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. 1 1 11 1 ' ' I'll " t- ... t J& " - of signifi- ? vdfeo iT'l J VS;Xt-;-T'- i WW rJiTL J fv Ll " I By J. H. DAVIES.- ; American Museum of Natural History.) HERE has just V. been placed on temtorary1 ex hibit in the American Museum of Natural Hls tory, New York;, city; a remarkable Buddhist shrine from Thibet, with Thibetan carpet, prayer mat, temple guardians, altar vessels, images, sacred banners and holy book reciting the praises of Buddha. This is probably the finest: assemblage f .Thibetan religious -objects ever Jtrought together. ft represents a part of I the collecting "c&one by Alexander Scott, a British artist whose interest in Indian and Thibetan archaeology dates back forty spears. For twenty-six years' he made his home in Darjeeling, India, on ; the saghway of Thibet. , Before Sir Francis Younghusband's expedition into Thibet, Mr. Scott had coaxed and won his way Into the land of mystery.: Gifted as an ;mxiist and sympathetic as a . scholaj, Ida interest In ' Thibetan Buddhism, or Xamalsm, was twofold, and resulted in personal ; .friendships' with' the Lamas, m. priestsi;;;" ... ;, ;ti? iV" rw. yi uucui, urousana up, .was tnor ohly grounded in , Thibetan religious BEtoms and traditions. He freely Im Farted; to. Mr. Scott detailed informa .tkm,iui4 xplanatlons of the. many ob jects secured by him. This Lama took rtbe highly, enlightened attitude of be las glad to explain his reliirion tn th- -foreigners, In order, as he saidt that .-they might see and understand its beau--tlefc and philosophical significance. As !HOnSflnd Tin hafl ft flnoimlnH anA m a 7 f w iuu auu n markable command of English, ex ressing himself after the manner of a cultivated Englishman, tis assistance -ftas been invaluable to Mr. Scott. So completely was Mr. Scott accept ed by one of his Thibetan Lama -xriends that on one occasion, when he remarked tha t an : al tar, which was -CJreatiy overcrowded could be made snch more beautiful, he was actually tnvited to rearrange it according to his :wn ideas. And when he had per ftmned his task to his own satisfaction, -not only did the Lamas delight In the rfianges.he had--wrought, but they made aim gifts In token of their apprecia "tfonu - .'"' :: .! - Mr. Scott was. commissioned by the University Museum of , Philadelphia to collect antiquities, especially sculpture f the Indo-Bactrlan and Gupta eras; Bb obtained a splendid- series of vcronzes ana other material for that Institution, which is to be used as a 'teste fr the building up of a coUec ,114m Illustrating the culture of Thibet nd India. - "'.'-xW The central figure Ja that of Padma teacher) : Sambb,ava. "the Lotus 'kftarn,f, tlie great "guru or saint who 00 years ago entered Thibet, at the invitation of "the Thibetan king,; and tttecame the first teacher . of. Buddhism v;ln Thibet. Sambhava-- wasa JQindu ttrcm Ddyana' and on his teachings were grafted the essentials of the Siva wor ship of the Hindus. t M to his Infla eaot that the strongly" Hindu charac ter of the rites and mythology of pre-ieent-day Buddhism in Thibet is to be tircedVJ.!p .:: ; Tbe other typical character of Lama iism Is Us admixture 'of demoriology, a rollc of Thibetan aboriginal "shaman ian, the religion of ghosts and local tfemons. From the primltlye r shaman Mslle element arlses the use of carved Hainan bones In the making of religious regalia and other objects.. The bones .are the relics of very holy Lamas, kmg dead7 who are supposed to bei honored In the practice. In all oriental religions, symbolism predominates and the. shrine of Padma -Sambhava; at ..the.-America Museum.. Is an instance of this cance. .. ; :wT ; - The saint wears" a mitre topped with a vulture's feather. As the vulture Is the biggest and farthest flier, , the feather here indicates- that the doc trine of this "gurun Is the most aspir ing, and his knowledge the most noble and spiritual. : H .. r i In his right hand he holds a Morje" or thunderbolt, Implying divine pro tection and eternal life. ' s His left hand grasps the skull bowl containing blood or "amlta," ("sweet dew,M the ambrosial food , of super natural beings), signifying blessings. Resting lightly across his breast and against his left shoulder, leans a trident, its' three points signifying that he has overcome the three vices, Iust,. Anger and Sloth. The Image is 'finely wrought In copper, and " the - face I coated with pure gold, highly bur nished. .;' : lfr;,.k.- The " shrine is flanked on "each side by a great brass sacred lamp of ex quisite workmanship, r One of these is the finest Mr. Scott has ever seen. On the steps . leading to the altar are a number of brass dog-like or lion like figures, elaborately designed and inscribed. These are the guardians-of the temple. i : - Stretched on the steps is a Ming prayer-mat at '4eas 400 years old. -; The side walls are hung with beauti ful banners in the sacred" colors and symbols. -. ' ;-" V " On a carved stool set with turquoise and coral lies a, holy book reciting in gold : letters , on dark blue " parchment the prajses of-; Buddha. 4 , v " v And most precious of all, spread be fore the altar, Js one -fit the three Thi betan 1 carpets known ; to exlst-rall of them being at present In Mr. Scbtfs possession. Tradition has it that car pet s were once woven in y Thibet. But for many years none, lias been-known to be In existence. " When, however, the first Sikh Maharajah, Golab Singh, -was Installed over Kashmir, tribute was sent to him from Thibet, and among the gifts were three beautiful carpets, all of the same: size and of similar design. For the best part of 100 years these lay In the palace Tosha Khana or storehouse In Kashmir. Re cently they were sold at public auction in .Srinagar, where Mr. Scott pur- r chased one and later obtained the oth ers from two - Indian r nobles ho had secured them at the auction. ; The carpets, like the Thibetan prayer-mats, . show Cnlnese taste blended with Thibetan symbolism, and were tloiibtless made In Thibet by Chinese weavers. Just as the carpets and mats show the - influence of China a large proportion of Thibetan ;; metal-work strongly v reflects ; Indian culture," as i rom time Immemorial the Newaris, or tnecnanics : or : wepai. In .India, have worked. In metal for the Thibetans. Iiald on" the shrine as votive offer ings are, many little images,, some pf gold infaidwith turquoise andllapis lazuli. In'" some easels, these are images of Krishna; probably left "by Hindus who without worshiping Buddha, reverence him and are willing to make gifts to his temnles . - Whales Grow Rapid A member of the Brooklyn Institute nwseum. Brooklyn, v N. YM who has a special study-:, of whales In "SCewfoundlaad, states that the average nsth of a full-grown sulphur-bottonf Is Just under eighty feetaccord4 to an , exchange This Aestimate "Tiewgards the ; exaggerated reports utnunes-spreaa by sailors, ; and 1 1: a on actual IMPORTAMT PVS THEl'WOIB IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH ... What Is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In . Brief Paragraphs" expedition which was sent into Thibet after the British, under Sir Francis Younghusband, had - departed from Lhassa, . the Lamalstic Holy City. A part of ' the ; Chinese ' expedition ' re turned home' by. way Of India, dlspb-. uig; of its lootv toj Parsee or Hindu curiosity dealers on - the way. Thus many great rarities were for a time obtainable by . - connoisseurs - lucky enough to be on the spot And Kt these, Mr. Scott, as results show, was, thanka to his knowledge and: experi ence, one of the most,Mlucky.M This Sir Francis Younghusband was born In India; and served as British political agent In various parts of. that country. In 1903 he was appointed Brit ish commissioner, for negotiating with CMna a settlement of relations ; be tween India and" Thibet. In 1904" he was at the head of an expedition that forced Its way to Lhassa. : J " Thibet has always been a 'land of mysteryand Is yet, -for that matter. The region Is one of the least known places of earth. It Is there that an American expedition Is searching for the "missing link," the earliest form of man. To the south-of It lie the Hima layas and Mount Everest, as everyone knows, I Is the highest peak on the earth's surface " (29,000 feet); It has never been ascended and an expedition Is now making a careful and persist ent attempt to reach Its summit ; Thibet itself appears to be the root of the world ; It Is the most eleyated country on the globe. The northern part Is believed to have an average elevation of 15,000 feet. What that means . can be imagined by anyone who has climbed Pikes Peak In Colo rado, which is 14,155 feet high.-The people are ofthe Mongol stock.' The population is believed to approximate 3,500,000. There are supposed to be 50,000 lamas. These lamas are devoted to celibacy and; live In lamaseries, or monasteries, of which there are said to be 3,000. Many of these lamaseries are of great size, -housing thousands. Polyandry prevails among the people, "China' has exercised a rule of sorts over Thibet since: thie Eighteenth cen tury, more especially as to Its foreign relations ; Government appears to be largely local. . For " ages the chle authority rested with the Grand Lama, whose capitals was Lhassa, . a -city-of about 25.000 people. In consequence, of the 1904 British expedition - under 'Sir ' Francis Young husband, at least a part of the author! ty was transferred to the Grand Lama of Tashl-lunpo, near, Shlgatse. There Is also a; Chinese resident In Thibet This British expedition forced various concessions lh trade and in the foreign relations of; the country, which for a century; had been practically ; a closed nation. Thibet Is principally famous; Most of these oblecta were 'innfMi I .n. 1 m ,AWlDeVin tempjes ny tne cnlnese Buddhism known faLahlalsm. measurements seems "to. whn lea reaching -i from eighty-five;, to oe creamie accounts Of ;alenlof ninety-five eeti but the authoritr did not see any of I tliere have ralwaya been people ;;who tha t size, i Whales appear to grow with great rapidity the length of yearllngs belng, estimated y at fromi thirty to thirtyfive feet : 'X:Jk--::f. j Tattooing an Ancient Adornment : V Dating from ancient times js . that favorite form pf proclaiming one's lore for the briny deepP the tattso-end !i rrlT f--i (- f-: . 0, -. was held most honorable The Polyne sians are known v tdliave been adepts in the art and from that, time to this Foreign ; With Lloyd-George' reply to Eam- onn . de Valera generally accepted as conciliatory in tone ami noi calcu lated to offend Sinn Fein, leaders, tne belief is prevalent here that the Irish "nrAHldent' will accept the invitationil to a conference in London on, October 11, and thus bring to an end the cor- respondence which has gone back and forth over the channel since July. Previous decisions that Argentina amendments , to : the covenant of- the league of nations cannot be accepted at the present -time, were reaffirmed by a resolutlonfinally adopted by the committee on amendments in session at Geneva, Switzerland. The British house of commons has a-bill before it providing that all bot tles containing poison should be label ed with directions fori its proper, anti dote. It is a means to check deaths by unintentional poisoning. France and- Germany are expected to ratify the Loucheur-Rathenau' sepa rate reparations agreement, thus open ing the way for a European boom. Life in Soviet Russia is far less thrill ing than might be imagined from read ing .the French.Engllsh and German newspapers, which recently arnvea m Moscow. Foreigners living, calmly in Moscow were decidedly surprised f to read Berlin dispatches to the English papers that Moscow was recently in flames for two days and had been largely consumed." The people hi Mos cow knew nothing about it. So Jar as can be learned there was not even a good neighborhood fire, when the city was reported going up In smoke. The Independent Socialist party has introduced a measure in the German reichstag to confiscate . all - the former emperor's property. Spanish forces engaged against the Moorish tribes southwest of . Melilla, it Is reDorted. have begun a new ad vance. Columns debouched from Zoco El Arbaa and Nador, and gained con siderable ground.' There was a rumor recently that Seluan had been recap tured from the Moroccans, v , Japan will consult with' other mem bers of the league of nations relative to the desire of the United States to receive equal treatment In mandate isl ands of the Pacific as a feature of the settlement of the Tap question. - Conditions In the United States were cited by speakers before the Interna tional Anti-Prohibition conference at Lauzanne, Switzerland, as proving that compulsory prohibition will always fall in any country. - Japan, says a Toklo dispatch, will protest . p China against the: sighing t)f a contract with the Federal, Radio Company of America for a wireless telegraph station at Shanghai. Portugal's request mate- thrqugn Viscount DAlte, -Portuguese minister 'tiv: for representation in the con ference on armament and Far, pastern affairs will be grantea, w lamuiveu. The United States' will be willing to accord Portugal " the same privileges as those accorded to Belgium and Hol land, it is .understood; Discussion with' other powerff' would precede; the extension of an invitation, as; in the case of Belgium and Holland. Formal replies have: not -yet been received from all invited powers relative to the participation I of these nations. .Portu gal's interests in the east were pointed out K'sSi- ."All . America' must coperate in solving the' unemployment -: problem, said President n Harding,", addressing the opening 'session i of the unemploy ment conference , recently. "A crys taUzation of m -ucb. valuable . public thought on this matter would K-have lasting Talue in the education of oiir people,' said-Secretary of Commerce Hoover. ".1 - 'Zsp- X; h President' Harding; has spoken the word and Secretary Hoover has taken hold of the machinery for starting one of the most important : domestic ; re adjustment efforts of the administra tion providing work for the- nation's idle and a breath of optimism for the nation's business. V - . r : 1; A shrinkage of more than one billion dollars in income, .and - excess - jprof its taxes this fiscal yearhas been reckon ed upon by the senate finanpe commit tee in revising the house tax bill, with a view to raising $3,324,000,000 in in ternal revenue in the 'twelve : months ending June 30. '!- " :' r : J - - Postponement of hearing - on tariff schedules on farm products and live stock until November is agreed upon by Chairman Penrose of the senate fi nance committee and farm, organiza tions with headquarters in Washing ton. Recommendations on the question of a pardon for : Eugene V. Debs, so- i cialist leader Imprisoned at .Atlanta for violation of the war laws, may be sent to President Harding soon, At-tomey-General Daugherty aid recent ly. 7 ' ; 4)..: ' The senate recently began consider atlonof the revised tax bill, designed to raise $3,300,000,000 for the present fiscal year. -.This action puts the anti beer bill, which has been delaying the tax measure, on ' the shelf.' Senator Sterling announced that the drys will not obstruct the measure, " but sail hev wished it understood that when the tax bill and the , treaties are out of the way. he will insist npon the beer bill being disposed of. I flocks ; EGGS FROM BACKWARD FLOCK Owner Should Be SatiSried wu LS8 Than Ten Dor. ? Hen, Say Experu PCP (Prepared by the fit,v ment of An, : uverage novice leu aozen eggs yr Part. w ''an rpn(-An,1 of at least small flock in thP h..b iromW8 try specialists of tKe" United stnf T partment of Agriculture, ou of two hens to each lni,nl e -family this will giVe 20 ,Wn 1 he year to each person, xvhich amount about half wav itu-,,,,. .,, ount ' He should as much mora . vt wum unu rnv Cimnnr,- No back-yard poultry keWshouldT -JsnHsfWI with .... 'umate " - "m icaj mail u.is try however, to get possible. To provide an egg person two hens would hsivn J 183 eggs each a year. This i ' means an impossible averuge for smii flocks.- It is perhaps not ton rn a 'lay for? each Washing have, been attracted " to .this form: of beaury.-These decorations have taken all sorts of f ormsr from the plain black - and s white work to : that in the most variegated colorings, to say noth ing of the method of !gashw tabooing, which consists of .cutting deep' gashes In the desired design, fillias thea with ciay fcna then Isttls; tccn rcrrsla: es Cemprehenslve plans for creation of the organized reserve of the army on a basis that will permit quick moblli ration of more than four million fighting- men have been prepared by the general staff. v An outline of the pre liminary steps now In progressbas been made public by Acting Secretary Walnwright" The first step in per; fecting the organized ' reserve will be to assign from the present officers' reserve corps to the 27 ; reserve divi sions, tile full' war strength comple ment of officers, in all more than forty- six thousand. It Is expected this can be completed by July; next year. r, ' Ratification of peace treaties with the central empires -f would involve the United States of America In Euro pean political affairs" tor generations to come, In the opinion of Senator Borah, of Idaho. " - : : " , A tentative plan for, consolidation of all major American railroads into 19 grand competing systems has been announced by the interstate commerce commission.- S'', -V Several . weeks' delay in considera tion of the anti-beer bill are forecast in the senate after conference between the Republican leaders. ; d - ; if In the machinery set up for interna tional fulfillment of agreements "en tered into by the great powers at the forthcomings arms conference, may tie . embodied President Haxdlng's idea of a fraternity of nations. : : - ; V; The shipping board has rejected the bid o $2,100 each, offered by: a ship construction and trading company for 186 of the government's wooden shins. A new survey of tthe siatua of;the wood en neet has been ordered. i Unlessthe jGj?rman governmeat dis courages emigration, a flood of Ger mans may follow the re-establishment of American consular offices ; In that country, "In the opinion of officials, of the department of labor. - Replying to Charles S. Stoler of Al exandria, ,Va., who .bad asked the pres ident tor an expression on tW duties of a citizen,'.' President Harding said thereiisino iaore Imirtaat oity for the citizen than that it voting "on the dr ta the;, ycir. Tfita. h3 rzis John Green, farmer of . Quitman county, Ala., had the misfortune to lose by lire his large barn contain- inglive stock, feed and two bales of cotton recently. The fire entailed loss of several thousand dollars, part ly covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craft and Har ry Le wis; of Terre Haute, -IndV were seriously injured when a tornado struck there recently. A buggy and wagon shop was wrecked and part of the wreckage ' was blown - Into- the street on an automobile occupied by the injured persons. - -' - .With six bullet holes: in1 his body. W. I Wyley, manager of the "West Virginia Coal company with headquar ters at Seabree, Ky., was found dead about two squares from his home. If the 186,000 members of the Broth erhood of - Railway Trainmen, more than 1 90 per cent of whom have voted to strike are supported ; In their de mands by the .grievance committee a -strike will be ordered; ? C Singing 0 Pal, Why, Don't You1 An swer Mer Carl Wanderer,oonvicted of the murder of his wife, her unborn babe and a "raeged stranarer" whom he hired to stage a fake hold-up in Chi cago, went to his death on the gallows. In the police courUat Norfolk, there was a home brew case . being .tried. "Bang!" went the jug In which the'evl dence was contained. - "On with the case; the evidence has spoken for it self,', said ; the" judge. Irtfrr 'i'jy ." The girls Boston telephone union owns a colonial mansion of its owa "Driftway," which contains many acres One workman was killed, and, four others seriously Injured when . 5,000 pounds of powder exploded at a pow der plant near Do'dson, Mo. . ; ' . : , The - Royal Arch Masons, in session at Ashevllle, N. C selected Portland, Maine for the next convocation - in 1924. . " .. - . - ;'Mrs. Elizabeth;. Oty of . Lynchburg, Va., running for state superintendent of public Instruction, says she voted for Eugene V; Debs for president She is runing on , the .Republican ticket , j Bishop Walter R. Lambuth (Methi odist) -died at -Yokohoma recently. If plans go through, all bells of South ern Methodist churches will toll at the hour o his funeral. r " - Mrs. Madeline Taylor, 25 years old, of Success, Ark., has offered to sell herself into respectable )x servitude to any one. who will underwrite the ex penses for an operation for her hus band,s world ; warvve teran;-who ;jUt "a helpless invalid., . tBen AwltoharidhaclllinkDo. merico Maleneri, former young Italian soldier, near Ravenscroft; TenxL, is on max in circuit court at Cooke vflle, Tenn. -.'. v :,t The Independent Medical Association in convention at St Louis adopted : a resolution iavonng . beer of 2 . aidL alcoholic content, and denounced the ary-iaw. t Dr. William M. Strother, practicing physician, near Boonsboro. Va: jihot and almost instantly killed by a Ksisauur, jcssa i-ora. Jr' who errr- A Common Mongrel Back Yard Flock, say that In case, where the person at tending the flock is In a position to look after the wants of the birds three or more times a day an average of better than . thirteen dozen eggs per hen can be secured If the hens are ma ture and In good condition at the start, and have , the vitality to carry them through a year of heavy laying. For the farm the average of 100 eggs, per hen is advised as the lowest that should be accepted as satisfactory, while for the back yard 120 is insisted upon as the . lowest average, although In general the conditions in back yards are less favorable to poultry keeping than on farms. WHCUL'UNG IS PROFITABLE Unculled Flock of 992 Hens Laid 3,578 Eggs In Week and 3,520 With 79 Taken Out. An .unculled, flock of 992 hens laid tR7A pm in th( week before being culled. Seventy-nine weak layers were cast out. The culled flock of 913 came right back the next week with a rec ord of 3,520 eggs, while the 79 culls, living under : precisely similar condi tions, and doing their very best, wert laying only 85 eggs. The market value of the eggs layed by the cow was around $3.50. The cost of fee, alone for them at a cent a day for each hen , was $5.53 for the week. Fig ures like these, say the poultry special ists at the university fa rin, show Importance of keeping 'only the het layers. Lessons driven home in the farm bureau's and extension divisions mfntm' f Ar fMWtiient CUlliDK Of fiOCU "should put thousands of dollars in the pockets of poultry raisers. aiiitp n colli IAR Different From Other FowU Must Be Mated Previous to : Breeding Seaeon. They Seese are" peculiar animals. ThJ ought to be mated several nontj prior to the breeding season to ob' it w - ffiarofnre breeQ'us stock should be bought In the fall, aa all ichanges In matings made tnetu Matlngs are not changed from to -year. unless results are nsfls. tory And this Is the pecu'.lar fcaro of It. If the matlngs are is necessary, usually, to keep the pre1 ously mated geese so far apan cannot hear each other. Keep Ume always In reach, gravel or grit ana bath for the fowls. - ; good dry Give the grewlng stotk ail they unless unless want tbtf well to 'eat 'They won't pay grow, and they can't grow Separates the males snj. ftJJjJJ Both will stand the hot & better if separaicu. er will also keep-better. much -Hens need fresh water as do - horses. days they During these .will suffer greatly to it- they have constant access -.. .. . ": The farmer who falls dorjj. of . his choicest econd-ter for the hens owr - . : f best miss one w. rr -rea nr rcri'3 Trr-lt 1
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