The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
SLEEPING BGDDHA'S sHpn.
Cave in Ceylon Wherein Has -.
for Two Thousand Years Ii.
Rock-Eewn Image.

a
special correspondent of the Philaas
phia Record. At the end of a Ian. ],
foliage a steep flight of rough =.
steps led to high parapet, whe-,
yellow shoulder showed agains
background of black be wlder, win
Goa fronts arching higher against 4
blue. We went around by an e,s~
ascent, up grassy path, between =
tana bushes, and came upon the ~.
terrace, to find the clerical had p.
and only a betel chewing layman
left to stare at us as he slowly worn
his jaws. We turned an invisible -
in air, and the ruminant biped -
away across fiat sand space betv.-
two gigantic powders, more bovhr
looming ahead.
The ledge beneath one overhans;,.
rock was built up with a masn,
front into a recessed temple portir
and from a dark crevice between -
vast rocks came a sound of whirk
machinery. 1t was pitch dark IN -
far crevice, and as We drew neare, =
sound resolved itself into the twin.
ing of myriad Of bats, and q
sitting odor drove us away afta
short look into the dark, Dantsu~
crevice. Surely there was black Is
crevice swarming with bats In =,
circle of the inferno.
Around the shoulder of a Honh
bowlder a languid person was pub.
refuse cocoanut husks over the edses
a slope into a thicKet, and in . M
construction built in under the o..
hang of the vast rock the priest =
shutting into his better and -
yellow robe. his company clothes q
picturesquely appeal to the foFeiur
who snapshots and gives.
The big keys elanked, the Id
turned and the doors of the cave -
tuary. creaked open to show patehvulI
and Nottingham lace curtains hanf
close across the inner space. n
were drawn aside for us to see tie -
cut, recumbent image, the sleq
Buddha to Nirvana. who has -
dreaming In the dark, fragrant e
for full 1850 years.
Little candles were carried dow r
held close to show the soles a ri
Buddha's feet, with the syuAnr
markings, carried to the oppoaits a
to show the memorable, express
countenance of the wide-eyed 60
The shrine had been opened ct ~
rise and fresh flowers strevn q U|
long stone altar table that ran 0a1D|
Is feet length Of the image. and Tt
was heavy with their scent
Image and platform couch - o
altar table were all hewn from ri
immovable rock 1900 years soA
one gets no impression Of ax110
since the image has been lately e
over. made up with fresh paint 4
gliding to the last degree Of
splendor. 81
No one Of the company woul1
ard q statement as to which
among, under or within the vol<a
masses had sheltered the cow
Of monks when they reduced e.
ditions to written history; bu1
probable that SO large q COM
holy men were scattered throul
neighborhood, each with a cave. q
or the shadow of a great rock 9
resting place, where he wrd)e g.
version to submit 1t to the lis
Of the full company before IL
was made final.
There Is q fine view back to -
tale mountains and out to IT,
and the descending valleys OF -
lie In checkered shades of grso1
gold between the brilliant green Z
tea bushes and the blue Of tAo &
foliage Of the shaded cacao
lions.
The Natalie mountains rise q =
ed heights Of 5000 feet. and g
way from Handy both the railu
the coach road had been ON
down grade from that 1.600 fooe
Fleecy white clouds blew aero
rurest blue sky, palm frondo
glistening in the breeze. and the
Of the DO tree by the old vihara q
together with . fresh sound q g 4
It was Ill paradise and pictQ
ness as we drove away. until q =
In the road we came upon the
compound. the painfully neat
ings. Of the governments free q
sary and cholera Hospitals =
in the Eden. after all.
japanese Women Smoka
Smoking Is almost a uniyeFsM
tom among Japanese women T.
press uses q silver pipe with .
ten inches long. The bowl Is =
in fact. only quantity Of e
sufncient to give the smoker
three whiiHs can be put into Il
the ashes dre knocked out and u
is carefully cleaned before It