Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
COD IN A RAILROAD CAR
Arrival at Peking Of the Dalai lama
Of Tibet.
QUEER COMBINATION OF EVENTS
Supreme Head OF Buddhists Now
Housed I'm yellow Temple, from
which China May Never Per-
init Him 60 Depart.

PEK1NG, Sept. S.-The Dalai Lama has
arrived
To the tum-tuming OF the kettle drums
hung over the necks of shaggy Mongol
ponies, to the flaring and the brassiness,
the blarlng and the sassiness OF shrill Chi
nese horns, to the rustic of those bright
yellow Lama robes. to the clatter of 400
doughty little pony hoofs. the clanking Of
the swords OF their important looking Chi
nese soldier riders and the choruses OF
sharp. shrill shouts to hustle the street
crowds out of the way of these same
riders as the cavalcade swings along and
-horrorsl-to the toot-tooting of the rail-
road train whistle, the Dalai Lama OF Tibet
the Jewel Of Majesty, the Sovereign Treas
ure, made his way into the capital city OF
the Middle Kingdom today.
The soft chunking harmony OF the camel
bells down by the city moat along the
railroad ~rhythmically keeps time with the
chewing. chewing, chewing of 90 mouths In
eccentric motion as the camels walt 10 De
loaded by their Mongol and Tibetan bag
gage smashers. Small mountains OF yak
skin and hair-covered boxes, each capped
by a shock OF matty, black hair and a
mass Of coarse winter clothes just as black
though not originally SOFAS those which
cover a dusky Tatar watcher upon whom
the watef of the moat, dark as 1t is, yearns
for a chance-these lines of hills hedge
in the army OF desert-traveled beasts along
the freight tracks.
Odor a Necessity.
And this odor, as OF richest bimourger
after many days, and that other, as OF an
Ellis Island detention room-are these
proper things to present to the sensitive
nostrils OF the Dalai Lama upon his ar
rival? Proper? Perfectly. Forsooth' ne
could not thrive without them. These doors
belong to him as we'll as these mountains
of boxes, their sources. Hard sticks oil
Monsol cheese and quantities OF Tibetan
yak butter, to be chewed upon all the Gay
long as the Tatars drink their tea and
saIt ana butter soup, line the inside Of these
boxes. -
Three hundred rumbling Picking carts with
seraRgly little horses blinking for rest, are
doing their best to eat away some part OF
the box mountains. Possibly they are car
rying away some of the rolls of camel halI
and wool Tibetan cloth or some of the
gold and silver articles, presents which
the Delai IL to give to help square matters
with the emporor and also to scatter among
thu Chinese officials. Here a line Of fifty
khaki clad Chinese, each with a big boz
on his shoulder, winds through the mas
OF baggage.
The DaIaI's vanguard or servant are TAX
ing life easy. They are the guests, anC
they know It. So let the other fellow d.
the work.
What they lack in hustlinR ability the!
supply In causing merriment. See owe
In that modern freight car the worlds priz'
baggage smasher.
He's q Coy Dalai.
Stripped to the waist, his upper garments
hanging like a second hand clothing shop
stock in full blow around his middle, frows!
locks twined with dust and dirt, a foolish
grin spreading over his face, a medieva
Old Black Joe Tarterized stands frame'
in the doorway. A foreigner steals al
fsom behind a box to snap his picture
With a Punch and Judy, apelike laugh h
jumps back into the car and cautiousl
peeks around to see what is happening.
No spirits are going to get hold of hir
out Of that mysterious black box II he ca
help It. And the crowd of Chinese lookin
on from the opposite bank roar with merrl
ment at his superstition. They roar agal
when In an unwonted moment he is snap
peded. But he Is a humorist himself. 8
the leering grin spreads Itself again and h
proceeds contentedly.
over on the rear platform OF the railroa
yard the hundred brown ponies for tn
Dalai's followers are getting impatient. B U
now the Chinese soldler-police of the city
two companies OF them-not very man
for so august a personage-are manoeuvrin
In a scattered fashion to try to get into lin
for the arrival.
They are a pretty, natty looking crow
compared with the usual stumbling speci
men around the city. They are almos
Jaunty in their khaki uniforms, their gun
are well polished and the usual weak !
the knees, caved in chest and stomach al
titude, has given place to an erectness ths
would do proud the German army learnin
the goose step.
) Officials Are Busy. s
The welcoming officials. too, are gettin
busy, but not very enthusiastically. tn
highest rank man of the lot, and he NJ
too high. would seem to be anxious
have the show over and get off on moi
important business or pleasure. China
not ke-towing to the Dalai Lama toda!
1t is merely buying him flatter candy, o.
fered on a big flat hand that can do a Il
OF spanking for pouting children.
The dragons OF the yellow flags al
crawling convulsively In the f~lutterin
wind, the two police bands are gettin
ready to brass forth modern music, whe
Lai La" lie has comeD
The train pulls in, r~ustling. silkclad Mo-
gol and Tibetan lamas hustle up to II
main coach. a yellow sedan chair. a pc:
cock feather and a spangled umbrella, al
other sunshade OF yellow drapery. al