Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-21

N''s-.9 Hnfe lui Inlth IN Il
one can doubt. Tba, i,
the way to heaven. WI, |,
TO the Mohammedan a.. ny
to the Christian Budsss ~
dhist, wc waited ior Ia II.
retired. 'ssn,
Near by is n Buddhist -.
Of which before the i,pass Y
offerings Of flowers 49, M, 4
on we came up to a Hlbdssal
VIC were prohibited goins ~
outside steps, but we e,sa '.'.
until we could SEQ ali ~.
inside. The worshipsrs w
sancc. 'Phe tomtoms w., ~ I
and shrill pipes wcro MI.
other instruments wcm h !
biarc' and there was an ipj.'.
hub and tho most laborIoss
ship l had ever seen On ~.
lights, and tho jargon, - s l
and tho aitting flgures X. =
and enr a horror which 4
shake OF. All this was onI,
what would thore transpI,'
ors of tho day had ceased :, I
timo to appear at the tens
% ngs should be SUPPOSE !.
Lord or have any power T.
the worshipers Is only nnn,s''
this world of InysterIcs. q
away snddenod with tho ,,'..'
ness which did not lsava q.
rived at a place where 4 Che.
airy was preaching in ,be - IT,
OF natives.
] had that morning err,..,
witness such a scene, mi i.
Standing on nm elevation 4.
was addressing the crowd ~
tion and silence and reycress.
of relief and joy was boIsg I
and the dusky faces wers M.
tho sentiments of paciHestI'.
forcemont. TWAS the Hososs|
walking among nettleS II nj
ing Light after a thick durt'.
the gospel after HindooIsm
Ancient cIyilIra..,,
But passing up and down !,
Ccylon you find all styles q :.
1--we minutes-Afghans, RI,
guese, Moorinon, Dutch, Esys
Irish, Amcrican-all clas.,s |,
ell manners and customs. All !,
lnam. Tho most interests, l.
earth is the human racs, AZ
of all branches Of 1t conslctt /,
Ion. The island Of the p,e.,s
and inronspicuous affair ~,
what 1t once was. The dead 4 r
F7''A~ "a
Ion were larger and more I'M
arc the living citles. onAssE
dead New Yorks, and dead N
dead Edinburghs, and an
Ever and anon at the strokedt
ologlst's hammer the tomb d
municipality flies Oman. ,ns y
other buried cities that will n. V
the explorers pickax. The AZ
HerculaneuIn undorneath lhrs
compared with tho Ponpeli, 4 Il
luneums underneath Ceylon
an exbumed city which was d
years before Christ, standingi,s
splendor for 1900 years. III
which 80 men might pas d
carved pillars, some Of them h
Of them aSlant, some Of then "a
Eases and Christopher Wrens ii,
of here performed the maruha
and architecture; alsles thru.
royal professions marched, III h
which kings were carried; clH. i
yoir 20 miles in circumtenn,e
rized lakes that did their cnIls
freshing for l2 centuries; rglul
gostivo than Melrose and lis.
Coyloninn Karnaks and LuimI
tanning much Of grandeur, ii
bombnrdod them md time pct
on every block, and, more ilr
tation put It's anchors and A
wrcnohes in all the creylceA
Dagobas, or places whem nln
or doitics arc kept-dagobs N
and their fallen material tu (
oious things for the slghtoiEf
ern curiosity has digeed and b
vain. Procession Of elsphanHht
wrought into lustrous mafpa
horses 10 full run. shrinsS q
thedrals wrecked in the mort
Stairs of moOnstone. EIaglaE
rolling up moro mysteries anI
be unrolled. Over 10 sqrin
ruins Of ono city strewn. Ihni +
which at different times al
reigning in authority they inhts
TINT witnessed coronatlonk 40
subjugations, trlumphs. Als1
millions bowed ages before u,
celestial woke the shephsrs,
night overture.
Cities Once Denssly or''s
When Lieutenant SkinudE
covered tho site OF some Of W
found congregrated in them :
assemblages OF leopards, poNli
ingoos and pelieans; repuA
themselves on the affairs F
rendering ornithological ean'
serted music halls. One "
much Of tho GRANDEUR rsoua
denoes, but ruin soon RESUMES
But all Ia down, the spires q.
lars down, tho tablets down y
splendid arches down. Veal
oitiesi Who slew the New ia
don of the year 500 u, "
healthed with a host Of plss.,
foreign armies laying siess "
generations weakened by tnsl
Mystery sits amid the mononn
dust, flngcr on lip in e'siJ
while the centuries guess
gain. We simply know thss
ned those cities, and immsux
inhabited them. An emln,l'
mates that q pilo OF bricks y
Coylon would be enough %,
ten feet high from Edinbuls'
Sixteen thousand pillars wy
tails, are standing sentinel ~
You can judge somewhat y
tho cities by the reseryols X
quired to slake their thurs
size of tho city from the see
OF which 1t drank. Cite :
inhabitants, not lile Amsi'f-
citiss, but packed togethsf, e.
&c tribes can pack them, p,
was sounded. Their llghiNso',
trees arc tho only royal H. l : w
plying those palaces. IDe y