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The Alamance gleaner 1 VOL. UV. . GRAHAM, IS, C, THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1929. NO. 48. $3 jgjBi HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Bolivia and Paraguay Take Mediation Instead of War Over Gran Chaco. By EDWARD W.-PICKARD BOLIVIA and Paraguay decided not (0 bare a war over the dlapnted Gran' Chaco district, to the great re lief of the Western hemisphere and the League of Nations. Paraguay waa the first to agree that the quarrel should be submitted to the special mediation committee of the Pan-Amer ican conference In session la Wash ington, and after a little hesitation Bolivia followed salt. The latter re public, howeTer, asked that the- In quiry be confined "in the first place to the attack on Port Vanguardla with out Involving in the preliminary In quiry the questions at the bottom of the dispute, which'have been intrusted to arbitration within the procedure es tablished by- the Argentine suggestion of December, 1927,, and which waa ac cepted by both countries." The mediation committee, headed by Dr. Victor Maurtoa of Peru, got busy at once, and sent communications to both governments asking them to out line the type of mediation machinery they would like to have set up. Both governments were asked if they would dgree to withdraw troops from the I danger sone and If they wished to sign a protocol ending the fighting. A spirit of' friendliness and cordiality pervaded the. committee conference noom. Dr. fcligio Ayaia, Parsgsayan delegate to the. conference, and Dies De. Medina, the'Bolivian-minister, both of whom had attended the first meet ing, walked away arm In arm. While, as said above, the League of Nations council waa relieved by. the peace move. It was disappointed be cause the South American republics did not submit their differences to Geneva, for this was-a ehapce to show the power of the league despite the Monroe Doctrine. However, the conn cll claimed the credit for having pre vented the threatened warfare. Para guay stopped its mobilisation meas ures, though the enrollment of volnn tens continued. The formation of the "Bolivian coalition war. cabinet waa completed, to be reddy for emer . gendes. PROtuiJiriON enforcement was the topic of hot debate* In both the senate and tbe bouse of representa tive* last week while the' Treasury de partment appropriation bin was up tor action. Senator Brace, the eminent wet of Maryland, declared the gov ernment should make "one honest ef fort" to make the Volstead law effec tive, and ftnce Prohibition Commis sioner Doran had declared thlk would require at least *300,000,000 annually, Bruce moved to Increase by *270.000, 000 tbe *13,500,000 originally voted by the house for prohibition activities. The Ma cylinder had a long speech prepared, and In order to shut him off, his amendment was accepted with out a vote. It waa certain tbe con ference would knock tkla out, and It did, reinstating the house figures. Tbe conference report waa adopted by tbe ' senate by a vote of SO to 35 after a lot more lively Interchange of opin ions and recriminations; and next day the house also accepted It, without a roll call vote. Tbe Democratic dry leaders made capital out of the admit ted fact that prohibition enforcement has been- a failure during the last sav es and one half years. Comparatively smooth going for the Kellogg anti-war treaty In thy senate was assured when the committee on foreign relations voted. 14 to 2. la favor of tbe pact, agree!ag that tbe resolution of Senator lloses of New Hampshire .interpreting the treaty should be reported simultaneously but without recommendation. Moses elim inated flrsm bis resolution an Its pro visions except the following: "That tbe trusty does not Impair or abridge (he right of tbe Halted States to defend Its territory or other vital Interests la accords oca wtth Ha tra ditional Amerieaa policies. "That tbe treaty laapeeee as obU gstlone on tbe United States to ro sort to coercive or punitive measures against any offending nation. "That tbo treaty does not obligate the. United States to the conditions of any treaty to which the United States Is not a party." Senator Hale, chairman of the naral committee, tried to get action on the administration ernlser bill, but was blocked temporarily by the' "small navy group, who threatened rn "ex tensive debate" amouating to' a fili buster. ?. ROT of WEST, the ndw secretary of the Interior, was subjected to a severe cross examination by the mem hers of the senate committee on pub lic lands before It voted, not quite unanimously, to recommend that the senate confirm Ma appointment. Mr. West's professional and financial past and his reputed connections with Sam uel lnsull, public utilities magnate, were the matters given chief consid eration. Senator Nye. chairman of the committee, continued his opposition to the appointment, although he admitted that none of the charges advanced as grounds for its rejection had been sub stantiated. Congress adjourned Saturday until January 3 for the holiday recess. THAT unlucky submarine, the 8-4, which carried forty men to their deaths a year ago, has been recon ditioned and Is being used for experi mentation with safety devices. Last week It was sunk 55 feet to the hot torn of Salt Pond at Block Island, IL I., and was then brought to the sur face by the nse of new apparatus. The raising, however, was too slow to suit the navy's experts so the test was not entirely successful. The lifting hoofcs or "padeyes." two on each side of the submarine amidships, were found ac cessible for attachment to pontoons by divers even though the divers worked against a list dcttlterately created. But only the bow conld be brought to the surface, as a leak In the motor room aft held the vessel down by the stern. MR. HOOTER had a pleasant Jour ney on the D. S. 8. L'tah from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro, mull ing the Brazilian metropolis Friday afternoon. His reception and enter tainment there were all he conld ask in the way of friendliness and en thusiasm. He announced on the war ship that he woaid leave Rio Decem ber 23 and would proceed directly to Florida. His decision to cut out the projected visits to Havana. Santo Domingo and Mexico City was dne to his desire to get back to the United states and In tench with the situation here. .Whether he will land at Key West or Miami was not announced. The President-Elect will occupy the J. C. Penney place, a beautiful estate on a small Island at Miami Reach, and there rest up and prepare for Ills In auguration. The Cubans were especial ly disappointed when they heard Mr. Hoover Would not visit them. Elab orate preparations already were under way In Havana. Radio dispatches from the Utah said Mr. Hoover would to to - the Cuban capital before taking office, and might also go to Texas snd Mex ico before March i KING GKOROK gained steadily. If slowly, throughout the week in hla brace fight agalnit death. The physicians said both general and I oral conditions were better, bnt they > waned the public against over opti mism with the reminder that the ruler's recovery depends on a - con tinued Improvement rather than iso lated gains.. That there was some re laxation in the tension of anxiety was shown by the tact that the prince of Wales went to the Bath dob to ace the, squash rackets finals, and the , quebn. Princess Mary and Viscount { Laser Ilea visited the London zoo. la the Lancet, leading medical Jour nal, appeared a technical review of the king's Illness which coododed with this paragraph: It will be apparent to medical men that not only the severity and length of the Infection but exhaustion result ing therefrom must make pragmas slow and difficult. At the same- time the dangerous phases of the Illness have behn surmounted and there are Increasingly solid groom la for hoping for Ms recovery as a result of this long and anxious struggle.'' Hie statement reveals tha* the king has had periods of delirium The em ptoyuient of ultraviolet rsyo Is bo Ileved to have already proved bene ficial. KINO AMANUI.LAH of Afghanistan Is having a hard time Introducing occidental customs Into Ills country. A ?considerable part of Ills people Is In rebellion against his westernization program, and In the eastern district of Jelalahad they also are1 revolting against taxes and laws requiring cer tain of the tribesmen to carry identi fication papers. The news from Af ghanistan Is rather vague, but Delhi heard that the rebels had captured two forts overlooking the capital. Kabul. CHAULMS C. IIAUT. American min ister to Albania, presented Ids credentlnls last week, and the United States thereby formally recognised the .new royal regime of Zogu. who made himself king. The ceremony, In the shabby title capital, Tirana, was con ducted with military pomp at the king's palace. DELEGATES to the International aviation conference and hundreds of air-minded citizens Journeyed to Kitty Hawk, N. C-, to do honor to Orvllle Wright, the first man to fly In a powered airplane, and to help lay the cornerstone for a Government memorial to the Wright brothers on top of Kill Devil hill at the spot from J which they took off in their epochal j first flight twenty-live years ago. A huge gruplte bowlder with approprl ate Inscription was unveiled. Tribute to the Wrights was paid by Secretary of War Davis. Gov. Angus McLean of North Carolina and Senator Hlrnm , Bingham, president of the National Aeronautical association. THAT murder of Arnold Rothsteln, gambler and highly objectionable person, finally brought about a crisis In New York police affairs.. Joseph A Warren, police commissioner, was forced out of office and Mayor Jimmy Walker appointed Grover A. Whalcn to succeed him. The new official start ed In by making many dismissals and demotions of commanding officers Whalen was secretary of Mayor Hylan for a time, and ever since then has been chairman of the mayor's commit tee for the reception of distinguished guests. In that capacity he has been almost continuously riding nbout the streets In parades with prominent per sonages. HARRY r. SINCLAIR tiled In the : United States Supreme court a , brief presenting arguments why he should not be required to serve s ! three-months' Jail sentence for con tempt In refusing to answer questions of a senate committee ou the naval oil leases. Sinclair contended that tlie govern ment, having Initiated proceedings against him on charges of conspiracy ; to defraud In connection with his Teapot Dome lease, could not compel him to give Information before the senate committee which might he ' used tp Ms disadvantage In the trial < of the case. He also asserted the senate had lost Jurisdiction In his case by turning It over to the courts, and declared that Senator IValsh had no right to ask the questions which he. Sinclair, refused to answer. ? JAPAN'S firm national parliament elected under the new manhood suffrage law la about to meet, nnd the government prepared for presen tation the largest budget in the coon try's history, for the fiscal year. lD3Un, It totals 1,753.000.000 yen (approximately $806,380,000), repre senting an Increase over the current year of 43,700,000 yen. The budget for the navy calls for 268^)00.000 yen, an Increase of 5,600,000, and for the army 232,000,000 yen, an Increase of 7.7QIMM0. There were prospects of a bitter political conflict In the diet over the empire's relations with Oiina and on domestic tax Issues. Premier Tans ka's majority In parliament Is so slim that his government may fall at any ELINOR WTLIE. well-known poet and novelist and the wife of 1TII Ham Rose Benet, poet, died In New York of a paralytic stroke at the age of -forty-two years. 81ie was the da tighter of llenry H. Hoyt. solldtm general under President TafL and was previously the wife of P. A Rich horn and of Homes tVylle Ancient Eskimos Had High Cultural Ideas Frown refuse heaps urf rained hots that ones vera rfllapm sa the thoree of St. 1-iwreeew Wand sod ii dnlty aloes the northern Serine sea roast yielded new evidence last tammar of the siQiWssly Msh do tree of rnltnrs pnssesasd by the Es kimos who lived in that desolate re clan SO to 9)0 years afo. Thus, sifter dlxfltc deeper than v sasr before ia the remote part of ; -is ? ? rr'~- , ... t . iat?? ?A Eafclmo life la Alaska, Ike fhnltb snnlan sdeatMo who are enodoctlog Ike flrst iTWklllc Aawriran Urw ligation of the etknoloo and. ink oology of that rare lad tbeflbrlrea ia tka aoowarhat paradoxical. altaa Boa of Mag aeemlnxly fartfcor than oror froa one of their objocti *00. dad alto knowledge of Its ortgki aad Hi mail ta North America. Henry a OotHaa. Jr. attataat rurotor of tka dHMoa of mfciligy of the NotloMl who has i iMliniil tha laiMlitllw of old !Tii -Sr ? fTZBSiyy ? ' ' i"*P ' /' K g? ^ , _ ?' HAul.' . ar.il'y &' 5ii Kskime Tillage eitee for thr last two rears, rrturned from (gut summer*! war* with mora tliaa tWrfr rrstaa of i?Mm objects of act nraamenta utensils aad woo pom belonging to that ancient people. Mr. CoIUm beHere* fto thejr or* tbo moot ancient objects yet an earthed relating to Eskimo culture in Alaska aad that they Itak the early 8t Ijvtcbm <Vfln1l? If vtth tbt Siberian Hill won, wton descendants etlll Ura la that trig* -i ?*.* *riMi. ? dm***!*:is, <4 Jk . ^ || THE SPOOK PARTY lAbiD J. WaUh.1 fff-IVERYTHINO ready?" called |H Esther as aha saw ber sis I -* ter Minnie running swiftly along the garden path. "Heady!" repeated Minnie wltb a frown. "Everything's ready except for one thing?the gypsy hasn't come." "Ob, well," said Esther, "that doesnt make any difference. Any one of the girls can dress op and play gypsy for the evening. Of course, a spook party wouldn't be complete without the gypsy to provide the fun. Clara would dress up for us I know site would." "Clara?with her big bine eyesl" scoffed Minnie. "Who ever heard of a blue-eyed gypsy? No, Clara's no good?for a gypsy. We Just can't have the gypsy, I guess?and I'd counted on her providing most of the fun for the party, too." "What happened to the gypsy you'd hired downtown?" asked Estlier. "Cb." said Minnie wltb a shrug, "they told me when I talked to them at the bureau that they'd send one." "Did you see her?" demsnded Esther. Minnie shook ber head. "No, tbey telephoned to her while I was there and told her what we'd pay and she said she absolutely would not fall us. She agreed to he here an hour ago? and site hasn't come yet?say, there site Is now?" "If her skin were creamy Instead of brown and If her dress were conven tional she would look much like Sal ly," Esther remarked. Minnie and the gypey girl were now corning up the path. Esther gazed at them In surprise. * "But, no," Esther beard the gypsy girt say as they neared the house, "tnls la not the place?I?I?I am not the gypsy you are expecting. No, no. I?I " "Now, don't talk about It," Minnie cut In hastily. "If you don't care about the money?do it, one girl for another. The gypsy girl hesitated an Instant and then pot her hand Impulsively on Minnie's arm: Til do It," she promised, "bat 1 absolutely most not stay more than one boar. Minnie thought for an Instant Then she nodded. "Yes, and?thanks My party would have been spoiled for me If?why what a wonderful -chain you haver Esther's eyes traveled down the chain a boot the gypsy's neck. Where had she seen that chain?or one ilke It before? "What Is yoar name?" Minnie was asking. "Call me?Hoiana," answered the gypsy girt, with a little hesitation. "Hoiana," repeated Minnie. "Itox ana. It's a lively name. Isn't It? Well, come and see the tent. Have you told fortunes at a parry?" Roxana stared at her a long while before replying. "I've?never?told a fortune?In?my?life I" Then Esther watched them go down the garden path slowly and over and over In Iter mind she turned this queer little gypsy girl wltn wore the beautiful amethyst and golden j chain, the gypsy girl who, contrary : to gypsy tradition, bad never told a fortune. The ringing of the telephone 1 aroused her and ut the other end of ; the wire she was startled to hear I the voice of the agency woman. "Did that gypey girl come." asked the voice In low tonea. "Why?" replied Est Iter, "why?no ?and yes! That Is, there It a gypov girl here but the says that she was not coming here al all. Tliat la. we waited and waited until post the time | for bar to be here. Then a gypsy ! girl walked pad our place and Mia ! nle, thinking II waa the gypsy we had bad coming, rusoed out and atnpped her." "Did this girl giro her name?" la term pted the agency woman. "Why. yes. her name Is Roxana." answered Esther. t "Roxana 1 Well. I declare to good netal It la the girl?the very same girt?has shs has she s necklace on ?gold set with amethysts?" The voice now bad dropped to a whisper "Yes." replied Esther. "Yes, she boa." "Well." said lbs other voles, now bard. "Don't 1st bar gst away?ska ststs that necklace from floNle Mart-band's grandmother ska was at the Mart-hand boost tMa afternoon and later the necklace waa pone." The telephone al the other and was bung ap before Esther could aay an other word. This pretty gypsy girt Roxana. a thief I It seemed tarred Mel Then Esther left the telephone desk and walked heavily late the yard. This lovely young gypsy strt -a tblef. The night seemed sadden tv cMH to Esther. She could hard ly baUsvo It. . "It's getting cold out here, Minnie, too cold. We?we?tsfce Roxaoa In- I to the house." Under the clear, dark j eyes of Roxana Esther felt mean. It seemed as If tt was trapping her like an animal, to be ready for the on cers. Yet. If the girl bad stolen once might she not steal agalnt Who was she, Esther, to Judge? Bad the courts-decided that people who stole most be prevented from stealing an other time? In the house she pot Roxana and Minnie Into the study and as- soon as the Orst guest arrived she, loo, was sent there. At last all the gues' 1 had come except Sallle. Esther bad been watching for her nervously. Suppose she should notice ber grand mother's chain I Would she speak up, accuse this gypsy glrlT . Sallle was Impulsive and should she do this the girl might try to Jump out of the window to get away. She could not get out of any door snve the one leading Into the hallway for Esther had taken the precantloa of locking the other three that led Into the din ing room, the music room and the one that led through a clothes closet Into a storeroom. Esther had made up her mind to speak to Sallle but? no Sallle camel Then the doorbell rang again and ' Esther hurried out. There before her amazed eyes stood a gypsy girl. The low contralto voice spoke quietly: "I am late; 1 am sorry. My aunt?she was III?I could not get here before. I?" she had stepped now Into the open doorway. "I?you were?ex pecting me?" she said as she scanned Esther's face. "Why?I?" stammered Esther, "what Is your name?" "My name," said the gypsy girl proudly, "Is Roxana." "Wont you go Into the studyt It? the guests ore In there?you can tell fortunes?" The dark ejree laughed Into her own: "Ah. you nsk if Roxana tells fortunes? The gypsies all tell for tunes. 1 always make pretty for tunes for thein?1 tell of a diamond . ring and a golden chain for the neck ?all, then bow their eyes shiner Esther started. A golden chain for the neck I A quick look at the girl's neck showed nothing more than a string of cheap red beads. Esther did not know which gypsy girl was the one to hold. Roxana?they both seemed to be called Roxana, yet It was the other one who wore the missing chain. The gypay was mov ing toward the door. "Walt?come. Into the music room. If you please." Esther said hastily. One gypsy called Roxana; another one of the same name I A curious thing that. While this Idea waa turn ing Itself over and over In her mind the doorbell again rang. There stood an officer and beside him. In her furs, was Sally's grandmother. Mrs Marchand. "1 cant really believe." Mrs. Marchand said without any pre llmlnary "that little Roxana state that necklace." The officer entered . the doorwnj with a shrug. "There can be no mis take, Mrs. Marchand. Miss Esther here has seen the necklace on her neck?on I he gypsy's neck. The war rant was all that ems necessary." "Hut I must make sure before any arrest can he made," said Mrs. Mar chand flrmly. "I?1 can't believe"? here she raised her Voice a little? "RoxanaI Roxana! Come here at once If you please I" And Esther, standing by helpless to explain that there were two gypsies In the house, suddenly was aware that two doors were open sad In each doorway stood a pretty gypsy girl. "Too called me. Mrs. Marchand." one said In low tones. "Grandmother I" said the other one. sharply. Mr*. Mnrt'liano marea ai ine w ter. "Crnndroothsr!" ahe rrpnlrd "Why-HalUe? It l*nl SallleP TIico the Kir I with the golden neck lore laughed: "Oh, I gar* It away didn't IT Well. I might a* well tell you all about It You aee. twelve of nt atnrted a sewing dub and there be Ing twelve month* Id the gear we dedded that a* sort of Initiation to the dub we would each make a roe tume for our month. Weft, my month was October and *o I thought at once of a costume suitable for this occa sion. That care me a choice of gypsy or queer witch or btacfc rat and of the three I chose gypsy as being the prettiest. I made op my mind to pretend I was a teal gypsy and this afternoon I asked Rosana to room over to see If the costume waa at' artly right She as Id H waa?all ac cept a necklace. And grandmother had let me borrow this one before and so I borrowed N again." The officer had stepped awt Of the front door un sheer red by the girls "It's quit* all right." aald the agate ly Mrs. Marrhawl Deed atght, Mas ana?both Hmanes!" And white she was Mddlaa Mather good eight they baaed fa* the ofh er room: "And throe blacb aald with long, waring tails end long, wtry whisker* met Ibrso tfpey gtrtn?all of tho name of?Boaana?" at each other. The apaah party waa a-eucceee. * - ?, *. *- r ? - Priest* of Lamptm at the Bass of Wat Loang. IPrtp??f by National Oaoyrapljlc Foclcty. Waablncton. D. C.1 MANY Western Ideal have taken hold In Slam, but to the trav eler Trout the West the coun try Is still a quaint land of the East, much of Its life colored by Buddhism which Is the state religion. The chief charm of Bangkok, the capital. Ilea in Its wonderful temples, of which the Itoynl Wats are the most gorgeous. The most Interesting and historic of these wats Is the king's own plsce of worship, Wul I'hra Keo. A wall with battlements and ancient gates of queer design surrounds this and a number of oilier wats. Includ ing the old Royal palace Only the roofs of the temples and the graceful golden prucbedia (votive spires) are visible from without, but their gor geous colors permit the Imagination to conjure a picture of even more gorgeous interiors. The full name of Wat I'hra Keo Is I'hra Sri Rutana Satsadnram. It was .begun by I'hra I'uttha Vol Fa Cbula lok "as a temple for the Emerald Buddha, the I'ailadiutn of the capital, for the glory of the king and as an especial work of royal piety," In the year 1785. To go Into detail describing the glories of tills wat would take many pages; suffice It to say that Its tile roof la of Chinese yellow bordered with Indigo blue; that the columus are mosaic and Its heavy doors of carved wood. Tlie center of Interest la Its sacred Image, the "Emerald Buddha," a green jade figure which alts enthroned under many golden um brellas, surrounded by praying devas. The Image was unearthed In 143A, at Kiang llal, and brought to Bangkok, whence It was once stolen by Invad log Cambodians, but was recovered by a victorious Siamese nrthy.V The nturul decorations of the tern pie ore exquisite. The floor Is of tea eel luted brass, and the walls are cov ered with frescoes Surrounding the gilded and carved altar are Innumera ble offerings which remind one very much of those found In old Christian churches renowned for miraculous beatings. Wat Luang at Lampun. Wat Luang la the cblef glory of the city of Lampun. Ita votive spire baa an outer casing of brass sod Is about eighty feet la helgbL The structure Is surrounded by a brass railing and at the corners are small temples with stone figures. - Before each of these guardian angels there stands a huge gilt umbrella. The road from Lampun to Ghleng msl lends through small villages and beautiful groves of Mai tang trees, wbleli Ister give place to planted Uuin or Monkeypod trees, as they art known la Hawaii. Cbiengtaal. situated on the banks of the Uefa Plug. -Giver of All Prosper ity." is a sort of second capital of 81am presided over by a royal vice roy. The viceroy's garden parties vie with court entertain men IA Flags and lampions decorate the trees, and lo the soft murmur of the peaceful wa ten of ibe river, so whose placid surface tne moon la reflected, old Lao orchestras play weird chords which harmonise with the fantastic move ments of strangely owtamed I so apaar and sword dancers. These agile and graceful I-so ladles wield long spears with great deaterlty. Cbiengmal boasts of some fourscore temples, of which the most Important Is Wat Luang, which was bollt la 1881. on the same compound with the rains of an earlier temple, la this city.' as probably elsewhere la Slam, there Is an -merit" la repairing a pracbedi or wmt; hence the namaro? ... - tsfit Wei^:icJaaftdt^]jgh rain* and tltn activity displayed In the erection of .new temples. Wat I "bra Sins, Second In Importance, was built about a hundred years ago. The main building Is now In such a dilapidated state that entrance to It Is prohibited. To the right of- this building there Is s less pretentious strnrture, where tbe priests lake their rows. In It Is a long, narrow box In which Ilea a roll about twenty-lire feel long and I fifteen feel wide, on which Is painted the figure of a huge Buddha on a lotus (lower. It Is explained tbat la times of severe drought tbls picture Is taken to the top of Din Sootep. a sacred mountain, where a magnificent wat was erected nqny years ago, and there, to the accompaniment of In cantations, It Is held on high by priests, and Invariably rain descends to refresh inun and beast and save the rice crops. Libraries of the Temples. Very Interesting are the libraries In every temple compound. They are the repository of Kuddhlst scriptures written by some devout liand with brass or Iron stiles on the leaf seg ments df the Tsllpot palm. These palm-leaf scriptures ore carefully wrapped, usually lu yellow cotton cloth or silk, r.nd placed In these li braries as a meritorious act. They are read only rarely and on special occasions Like the temples, tbe li braries are rarely repaired t'hlengmal was founded more than OUU years ago It soon gained in Im portance and attracted the attention of the Burmese sod the Shans, who alternately conquered and sacked It. A hundred years ago several princes, all brothers, came from Lakon, found ed the last Lao dynasty, and raised Cblengmal to Its former Importance, which was greatly advanced under tbe wise rule and guidance of tbo Siamese government. A railway has recently been com pleted connecting Cblengmal with Bangkok opening np the rich Meh I'ing valley for development The forests of fhla region should In leak. Hie logs of which are now floated down the Meh ling river through gorget and over rapids which neces sitate the employment of elephants to dislodge litem from tbo rocks and bonks of tbe river. The oortto of Blum arcana t_meng mil Is rich and life la easy. Uany claim thai the railway, while a great Messing, will destroy the qnalntneas and charm of the city. It la as yet not visited by many tourists, for therw are few hotels or hoard! ng-houeea. . The chief point of Interest lo the vicinity of ChleogaMl la Dof Sootep. It Is reached by a splendid road, which leads through old gates to the ruined wall of the ancient dty, with Its moat tilled with lotus Sowers, and across rice llelds covered with temple ruins, now the habitat of snakes and lizards and overgrown with trees and vines. Travelers peas the only re maining dory of an ancient dynasty, numerous tombs ad former . Las prtuces Their, ashes art burled m der splendid moos meats, of which the central and largest marks the spot where sleeps cruet Kowllarat, the last Lao king. Dio Sootap Is really the seme of a small moantaln top assind by a magnificent wat. which Is visible tram any place he the Meb Ptog raBty. Lbs BeddbWe have always been great lovers of aetata, and. Ilka the great Kobo Da (am of Japan, who battt Me retreat end place ef eutsMp antsag tba sacred ptom dad Cegamahle at ? Koya Seat they ham retired te thai sacred masts and hffle te worship the teacher of the n> sag ef the aM* dta way.
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