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.
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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. The present average
yield is about 1,000 pounds an acre.
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jj Methuselah Only 80
jj Astronomer Declares !!
J! Berkeley, Cal. — Methuselah jj
it was not nine hundred and sixty- n
11 nine years of age when he died, jj
!! as set forth In Genesis, but was jj
jj only eighty, according to a j,
it statement by Prof. Bussell T. jj
jj Crawford, astronomer at the ,,
: c University of California. jj
jj "The ancients computed their n
' ■ time by cycles, which we have j j
j j taken to mean years,” Professor > i
: i Crawford said. "This Is wrong, j j
j j for the ancients did not mean a 11
11 yearly cycle but a cycle of the j j
j i moon, of which there may have 11
31 been 060 in Methuselah’s life, j j
! i There are that number of moon 11
j j cycles In 80 years. j j
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New York, N. Y., Nov. 21.—Among
the military units that took a prom
inent place in the Armistice day pa
rade on Fifth avenue was the “Fa
mous Fifteenth”, now the 369th regi
ment, national guard. Invitations were
sent to one hundred colored citizens
to be present at special exercises in
Central Park.
MAUD CUNEY HAKE IN RECITAL
fBy the Associated Negro Press.)
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 21.—Standing
room was at a premium in the Brook
lyn Academy of Music when Mrs.
Maud Cuney Hare, pianist and reader,
appeared in recital under the auspices
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences.
Washington, I). C., Nov. 21.—Accord
ing to United States Assistant District
Attorney David Hart, there is one
bootlegger in this city for every 90
inhabitants, or a total of 5,000, all but
250 of whom have been in the courts.
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