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Show THE PAGE TWO. EXPLORED THIBET it .i KemarkableJocrneys iMrfiyniijrftniilit I ? The Survey of India has produced in its - annual report the portrait of the greatest of native Indian explorers. lie was known to geographers fob years as the IEs identity was Pundit A-not revealed as long as he was likely to be employed again in the exploration of Thibet, where no white man or East Indian was permitted to travel. ' When he became superannuated the government gave A-- a grant of land and other rewards for his remarkable services, and since then he has been known as the Pundit Krisna. The story of his wanderings for nine years in a forbidden land, even when told in the plain, dry style of official reports, reads like a romance. There was not a waking moment when he was not acting a part. Born on the frontier of Thibet, 'he couldtalk the language of the country like a native, and this was his one great advantage. He traveled always as a Thibetan, now as a merchant with a considerable stock of goods, then as, an itinerant ptfdler, again as a Budhist devotee reciting sacred verses from hamlet to hamlet, and on two or three occasions when necessity compelled, he secured employment as a herder of sheep and goata, If his secret had been discovered, his life would have paid the penalty. He was in peril many times, and was occasionally arrested and detained as a suspicious character, but he always had a straight story to tell, and the truth was never known till he was living in the retirement and peace which he had earned. His greatest mishaps were that robbers despoiled him twice, of nearly everything he could use in paying his way. Otherwise he never met with any personal and the reports he made are remarkable for the absence of any animosity against those who did him harm. The Indian government thought it politically of great importance to learn more about tho vastj closed country to the north, in tvhich were hidden the resources of three of the greatest of Indias Tivers the Indus, the Sutlej and So the govthe Rrohmapuare. ernment trained a- number of K - i s 4 i i f : t ft 3 i -- Hindus se - and - of be-- , skillful coming intelligent observers and taught them the arts of exploration. They learned how to make route surveys and to determine heights and latitudes. It was strongly impressed upon them that they must keep an unbroken record of the bearings and distances On their routes from place to place, and also determine a few latitudes. With this information a fairly accurate map might be made of their travels. They were to obtain distances by counting their paces. This is a very tiresome thing to do, but the Pundit A-kept it up for practically . every step on- his K - journeys through Thibet. Sometimes be was so well-to-dthat be had two or three horses to carry his trade goods, and the people thought it astonishing that they never saw bim ridingj Once be was clapped into jail by the governor of a district who thought him worth watching, ne was 'released through the good offices of a lama, or Buddhist priest, who had seen him before and thought him the humblest and most devout man he had ever : met , Th lama invited the Pundit to o it ADO . aqd the" horse to keep up his to the party, Lhasa one terminus ' routes, lie counted every pace of his various something other scientific no that his all explorer wa ever horse, kept up wTith observations, and no, one was the wiser. The way he contrived to lull suspicion all through his four r'fclt'7hill!llgys:': war'riry eif urtir and1 ingenious. He managed mat able to do. , When the Pundit and his servant reached the Indian border on the last homecoming thv , .UTrr:rmndrt rd --with-j hevr-htt- H- ships, ragged and destitute, but ters-sore scientitkitley felt triumphant, for thej work he did the larger grew his had brought home every instrureputation as a Thibetan of re- ment they had taken away and markable sancity. As he walked preserved every journal and field his lips were always moving, and book. None of his brethren i n it was evident that he was pray the Survey equalled tho exploits and he is counted among of A-ing. Appearances are deceptive, for I he leading explorers of Thibet, he was merely counting his paces but he had his limitations like iu.der his breath. He was always his fellow surveyors. Many have supposed that the frgering his Buddhist rosary, and every minute or so he wouJ Asiatic explorers. of the. Indian drop a bead. This act did not re- survey were educated- native cord another prayer uttered, but gentlemen, but this was not rhe case. The survey was never ab'c ltb paces walked. ' And then the Thibetan prayer to seebre the services of natives who at the same barrel was always slung over liis that time instrument the possessed the hardihood, shoulder, of courage and endurance require i places a prayer to the credit the devout person every time be of an explorer in Thibet. The best educated among them i evolves it. But the barrel was field and books with Nain Singh, and he .was was packed tiny no and surveying instruments, merely the master of a village one ever thought of looking in so thinking a very learn-ehim him harmless a place for anything ealled man, pun contraband. so it and dit, happened was Thus the rosary and the prayer that the same designation barrel were of much practical given to the other Hindu explor-erslalsbut they were dot learnrorv'ee as surveying instruments, ami their constant use gave the ed men. They had just enough explorer an air of the highest education to be able to aequi't the elements of surveying, to ri sj r etability and propriety. It was- necessary at one time make the requisite observations for him to travel about 200 miles and measurements and to keU in company with a party, and up their field books. They could this was the only occasion when handle latitudes but longitul $ he did not dare to take any obser- were too much for them. vations for latitude or heights or In spite of the fact that A-to use his surveying instrumefits could not acquire the difficult in any way. It was near the end art of determining absolute Ion of his last and most remarkable gitudes all his other data were journey when he had in his pray- obtained with so much care that er barrel the results of about when the experts in the survey four years of incessant field office reduced his observation work, and all would be lost if he and plotted maps of his routes had any serious mishap. He dar- everything came out approxied not run the risk. mately correct. , Ilis surveys are On his last journey the explorer found to fiit in surprisingly well spent several months in Lhasa with those of the European ex" and collected a great deal of in- plorers. lie could sit by your side and formation about the holy city which enabled the survey of In- give you a most interesting nardia to print the first detailed ac- rative of his adventures iml count of this center of the Bud- journeys and the people and dhist faith since Fathers Hue places he had seen. But he could and Gabet wrote their famous not write an account of his travbook in the middle of .the last els for a form 'suitable for publicentury. These two descriptions cation; and so 'hap was taken in of the city contained about , all hand and listeijU to for weekg the modern information' available and his narratiwfr was translated till within two or three years of into English. the recent British invasion of It is mainly geographical or relates to the details of his inThibet. strumental the While be was in Lhasa observations, and conPundit.studiedJhe sacred books tains very little narration of in- "" ortho Thibetans and committed cidents or description of the to manners and customs of the ina large number of passages But he secured all memory. He found later, when habitants. his funds failed completely, that the facts. that the British were it was a great advantage to be most anxious to get. able to quote. voluminously from The verdict of geographers tothe sacred writings. day is that s nationality and The bits of coin he received as knowledge of Thibetan language he recited verses in one village enabled him to explore regions after another helped him on his which explorers of several of the way. All his resources were ex- white races had found barred hausted a few weeks before he against them, and that he ended his career in the field, but than any of his he these whom meaus of of recitations all were much rivals, by him to earned enough money better educated and equipped help over the Himilayas to his home. than himself. Ilis achievements IRis friends had not seen him were rewarded by the high hon for four years and a hal and s ors which some of the leading few of them were in the secret of learned societies had to confer, his work it was generally believ- including the bronze medal of ed he was dead. One rumor gave the International Geographical uneasiness to the survey depart- congress at Venice, The gold mement, for it was reported that he dal of the Paris Geographical had been seized by the Lhasa au- society, and the Murchison grant thorities, whojiad cut off his legs of the Royal Geographical to prevent him from making any N. Y. Sun. further explorations. It is not intended here even 1to TRAILING NIGHT RIDERS. outline the geographical work he did. It is enough to say that in Winchester, Ky., April 23. his four journeys he surveyed Twenty-thre- e members of Pine- 4, 750 miles of Thibet, of which ville company, state militia, un2,800 miles were surveyed in the der Capt, Gibson, arrived, refusfour years during which he made ing to give any intimation of his last journey. their destination. It is supposd All his explorations were in they will ride through the counthe eastern half of Thibet. He try some "point where night crossed the great plateau twice riders have been active and go on between north ana south, pene- - duty .there. v o A7--K. 1 JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH. Y miles away, trated Mongolia, surveyed' long unexplored region, routes from the latitude of Lhasa his monastery,, through an TRI-WEEKL- that-them- Tuesday, April 28 1908 A Subtle Difference. Mrs. Blank, wife of a promi-nea- r A Boston, had in her employ a recently engaged Logan Mothers Should .Not Neg- colored cook as black as the prolect Kidney Weakness in verbial aee of spades. One day Children. Mrs. Blank said to her: Matilda, . I wish that you Most children have weak kid would have oatmeal quite often neys. for breakfast. My husband is The earliest warning is bed- IainL-flf-.i.Scotch. He is. t, wettingf-- i at Scotch-rthe ancTyoirknoTVthat Latereomes backache, headU a great deal of oatmeal." ache, languor. Oh, hes Scotch, is he? said Tis a mistake to neglect these Matilda. Well, now, do yon troubles. know, I was thinkin all along To blame the child for its own ' dat he wasnt des like us.- - Wo- distress. mans Home Companion for May. Seek to cure the kidneys Save the child from deadly kidTHOMAS ORCHESTRA ney ills. 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West' Milwaukee Street, Janesville, Wis. has sold a great many Bauer and Schiller Pianos, publishes the : -- the secretions, ne was annoyed Paderewski in an interview at night on this account and if he accorded a newspaper man recent- contracted a slight cold, he al ways suffered more intensely. I ly, said : Fredrick Stock is a man that finally learned of Doans Kidney him America should appreciate, for Pills, and deciding to have not only is he a great director, try them, procured a'box at the but he knows music with a big- Riter Bros. Drug Co, They helpness and thoroughness of grasp ed him from the first, he continand he is a splendid composer! ued taking them and it was not What has this to do with the Bau-e- t long before the trouble was banSome four months later piano? Simply this, that the ished. -- E IF YOU LIKE A PLAIN t PATTERN T in carpets we can suit you just as completely as we can with those of more elaborate design. We vou a choice such as you e8nm)t obtain elsewhere. 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For 'half a struck Ruga, who. promptly drew century they have been making a revolver and shot at the soldier, the best piano in the world and who then became a sprinter. The marketing it without resorting to shot drew a crowd, which attendI ed the police-anany of the tricks of Ruga to jail. believe that in the Bauer,, and Schiller pianos I have the strongSuicide Through Booze. est team that ever came down Daniel C. Ebersole, of Salt this pike. Lake, out of employment and said Thirty thousand Schiller Pian- to have become despondent after os are telling their own sweet a spell of heavy drinking, shot story in the homes and institu- himself through the head, dying tions of America, aid I have yet instantly. - Ilis w ife had bee n to learn of the first case of dis- away from for several days satisfaction. her mother, who was ill vjsiting We Sell Them. at Provo. She returned home less THATCHER MUSIC CO. than an hour after her husband 39 SJUtfnSt. had shot himself. 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A ence. full attendance is desired. Song. Conference coming on fast day Lesson for Evening, Confu we recommend that fast day. be cianism. For references see observed on the following Sun- March Era. day. Singing. ' ISAAC SMITH, Benediction. N. W. KIMBALL, May 5th will be Conjoint testiJOS. E, CARDON, mony meeting. Stake Presidency. --7 DITCH CLEANING NOTICE. HYRUM STAKE R. S. All property owners are hereSoThe Hyram Stake Relief by requested to clean water ciety will ho, their officers meet- ditches in front of their respecing Saturday May 2nd 1908, at tive property on or before May 11 a. m. in the upper room of the. 15th. Failure to do so will be liable to a fine not to exceed Tithing office at Hyrum. All officers and teachers are exSee Section 63 and 64 Chapter pected to be prescnt.Members are 7 in revised ordinances of Logan invited. City, Utah. Nellie E. Parkinson, Prest. Committee on Water Works. er or the difference between our coal and others before investing your cash. 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The Scarlet Letter is a dramatization of Hawthornes 'beautiful story of the same name, and recalls vividly all of the ehief features as played by Richard Mansfield and his famous company. Ail of the pathetic and sensational features of Hesters life and love, and her bitter persecution, fidelreproduced with great ity. Nine complete scenes. 7 de Be the for J reii ant Sell stai Whi K up, cab task ap- T and cere arre spee crac the m , i - |