The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-15


prise you Is the fact that, intelligent, rich
and powerful rs the Rajah is, he would be
| despised by every Hndoo II he should vio-
| late the rules Of caste. He dare net make
| Journey upon the ocean, because caste for
bids 1t, and nothing but the payment OF
vast sum of money I'm the case OF great
emergency would secure him the privilege
Of sailing upon the back water, As the Hin
docs call the sea-"
PEOPLE WHO NEITHER DRESS NOR Work
MUCH.
aHow do the people dress?"
Many Of them do not dress. That Is,
saw men who wore nothing Al all, except .
bandage one-fourth rs large as boy fve
years old might wear while bathing at Coney
Island. The cost Of clothing for family OF
natives cannot be very great. Economy in
the wardrobe Is very remarkable everywhere |
In Asia. But the women are very fond OF
ornaments If they have no great surplus OF
clothing. l saw many Malay women, Tor
instance, who wore rings In their noses ana
on their toes, rs well MS In their ears. They
had also bracelets OH their necks, aims and
legs. Some Of them would have appeared
handsome II IL bad not been for the barbar-
Gus rings In their noses"
"Work must be almost worthless in In
dia?"
aThe best illustration of that / can give
you Is from my own observation. When we
left Calcutta the larger part OF our baggage
was sent through TO Bombay by rail rs freight,
but IL took thirteen men To move two trunks
and varioss parcels from the hotel TO the
railway depot when we were at Allahabad.
They carried the trunks on their heads, one
man al each corner Of the trunk. When 1
came TO pay them fourteenth man demand
ed something. How much do you suppose
nrlx .b 4 bras MT
No, the natives Of India do not work much,
and they get almost nothing for what work
they do"
CHARMERs.
aBeggars are numerous wherever you
went, are they not"
aThey are not rs numerous In japan,
China and India as in Egypt and Italy. But
many of them are very, adrolt about obtain
| ing your money. For instance, when we
sailed from Saigon down the China sea 10
Singapore, on the Malay Peninsula, as we
| approached the landing natives came toward
us In small boats. They were almost naked
| and were ready TO plunge into the water Tor
whatever we might throw overheard to them.
| Their movements were very quick. They
| would dive for coin thrown into the water
near them. But their exhibition Of skill In
swimming was so Interesting that they did
| not seem like beggars. At Benares, the holy
| city OF the Hindoos, on the Gauges, snake
chsrmers had an interesting method OF beg
cling. They would approach you with i'm
| mense serpents, such Is can be found almost
nowhere but in India, coiled around their
naked bodies. They would take cobra In
each hand and the hideous
reptiles, whose bite Is certain death, would
| stretch forth their great Kissing heads ready
Il he hat Wy reach.
| They carried bags into which they would
thrust their hands and draw forth writhing
| serpenis. Such exhibitions were very nu-
merous I'm India, and travellers are glad TO
| pay the snake charmeIs who make them.
| But thousands Of beggars who make no ex-
cuse for begging infest the Orient, and were
| their demads not satisfied with trfiing coins,
| II would cost traveller no small sum to be
rid of them"
| ORIENTAL GAIxTY.
"Are not Orientials very serrowfal peo-
plep"
.Faces are no longer there than in Europe
| and America, rs / saw. On the contrary,
some Of the Orientials are very cheerful.
The people of British Burmah are remarka-
| BILE for their gaiety. Nature provides 80
MANY of the Asiatics with food without
work, that the burden Of toll does not rest
heavily upon them. In many parts OF Asia
the people have a stolid look, but IL Is the re-
suit Of ignorance and degradation rather
than an expression Of sorrow from apy sense
of their condition as compared with that OF
the people of more favored countries. The
Orien.als do not seem as discontented IS
the people of some more civilized lands.
The gaiety of the Burmese may be like the
twittering Of birds, the mere expression OF
physcai comfort, rather than Of the enjoy
inent OF beings Of much intelligence, but y
Is better for them to be gay than to moan"
SLEEPING WITH uNFAsTEyED DOORS.
"Do you consider the orientals honest
people?n
aThey stole nothing from me. In all our
travelling we did not lose an article by theft,
and we often slept with our doors aud win
dows unfastened. That Is something that no
sane person would think Of doing In New
York. The morality of Asia does not COM
pare with that Of America, hope, and chas-
tity Is q term of which most Orientals have
little conception, but when they do under
cake the punishment Of crime they are UNI
sparing In severity. In China they execute
for trivial ofienses, and In . suburb of Cam
ton IL q spot where more blood has been shed
than at any other In the world. IL Is the
place where all condemned criminals Of the
neighborhood are beheaded. There Is more
deception and treachery In Asia, probably,
than In any other part Of the world, but
advantages, / should call the Orientals
worthy Of much credit for honesty. One re-
markable think about the Chinese Is that
they all pay their debts the LIST OF January
every year. That practice II would be well
: TO adopt In this country
.You spoke Of sleeping with your doors
= and windows unfastensd. What sort o.
: sleeping rooms do they have In the East3 |,
aThey are different in different places.
. will describe one i used ct Singapore. 4
. was on the second or top floor; room will
. high ceiling, bare walls and bare floor. Il
Q contained two beds, one washstAnd, ons
9 washbowl and one pitcher, and two or three
. chairs. The beds had no mattresses, bu
y were made or canvas, like . cot. The bed
. had but one pillow and one sheet each, AM
q In the centre Of each was . long, hard roll
. designed a. . rest for the arm Of the sleeper
! Il Is called . Dutch wife. The luxury Q
Oriental sleeping apartments In hotels !
fairly represented BY The furniture OF tina
room ct Singapore. In many private house
!, the furniture Ii Is elegant - any to be foun'
In Europe or America
: HEAT IN ARABIA AID on THE RED SEA
. "what part Of your trip was least Interest
l. ingf"
D. 1.-THE journey from Bombay across I'M
. Arabia Sea TO Alden, Arabia, and from Ara
! bia through the Red Sea to Egypt. woul
e not be willing to have missed 1t, but tn
y heat made the thirteen days sail from Bonn
q bay u Suck uncomfortable. Alden mas it'll
. to Interest visitors, aud abou. oil thst can b
~ seen or Arabia from the town Ii rock m
70 sand. The vast tanks built back OF the cit
- upon the mountain side, were worth seeing
y, Il Il believed BY many that they wer
. placed there In King Solomon's time. Thei
q. capacity ID very great, - they were designe
d to supply water during the long season whe
70 there Is no rain. But modern civilizatio
has made them unnecessary Is condense
water u now used 70 supply the wants 2
Alden. Il was satisfaction 70 stand upo
Arabian soil, even II Alden has 70 little II
"a terest. The mercury often rises TO b d
4. grees on the Red Sea In winter, and to IL