Show HI DOOS WHO DEIFY IN POT w n Ceremony Observed by J N tlc at Calcutta Calcut India A SYMBOL OF POWER Strange Superstitions That Are Arc Mixed Up With a I Variety of Creeds Piety and Crime Combined Special Correspondence 5 May iray MI lucre theno thes L C days when tho iho pen n U I held to tobo ho bo mightier than the sword ani al nn writs are aro no io longer enforced ly by Iro 10 1 bayonets bl there thero Is ts a n certain 1 I atones In tho the deification of lt tho the Ink pot na tj I the tha thc symbol of ot English Engl h iou Ion III In this land of ocul vii wis wisdom dom mysticism I and superstition I I ion Tho Thu ceremony eremon or of bowing down to II this his ruther commonplace r tare took tool place Illuce on Oil the tho lie lint lat roof root of the th lie hug hus pile plo of or buildings In III Calcutta which are ar occupied by 11 tho ho secretaries of or the lie got gov eminent rita Tho worshIpers mine le 2 h In III number lumber most lost of ot them thol native nullo orde lien from the hills n roll nil Simla who ory avory your year the tho government from to tl Calcutta en po paged ns ni C their priest a 11 Punjab Irh min loin TakIng one of or tho lie largo large packing cases which are used to convey office olce OtC records they its tough wood woodwork woodWork ls work worl with sIth wih plantain leaves multi mid brancho br of ot time the altered trees trec On Omi this foundation they thc placed rv a dispatch box boB which served n I an n a species of or altar On Oa top tol of or It 1 an mis the principal fetish h ti 1 n a 1 n a I common English I glass Ink Inkpot Inkpot pot riot with a screw ton top around this were ni ranged and pen nibs red blu anti black pencils pen knives Ink foolscap and letter poper e stumps blot ting hug paper waxIn In short nil all ni the lie clerkly paraphernalia with wih tho the of ot India IndU India carries en on Its It work worl with Hh an touch ot or humor bunion the whole was I 1 with abundant coils colls coll of ot red red tape US 18 MADl MADI When all the preparations hud been b l completed each cacti made 11 de u n I reverential ohel to tho Iho Inkpot and laid boford boord It his offerings Or of ot grains graIn of rice spices slices and V rl Jq fruits and ammil some comae 1016 copper farthings th luter lotion constituting the m it s a f r time the priest Time Tim Hi lii then form ferm ii I 11 i supposed to he texts from tho the Vc c I it After the tho lon of or the lie r rites tho lie votaries feasted Oi ii for the Purchase o cf or Ihl H Ii I each had contributed a n rup ui I then lien went their several ways II kin their lips hits and nr rejoicing in their I faith that the Inkot deity would IC se e to it employ that limit they prospered in II the time nt n PAIT OF OP A Tho Is of ot a n R g HT ner I 1 fetish festival Sri Mil nn I Iob observed ob ered nt at the time time trl of or the sp K when It I Is Incumbent on 01 oi i relIgious to II ci worship th I Implements or of cit the lie wil by uy which ho lie lives hIves The TIme soldier r soll his hil sword Iho hue fanner his plough plou h th Ui money lender Ms Ills the tho c I II In to lie tha jute ute mills 11 l ar nl nh I uti uP how bow down the tha II drive their looms Kven I ven the tl lii IhuK who combine piety and in ii 1 In II a it gruesome ome ritual rHua I In lit is 1 hi I i tIm tho with wih which they dlf ilig IlS II III li graves of or their day Ilay n a ir 1 part paI partS S Y OF OFIn Cn EDH III In tho time of crt dJ which tIle te numerous religions religion if t f l 1 Il i Ii I Ila are la compounded the tha doctrine doctrIne of ot f Sti Ih transmigration of ot souls uncle finds n a I abent bent place There Is I a n popular r en enIn In some lomo places that hint when a 1 man unan ill I the tho nature of ot his lilt next exIstence i 1 nn ni ii b ascertained by fr m u 1 potters kiln In a n shallow vessel sissel aid ad carefully smoothing them hem Next morn mom mornIng Ing In It Is I Ii alleged the tho aches hs will wIl w tiC beto found to 11 marked with 10 If It the lie soul of or the dead nIn H Iii ti II U l r r born bom ns a a ci I human lulng i with i 1 11 1 a n bird wavy lInes It Ir a fl tree und and undA IC ICA n nA A oman man and his wife bathe In lii 11 I f iii n gee e with their clothes clothO tied to tn a thin t 10 wih ensure their b being ln married to on oa in I Iother n nother other In their mst atc of ot it I t n e 5 eLOOT LOOT AND PItAY rt rr and att Tho The actual practices practises tho the In hi India 1111 differ Iler rII l n arid the th oi fiB ll ly hy I infected with Hinduism f h I and Wih hr Isn rant of ot everything n with tn their i r iu u Ion UM most Iy devout b Hov u in hum i n of ot prayer r th n r w 1 M it n of ot the tho Ih Afghans I Loot ot and pros praY how busY hol little their pl t aff ac t eU 1 condUCt duct Q God clod A wl will uI not ll IL j their w cO who ho does docs not steal anil rob robi the 1 ond their practise f Is i e tho Iho ho or it conforming to 10 t eRIt Tho ft It Cu lon of oC II I r Mis murders secures heo len lenit thO o generation of or his hili s foi Been Jn it for w 18 another of ot their proverbs gather rc they tIU tb observe with devout for fey foru u DONT WANT WAN WA DAD BAD be bo given to tho the va various 1 I creeds the tho th profess with rious rlOU more Ignorant among them thoy the tho of or weird superstitions 1 It f fl ot o t 1 tit ton s the Dony of tt y a di ay wo w worship spirit lest ho hoid id como Cobb hack bael gIve us hail ball dream Wo SO also atso worship the Iho nako o othe frt the god d ild serve Orve Ull ua In lit like into fashion Any man mrm therefore con MutUS enough by 1 Ills deeds In lit life lICe nr or the manner of ot his death to 10 a it I chanco of at of a I tolerably large circle of or It II h likely In the Iho course couro of ot time to tako unit I at u a 0 I god SYSTEMATIC t matte robbery rohber Is III no 10 tb far tar n a rec reci i menus of or livelihood Coins DO that It Impressed It elf Ir upon their r anil onit a n distinct t tJ J 3 ituni Is l ordained for tor those thoo who KO un Jurth juith to 10 commit a burglary A circuit ot on OM span i an and a d four In Ja Is 8 drawn on 00 the Iho ho anti and rd Id 1 with In front of ot this the worshiper his hl I Ilett left lett arm aint with the Iho curved curvell J knife ant ml nI with lIh his finger daubs five ne streaks of or blood n the circle In III n a low voice that n a dark night may all aid lila his designs that hl lilt booty hoOly may bo lo tind that ho he and lila hIs may d ON O TIm GANGES S Tho Tue patron deity of ot the tha ninda la Ie whO n a among arnon the gods goda fashion A JJ ml wait wn carrying oft the herds on I Ithe the banks of ot the Iho Ganges and all 41 tho the expiatory hail hal proved II Ono One even III on go goina going ina ing to the tho river n a 1 clownish Ahir saw lIaw sawn n figure his mouth from time In I to t rie and onti making an nn unearthly sound with vItti ft It I conci shell rite Tho loH ba ell I that ho lie must bo be the tho demon who causing the tho epidemic and creeping up to the unsuspecting bather hilt hla skull with a n club I Wan WaD tho the name of or the Iho murdered I tle te CI of at the Iho murrain I his death It was decided that ho hoI I was WB the tho spirit who sends sendie among the Iho cattle and nn l now when I oily any on Infection breaks out among them 1011 nit all sorts sorta of or queer r thing things aro dono done to him to 10 stop slop It |