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HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK
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NEWS REVIEW OF
GORRENTEVENTS
Kellogg Anti-War Treaty !?
Ratified by Senate and
Signed by President.
By EDWARD W. RICKARD '
UNDER the able leadership ot Sen
ator Borah, the Kellogg treaty re
nouncing war as s national policy
was ratified last week hy the senate.
The vote was 85 to 1, Senator John
J. Blaine of Wisconsin being the only
ope to remain steadfast In his opposi
tion to the pact. All others who had
been fighting the treaty fell Into line
after Senator Borah agreed to the
submission of a report front tbe~'for
clgn relations committee setting forth
the American understanding of the
meaning of the pact.
This report said that the committee
approved the treaty with the under
standing that. It does not curtail the
right, of self-defense; that each nation
la free to determine what constitutes
the right of self-defetlse. It also
stated that the Monroe Doctrine Is a
part of our system of national defense
agd-that then Is no obligation on the
" ' "part of any of the signers to engage
In punitive or eoe'rctve measures
against a violator nation.
It might be well to reprint the two
essential articles of the treaty. These
are:. '
"ARTICLE 1. The high contracting
parties; solemnly declare Is the names
of their respective peoples that they
condemn recourse to war for the solu
tion of International controversies,
and renounce It as an Instrument of
national policy In their relations With
one another.
"ARTICLE Z The high contracting
parties agree that the aettlement or
solution of all disputes or conflicts of
whatever nature or of whatever ori
gin fhey may be, which may arise
among them, shqtl never be sought
except by pacific means."
President Coolldge, It is said, con
siders the' successful negotiation of
this treaty the high accomplishment
of : his administration. Skepties and
cynics consider it a mere gesture
that, in a crisis, will amount to little
or nothing. Between these twfe views
Is the general opinion of mankind,
that the pact Is a big step toward
. world peace that must have a power
ful . moral effect whenever there Is
threat of war between any of the
signatory nations?and these include
almost all the nations on earth. 8ome
of the senators who voted for the
treaty did it with a laugh, agreeing
wlfh "Senator Glass that It la "not
wprth a postage stamp,", bat that Its
defeat wonld psychologically be a bad
thtylg. In Europe the ratification was
greeted with Joy by the governments.
On Thursday President Coolldge
signed the treaty In the presence of
the cabinet and members of the sen
ate. , ' - ?
WITH the Kellogg treat; oat of the
way, the cenate started In on the
debate on the admllustration's IB
cruiser "bill which, according to Sen
ator Hale of Maine, chairman of the
nkval affairs committee, would go
thfough with only 10 or 12 senators in
opposition. The pacifists kept np their
strennons light against this measure
and there was danger of a filibuster
developing to defeat. It, bat Mr. Hsle
said he had assurances that this
course would not he adopted. Since
It eras brought out that wars of self
defense would not be affected by the
Kellogg treaty, the supporters of the
cruiser bill felt that the pacifist argu
ment* against It ware refuted. Tba
opening speaker for the measure was
Senator 8wan son of Virginia, Demo
crat,who declared the proposals con
tained In the Mil worn most moderate,
pot exceeding In any degree the re
quirements of our navy and "not to
bo construed In any light as competi
tion on our part Ss they only seek to
bring our navy up to the ratio estab
lished at the Washington conference?
they even fail far short -of this.*
PRESIDENT-EI.KCT HOOVER
found so modi to do In Washing
ton that his departure for' Florida
again was postponed until Monday,
and it now seems certain that be will
bare to abandon hi* projected visits to
tbe West Indies and Mexico. Wash
ington correspondents said they' Jiad
authority to state that Secretary, of
the Treasury Mellon had boon asked
to retain his portfolio In the Hoover
-cabinet and had accepted. It was also
asserted that Ambassador Morrow
would not be the new secretary of
- state, prewiring to continue his Ex
cellent wor|t In Mexico,' and that Hen
ry P. Fletcher, ambassador to I(a)y.
probably would be selected to succeed
Mr. Kellogg. Other rather poeltjve
guesses are that WitUatn J. Donovan
will ! be attorney general and that a
man from the Far West will be sec
retary of t|ie interior.
During his sfhy In the capital Mr.
Hoover made definite arrangements
for ths calling of a special sessiofr of
congress, starting early In April,' to
- take tip farm relief and the tariff.
Speaker I-ougworth said the wnygpnd
means committee of the house Wtuld
have a tariff bill ready for considera
tion at tbe beginning of the s?slon.
It has been holding hearings for some
time. Mr. Hoover nlsg conferred with
Senators Edge and Wesley L. Jffhes,
wet and dry leaders, and agreed to'ap
point, soon after assuming office, a
commission to Investigate all phases
of prohibition enforcement. Tbe
members will be men outside of con
grese add will be as nearly unpreju
diced on the question as - possible.
Congress will be asked to sppropMate
money tor the Investigation, but It
mas decided no leglslatltm was seeded
by the President to appoint the com
missi on.
According to a decision of the
United State* Supreme court,
rendered last week, th* Chicago (uni
tary district may not divert water
from I?ake Michigan for the.sanita
tion of Chicago, The present* inver
sion of 8,500 cubic feet of wataj per
second through ,tbe sanitary district
canal Is to be reduced to a small frac
tion theryof for the purpose of Main
taining the navigability ot the Chica
go "river only.
It will be within the power and dis
cretion* of congress, however to In
crease the volume of diversion even
tually to the present amount or more
for the purpose of navigation of the
projected lakes to the gulf daof wa
terway. Although the decision3 casts
doubt on the power of congress'to an
thorite diversion . for sanitary* pur
pose* only, the diversion permitted
for deep waterway navigation^ Would
he sufficient for Incidental sanitation,
particularly In conjunction with the
?septic tank aewage disposal system'
now In process of construction.
Member* of the Illinois Aeggtlon
In congress Immediately beggh. plan
ning action to save the deep waterway
project by getting enabling ! legisla
tion. and Senators Deaeen anil Glenn
laid .the whole problem beforf Presi
dent-Elect Hoover.
n EAPPORTIONMENT of the 433
:?* members of the house of repre
sentatives oq the basis of Dm 1930
census, effective to 1982, seeds cer
tain. Little opposition was expected is
the senate to the smssuts pssseftby the
house by *u overwhelming villi voce
vote. The bin provides for anttrastlc
reapportionment bjr the secrfiiT of
commerce every tea years y the
event that cougiess. at the first ses
sion following each census, fails to
enact a reapportionment bill.'
BACHA SAKAO, aon of a poor Af
ghan water carrier, may become
the king of Afghan let* n. Hi* real
aarae la Hablbollah Khan ani he la
the leader of the rebel* who hare been
besieging Kabnl, the capital. . A few
day* ago King Amannllah rescinded
hp me of hi* reform meaaures add then
Abdicated In favor of hi* brother,
laayatnllah. But tht* did not satisfy
the rebel* and they continued their
attach* on the government force*.
Amannllah fled, hot Inayatntlah wa*
cornered In Kabul and recent ^report*
?aid the aty, with the eangplsn of
the citadel. wa* In the hands qfHaM
bnltab's followers. Priests and tribes
men'In the Jailalalmd area JtMked the
Insurgents and the city of Jagdalak
wad reported captured.
TW* revolt la Afghanistan Is aa
Interesting result of Intfefeatloaal
scheming. The Afghan minister to
Pari* say* It Was brought about by
British Intrigue. Hi declarer Greet
Britain never forgave AnmirtMek for
forcing the recognition of hie coon
try'* right to diplomatic relation*
with other tuitions In 10X0, and whan,
5turlng his recent visit to Kurope be 1
went to Russia and came!nnder Soviet
Influences, the Rrltlsh rowed to get
him, and I netted the tribesmen to re
bel. The Russian government Is be
lieved to have bad a band In toe af
fair and may yet come ont winner.
OKN. BR AM WELL BOOTH, aged
anil sick, refused to retire as
commander-in-chief of the Salvntlon
Army when the high eounfit of the or
ganization asked him to do so, offer
ing (o let him retain the honorary
title and dignities. So. !the council,
after deliberating all day, declared
the old general unfit to continue to
his high office, the rote being 68 to 8.
. General Booth was quoted ss haz
ing Issued the following statement
while the council was wtlng to oust
him :
"I shall resist by etery means hi
my power this attempt to deprive me
of the leadership of the Salvation
Army. I hare not much money, but
I wltt spend what I bare Iq defending
my position. I should be a coward
worse than a coward?a< skunk?If I
quite because there Is a bit of a rum
pus."
J PIER PONT MORGAN and Owen
?B. Youhg with Thomas Nelson Per
kins a* alternate, were agreed upon as
tin unofficial American representatives
on the board of experts that Is to devise
a flnal settlement of Ggrman repara
tions. Great Britain suggested these
names and they, wer$ accepted by
France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and
Japan. The program' Vras to obtain
'the consent of the men selected, pro
pose their names to Ore reparations
commission and then nsk Secretary
Kellogg If the American government
bad any objection, to which he woald
reply tn the negative. All of which
was .made necessary by the determina
tion of this government to have no of
ficial concern In the business.
THE long quarrel between the Holy
See and the state of Italy la about
to be settled amicably, according to
dlspatchn from Rome. Cardinal Gas
pare! and Benito Mussolini bare con
cluded an agreement;. by which the
Vatican grounds are to constitute a
completely free and Independent ter
ritory nnder the sovereignty of the
pope. A precedent for this Is found
to the existence of the republic of San
Marino within Italy, of Monaco with
in France and of Andorra surrounded
by jurisdiction of other states.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELUSR, JR., and
CoL Robert W. Stewart have been
encaged In a desperate battle (or con
trol of the Standard Oil company of
Indiana, and It la reported that Rocke
feller la winning. Stewart, who la
chairman of the board and who had
some well remembered troubles with
the senate, refused to resign at the
demand of Rockefeller and waa sup
ported by President e. q. Senbert and
the other members of the board of
directors. Thereupon both Rockefeller
and 8tewart started ottt to gft proxies
(or the next annual meeting, set for
March 7. Before the end of the week
It was bettered Rockefeller had oh
talned more than 81 pbr cent of the
rating proxies, John tJL Sr., joined
bis sen in the fight, miffing It harder
for Qelooel Stewart.
Northern europe was swept
last week by terrific gales' and
snow storms. 8teamers and sailing
resaels were wrecked, train terrier
stopped and rural districts isolated
and buried in snow. The loss of hu
man tires was constdergble. and great
anmbers of cattle perished.
Off the coast of Chhta a Chinese
steamer, caught In a storm, ran on a
rock and sank, about 800 natires being
drowned.
\yfR8. G BO ROB. H. ROTH, M
tranced wife of Babe Ruth, b
mtu bawbuU player, w?? burned to
deatb In the apartment of a dentlat In
a oabarb of Boaton. Her Identity war
dfacoceied by accident*
Wyatt Barp. laat of the celebrated
frontier gunmen who helped preeenre
order In the old Went, died in Holly
wood, Calif.
Count Chlnda, lord chamberlain of
Japan and former ambaaeador to
Waablngton, paaaad away la Tokyo,
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Filipino Student* to
?e Guided in Studies
The Philippine government will
henceforth tell students who aro sent
to the United States what courses to
study. An over supply of physicians
sad lawyers in the islands has led to
s shortage of technically trained col
'*** graduates.
In -view of the praaent demand for
technologists and experts. In tbn Indue
trtnl arts atadeota ore to be permitted
te atady only flak, meat and vegetable
<i?nh| and other - arch ' lodua
trlea.
. Heretofore corerntoent et adnata, or
panaionadea. na they are known lo
cally, were free to cbooee their ca
reen. la moot tnatancee they took
tq> law. medicine, edoratloo and ato
liar academic conroee.
Upon retornlng to the PWMpplnea
they found dlOcnlty la ebtatalac
work, tlace they found their profee
atoin crowded with yooac dteu and
women who had bean wen tfktoed to
the Wanda far each ttaaa of work.
Many of then retanied to the United
Stataa, thai yielding th? Philippine
persniaieat no ntni te the aooq
(pent tor their edncatita,
The new poller ?? <to?eped to make
the penalonada eyateJB ipore proflt
able, both to the atadtat and to the
foeerahMBt.,
The aambar of geearamaat eap
ported atadeete alao la batok eartallod
Ooty tn peaaloeedei era bo seat to
the Mate* tWa rear, am bttwaeO
SO nod 93 Hare boon ad to proetoo?
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JUST A |
VILLAGE
WOMAN |
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NELLY WARD pinned on her
simple black hat that Kate
Coillns. her longtime milliner,
bad fashioned for her and
peeped Into the glase with a crit
ical frown upon her gentle brow. Did
abe look nice enough? 8he patted down
her coat collar, brushed a bit of lint
from her eklrt and took ap the small
bag purchased a feV days previous
at Johnson's store, from top to toe
she looked neat, quiet, ladylike. She
loved that word?ladylike. All her
lite she bod tried to conform to Its
suggestion as her mother and grand
mother bad done before ber. In that
way, as In many others, she was as
o|d fashioned as they.
un uuauanu was waiting tor ner in
the newest car?a black, long-nosed
brute built for climbing the moun
tain between their village and the
large adjoining town where his busi
ness Interests were located He was
a stont, elderly man with a square
chin, quick gray eyes, the most force
ful type of the successful go-getter.
As she climbed In beside him Nelly
looked back at her home with Its
look of plain, practical comfort
Against the spring green of grass and
foliage It looked aa white as snow.
She admired any white house ^ she
loved ber own, and she sighed at leav
ing It because she might be about
to leave It forever.
From windows and doorways her
neighbors waved her farewell. Mrs.
Rckert flapped her check apron, Mrs.
Cowan flirted a dust-rag, Letty Dim
mlck signaled with a handkerchief
crisp and srented. as Nelly Ward
knew, with rose leaves. A little child
shouted to her and old Tim Green,
limping toward the grocery for news,
swung hla battered hat at her. She
responded cbeerfnlly, but ber lips
trembled.
The-great car ate ap the road. Ho
lea did npt talk much; he mil re
viewing the speech he wna to make at
the Mg dinner that wai to follow; Nel
ly sat holding the bag, thinking deep,
grave thoughts.
Over the mountain they went and
down the other side Into the spar
kling town where Hosea's big factory
belched black smoke. Tel. In spite of
tlte smoke, Weston was s beautiful
place with Its line residences, smooth
streets and glittering business sec
tion.
There wns a llock of cars before
the Weston house, nnd Hosea ma
neuvered the black brute Into Its place
among them. His manager was there
and Ms directors, the president of the
bank, prominent club men nnd wom
en. representatives of all the big
Arms In town, all gnthercd to do
Hosea honor?an honor In. which bis
Wife was to share.
Nelly. knew only two persons be
sides her husband, and during the
splendid banquet Ihnt followed she
felt lonely and a little shy. The
food, loo, puzsled her. She liked
simple home cooking, and these ex
travagances of food aroused In ber a
faint distrust. Although she wns es
sentially healthy, she wondered If
such a mixture us lohstsr, alligator
pears and strawberry Ice could pos
sibly set welL
The banquet lasted for hours, and
Nell; was heartily glad when It wns
over. Hosen'a speech had made ber
more nervous than It had him. A food
man, Rosen, her husband for thirty
five years and the father of six chil
dren. who were all either married or
awn; from home with affairs of their
own.
"Well, Nell;." Hoses said as be
helped her Into the black car. "That's
that. Now I'm going to show yon the
bouse I've picked out for yon."
It wns a splendid house, vast, tow
ering, set In the midst of beautiful
grounds. A millionaire had built II
and only a millionaire Could live In
It. It had garage room for Hoeea'e
four cars, a rose pergola, a fountain
and a drawing room that could bold
seventy people.
"If you want this house Ifs yours.
Kelly." Hoses said proodly. "And you
csln go tba limit In buying stnIT for
It."
"It's grand, desr," Nelly said. "But
?what's that bonding on the right r
"That's the Weston Memorial li
brary. A beauty, e&r a
"And this place on tba left?who
osrns itr
"Summer people. It's opened for
only two or three months during the
She go! Into the black car and they
returned ' homeward. Hbeea talking
gayly sll the way of bis vast new
plans. Nelly silent and seff-abnega
fiif
' A smell of food greeted them as
they entered the bouse. Sarah, middle
aged end beaming, for many years
more of a housemate than n servant
to Nelly Word, stack ber bead In at
tbe door.
"Supper1* ready when yon are." aba
?aid.
In the pretty dining room, lighted
with aunaet gold, they oat down to
homemade bread, green onion*, thin
?lire* of corned beef, iponge cake and
tart plum preserves In a Hemmed
glass dish. Tulip* filled *n old fash
ioned blue bowl that had belonged to
Nelly'* mother.
"J didn't think I could eat any
thing." Hoaea remarked as they left
the table. "1 will, say for Saruh that
she knows how to assemble food."
Nelly cleared her throat
"If we move to Weston Sarah wont
go with us," she sold.'
"Why not?" llosea struck a match
on the heel of his shoe and III his
after-snpper clgnr.
"She won't leave her daughter and
grandchildren. I don't blame her. Bnt
?I wouldn't know how to keep bouse
without Saruh."
Tlify sat down on the porch, llosea
smoked and Nelly crocheted. A cat
bird poured ont Ids native Imitations
from a nearby syrlnga.
"Say, you'll miss all this when we
get to Weston," llosea said. He
turned and looked at Ids wife. Uer
face was averted, but she put up her
band to her cheek.
"Nelly 1 It yon don't want to go
tell me so," he said tenderly.
"It Isn't a question of whnt I want,
dear. It's a question of how I can
help you most," she replied.
They snt In long silence. Suddenly
Hosea slapped the arms of his chnlr
wltn his nnlms.
"I see how II Is. You've lived here
all your life," he said.
Her hands trembled as she attempt
ed te take a stitch with her crochet
needle. He did understand more than
she had ever dreamed be could?that
It would be tearing her heart out to
leave her home, her old neighbors.
Mrs Robert came running across
the lawn with an offering of flowers.
'1 want you to have some of my
black tulips, Nelly," she said. Then
anxiously stating the real errand:
"Did you decide today abo'ut going to
Weston to livel"
Nelly dldnt answer,, but Hosea did.
"She's going to stay here," he said.
"I'm going to stay here, too, all Hie
time I don't have to be attending to
business In Weston."
"I'm so glad !" Mrs Eckert replied.
"I've been just about sick all day for
fear Nelly would go."
"Hosen Is giving In to me," Nelly
said, shakily. "I hate to say It, Helen,
but even If I am Hosen Word's wife
I'm just a village womnn who loves
her neighbors?" she could get no far
ther.
For Hosea had quietly risen, gone
to her and kissed her.
Saw* Without Tooth
Many persons unfnmlllar with In
dustrial mlvnnce will be unable to an
derstaud t hat there ll such ? tiling as
a toothless suw, but nevertheless
smooth edged tnetnl disks sre used ex
tensively for calling materials which
could not be severed by the asusl
toothed saw. These saws are coming
Into greater use every day, being nisde
possible by the high speeds which ore
attained by the use of electricity. One
of these saws, revolving at a low rate
of speed, would be shattered Instantly
when applied to a piece of hard metal,
but revolving at a very high speed It
cuts through steel like a kitchen knife
going through a piece of cheese.
Hartal Rnitta
Some people Mill use old herbal
remedies. 1 was talking to ? Held
worker whom I knew rory well,
writes "I.ooker-On" In tlie London
Dully Chronicle Ue said his llrsr
was Inclined lo be sluggish. "I know
what to do," he said. "I shall dig up
a root of burdock, scrape It, add a
leaf or two of coltsfoot, nnd put the
lot Into a cup of tea. That's oersr
failed me yet" "Burdock Is often
Celled "dock." It grows ererywbere.
Coltsfoot, too. Am my friend says,
"It's cheaper than doctor's staff."
BWt mm Natare's P?^
French liuluou is famous or lots
moos for Peril's island, the famous
penal settlement. Three or four times
a rear a steamer lea res the prison ui
l.'lle de He oo the coast of Brlttanj
loaded aim the mqst dangeroaa pris
oners gathered from the French pris
ons. Thep are taken to the so-called
Isles of safety, oft the coast of French
Galena, to toll under the tropical son
until they die or their terms an
ended.
Cold Batk b Mantel _
California jtjri ara tend of agga 01
wild bifda or domeatlc fowl, aad an
even mora partial to newly hatchet
neat Unci, aajra Natora Magazine. Thai
ara to ba commended for tbe care o
their own Mod and for their bablta o
peraonal deanllneaa, evidenced b]
their cold morntef batb which la i
moat before breakfaat performance.
Bis Wife?Ws ongbt 10 Mrs ? g??
car. This on* looks dtorepelebl*.
Hnrily Upton?CsoV afford It. Bui
I'll fix up ibis old bos?wash K up sod
put a freak mortgage on It.
ffimdmrfBewail
Street Scene In Pattn, Nepal.
? Prepared by the National (leographte
Society. Washington. O. C.I
AMONG ttie Himalayan moun
tains, of which It owns a fall
portion, Is the Kingilom of
Nepal. Often heard of, II la
one of the native Asian states of ?
which least la known.
With the exception of the British
resident and a few Kuropenn olltclals
who lire In the residency grounds at
Khntmnndn. the rnpltnl, no one la al
lowed to visit the country without a
special permit Issued by the dnrhar.
When the pass or permit has lieen ob
tained, visitors are obliged to travel
hy one pnrtlculnr route and are not
allowed to go beyond the valley of
Klintmandn. a tract of country about
fifteen miles wide hy twenty miles
long, surrounded by high mountains.
It Is this valley of about three hun
dred square miles thnt gives the coun
try Its nutne, for to the natives It Is
Nepal. In the valley nre situated the
modern cnpltnl of Kluitmnndu and the
old nnd much more picturesque rnpl
la's of I'nfnn and Ithatgaon. At some
time In the remote post this valley
was a lake, and the vast necuiritH*
tlon of water must eventually have
cut for Itself an outlet through the
burrler of mountains to the south.
Gradually there was left hare the
rich alluvial deposit now drained tn
three rivers?the Itnghmuttl. Vishnu
mattl nnd Manchera.
Religion plays nn Important part In
(lie lives of (lie Nepnlese. Oflh-tnllv
llie religion Is Hinduism. Inn II Is col
ored by older forms of Tnnlrlc ?or
ship, and by Buddhism.
In the structural features of tlieli
architecture and Its ornamentation. In
their sacred ulenslls. arms and armor. ]
In their liotisehold Implements, rest
menls. Jewelry, everything, there Is a
similarity and special form which
runs through all these eastern Jlltna
layan stales.
The royal temple of the Coddess
Talejn, the protectress of the ruling
family of Nepal, Is the lines! build
lug In the Onrtvar group In the city ,
of Khatmandu and Is kept exclusive
ly for the use of the royal family.
Rim Sens tower, a building nearly
two hundred feet In height, stands
nut altove the other- buildings In the
city. It Is merely a tower, with no
particular meaning, although the Ke
palese have a legend that the great
dung llaliadur leaped on horaebark
from the top and waa uninjured.
Tlie modern palueea, nllliorgh eon
tabling valuable collections of vnrt
, ous objects of art, are of very little
Interest externally, with oo architec
tural features of note.
One of the Older Capitals.
Rhatgaon, one of the oldest Newer
capitals. Ilea about seven miles tooth
east of Khatmandu, and. with Its nn
i lucrum temples, shrines and (tallies.
I nil of the greatest architectural val
ue It Is even more Interesting than
the capital.
Through winding, crowded, dirty
r ft reef?, with wooden colonnades over
I hung by the lialconlea of old bouses.
I one reaches the central square, on all
r sides of which buildings hart been
f erected-with the most picturesque Ir
t regularity, the finest among tbero be
f log the Durbar hall, with Its mar.
l nlflcent doorway of brick sod em
bossed copper gilt, built In the reign
of Bbupatlndrs Mall. This doorway
la noe of the finest pieces of work
In Nepal and on It la depleted the
whole sypibollain of Hie Hindu and
Buddhist ret Igloos.
I Kudus file doorway Is the statue
of Raja Bbupadrdra Mall, an as
remely veil executed figure in
jronse, tented on n boldly designed
[>cdestn< of stone on a square pillar
?bout 20 feet In height, with the reg
it umbrella rising above llie figure.
Close by Is flie (JJalpola Deval. er
remple of Five I lugls, wlilrh stands
?n Are platforms up which a Bight
of ste)? leatla to the entrance. Thin
Itnlrway Is guarded liy fire enormous
pairs of figures carved In stone, the
lowest pair being two glani wrestlers;
above them two elephants ten times
>1 strong as the men; above two
lions ten times as strong as the ele
phants ; next, , two dragons ten times
as strong as the lions, and finally two
deities, most powerful of all.
In this square Is also Hie Tnmnart
Tel. dedicated lo the Goddess Hlut
wnnl. The slirtne In front lias two
magnificent brass dragons, one on
each side, decorated with great
splashes of renullion. The brick
work Is covered with hrass plates
deeply embossed, and on earli side,
on a lotus pillar. Is a copper gill lion
holding a banner. This building has
quaint and grotesque moldings point
ed In mosl vivid colprs and 1st tire
windows made of strl|<s of gilt metal,
the whole presenting a kaleidoscopic
effect In the hrlllliuit sunshine. ?
I'ushpull Is the holy center of No- -
pal, to which tens of thousands of
pilgrims Hock during the few days,
once a fear, when the country Is
thrown open. The rands are then ons ?
long, unending crowd of men and
women, old and young, chanting as
they go. "I'ashpnll natb ke-Jnl."
Templet and Gardens.
The Temple of Clinngu-Kuraln It
situated on a spur of a mountain
about eight mllet to the east of Khat
nytndu and Is reached by a winding
path of stone sfeio, to climb which
Is port of lire pilgrimage. It Is we
of tbe finest temples In Nepal, a ver
itable Ireasure-house of relics, Ha
courtyard full of wonderful stone pll
Inrs and statnes, the cloisters artth .
exquisite carvings la many placet
richly colored and everywhere flash
ing sheets of hammered metalbrass
and copper gilt beaten Into every pos
sible form?birds, beasts, fishes, drag
ons?standing ont on a background of
conventional design; bells every
where; brass umbrellas, the emblems
of royalty; great braxon and steam ?
beasts crouching on all sides.
The water garden of Balajee Is g
most fascinating spot, ? nrile or two"
outside Klistmsndu, at the ead of a
long, shady avenue of trees. It Is
much frequented by tbe townspeople
In the cool of tbe evening Tbe freafc
spring water Is collected In a num
ber of terraced pools ooe above the
other, clear as crystal and reflecting
the green of tbe snrroandlng trees
and bamboos. Along the supporting
wall of the lowest pool la a row of
about twenty dragon-head spouts,
some enormous, others smaller, but
all beautifully carved and executed;
from which clear water splashes Into
a tank beneath.
Balajee baa Its own religious sig
nificance, found In a small tank en
one tide, near a temple decorated
with Tan trie earrings Under the wa
ter lies, a carved atone figure at
Karatn, about ten feet long, with a
hood of mbra beads just rising above
lbs water. It rectlaee oo a stone bad
wttb four carved posts rising ooe
from each corner, evidently at ooe
time tbe support of a canopy, flab
dart bete and there In tbe dear water
wblcb orally dov e over It. Karate
Is tbe mater Brahma.
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