The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-12
THE MONEY FLIES
Natives of Colombo Think Ameri-
cans Are Made of Gold.
4tohisOn Editor Declares the
Inhabitants Brazen Beggars.
SCORES THE BARRIERS.
Visits the Markets But the
Vegetables Are Strange.
A Buddhist Guide Gives InfOr-
nation of Strange Worship.
SCORES THE BARRIERS.
ErIday. December FL.

Friday. December %.
About the first thing you notice, in
q trip around the world. IS the sur
prsing manner in which your money
flies. You get little for it, but it goes.
I seem to do nothing but produce I'VE
dollar bills, and get nothing for them
except a little insignificant change In
an insignificant currency. The *hgur-
ing" YOU do al home. before you start,
IS all wrong. I don't know where my
money goes, but / know it goes. and
know Of no way of preventing it.
A really good American barber
would soon become famous in this
country All the BARRIERS I have en-
countered are poor workmen GU VIII
never know what a dull razor is until
you have travelled in the Orient, and
had a Good Time.
Colombo has 10000 people. The
Cinga Iese or natives are first in inn
portance. of course; then come the Mo
hammedans, and then the Indians. 1
visited a native market today, and
found hundreds of fruits and vegetables
i had never heard of. I found nothing
at all I was familiar with except pos
Atl5ly cOcOanuts. The CocOanut tree
bears four crops a year, and is very
valuable: A cOcOanut tree is said to
be worth five dollars annually to its
owner. The natives prepare delicious
dish from the milk of the unripe nut.
Tomatoes. onions, cabbage and sweet
potatoes were offered for sale in the
market. but they looked unnatural;
they we're not like vegetables of similar
name I am familiar with The or
anges were perfectly green in color,
and not yellow, though they seem to
be ripe. There were no WateFmelOns
and no cantalOupes, but hundreds Of
fruits strange to me. The market was
crowded, and I believe it was the worst
naked uD lot Of humans I have ever
seen together; as dense q crowd as l
saw in Japan or China, and many diff
ferent races Later we visited a fish
market, and saw the same medley Of
races over again. One quarter of Co
lombo is devoted to Hindus; another to
Mohammedans; another to natives, and
the modern city is English in architec-
ture although the strange black and
brown people crowd the streets: only
a few English or Americans are seen
anywhere.
Tt developed that the native guide
we had employed at $3.50 day was
a Buddhist He took Us to see a
Buddhist temple. and Hindu temple,
but we were not permitted to enter
the latter, and was sincerely glad of
Ct, for I am tired of temples. The
guide says there are fifty Hindu tens
pies. great and small, In Colon DO.
probably that number of Buddhist
temples, and twenty Mohammedan
churches. The Catholics have a good
many churches; the guide estimated
the number at dozen, including the
cathedral and there are several Cath
Ollie schools and colleges. We saw
one sign which read: Buddhist Eng
lish school" English is taking hold
i'm the Orient. We saw a few Protest
ant churches; three or four of differ
ent denominations.
The guide says there are five COM
mandments In his church:
q. Do not kill any living thing.
2 Do not take that which is not
given.
3. Do not commit adultery.
4. DO not lie.
5. Refrain from the use of intoxi-
cants.
The guide says there are many back
sliders in the Buddhist church and that
the youuger people are careless about
religious matters. The guide is not sup
posed to eat meat, but he does; after