right ear; on horses same
brand on the left thigh; Itange in Fox valley,
(J runt county,
Carsnor Warren. Wagner, Or. Horses brand
ed ( on right stilla; cattle (three liars) on
right ribs, rrop and split in each ear. Hange in
(i rant ana Morrow counties.
Cain.E., Caloh.Or. Y 1) on horses on left stiflol
U with onarter circle over it, on left shoulder
and on left stitle on all colts nnder R years; on
left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. All
range in Orant county.
Cat, ('has. It,, Vinson or Lena, Or. Horses
II (' on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip.
Hange Morrow and Umatilla counties.
('orrltfiill, M M, Oalloway, Or Cattle crop out
of f.ach ear and underhit, wattle in forehead;
horses half circle 0 on left stitle, Hange Mor
row and Umatilla counties.
Cur), T. H.. John Day, Or. Double cross on
each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit
in right ear, split in left ear, Hange in Orant
county. n sheep, inverted and aicar point
oil shoulder. Kar markou ewes, crop on left ear
puuehed upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in
right and under halt crop in left ear. All raitgs
In Oram oountv.
Cook. A. Jjena,Or. Horses, ttton riglitahonl
der, Catt le, same on right hip: ear mark (guars
crop oil left and split in right,
Currin.lt, V., Currinsvilie, Or, -Horses. CD ,)n
left stitle.
Cos Kd. 8., llardman, Or Cattle, C with
K in center; horses. CK on left iip.
Cochran, II. K., Monument, Orant Co , Or.
Horses branded circle with liar beneath, on left
shoulder; cattle sains brand on both hips, mark
under slope both ears and dewlap,
Chapin, II., llardman. Or. Morses branded
Ion right hip. Cattle branded the same. Also
hranda CI on horses right thigh; ca'tle sane
brand on right shoulder, and cut oil end ol
right ear.
. Douglass, W. M .Oalloway, Or. -Cattle, K Don
r.ght side, swadow-fork in oach ear; horses, H 1)
un left hip,
Kly, Hr.., Douglas, Or.Hon.es branded KLY
on left shoulder, cattle same on lefthip. hole
in right ear.
Kmery. C. H., llardman, dr. Horses branded
(reversed t with lail on led shoulder; cat
tle same on right hll. Hange in Morrow county,
Florence, 1.. A., llepiuier, Or. Cattle, l,K on
right hip; horses. K with bar under on right
shoulder.
Horence, H. P. Heppner, Or Horses, K on
right shoulder; cattle, V on right hip or thigh.
Krench, (leorgs, Heppner. Or. -Cattle branded
WK, with liar over it, on left side; crop oil left
ear. Horses, same brand on left hip.
Dmitry, Klmer, Kcho, Or. Horses brstided H.
H. with a quarter cin le over it, on left atltto.
Hange in Morrow and Umatillscouuties.
limit A. H., Hutge, Or. Cattle, round-top
withtpiarter circle iimL.r It on the right hip.
Hange in Morrow and Uniatillaeoiinties.
Million A Jetiks, Hamilton, Or-Cattle, two lists
on either hip; crop in right ear and split in left.
Horses J on right thigh, Hange in Urnnt county
Hughes, Mamnel. Wagner, Or -J" (T K I,
coliitiK'tcd) till right shoulder on horses; on cattle,
mi right hip and on left side, swallow fork in
right ear anil slit in left. Itange in Haslack
district, Morrow cuiitv
Hide, Milton, Wagner, Or. Horses branded
-O (cattle with parallel tails! on loft shouldr
Cattis same ou led hip also large circle ou left
side.
Howard J I,, Oalloway, Or. Horses T (cross
with ii ir above it) on right shoulder; cattle same
on left side. Hmigj ill Morrow and Umatilla
counties
Hall, Kdwin, John Day, Or. Cattle K. II on
right hip; hors same on right shoulder, Hiuikc
in lirant county.
Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded
heart ou ths left shoulder. Hangs Morrow Co.
Hiinssker, H A, Wagner. Or. Horses, V on left
shoulder: rait!, Son left hip.
Humphreys, J M. Uardinan, Or.-Horses, H on
Huston, l.nther, Right Mile. Or.-Horss H on
ths left shoulder aud heart on ths left stills Cat
Je same on left hin. Hsnge In Morrow oountv
Jonas, Harry, llepimr, Or -Horses branded
H J on the left shoulderi settle baauded J on
right liio. sli uudsrhtt in lofl ear. liana in
Morrow reimty.
loikiu. 8, M., Heppner, Or. -Noises, horse,
Urt shouidei. CslUs. lb sains.
AlUaro moderate.
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left stifle; cattle, same on right htp, Under half
iron in riht and solit '.n left ear
Kenny, Mike, Heppnur, Or. Horses branded
RNY on lefthip cattle same and crop off left
ear: nnder slope on the right
Kirk, J. T., Heppner. Or. Horses 89 en left
shoulder; cattle, nw on left hip.
Kirk, Jesse, Heppner, Or.; horses 11 on left
sbonlder; Cattle same on right side, underhit on
right ear.
Knmberland.W. (i.. Mount Vemon. Or. I Lon
entile on right and left sides, swallow fork in left
sar and under oiop in right ear. Horses sains
brand on left shoulder. Hange in Orant conntv.
Loften, Btpnen. Fox, Or. H L on left hip
on oattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses
same brand on left shoulder. Hange timet
oountv.
Lienallen. John W., IjaxlTffn Or. Horses
branded half -circle J L conneotod on leftshoul
der. Cattle, same on lefthip. Itange, near Lex
lngton
Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or. Horses branded
T. and on left shoulder; cettie same on left
hip, wattle over right eye, three slits in right
ear.
Lord, George, Heppner, Or. Horses branded
double I! ooi.necU Sometimes oslled u
swing H, on left shoulder.
Minor, Oscar, neppner. Or. Tattle, M D on
right hip; horse. Mon left shoulder.
Morgan, H. N., Hoppuer, Or. Horses, M )
on left shnnldei cattle same on left hip,
Mitchell. Oscar, lone, Or. Horses, 11 on right
hin; oattle, 77 on right side.
MoClaren, D. (t Brownsville, Or, Horses,
Figure fi on each shoulder; cattle. Mi on hip
Mctlirr, Krank, Kox Valley, Or.-Mnleshos
with toe-cork on cattle on ribs aid nnder in
each ear: horses same brand on left stills.
Mcllaley, . .. neinutnn. Or. In Morses, m
with half circle under on left shoulder, on t stile,
four liars connected on top on the right aide
Itange in Orant County.
Noal.Androw. Lone Hiwk.Or, Horses A N con.
neoted on left shonlder: cattle same on both hips,
Nordyke, K., Hilverton. Or, Horses, circle 7 on
left thigh; oattle. same on left hip.
Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, Or. A I on cattle
on left hip; on horses, same on left thigh, Itange
in Orant county.
Oiler, Perry, Lexington, Or. P O on left
shoutder.
Oil). Herman. Piatrte City. Or. On cattle. O
LP connected on left hip; horses on left stifle
and wart le on nose. Hange in lirant county.
Pearson, (Have, tight Mile. Or. Horses, unar-
ter circle shield on left shoulder and 'M on left
hip. Cattle, fork in left ear, right oropped. 24
on left hip. Hange on Kight Mile.
Parker A H lesson, Hardman.Or, Horses IP ot
left shouhicr.
Piper. Kriet, Lexington. Or, llores brand,
e WK (L K connected) on left shoulder; cattle
s nieon right hip. Hange, Morrow county.
l'llier, J. II., Islington, Or. Horses, Jti con.
nected oi' left slmulder; cattle, same on left hip.
under bit in each ear.
l'uttys, A. ('., lone, Or.; horses diamond P on
shoulder; cattle, J H J connected, on the
left hip, upper slope in left ear and slip in ths
fight.
Hood. Andrew, llardman, Or. Horses, simars
cross with quarter-circle over it on left stirle.
Heninger, Chris, Heppner, Or. Horses, V li or
left shell liter.
Hush Bros., Heppner, Or. Horses branded S
on the right ahouhler: cattle, IX on ths left hip
erop otl left ear and dewlap on neck. Hange it
Morrow and adjoining counties.
Kcaitey, Andrew, tiiugton, Or. Horse
branded A 11 on right shoulder, vent quartet
circle over brand; cattle same on right hip.
Hange Morrow county.
Hoyse, Wm. H, Dairyvllle, Or HK oonnsctei
with quarter circle over top on cattle on right hi
and crop otT right ear and split in left. Horse
same brand on left shoulder. Hange in Morrow
Orant and tlilliam counties.
Hector. J. W., Heppner, Or. Homes, JO ol
left shoulder. Cattle, o on right hip.
Npickiiall, J. W., Oooseberry, Or. Horse
branded 111 on left shoulder ; range in llorni
corinty.
Hailing, C C Heppner, Or Horses hrauded
on left shoulder; cattle sams on left hip
Hwaggart, H K., Islington, Or.-Horses
with dash under it on left sotls: cattle It with
dash nmler it on right hip, crop off right ear ami
waddled on right hind leg Hangs in Morrow,
Oilliaui and Umatilla counties.
Hwnggart, A. L., Athena. Or Horses brande ' I
en led shoulder; cttle sains on left hip. Cro
en ear, wattle on left hind leg,
Htraight W. K Heppner, Or. Horses shaded
J H on left stitle; cattle J H on left hip, swallow
fork in right ear, miderhit in left,
happ. Thus.. Heppner, Or. Horses, 8 A P oc
left hip: cattle same on left htp.
Mhner.John, Ko, Or. Nt- connected nn
horses on right hip; cattis, sams on right hip,
crop oil right ear and under bit in left sar, Hangs
in ttrant county.
Hinitli Bros , rtnssnvllle, Or. Horses, hre'ided
H. ou shoulder; cattle, ame on left shoulder.
Hquires, Jsines, Arlington, Or,; horses branded
JHonlsft shoulder: cattle the same, also nose
wsddle. Hange in Morrow and Oilliatuootnttes
Htephens, V. A., Hardman. Or-i horsss Ha oo
right stirle; cattis hurisiMitai L on ths right sids
Hisvenson, Mrs A. J Heppner. Or. Cattis, V
on right hip: shallow-fork in left ear.
Hwaggart, II. W.. Hriqiner, Or -Horses, It u
left shouldei ; cattis, 44 c left hip.
Hiwrry. K. O.. Heppr.sr. r. Cattis W (! m
left hip, crop olf ngh'. and ui. J-rh,i in !crt ;nr
dewlap; hors W Con left shoulder.
Thoiuison, J A., Heppner. Or. Horses, on
left shoulder; eattle. II un left shoulder,
Tipiets.kl.T.,ICuisipriss,Or. Horses, ('.on Lft
llioiihler.
Turner H. W.. Hsppnss, Or.HU stlta) f
Isfl shonldsr, horwsi ostUs birj uq Uft til.
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Thornton, H. M., Tone, Or. Horses branded
HT oonnected on left stirle; sheen same brand.
Vanderponl. H. T.. Ina. Or: Horses HV oon
naoted on right shon liter ;cattle, same on right
hii.
Walbridge, Wm.. Heppner, Or. Horses, TJ, L.
on the left shoulder; cattle same on right hip.
orop off left ear and right ear lopped.
Wilson, John Q Salem or Heppner, Or.
Horses branded Jo on the left shonlder. Hange
Morrow oonnty.
Warren, W H. Caleb, OrCattlo W with quarter
circle over it. on left side, split iu right ear.
Horses same brand on left shonlder. Hange I r
Grant oonnty.
Wade, Henry, Heppner, Or. Horses hrandert
ace of spades on left shoulder and loft hip
Cattle branded same on left side and left hip.
Wolflnger, John, John Day City. Or On horssi
three parallel bars on left shonlder; 1 on sheep,
bit in both oars, Hange In Grant and Mnlhuer
ooiinties.
Woodward, John, Heppner, Or, Horses, DP
oonnactod on left shoulder.
Watkins, Lishe. Heppner, Or, Horses branded
DE oonnected on left stitle.
Wallaoo, Charles, Heppner, Or. Cattle, W on
riKhtthigii, hole in left ear: horses, W on right
shoulder snmf same on loft shoulder,
Whittier nros., numiugion. Baker Co., Or. -Horses
branded W H connected on left shoulder
Williams. Vaano, Hamilton, Or. Quarter otr
cle over three bars on left hip, both oattle and
horses, Hange Grant oonnty.
Williams, J O, Long Creek. Or Horses, qnar
ter circle over three bars on left hip: oattle earns
and slit in each ear. Hange in Grant oonnty
Wren, A. A., Heppner, Or. Horses ninningA A
on shoulder; Cattle, same on right hip.
Young, J. H., Gooseharry. Or. Horses brander"
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Obsrte. Addreu
PRESS CLAIMS CO.,
JOHN WEDDERBURN,
slsiisgiug Attorney,
.ano6S. WAsniwincs. D.C
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Stockholders' Meeting.
NOTICE IS HEREKY GIVEN THAT THE
regular annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Morrow County Land & Trust Co. will
be held at the olllce of its treasurer on the sec
ond Saturday in March, 18!I5, between the hours
of 10 a. m. snd 4 p. m. for the purpose of electing
otticera for the ensuing year.
GEO. D. FELL.
Hec'y
Heppnei, Or., Feb. 2Ut 1895. f22-m8.
Administrators Notice,
Estate of John W. Dawson, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEKKBY GIVEN THAT LET
tcrs of administration ou the estate of
John W. Dawson, deceased, were granted to the
Undersigned on the 15th day of euruary, 18ii5,
by the comity court of Morrow county. All
persons having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them to me for allowance at
Heppner, Oregon, within six months after the
date of this notice.
Dated this lilth day of February, 1895.
flOtnll) T. R. LYONS, Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
T7' STATE OF T. F. BARTON, DECEASED,
Vj Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration on the estate of T. F. Barton, de
ceased, were granted to the undersigned on the
2tith day February, 1H95, by the county court of
Morrow county. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance, at my home in Eight Mile.
Morrow ( o.. Or., wltliin six months alter tne
date of this notice, or they shall be forever
barren. t:'iimi J. B. viiunu, Aoinr.
This 26th day of February, 189ft.
Notice of Intention.
JASD OFFICE AT THE DALLES, OREGON
Feb. 19. 1U. Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof In support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before J. VY. Morrow, county clerk, at Heppner,
Oregon, on April 10, 1895, t. :
HIKVM M. THORNTON,
hd e no ,VT7, for the S' j, NE and N(4 HE1, sec
7,tn 1 s, r24 EWM.
lie names tne toiiowiiig witnesses io prove
his continuous residence uixiu and cultivation
of said laud, viz:
E. V. V oriii and A. T. McNay, of Heppner ;
Paul Rtetman and A. T. Wood, tone.
J. V, MOORE,
f22tn29 Register.
Notice of Intention.
r AND OFFICE AT LA GRANDE, OREGON,
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4 rro. I., in;,, iiuiiidh HKirirj ir-it umi
the following named settler has filed notice of
his Intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before J, W. Morrow, County Clerg, at Heppner,
Oregon, on March .to, !!, viz:
FRANK CLEM.
Hd. No. mvifi for the N 14 SWi W See. 11, snd
v-tt't. vu- 11 T.. ,v Lr -l- 8" 11' VI
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He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and eulilvatiou
of said land, vix:
Isaac Vincent, n. m. Avers, naac tiowani, j,
L. Hoe ard, all of Hallow av, Ore.
B. F. WII-SON.
fl.Vnii Register,
Notice of Intention.
l.!tn Orrti K at La Graspr, ORKooy.
January M. lNiA.
XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVKN THAT THE
followliig uaaied settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof In support
o( his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the county clerk of Morrow county at
lli'ppner. or., on March la, Mtt, vii :
Wllllaus V. (.osiiry.
Hd No. em, for the Wt. N E1, W4 SK'4. Sec.
21. 1l . . R 2K KWM.
He us mm the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of said laud, vlt :
W. .. Mikcsell, Lamis Penlsiid, W. R. Casey,
p. A. Hamilton, all of Heppner, Or.
H, K. WILSON.
flml.S Register.
Notice of Intention.
Lamm Otru i at Tnc Daii. Oattiow,
Jsnuarv :il, l"..V
TVTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN til AT THE
following-named settler has filed notice
of his Intention tn make final proof lo support
of his Halm, and that said prool will be made
before J. W. Morrow, Conntv Clerk, at Heppner,
On-oii, ou March W. I.'s " :
PATRICK (I'IU.ANE,
Hd. E. N'o 3att for the E'4 SKI, Sc. 11, snd N'S
Mi's See. 14, To. H, S K. i. K.
He names the (ollowtn witnesses to prove Ma
continuous residence, upon and cultivation ol,
said Ignd. vl :
Mai Hughes, John Woodward, John HickeT,
jshermau lUer, ol U1'i,jJgir,,,'''lRj
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AFRICAN CUSTOMS;
Episodes Which a Traveler Saw In the
Yoruba Country.
Jean Hess, a French-African travel
er, pives in Le Figaro oi recent date an
unaccustomed view of the savage ne
gress. He pictures her as having a
beauty of her own befitting the climate
and vegetation of tropical Africa.
That, however, might be a matter of
taste, and, perhaps, most writers would
find it hard to discover, with M. Hess,
in the naked negress a "living bronze,
of unimpeachable lines," a creature
whose pride and dignity suggest "what
ancient poets tell of Athenian priest
esses and Roman empresses."
JIatter of fact and not of taste, h ow
ever, is to be found in the account M
Hess gives of love and marriage among
some of the savage African tribes. In
the country of the Yornba, extending
from the Gulf of lienin to the Niger, M.
Hess saw a young negro who, after
sacrificing a pigeon upon the end of a
stream, threw its plumage upon the
water, and chanted a prayer to Imoya,
protector of the bottom of the sea.
Imoya is a wnite genius that
lives at the bottom of the stream. He
has power to inspire virgins with love
of the young men that implore his aid.
I'rayer is mude to Imoya in secret
place, with the sacrifice of honey cakes
and white doves. Here is a love chant
that is sung to Imoya:
"There is in the house of the chief a
beautiful virgin, Kere by name, the
loveliest 'of all. Hie has large hips as
those of a heifer; she has arras as
strong as a warrior's; she has eyes as
sweet as the antelope's; her voice is a
chant gayer thun those of the birds;
her dancing is light and a pleasure to
see; she is supple and undulous as the
sacred serpent; she is lovelier than may
be told. I would like her well for a
wife. She would honor me in my
house and she would give me beautiful
children. Hut she Is proud and mock
ing. She will laugh at me when I
would buy her, and I shall not be able
to conduct her to my house. Imoya,
give her to me'."'
The girls also have their chants,
fetiches and ceremonies to obtain hus
bands. In a vilh'ge of Yoruha, M. Hess
saw a group of young negresses per
forming these rites about a great
baobab tree. They carried jars of oil.
ami sang, moving slowly, with nuked
bosoms, with measured cadence and
harmonious balancing. As they danced
they iillixed white bits of cloth to the
tree. The observer saw nothing gro
tesque, or laughable In the scene.
M. Hess says that the savage negress
has her eixnietries, and asserts that she
submits to painful tattooing that she
may soem more beautiful to men. The
marriage of a rich man of the L'gbas to
the daughter of a chief war a notable
ceremony. The maiden's consent hav
ing been obtained, the future husband
paiil her father the agreed price. As
the newly married couple journeyed
homeward people along the way laid
down branches and flowers, saying:
"The genii give thee a beautiful
spouse; forget not that she is more pre
cious than all thy riches. The virgin
whom thou tatoest was the charm of
the house, the charm of the city. Thou
desired her. When thou hast given u
all thy treasure- thou shnlt not have
pnid enough."
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the part of the people to worship many
gods un io! many shapes, while al
ways or. the point of believing in one
single divine essence M the cause and
creator of all things ft hand to hand
fight between poly theishi and monothe
ism, in which the priests have contin
ually endeavored to play the part of
conciliators. Vishnu and Siva are now
the chief contending parties, and the
priests have tried to make them agree
by adding a third supreme deity in the
shape of Urahina. Of this fact ingen
ious searchers after collateral evidence
of Christianity have made capital, say
ing that Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are
inseparable, and that the Hindoos are
evidently in possession of the dogma of
the trinity, says a writer in the Cen
tury. As a matter of fact this is pure
nonsense, and contains as much truth
as the parallels that have been drawn
between Christ and Buddha, Christ and
Krishma, Napoleon the Great and
Apollo, Archbishop Whately, in his
great squib, showed once and for all
the absurdity of such demonstrations.
For the chief of Buddhist institutions
was the monastery, and in no Ca'.uolic
country have the mendicant and priest
ly orders ever flourished in such num
bers, in such wealth or in such power
as they did in India during the eight
or nine hundred years which elapsed
from the rise to the extinction of Budd
hism. The monks took the vows of poverty
and mendicancy as individuals, but the
order, as a body, owned vast estates,
magnificent buildings and untold
riches. Their error lay in severing
themselves too much from the people,
in making their religion too abstract
for popular comprehension, in leading
lives which were too secluded to admit
of any breadth of view and too well
provided with good things for any great
intellectual activity. They have left
but little behind them worthy to be
ranked as literature. In countries
where people live much in the open air,
dress simply when they dress at all and
eat what they can get, it requires little
effort of imagination or skill of pen to
make them seem as primitive as one
pleases. As a matter of fact, where it
is very easy to live,' or, at least, where
little thought or labor is requisite to
obtain the means of living, a nation en
dowed with any natural activity is very
likely to devote its energies to intel
lectual pursuits; and the result is sure
to lie a state of national thought which,
in despite of scanty clothing and rice
for breakfast, dinner and supper, will
turn out the very reverse of primitive.
India is such a country, and, so far as
the Aryans are concerned, always has
been. What it was before the Aryan
conquest we have no means of know
ing, but it is not at all likely that the
modern religions Bnd customs ln-longed
to the aborigines prior to that date. It
seems much more natural to suppose
that the Vedlc hymns and the Vedic
faithif we tnny so call It were at all
times the exclusive property of the
higher class of Aryans and that popu
lar religions existed among the niav.es,
as they do now, simultaneously with
the highly-civilized belief of the Vedic
lirahmans. The word b-.nhraana, as
designating a member of the priestly
caste (distinguished from the brnhmitn,
the officiating priest und singer of the
sacred versesl, is found only in the very
latest of the hymns, showing that no
such distinction was necessary Wfore
the fusion of the cluaH which proba
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