Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-14

worthy of worship, what so eieVa'ing
IS tree o,,.L
IN one hour, the first led by Hlndoo
priest, q huge pot Of flowers on MS heau'
his face dis6gured with holy lacera-
tions and his unwashed followers beat
ing "a many discords from what are
supposed TO be musical instruments'ass t
one time can be induced TO enter the
human ear. The procession ha!ted al tue
door OF the huts. The occupants came
out and made obeiSance and presenter
small contributions. In return therefor
tie priest sprinkled ashes upon the
children who came forward, this evil
IDENTIFY a form OF benedlction. Then the
procession led on by the priest started
again; more noise, moro ashes, more
geuufiection. However keen ones sense
OF the ludicrous, he could find nothing
To excite even q smile 10 the movements
OF such a procession. Meaningless
oppressive, sQualid, filthy, sad.
RETURNING TO OUR CARRIAGE,
we rode on for q few moments, and we
came on another pr icession, a klnuIy
lady leading groups OF native children
all clean, bright. happy, laughing
Thew were a Christian school out Tor
exercise. There seemed as much In
telligence, refinement aud happiness IN
that regiment of young CinRalese, as
YOU would find in the, ranks OF any
Young ladies' seminary being chaper-
oned on their afternoon walk through
Central Park, New York, or Hyde PARK
London. The Hindoo procession illus
trated on a small scale something OF
what Hindooism can do for the world.
The American missionaries Ceylon,
have given special attention TO medical
Instruction, and are doing wonders 10
driving back the horrors or heathen
surgery. Cases of suffering were for
merly given over TO the devll-worshlp-
pers. and such tortureS inflicted as may
not TO be described. The patient was
traupled by the feet Of the medical at
tepdsnts. 1t is Cnly OF Gods mercy
that there is a living mother in Ceylon.
on, how much Ceylon needs doctors ana
the medical classes OF native students
under the care OF those who follow the
example OF the late Samuel Fish Green
are providing them, so that all tho
sleviations, and kindly ministries, ana
scientific acumen that can be found In
American and English hospitals Will
soon bless all Ceylon.
Among the first places | visited was
Buddhist College, about one hundred
men studying TO become priests gath
cred around the teachers. Stepping
into the building where the high-priest
was instructing the class, we were spol-
ogetic and told him we were Americans,
and would like to see his mode OF teach
ing II had no objections; whereupon he
began, doubled up as he was on lounge,
with his right hand playing with his
foot. In his left hand he held pack
age OF bamboo leaves on which were
written the words Of the lesson, each
student holding a similar package OF
bamboo leaves. The high-priest hrst
read and then one of his students read.
A group of as finely formed young men
as | ever saw surrounded
THE VENERABLE INSTRUCTOR.
The last word OF each sentence was
intoned. There was in the whole scene
al earnestness which impressed me.
Not able TO understand word OF what
was said, there is look OF language
and information that Is the same among
all races. That the Buddhists have full
faith in their religion no one can doubt.
That is, in their opinion, the way TO
Heaven. What Mohammed is TO the
Mohammedan, and what Christ is 10
the Christian, Buddha is to the Bud
dhist. We waited for a pause In the
recitation. and then expressing our
thanks. retired.
Nearby is a Buddhist temple, on the
altar OF which before the image OF Bud
dha are offerings Of flowers. As night
was coming on we came up to Hindoo
temple. First we were prohibited 60
log farther than the outside steps, but
we gradually advanced until we could
see all that was going on inside. The
worshipers were making obeisance. The
tom toms were wildly beaten, and
shrill pipes were blown, and several
other instruments were In full bang
and blare, and there was an indescrio-
able hubbub. aud the most laoorlous
style Of worship had ever seen or
heard.
BY passing up and down the streets
of Ceylou you find all styles OF people
within five minutes: Afghans, Kaffirs,
Portuguese, Moormen, Dutch, English,
Scotch, Irish, American; all classes, all
dialects, all manners and customs, all
STYLES Of sslaGm. The most interesting
thing on earth is the human race, and
specimens Of all branches of it confront
YOU In CeylOn. The island Of the pres
ent is quiet and inconspicuous affair
with what it once was. The
dead cities Of Ceylon wera larger and
more imposing than are the living cit
les. On this island are dead New forks,
and dead Pekins, and dead Edinburghs,
and dead Londons. Ever and anon at
the stroke OF the
ARCH BIOLOGISTS HAMMER
the tomb Of some great municipality
flies open, aud there are other buried
cities that will yet respond TO the ex-
plorer's pick axe. The Pompeii and
Hereulaneum underneath Italy are
small compared with the Pompeils and
Hsrculaneums underneath Ceylon.
Wonder is an exhumed city which was
founded five hundred years before
Christ, standing in pomp and splendor
for twelve hundred years. Stairways
up which fifty men might pass side by
side. Carved pillars, some OF them
fallen, some OF them aslant some OF
them erect. Phidiases and Christopher
Wrens never heard OF here performed
the marvels OF sculpture and architec-
ture. Aisles through which royal
professions marched. Arches under
W nich kings were carried. City with
reservoir twenty miles in circumfer-
ence. Extemporized lakes that did
their cooling and refreshing for twelve