Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-30

Gently emerged from the faudal .on liz
ton. and is the freshest Child Of modern
times. Some OF tne,r institutions bad a
remarkable Influence to comoel good
manners; for instance, the Hairi-K Kari.
That is new abolished, / believe, But it
was strange institution. II you 1nsulted
a man he could 60 OFF and commit sui
eide by that method, and that comp PEELED
you who lnsulted him, to die in the
stigma on q maa and have it wiped off
He went off calmly, and satisfied his
honor by drawing bis, knife across his
bowels, while a friend chopped off his
hesd. The law was that YOU who hurt
the mans feelings and led him to die ir
the same way Hence, men were par.
ticular how they behaved to each other,
and even now their manners are the
perfection Of both self-respect and mag
niminity." <.t.
"Did you 60 into this country where
the French are fghtlng?"
''Oh, yes; went up the river with
some French officers. Saigon is lhe
general port of that AMMAN country and
reminded me somewhat OF Marsellies
in France, though smaller. One ct the
most delightful towns saw WAS in b.
tavia, in Java"
"What kind of a country is Annam?''
" 1t is just like the valley Of the Miss
issippi. ALL the peninsuias Of Southern,
Asia, such as Hindostan, Siam, AMMAN
etc, are the deltAs OF the great rivers
which rise in the Hima!aya Mountains
and bring down their WasLlngs. That IL
wins the country is so very rich. 1t la,
all the riches OF the Mississippi Valley :,
with a more Soutl ern AMI spontaneous
climate and heat. Asia is a magnificent
plateau, several Thousand feet high, AMI
from the. enormous mountains there,
which are the Hottest On the globe,
these rivers, the Indies, tine Ganges
the Brahma pootra and the IRA waddy,
come down and bear with them the
elements of the soil, and those are ex-
tended into the Indian ocean, and con.
tinents and great pennsulas, and t..
ward the coasts the lani is as Hat as
along our Cult OF Mexico.
II think the finest building in the
world is the lnarrle maus leum at Agra.
1t was built in far remote past, but
there is not building in New York OF
the finish Of til 'se India buildings. The
ISW StSltlO Ill Nt" I DTh lS "a Tile hTCl1l'
lecture Of those India constructions, a
mixture Of Byzantine and Saracen, but
1t is the only one"
@:Wilat is this building at Agra?"
sit is noule mosque or tomb erected
by one of the Emperors to his wife, who
W0,0)O, equal to V,0V), 900 at the pics
ens day. 1t is said that 10000 men
worked on it seventeen years, and their
wages was daily portion of corn. Every
inch:of that building is covered with
descriptions in Arabic from the Koran.
1t is like vision made out ofclonds. 1t
is ABOUT $40 tee* high to its pinnacles,
and occupied the centre OF nooIe
square IN architecture"
Glow did you manage about money in
Asia?".
II had cipher from the telegraph,
and, putting money on deposit ia New
York, went into the banking houses
from p"int to point, and they are just as
plentiful in Asia as in Europe, and made
myself known, and telegraphed, say
three words, costing S. q word, to New
York, and the banker would say, Very
we'll, Sir, how much do you want? Wall
you have it in the Madras currency2"