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March 11. 1908. TOE" OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. 5 i A. V' Temples A.PAN li particularly notrd for the temple and shrines. They exist I J wherever you go. No country af- fords more suitable natural sites for such pl:ees of worship cc nd- ing to ICs-size. Japn has had two r-llK-ons. the Shinto and the Bud.liilHt, and a union of the two. There are SI.IjUj temples and Buddhist tempers and combination temples. The Buddhist temples are gener ally the most elaboratly adorned. The eight hundred myriads of Shinto gods and the multitudinous deities of the liuddllilsn repulre alinont Innumerable places wln;r they niuy bo wors.iuied. To a.lord i-veu a list or the more important tempiua ouii require more space than a single communl cation like this, not to si,ouk of partlrular mention of them. Accordingly I shall make special mention of a lew temples and their shrines In Japan situated in Nlkko, Toklo, Kyota, Kamakura and Kumanioto. Nlkko, without doubt, ho:ds the first place In the way of temples and shrines in Japan. A Japanese proverb says, "Do not use the name magnificent till you have seea Nlkko. "Nikko is a double glory a glory of nature and a glory of art-mountains, cascades, monumei.tul forest trees, have al ways stood there." Gorgeous temples and other richly ornamented buildings In the temple areas, massive stone walls, fin atreets, high stone steps, elegant parks, splendid avenues lined on both sides wita the lofty cryptomerla trees, romantic walks and trails leading In all directions to other temples, shrines and chnrmlng resorts, make Nlkko a pecull .rly fitting place (or tlu Japanese gods to dwell and lor themselves to worship. It seems, however, as though the gods outnumbered the worshipers. I hall first speak of the mausoleum of ley. asu, named after Ieysau, one of Japan's greatest generals, and without doubt the greatest ruler ever produced by Japan. This mausoleum, with all Its enclosed build ings, etc., Is the chief attraction of Nlkko. As wo ascend the wldo stone steps near the entrance we come to the large granite Torrl, twenty-seven feet, six Inches high and Its columns three feet, six Inches In diameter. To the left is a graceful five-, story pagoda, 104 feet In height and Its roofs on each side eighteen feet wide. A Stone pavement and steps lead to the gate of the two kings, which Is finely ornamen ted with carvings, etc. It might be well to state that the gatee of the Japanese tem ples are more than mere doors swung on hinges. They are Im arming structures of from one to three stories and are One spec imens of what is to be seen within. Symbolic Structures Inside. Passing through this gate we enter a court yard, surrounded by a red timber wait In this court yard stands an old and very targe conifer tree, and close bv ' it is the stable for the sacred white iony. Over one of the doors of this stable Is aa artful carving of three monkeys, called the Blind, the Deaf and the Dumb mon keys. The first with his hands on his eyes, the second with his hands on bis ears, and the third with his hands on bis lies, whioh meant that these curious mon keys will neither see, hear or speak evil. Close by is the magnificent holy water cistern, made of one solid piece of granite and protected by a roof supported by Stories Gathered in (Copyright, 1906, by Frank O. Carpenter ) I' AlUARY,' Alberta. March 8. (Spe- I K I clal Correspondence ot The Bee.) 1 ' I If you want to see a live fron Mi tier town come to Calgary. It la the ranching capital of the Canadian cattle country and It baa for years been a sort of Keeley cure for the younger sons of English lords and dukss. Lying In western Canada. 100 miles or ao north of the American boundary. It la a sort of a cross between Denver and Chey enne, peppered with the spice of Monte Carlo and London. There Is no more aporty town on the American continent. It la buslnesa from the word "go," but at the aame time cowboys gallop through its streets and fine looking Englishmen In rid ing trousers, leather leggins and Norfolk Jackets play polo on the outskirts. There are a number of hotels and every hotel has a well-patronised bar. There are two clubs, one known as "The Ranchers" and another as the "Alberta." The Ranch- ' ers' club is largely composed of the sona of rich English families. It is Independent and awfully swell. The Alberta club Is mostly business men, comprising the real estate , dealers, merchants, wholesale and retail and other prominent characters who want to make Calgary great. As for the Ranch er' they do not care a cent for ,'algary and are more interested in polo tlyn politics. Reualttaaee Mem. Among the characters of Calgary are the remittance men. Tbey are the younger sons Of wealthy pr noble English families, who are out here to make their fortunes amd grow up with the country. Borne have come because their people did not want them at home and othera because they liked the wild life of the prairies, which until re cently, haa corresponded aomewhat with Kipling's description of "the country east of Sues:" "Where the best Is like the worst Where there ain't no Ten Commandments, And a man can raise a thirst." These remittance men get so much money every month or every quarter and most of them spend It In drinking and carousing. Many are "ne'er do wells," and they lull . t . . iiji4 -Ani'.'. : ' . . w i m . . r ii ii in tiiiii ii - r- . ... . . MAIN STREET IN CALGARY. THE CATTLE TOWN OV THE and Shrines a Wonderful Part of he . ,- v FRONT twelve square pillars of the same material, which was erected in 1618. The next build ing is the depository of all the Buddhist scriptures. Ascending steps we enter an other court; along Its front is a ston balustrade. In this court stands the tem ple of Yakushl. A native guide book, speaking of It, says: "Though the exterior is ordinary block and red, the ornamenta tion of the Interior has no parallel in Nlkko. it is a blase of gold and har monious colors." Next we reach a most artfully fashioned gate, which Is called the "Great Gate Nlkko." Its carvings, fig ures and other ornamentations were so beautiful and perfect that the artist him self put one of the patterns upside down lest the absolute perfection of his art work would provoke the Jealousy of heaven. The next special object of interest la the Chinese- gate. It was adorned with carv ings and figures peculiarly Chinese, the door of the gate Is perhaps one of the most perfect works of art In the entire mausoleum. Through this gate we enter the main shrine. The chief excellencies of the main shrine are legion, and I cannot stop even to mention them. After leaving the main shrine and ascending several hundred steps we came to the tomb of Iejasu, which Is like a small pagoda. It Is a single bronze casting of a light color, occasioned, It Is said, by a mixture of gold. In addition to what' I have par lower and lower, relying entirely on their remittances to keep them going. I know, for instance, one son of an English lord, whom you may see almost any day here hanging over the bar and another who has ducal blood in his veins, wbo will gladly borrow a quarter of you if he strikes you in the lean days prior to the next remittance. Billy Corbrane'a Boll Fight. Others of these men keep themselves straight. They bring money with them, invest it and make It breed like Australian rabbits, but at the same time they are full of sport and spend freely. One of these Is a son of an admiral of the British navy. His name Is Cochrane, and he is said to have made a fortune of his own In ranching and other investments. He haa one big range near Calgary on which he keeps 8,000 of the wildest of Canadian cattle. Every year or so he brings in a new installment of bulls from Scotland, giving his agents at home instructions to send him the wildest and fiercest animals that can be secured. When he was re cently asked why he did this be replied: "You see, I have to pay my cowboys so much a month, and I want to raise stock' that will make them earn their wages. Besides, it adds to the life of the ranch."' "I went out to see Billy Cochrane the other day," said a Calgary banker to me last night. "When I arrived at the ranch I found him seated on the fence of one of his corrals watching a fight between two bulls. Aa he saw me be told me to hurry up and have a look. I climbed to the fence beside him. and as I watched the struggle going on beneath, I said: 'Why, Billy, If you do not separate those bulls one will soon kill the other.' 'Let them kill,' was the reply. This la the real thing. It ia better than any Spanish bull fight and I would give a bull any day to see it.' "Well, we watched the atruggle for an hour, Cochrane clapping his hands and urging his bulls on to battle. Finally one drove his horns Into the aide of the other and killed It. Upon my expressing surprise at this wanton waste of valuable live stock, Cochrane said: Oh! It don't matter at all. We have got to have some sport. We must tf" r A ENTRANCE OF THE GREAT GATE NTKKO. ticularized, there are stone Hons and lan terns, carved and painted birds, bell and drum towers, shrines and altars and gods of all kinds and descriptions and many places for prayers and offerings. Toklo'a Temple to Merry. In Toklo, the largest city of the empire, are noted temples In various parts of the city. I shall mention but one of them, the great Buddhist temple, popularly known as the Asa-Kusa Kwannon, because It was dedicated to the goddess of mercy. The main building Is quite large and con tains gorgeous shrines and Idols, but dingy. Everything about the temple Is dirty. It Is In constant use, men, women and chil dren are there as worshipers, visitors of all kinds, soldiers, smoking dealers selling charms, children playing, chickens, cocks 'and pigeons moving about promiscuously. The diseased and the healthy are there, rubbing together, the one seeking cures, the other pleasure. It Is a most striking Juxtaposition of piety, pleasure, specula tion and curiosity, "In fine, a spectacle, than which surely nothing more motley was ever .witnessed In a religious edifice." The whole surface of one stone Idol was Very much vyn, particularly the eyes, nose and other parts of the face, by wor shipers rubbing the stone lmaga and after wards themselves by their . hands on the parts diseased, hoping thus to cure the !he Gatlle Country have something fo add to the life ot the ranch '' :. -"' I ' ' Dickie Bright and Hla Dad. The stories of how some of these remit tance men take in their parents are Inter esting. They are sunt out here with the idea that they may make their fortunes,, and they frequently bring large sums to in vest. As soon us they arrive they go Into crazy speculations and wild extravagances, sending back to their parents for more money from time to time. One character of this kind was Dickie Bright, the grandson of the man for whom the "disease of the kidneys was named." Dickie's father was rich and he had supplied Dickie with money and sent him out here to grow up with the country. Dickie Invested In a ranch and asked for large remittances from time to time on the plea of increasing his live stock. At the same time he sent home florid stories of the money he was making and how he was fast becoming a cattle king. Shortly after one of his most enthusiastic letters he received a dispatch from New York saying that hla father had Just ar rived there and that he waa coming out to, see him. The boy was In despair. He had spent his remittances in riotous living and he had no cattle to speak of. Adjoining him, however, was one of the largest cattle owners of the west. He confided in him and persuaded him to lend him 1,000 head of hla beat atock for one night. When he made thla request his neighbor asked what he wanted to do with tho cattle. He re plied: "I shall put them In my corral, and when the old man cornea I will show them as my herd. Dad can't stay but a day, and I will see that they are driven back safe to you the next morning." The rancher was something of a sport himself, and Ihe finally consented to help the boy out of hla trouble. The cattle were sent over. Old Dr. Bright duly arrived, and he waa driven out and ahown the herd which Dickie aald waa only a aample of hla atock, which he had brought In to ahow to hla father. The boy added, however, that it was not good to keep the cattle penned up, and that tbey must go back upon the NSTW NCKTUWE8T. diseases, but rather spreading them. This Idol Is In constant use, mostly by women and children. A long street In front of the temble is lined on both sides by brick buildings containing a multitude of little stores, charmingly arranged with beautiful articles of every kind for sale to the visit ors that go up to the temple. In the even ing this street Is densely thronged. This temple Is a popular resort of the middle class of Toklo, chiefly on holidays, which, together with Its surroundings, Is regarded as the Coney Island of Toklo and Japan. Krots'i Celebrated Temples. Kyota is a city of temples and palaces. Some of the most magnificent temples cf the empire are there. I will speak of but two the temple of the 33.S33 Images of Qwannon, the Goddess of Mercy, and the Dai-Butsu, or the Great Buddha, in the same enclosure. The temple of the 33,333 Idols Is known by the name of San-Ju-San-Gondo. It contains 1,000 gilded Images; 600 of them, on each side of the central altar, stand In tier after tier, quite close together, each tier higher than the other from the front to the rear. Each image is five feet high. All of them represent the eleven-faced, thousand-handed Qwannon. A large, figure of the goddess, In a sit ting position, with Qwannoti's elght-und- -twenty followers' standing about her, occu pies the' center between the two groups of range right away. - The old doctor was de lighted and gave Dickie a check for $10,000' to Increase the business before' he ' left. When the returned to England he boasted about the clubs how his boy had built up one of the biggest stock ranches In the west and waa making a fortune on the Canadian plains. In tho meantime Dickie was luxuriating on his 810,000. It soon dis appeared, and a little later he wrote to his father for more, saying that cold and dis ease had ruined his herd. As a result he was called back to England. Money In Ground Squirrels. Another remittance boy added to his In come by pretending to have a gopher farm. His father had no Idea that the word "gopher" meant much the aame aa ground aquirrel, and when his boy wrote an en thusiastic letter saying that he had now a stock of 700 blooded gophers on his range he thought he was doing well. When ho added that the animals were in good con dition, but that it would take 81,000 more to keep them in shape for the market next spring, he sent on the money, evidently thinking that the gopher was some new breed of sheep or cattle. Another young Englishman came here with an Intense desire to learn ranching, and he had no sooner arrived than he got a place as a cowboy. He was anxious to begin work at once, so the second day after he came he was told to go out and round up the lambs and get them In the corral for the evening. The young man started en thusiastically out. Dinner time passed and he had not returned. The hour for supper arrived, and be was still absent. A little later he dragged himself Into the house, dead tired. He waa asked why he had stayed so long, and replied that he had had a lot of trouble with the' lambs, but that he had finally aucceeded In getting all but two into the corral, but that these two ran ao fast that he could not catch them. The other cowboys considered this strange, as the lambs are not hard to drive, so they took a lantern and went out to the corral. As they opened the door about a scora of Jack rabblta daahed past them. The young nobleman had mistaken Jack rabblta for lambs, and had finally managed to get them Inside the inclosure. I will not vouch for the truth of this story. Pupil Farmers. " This young man was a pupil farmer. Scores of such have been sent out from England to the United States and Canada to learn farming. There are - men who make a regular business of drumming up such students. They go to the rich fami lies In different parts of Great Britain, and persuade them that there is great money in ranching and undertake to teach their sona the business for a consideration. The boys are charged all the way from 1,000 upward a year for their Instruction, and In some caaea they are made to do the dirty work, to clean up the stables, wash the dlahea and labor early and late. Aa soon aa - they find out the deception they run off, but the money haa beon paid In ad vance, and the agent always comes out ahead. I heard of one young pupil farmer who was met the other day by a man who knew him when he first arrived In Cal gary. He asked the boy how he liked the work and If he waa still studying. The re ply came quick. "I am not. I chuck i that Job sis months ago, and now I have two pupil farmers myself." This same game was played In Iowa and Minnesota by several Englishmen aome years ago. One of them brought over large numbers of boys at good prices. He had games and amuaementa to get money out of their pockets, teaching them to play polo and aelllng ponies to them for the purpose. He made a a mall fortune before bis frauds were discovered. Speaking of the young Englishman' a Jack rabbits reminds u oX g stery that Pater 4 AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE IEYASU MATJSALEUM, NTKKO, JAPAN. COO Images. The temple does not oontatn 33,333 Images, as we understand Images, but that number is made up of smaller effigies on the forehead, halos, and on, the hands of the larger ones. These images do not have eleven lar&e faces, only one each and smaller ones about the head. - They do not have 1,000 hands, but only about four teen. I am sure that the Goddess of Merry would require at least eleven faces to look upon all the needy ones and 1,000 hands to distribute to their necessities. Unlike most images In Japanese temples, the Goddess of Mercy, Qwannon, - has a kindly and attractive face. . The Dai-Butsu or the Great Buddha Image of Kyota Is only the head and shoulders, and It is made of wend. The head -is gilt. of the Canadian Nalsmlth, the manager of the Alberta Rail way and Irrigation company of Lethtorldge tells of his experiences at Frankalta, where one ot the Rocky mountains tipped over, burying a town and klfllng a large' number of people. This mountain was so delicately polsod that an excavation at its foot caused it to crack and somo millions of tons of earth slid off, covering the rail road track and changing the whole face of the country. The earth continued to rumble for days, and people from all parts of the country came to see the great con vulsion of nature. It was Just after the disaster that Peter Nalsmlth went up to take a look at the ruins. Aa he stood In the midst ot them a. great groaning came from below him, and it looked aa though a second alide waa about to occur. All of the party ran for their Uvea and Nalsmlth faster than any. I asked him if he were frightened. Ho replied; "1 she u Id say I waa. I ran ' down that mountain aa though all the furies were after me. Indeed, I ran ao fast that one of the local papers said that on the way I overtook a Jack rabbit going at full speed and gave hnu a kick, exclaiming aa I ' did ao: " 'Get out of the way, blank you,' and let somebody run who can run.'" , When It la remembered that a Jack rab bit can outdistance the ordinary horse the strength of this remark is apparent. ' A Gold Brick Story. As a rule order is good in the ranch country and Confidence men comparatively scarce. The old stagers here are on the outlook for swindlers, but nevertheless ' some of the best of them are badly taken In. A recent atory Is told concerning the selling of a gold brick to a bank manager and newspaper editor of Calgary for the sum of 812,000. The Canadian bankers are the shrewdest of their kind, and the man ager of this branch at Calgary has been long In the business. Nevertheless when an old man came Into the bank a few months ago and told him he had discovered a gold mine In the Rockies and taken therefrom enough dust to form two large bricks, he listened. He also mentioned the fact to the editor, and the two again heard the story. ON 'TUB RANGE 1 , : ' iiss rem i . .mi in.. ii. in . ii hi i , im. ... -':'-;;'h.-- -: . ' ; : v '. " . w '..-. ' i . " , - U , : , - ' ' .' 1 -t k . . . . .! ' ' -A ' . ' i ' " .- '' K-mmm ' ' f -wo. "" ' . , ' Art Life -. " . but not the shoulders. It Is enclosed In a building. Its dimensions are: Feet Height W ' l.nth. of face 80 Breadth of face 21 Length of eyebrow 8 Lenth of eye 5 Lenth of nos... Breadth of nostril ' Length of mouth Lenth of ear Breadth of shoulders. . 3 feet 3 In. 8 feet 7 In. 13 feet 43 feet Nearby Is a huge bell nearly fourteen feet high, nine Inches thick and nine feet in diameter. It is one of the two largest bells in Japan. Host Famous of All. Kamakura, near Yokohama, once the eastern capital of Japan, but now a village, . It was so full of details that they con- eluded it was true, and they went with the old miner to his shack, far away from the railroad In the wilds of the foothills. When they reached there they found an Indian with a rifle guarding the cabin and saw un earthed two big bars of gold. They were mads to believe that the Indian meant busi ness, and that if the gold waa not taken as per contract their lives would probably be lost. The result was that they paid over the $12,000 and took the bricks back to Cal gary. Before describing their find they car ried the gold to an assayer, who reported upon It as pure. They then announced their discovery, but others suspected that there might be a trick, and at their suggestion the gold waa tested again. The second as say, by a new scientist, showed that the bricks were nothing but copper with a thin wash of gold on the outside. The first as sayer had been fixed, and the supposed In dian was merely one of the swindlers dressed up for the occasion. As a result the manager of the bank lost his job, and I have been warned not to mention the words "gold brick" in the editor's hearing. Parson Barr and His Colony. It la wonderful that there are not more swindles perpetrated upon the new colo nists. Those coming in from. England are the greenest of the green and it is only due to the government emigration bureau that they are taken care of. Take for Instance the Barr colony. Thla consisted ot 2,200 English men, women and children, brought in by a Canadian Episcopal minister, who wanted to establish a community which should contain nothing but Britishers. The people arrived here in midwinter and they were somewhat taken In at Saskatoon, where they left the railroad and began their 170-mile trek to their homes In the wilderness. Later on aome became dis gusted and flocked to the cities. Others remained and are gradually being ground up into good citizens. Speaking of the Ignorance of theae colo nists, numerous stories are told of their antics. One poor hooligan was instructed by the immigration agent how. to handle the oxen, which were to carry his goods from Saskatoon across the prairie. He waa IN THE CATTLE COUNTRY OF THJS of Japan eontalns a great Image of the Goddess ot Mercy Qwannon, and nnother. Pale Hutsu, a oollossal bronze llinldha. of which It la said: "It stands nlmie nmong Jar&n'g works of art. No other gives such an Im-i presRlun of majesty or sa truly symbolizes the central Idea of Huddnlstn, the Intelleo-i tual calm which comes of perfected knowl-! edge and subjugation of all passions. But to be fully appreciated the Pale Rutsu must be visited many times," Its dimensions are: Height 49 feet 7 inches C'irriimfemnco 97 feet i inches I-nsth of face- 8 feet S Inchee Vldtb. from enr to ear 17 f"ct 9 Inches Hound white boss In forehead 17 feet 8 In. lnsth of the eye 3 feet 11 Inches Ienth of brow 4 feet 2 Inches Ixngth of enr fl feet 6 Inches, length of nose 8 feet 9 Inches- Width of mouth 8 feet 1 Inches Height bump of wisdom I Inches Diameter bump of widom 3 feet 4 Inches Curls (K30 of them), height. .1 foot 4 Inches on the head Length from knee to knee 35 feet The ryes are of puve gold. The white sil ver boss Is thirty p.umds avoirdupois. The Image Is made of sheets of bronic, cast separately, brazed together and finished off with the chisel on the outside. The Image" Is also hollow. It contains within It a small, shrine on the ground floor, to which aeees Is gained through a small entrance. A plat form high up In the Image Is reached by 8j Judder on tho Inside. Resort for the Afflicted. The last temple I shall speak c-f Is . Buddhist temple In tho neighborhood ot Kumamoto. eight or ten hours distant from Nagasaki by boat and rail. The temple is a long ride of three hours by riklsha from the city. The temple building Itself Is reached by a long flight of stone steps. ' j There Is nothing peculiar about the build- Ing or natural surroundings. Its worship- "j ers mnke it nn extraordinary place for -; vitttbrs. It Is largely the resort of per sons possessed of the fox or afflicted with, other'grave diseases, km leprosy, etc Their self-isolation from the healthy visitors, their sorrowful lnmentatlon as they sit : alone or In groups outside of the strps that '. lead up to the 'cmple, calling attention to 1 their afflictions, which no earthly physi cians can cure, and their monotonous, dla- ' tresslng appeals to their gods at the temple, all tend to awaken the most heartfelt sym pathy for these terrible sufferers. Old Religions Fussing- Away. The old Japanese religions are fast pass ing away, and with their passing are going the old temple services. Before very long many of the most noted temples and their grounds will be maintained as art mu seums, public parks, or for educational purposes, while the less noted ones will be turned over to other useful purposes for the public good. Judging from the very rapid progress of Christianity in Japan and from the very great influence It extended over the Japanese during the war with the Russians, It does not re quire a prophet to state that Christianity Is destined to become the religion ot Japan, and not only so, but that Japan will become the most effective ftactor in the evangelisa tion of China in particular and of other far eastern nations and peoples In general. ROBERT WEIDENSALI Colombo, Ceylon, January 28, 1908. Northwest told to hobble them at night so that they could graze freely; but also in such a way that they could not get far from the camp before morning. He waa also told to lock Ms rear wagon wheels upon starting down a steep hill and was shown Just how to do both. The Immigrant said he understood and started off. The first hill he came to be carefully hobbled his oxen and started . down. Aa a result the wagon ran over them; his wife and children and provisions were thrown out and the animals consider-. ably bruised. After some time he got his team again harnessed and crossed the valley to go up the bluff upon the other side. Ha now re membered the advice about locking the wheels and put on the brakes and chains before starting. When asked why be locked his wheels on going up the hill, he replied that fie was afraid that the weight of the wagon would pull the oxen the other way. Another of these Immigrants was disap pointed in the quality of the land. He went out to look at his homestead and then came to the colonization agents and told them that he was going back to the old country. "What Is the matter?" ssked the agent. "Why," replied the young man with a cockney accent, "that blooming land is no good." "I thought," said the agent, "that I gave you a particularly fine tract. The soil must . be good." "Well," said the cockney, "I dug a hole to examine it and what do you thing I found. There waa about a foot and a half of black loam on top and below that noth ing but bloody cla-1." FRANK G. CARPENTER. Awaiting Developments A girl baby waa brought to a Seattle clergyman to be baptised. He aaked the name of the baby. "Dinah M." the father responded. "But what does the M. stand for?" asked the minister. "Oh, If she turns out nice and sweet and handy about the house, like her mother, I shall call her Dinah May. But if she has a fiery temper and bombshell disposition Ilka mine I shall call her 'Dinah Might NEW. NORTHWESIV