BUTltH LAMPS GIVE WAY TO ELECTRICITY Capital of Tibet Takes For ward Step. Washington, D. C.—“Lhasa, capital of Tibet, the Forbidden City which In all Its existence has been visited by only a hundful of white men. Is re ported about to make a jump Into Twentieth century methods by con structing a hydroelectric plant,” says a bulletin from the Washington (D. C.) headquarters of the National Geographic society, which quotes from a communication to the society from John Claude White, one of the few westerners who was ever admitted to the city. “Lhasa, the Place of the Gods, well deserves Its name, as anything more beautiful can hardly be Imagined than the vision of the sacred city set against Its magnificent background of snow-capped mountains. Whether seen j on a brilliant duy, under a cloudless ' sky, during a thunderstorm, painted | in' soft, glowing tints by one of the ! wonderful sunsets seen only in Tibet, or by moonlight when with outlines j softened and toned down, the Potala stands out like a phantom castle in ghostly splendor from among the shadows of Its surrounding trees, all aspects are equally lovely. City Dominated by Potala. "The Potala Is by far the finest building and eclipses all others in the beauty of Its appearance. The pres ent Potala was commenced In 1645 by the Grand Lama Nag-wnng Lob-sang Gya-tshn, on the same site as a former building; and there Is no doubt, 1 think, that the city Is an ancient one and was In existence more than 1,200 years ago, although we can find no records giving any authentic historical account. “Hie Potala dominates everything In Lhasa. The enormous mass of build ings, partly monastery, partly palace, and partly fortress. Is built on a rocky • ridge which stands out In the center of the valley, commanding the town and dominating the landscape. Its architecture Is magnificently grand, bold In outline and design ; It towers above everything, with its gruy white walls and buttresses, Its Immense flights of steps and terraces dotted with red-robed monks ascending and descending from religious ceremonies; Its dull madder-red temple walls, with carved and painted windows, showing behind black brown yak’s hair hang ings, surmounted by Its glided roofs and set In almost parklike surround ings of trees and meadows, with snow capped mountains on all sides and the Kyl-chhu, the Kiver of Delight, run ning clear In many channels through groves of willow or poplar. "It is Indeed a fitting shrine for the heart of any religion, and with such surroundings It Is difficult to under stand how the present form of Buddhism (Lamalsm), as practiced in Tibet, could ever have sunk to the depths of degradation that It has reached. “But the Interior of the Potala Is curiously disappointing, as It consists principally of a mass of dark passages and cells, a certain number of halls and flights of steps. “Among the larger halls were sev eral striking ones, especially that In which was the gilt tomb of Nag-wang Lob-sang Gya-tsho; the dome of this hall extended upward through several stories. On the tomb there was a great deal of metal ornamentation, and the whole formed a fine piece of work. On each side of the principal tomb were similar ones of smaller di mensions, those of Dalai Lamas less notable. Gold Image* and Butter Lamp*. "In another room of fairly large di mensions the walls were lined with shelves from floor to celling, each shelf closely packed to Its uttermost extent with Images of Buddha. There must have been thousands of all met als—gold, silver, copper, brass—and many were of very beautiful work manship. In another chapel there were hundreds of golden butter lamps. "It would be quite Impossible to give even a semblance of a plan of this conglomeration of bnlldlngs, and It would take weeks, perhaps months, to visit every part of the enormous structure, capable of holding thou sands of people. "From the flat roofs of the Potala the whole valley lies mapped out be low—the town to the east, a mass of low, two-storied, substantially-built houses Interspersed with temples; the .To-Khang. the most holy shrine In Tibet; the Chagporl, or school of med icine; the Turquoise bridge (Yutok Sampa), so-called on account of Its green-blue tiled roof; the many chan nels of the Klver of Delight (the Kyl-chhn). beyond which lies the ar senal, and to the north the Monastery of Sera under the hills, containing 5. 000 monks. Further on the Debung monastery with 10,^00 Inmates; the gilded roofs of the Na-chung-chos kyong; and the Llng-Nor. the sacred road along which all devout Buddhist* prostrate themselves In the hope that all their earthly sins may be forgiven, could be seen In places. "There are monks everywhere In or near Lhasa. The three large monas teries of Sera, Debung and Oah-dan alone contain about 20,000, and with all the other temples and monasteries the number cannot fall far short of 80,000, while the lay population of Lhasa only amounts to about 15,000, at whom 9,000 are women, who, strange to say, carry on practically the whole of the trade done. The re maining 8,000 males are about 8,000 Tibetans and 8.000 foreigner*—Chi nese. Nepalese. Kashmerla. etc. THULL PHARMACY ! SUCCESSOR TO PATRICK 2 HARDING'S ICE CREAM | Prescription Druggist—Prompt Free Delivery I Our Motto: Accuracy and Courtesy & Phone WEWw 1755 Twenty-fourth and Seward | ..♦»♦««♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦ . INDIANS SUE TEXAS FOR BIG LAND TRACT File Title Claim to Acreage Value of $150,000,000. Tyler, Texas—As aQOtlier legal step In prosecution of their claim to title to 1,500,000 acres of land in eastern Texas, the Cherokee Indians, through their uttorney, John M. Taylor of Claremore, Okla., have filed for record in the county clerk's office here a com plete abstract and description of the property Involved. The value of the lund at this time Is placed at about ' $150,000,000. It Is made up of many fine farms, thriving communities and towns. The Cherokees claim to have ob tained the territory outlined by treaty dated November 8, 1822, with the Mexican government, and assert the treaty rights acquired from the Mexi cans were recognized by the republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and other i representatives of the republic, acting 1 for Texas. Asserting the white settlers, for no reason other than that they wanted the Indians’ land, forcefully dispos sessed the Cherokees In 1839, using Texas rangers for the purpose and en gaging In warfare against them, the remaining tribe of the Cherokees de clares that it still holds title to the country described. The claims Involved In the Instrn- 1 ment Just filed have been pending for years before both federal and state governments. The motive for filing the abstract and history of the claim for record in the county clerk's office here Is not known. Students of early Texas history de clare the republic of Texas never legally ratified any agreement made by Sam Houston and others with the Cherokees and that, even had the treaty been ratified, it expired upon the outbreak of a state of war be tween the Cherokee tribe and the re public of Texas, which culminated In the bloody battle of Larissa. Chero kee county, in 1839, when the power oi the Cherokees was broken after • determined fight Once Famous Violinist Playing in Streets Pittsburgh.—Back in 1908 Peter van der Meer played a violin recital in Car negie Music hall. New York, and critics acclaimed the artistry in his perform ance of Paganini’s Concerto in D Ma jor. He had studied under Ysaye at Antwerp and Brussels, and had been a member of the Boston Symphony or chestra. Recently a group of men idling about the entrance to the Fort Pitt hotel saw a blind street musician pre paring to play. To them be wus just a gypsying fiddler. But apathy vanished and a crowd gathered as the strains of Schumann's “Traumerel’ came sweetly from the instrument In the hands of the sight less player. “Evening Star” from “Tannhauser,” “Souvenir” by Drdla, a Drego Serenade, the prison scene from “II Trovatore,” and the Intermezzo from “Cavaleria Rusticana” followed for a two-hour program. Bill folds were opened and the bat tered hat held more than $50 when the collection was over. The blind player was Peter van der Meer, sightless since 1915 when cat aracts followed measles In a prolonged illness. For six years he was In Belle vue hospital. New York, where physi cians told him he would never see again. He has played his way to Pittsburgh. He will continue In a few days his journey southward with his violin, and what Ysaye and his own passion for the Instrument have given him will pay the way. Armenia Has 40,000 Acres in Cotton Plant Erivan. Armenia.—American meth ods of cotton growing are being Intro duced In Armenia. A new cotton factory, equipped with modem American machinery, has Just been completed In Erivan. At the present time, more than 40,- j 000 acres of cotton are under cultiva tion. This Is 40 times greater than the acreage under cultivation In 1921._ The Armenian government expects this year to produce 30,000,000 pounds of raw cotton. One factory In Erivan has an output of nearly 2,000,000 pounds a month. In order to encourage farmers to cultivate their own cotton fleldB, the government Is allotlng them large quantities of free seed. The govern ment pays $2.75 for 40 pounds of the raw material. 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