The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-04-27

Surely there never was such pitih
reducfio al absurdum. Before Us stoo
the priest of very venerable religion
which has always seemed To me 10 b
one of the most noble and natural for
primitive people. There he stood. read
for half rouble 10 perform the rite
Of his worn-out worship. and where wa
also the object Of his lifelong devotion
set 70 work as economic firing. Such
rude encounter Of the old and new, o.
ideality and utility, of the practical and
visionary, was surely never seen else.
where. suspect, as Yankee would
say. the Worship of he Fen Efcrnei al
Baku is almost played OUT OF course
the enlightened Parsec worships God in
the fire, and not the fire as God, his
theory being that the God Of nature can
not be truly adorednnless the worshiper
has his attention fixed upon one Of The
elements-tire, air, earth or water. Fail
Ing fire, Parsee may pray in open air.
| or beside tree or stream. The poor
Indian Of Surakhdni complains bitterly
that he Is robbed Of everything by the
Persian workmen, Of whom probably
not one now sees any mystery nj all iii
these flames issuing from the earth.
They are every day engaged with an in
flammable material. and not a few have
made perilous acquaintance with the
explosive properties of the gas which i
emitted from petroleum.
TRAVELLING.
There appear 10 be two WAYS II tray-
cling in Persia. One i by buying all
the mules and horses you want. and the
other by hiring them from 4 charyodan. \
who then becomes responsible for the
safety of the traveller. Of their baggage
and all their effects. A third method i /
occasionally adopted by couriers Of
Others in haste--that i 10 engage post
horses and gallop from fifteen 70 thirty
miles 10 the next post-station. This.
however. can only be done when the
has a Government order. and
necessitates the leaving behind Of all
baggage and impediments generally.
Those who have boxes and bedding and
trunks can not travel chapar,- a. il i
called, but must form caravan with
lheir baggage mules, and advance at the
rate Of three miles an hour.
! For men and women who suffer
rom being in the saddle for 80 many ;
hours, there i a choice between the :
kerjava' and the stakht-i-rawan. The ,
.erJava, IN is best appearance. takes
ne form Of two very small gipsv tents ]
made Of light bands Of wood. the TOP :
'ent circular, and covered with ,hawls {
II carpets. In each of these tents a man i
r woman sits after the keriayas have a
cen slung, like paniers, across the sad Q
le of a strong mule. In the keriava o
ne must sit cross-legged. or with ones u
'et hanging out. The open side i q
,metimes turned 10 the tail Of the mule. b
nj the rider can not see where the ami d
ial i going. The kerjaya ma, BE- sus- Ii
ended over precipice. on the edge Of /,
hich the feet of the mule have but 4 q
angerous hold or by sudden collision :;
lth another mule one kerjava may be u
lrown over the mules back upon the 4
her, and both fall heavily to the Al
round. Sometimes kerjayas have no Ia
'of, are simply strong panncrs of "a
ood, in which the riders are doubled b
\, their heads and feet only being visit b,
e, the body lost to sight in the d
'rJava amid pillows and carpets. Al p,
ough but one mule bears the burden. al
ose who ride in keriayas are yery to
operly made TO pay for two mules: al
q although two mules carry iakht-i- dt
wan, those who employ this, the sn- Of
nor form of carriage, pay for four ST
lies. The fakht-i-rawan 4 used by wi
eat ladies Of the Shah's Court, by the az
ed and iniirm, and BY the ladies Of wi
foreign embassies. II i not 4 sedan wi
air, because the bottom i usually onite Of
{, level with the shafts. and the occu- III,
ut sits cross-legged or lie, down dur pr
the Journey But the shafts are like IN,
four poles Of a sedan chair, and the ob
mules are harneSscd in them. one chi
Iween the two poles in front. the 9th WI
with its eyes close 10 the body Of the tw
'riage, between the two hinder poles.
g takht-l-rawan i built Of wood and
ced upon strong framework. of ~.
ich the two long poles forming the ~,
'fts are the principal parts. The ~, dv
6 are generally paneled. 10 obtain u III
fngth without weight, and the roof ~ '.i,,
boards i covered with coarse cot ~
or canvass To keep out rain. There
lsually small square of glass in the ~, IN,
doors 70 give light when these ar. 49, ~
,cd.'' ITO
- att
\. - the
y Teheran Arnold was presented 10 VIII
Shah's Prime Minister. II i hardly an
essary to say that the Office held bv ritz
worthy \ Of the most precarious the
racter. II j. even more uncertain. i. not
siDle, than the position Of Grand tho
ier 70 the Sublime Porte. mr.
The Sipar Shah, next 10 the Shah we,
sell the greatest parsonage in the | h,
ntry, was in undrcss uniform ~ Rus tak,
cut. His overcoat rescmbled pre- eyi,
~, except in ornament, that N spo
sian officer. lie wore the Persian thr,
black trousers, and pumps of pol pub
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