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Show YAllNS ABOUT THIBET. STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN AN ALMOST AL-MOST UNKNOWN COUNTRY. 4 lectin! if llltlillx Asia lhat lta. A I. Iraclt.l Mar AbU dilaaa. aiory Tall , ., Ilrmatnabl. .traonata of tr.n,a IMIait In l.ln.a. WllllDtl, A carious collection of farts riwt. log Thibet, n rrpreientnl ty orient ori-ent Cblnrra antliort ami Iranian, li.n tiMBinwb tyMr WocaltUlo Itwlihill, TtialiMlilinnK Mpluioi that initUrl. out conntry cf ml.Mlo Ailn, On Now Vi'art ilajr nt I ho carltil clt, Wan. there UitliiantMaonof fcttltltjr. Ono of tin entertainments ll calUil tlui 'bjicctacloj'f the FlyttiB Hnlriln." 'I ho rerformeriitrctili an tooruioudjr Inritit rui m to of lihlo all t&o way from tlm toji to the bottom of Monnt IMalai thin they fasten cronvM blocVa of uootl to their clwt an J sail ilottti tlio lino Uio ao many swallows. On top of tlila tarn, I mountain dwells tho popo "f tliu IluJJ-1 Mat rtll(tlon. vuolstallMtliolalolania, I lie , nlao tho Incarnation of the- Rod which chiefly protect mankind. i , On the Mill of Uio month, llaro linn, othtr groat spoil when tli Wins of thai devils i driven nwaj. Airiest Is chosen ' to play lliopartof tho tnlo lama, and n. lavtnn,telectr.l for U wit and activity, talus thr role of the demon. Tim latter meat hla facowltli t.laclc and whlla paint, and iroeal'eforo tho prr-lendr-d lalo ,: i.n for tbeporpoioof tnoc'alnit hlu. ' ih. two hare r,n argument on religion, 1 the lne f hlcli la finally referred by 1 juutosl iujnmc-nt loncaatof dice. I Them dlco aro ery Ug ones, about tlMi alio of applet, lint the poor (lend hai ino rhovr at nil In tho Ramble, for bit tllo U Mink on every tide, while the hiiia' hat the highctt muni rr on each of IU facet. In Thllet, as In Christian conn-triet, conn-triet, it li alvrava liudnblo to defraud the det II. Ileiiiit beaten, tho Iilng of the devils It fmtliteii.il anil rnna away, with all tin jm oploufier him, HrlnffRuna and cannon, so tint he It oblltfnl to htdfl at length in a hole In tho mountain, where j rovlalona Imie previously bun plaoed to fi,l him for n fun days whllo 1m rernalna in con-t con-t almeiit, Tbaro are nanrly na many demons lu Tlilbet aa lh.ro nru lininau inhabitants, hod tho prletla or 'lamas are kept very busy exorcising them, be nim. otherwise tiny would swaruitvery Thiro und do no end of intschuif. POWFIt or TUB ntllUTS. If any one la rick or annoyed In arty way the devils ore reaponaibla, and tho J only eenalblo thing It to fro and Lire n I rieat to frlrjhteu them off. for thit pnrpoeo tho lama reada aloud from tho rwrrl writing, blows n horn mndn from n human thigh bone, beata a drum liianufacturtu' out c f two human abulia, rintrs a WU and tellaoier aroaaryof itik iha;Hid luads cut out of Lniiiaa ks Ma. Tim lamas altodon lartfo lnnlness li fortune telling Bometlmca they luorr- tain tho fatra with barleycorns; at iIits they bnrn sheep bone for tho , a-iuio purpose or (iiaa Into bowls of ater According to cna author there It a 1 Utry aatonithioK curloalty In Thibet In i Ino ihapo of a plant that fllea. It re rinblM n dog lu iliape, it the color of n J t. riotMithtll nndltTcry tame. Ifltont TO cr clh'wta mo It tlHfjr aro frisutene.1, 3t ' hence it it the king of laate.H Thero 9N it n kind of black donkey which can 4j cKiinnjhtniththetl:er. On tho Icy ' I akt uf the lliraalayat, aays thlt lma(;i. 1 l.athe u riu r, there It a "enow maggot, i reM mhling theallknorm In apjoarauco 1 and twlirhlng nenrlyn pound, ltitex. 1 crlhnt to eat, but too much of It will 1 make one blcl at tho noae. 1 Huvcnty II from Lh'aaa It a convent on 1 top of a hill and ft great liolo full of I pffhlte city that It good to lat. Aafatt I ii llio clay It eaten more takra lta place. dlehlnd tiie courcnt It a largo lake, an 1 Mldoera who gti near alwayt tumble into H. Tiie Thibetans und to cut dlaiiJhis lu ccfjier, nud the amallcr they J wtre the mora they wero worth. rouTt)taa iv Tytocr. Chlneae philoiopheri say lint manntrt differ erery hundred II of dlttnnco, an 1 h cuitonit are no longer the aamo every J thootand 1L Thut tho wa)t of tho ; Thibetans vary, but lu moat parts It la una for n woman going to aeo a print to iniciir hor faco with molamea. If thit It not done It la tatd that tho is trying try-ing tocaptlrato tho lama by her comill-i-ii-an nnpardoneblo crlmo. A tlgn ., of Inhunws on inciting a person It to hold up tho clatiml handa nudrtlckoot , j, the tongue. When u man dies one hnlf u of hitpripcrtygoct to Uiarltjuind tho 1 other half to tho lamaa. Ills family I'Unotblug. Ouo of the writers emoted observe that In caw of death tho oorpao Is tle.1 pwith tho heal betwein tho kneet, airttuinided In orawhlile bag from , tlw rafters. A few da) s Inter It Is taken tuthecorpiecntler'a phce.whero It Is tied to a pott. Tin fleah Is llien cnt off ; and gire n to doga and tho bones crushed In a stone mortar and made up with rrain lulo Uillt, vthlibani alio thrown to dogt and i nlturia. Both theio metli. cdt of burial aro considered highly do- 1 . tirublo. 9 tor small mUdeuieinors men and women aro atrlpi id nud beittu In the market place. Ureit criminals nro bound with ropes and hlnpwl llh raw. Lldoliuihoi. If tills docs ITnt pirsuado t ti.eiiuonvowthclrBulit bulling butter ) It lurul on their thetts. Suppotiiiit D that they still protest their Innocence, R fity are tnllocated with water or splint. jj era aro driven undir thiir tiallt. Wash- , U luiton Hl.ir. |