He is immediately acclaimed as the "Leh-pa Foh-ie" or Rib Buddha," and so we sce him no more dressed in beggar clouts, but in the "glad vags" of a full-pledged Buddha.
From one source I learn that the local Defence Commissioner gave a feast for this tiny Buddha with his: first spurs; Inter comes a parade in his honour. throughout the streets, of the city. Some of the local sold-jory escorted him, and a body] of admirers welcomed him to Hsi min ngai where he was inducted into his office and sat not only to receive worship, but to take in filthy -luere, Your correspondent saw this! "child" with one hand touching the heads of the worshippers eand with ther raking in the coins handed Now as to his immediate future "Rib Buddha" is to have a Tibetan Jama teacher to teach him the mysteries of Buddhism—this moans that he must go away among the Tibetans to take up his training. And them? He is after a period of Cafe Proprietors' Rich Harvast row Our OWN Conmssroxcer.
Tsingtao, Ju. 22.
Thirteen ships of the U. S. Asiatic Squadron, including the Black Hawk, fare anchored here and will remain until the 28th or the 29th, when they will proceed to Chefoo, ' their _deination for the summer, Five destroyers ari on instant and six more the following day, accompanied by the Black Hawk. On the morning of the 20th got coming ashore during the interval. Tsingtao is consequently so much the richer, the restaurants and cafes and not a few of the bars having made piles of money. On the whole the behaviour of the men har been
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