Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-02-09
sAyAGEs Of ASIA.
Tire Untasned Chitss Of tibet Are
IdoIaters and CannibaIs.
layRoes IN THEIR RELIGION.

y Their Wild csrsmsNiss ere pesss,
u These earhsriaAs o.Fsr Up Hs-
man Sacrifices 10 Their Gre.sss VI
md Repulsivs Stone Co.'s
4 religious festival BY q savase trtbe
Asia. in wheh occurred q human
criace and tie burning Of tie victim
:. funeral py.e, IS described by VII
N jameson Reid n his book 'Cne1-
ed Asia The r.,es were hesc Ia .
e called Ch::s City. Ir1eaan.
I'll was rsaohea size. a haxaraous
-aey through the Ping r,cuntatn1-
SAYS.
e: ne give q bic. history Ct :Ais
7rs rsce. uAo 70. centuries have
/. the -nos. persistent researes Of
av-s and e:hnoloS.sa Many cen
see II tie r1c.a!.y q ShaashA
avs>i c hsSA.y eal.SA,eoea -aes
avn IS tie Cities They we-e -
:, t.nauca. and :sso.e. BudeAssh
sanstseal. = esce- .ss: .he.f scfno-
syarifs .nt eASe. aes.rs 20 saw TIE
u 9. ys-cse,ytasn c.usea eresoess
.aaona.y Disturbances The so--
-n>ra.. IS .rs ely resss - ss.va-
made war On .Aen 70. years BE
rs .a.;ic. asa.as: c-e-w he.-a..e
rat.l E, s.s.. .he.- numbers fear
-e,au-ea. .hey esdu.lly retired to
wes.- set...as here aui there oaly
- srs.1 driven nsck At.e- yes-s
vz-ss-.aSs .aey located IL TIE wild
na.asa -sr.oa O. northwestern Tibet
~ u1.oId centuries the! have he'd
.-e'v s,eo. .--n .sies. more civilized
a.se aeieheo-s, md today they are
u-tanao sad hsrhsrous SIS were
: ..a-oe ancestors Many o. them
savases Q. the worst degree; eveu
-.AAlsa Is ss,d 10 BE preraient
eac nsny Of them. They ackaowl-
2 20 allegiance 10 the emperor. en-
= i-ao-e the authority o. tie Elaa-
as and hold no coununicst ton
! The outside world Ye: we hsve
ri their wld domain; we have
trated into their stronghold and
witnessed their strange customs.
+. Lad been our intention 70 steal
the city under cove. OF night, hct
Il our position q vantage We could
tha: some religious denonssrs ton
In progress, and we did no; dare
ove For hal. 81 hou, our guides
ives c-awlet ous on the plain and
1ra-d with the Information that
hai discovered considerable
IN The hillside 10 tie LEI; OF the
=, which would screen Us from OBJ
alton and st the same tine permit
. watch the movements Of those
e the walls We lad just time to
il our place OF concealmeni when
leaders Of the procession entered
narrow orihce and hsl;ed while
hes were being Ii 10 guide their
sages through the gathering gloom
wing them pressed the nnksmpt
w, until the interior Of the dome
aped cave was filed to the point Of
focq ton.
For half an hour the ear torturins
life Of diseord waxed louder at every
ment until hundred devils In hu-
IN form fitted beneath the dare o.
ckering torches A frenzied en.hus:-
+. would leap into the air. acerating
nself with knife grasping the CORY
rip OF flesh and grinding It under his
ell. or iaunung a neighbor into the
irit Of emulation by Haunting before
I eyes the CHASTITY piece Of fesh Sud
My from out the compact mass rose
howl Of mingled anguish and fury.
q a solitary individual mounted g
Z Of platform and stretched forth
: hand. Evidently he was high
lost Instantly there was silence.
light of the torches enabled Us TO
the man who had mounted the plat
In. he was a tall. gaunt individ-
All his right side was naked, and
face was covered With gaping rents
knife wounds. from which blood
'kled.
a garment Of coarse cloth covered
lodv below the waist Soon we
five others follow him upon the
form. which was Of raised earth.
!. recess in the wall at the rear Of
Platform one could see the dis
ted form Of gigantic imagea
ny. imrassive fgure Of such gro-
Tue rgiiness that one could not help
7nde-ing ROW race Of people. how
uneniishtened. could bring them
YES 70 worship an objec. OF such re
siveness.
~ last a fearful moment was at
nd An old man was seized ard
tched upon sort OF stone altar.
'sed above the platform. BE realized
. hast hour had come and be strug-
d il fear ana fury to escape from
& grasp OF his eaptofs. giving ven.
shrek after shrek und1. exhausted
fell into stupor. -Four Q. the
ests held the family struggling
iy. while from the gloom stalked
III the sacrifcial priest. his hand
ding long knife. Once. twice.
ice he abased himself before the
age. and then. turning round like a
ast ready TO leap upon Its prey. he
she'd toward the PROSTATE form. =
sh of light and the keen blade sank
the hilt in the flesh OF the victim.
Three times did the worshipers on
: floor rise and abase themselves,
q then quickly the minor priests
isel the lifeless body and held 1t In
. air For q moment 1t silheuetted
ainst the fltful glare Of the fire: then
g flames leaped forward in eager
siasy to receive their prey"
On Schedule Time.
y young member Of certain family
4 the measles. and the family was
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