Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-09

heard OF donkcys loadeh down with pan
neIs 80 thatonly their legslpeep out ana the
loads seem 70 be walking away bodily.
They are no bigger than Newfoundland dogs
and their drivers, bare-legged, pound and
yell at them IN Hindostanee as they drive
them along without either bridal or rein.
The crowd on foot Ia as gay as that upon
horseback, and your eyes grow tired IN try
ing TO catch and distinguish the strange
characters you meet Here comes party of
singing girls dressed all IN red ana gold,
strange songs as they dance through the
streets They are not bad looking and their
limbs are loaded with anklets and bracelets.
Here come some Mohammedan maidens.
They are fine looking women, but
THEIR DREss Is HIDEous.
II consists of short waist and pair OF
thin drawer-like pantalets which are very
wide at the waist, but which taper down into
tights at the calves The have q saucy way
OF walking and the dirty red drawers are by
no means becoming. There are working
women ms we'll as women of pleasure, and in
some places these splendid roads are being
repaired. Here low caste women are break
ing stones, and YOU see dozen of them
going along with baskets OF broken
stone upon their heads. They throw it
upon the road and a corps of brown-skinned
men, their limbs clothed only in waist cloths
and their skins shining with perspiration,
are crushing it into bits with stampers. AS
they do so water carrier with a skin full of
Whter upon MS UaCK, unu MS mana upon Une
mouth of the bottle throws n clear stream
upon 1t and the whole becomes mortar,
which, when dried, is Ms hard as the floor of
a cellar. You see these water carriers
everywhere tn India and they water the
streets Of the country. They carry the water
for the natives and peddleit II from house to
house. You may see dozens of them here at
Jeypore with their bottles, made OF the
whole skin OF a pig, and Us they pass you
think of the scenes of the scriptures,
Qnn Intrt, 10 IN, fttp
evening. The sun at midday blazes here
with tropical brightness and everything
glares with its splendor. AS 1t sinks toward
the west the air becomes cool The people
come orft and the whole city huns
LIKE LOWER BROADWAY AT NOON.
Along this wide street for two miles booths
are erected, and upon the sidewalk itself
hundreds of merchants come forth and
spread out their wares. Different classes
huddle IN groups. Here for q block there
are nothing but shoes and the turned-up
slippers of the Mohammedan and 1oot-wear
OF satin embroidered in gold spread out for
sale. Here is score of brass merchants,
and there is blocltaken up with the sellers
OF vegetables. Out on the side streets YOU see
carpenters sitting and saving, and walking
through long nisles of Hindoos whoare sell
ing the gnudiest .cottons you come to the
cashmere cloth merchant and haggle for the
price of a shawl. The merchant has features
much like those of a Jew. He has his wares
spread out on the ground and dressed in his
turDan ana gown he squnts with his boy
clerk beside him. His stock includes shawls
worth thousands of rupees and some which
can be bought for a few dollars He asks
three times what he expects to get and in
case you object is willing to throw ,lp n coin
and let head or tail decide the bargain.
Most Americans buy shawls in this part of
India and after sale is made the merchant
invariably demands that you write a recon-
mendHton for him in his note book. This
n a a hnyy tn frnx II
tered over 1udia the autographs OF noted
Americans. At Delhi found Grants auto
graph and the merchant who had it under
recommendation, stating that his wares
were good, told me he had been offered 100
rupees for it, ana that he would not sell it
for doc, 900 rupees. James Gordon Bennett
states THAI he 'ttlnds certain mans shawls
good and he supposes they are cheap" and
the merchant who owns the book tells me
that Benntt bought a dozen cashmere shuws
saying he wanted to use them for making
undershirts. These were of the kind called
ling shawls, so fine that YOU can pull
WHOLE SHAWL THROUGH THE WEDDING RING
of alady. 1tlmust be nice to have an under
shirt which you can pull through "a ring, and
in the case of o man who travels with his
extra clothing in his hat can see where the
advantage cores in.
The rajah's palace Is IN the center of his
oapiCal. 1ttcovers a great area, and the pal
ace eguarded with Its flowing rivers of water,
formed by fountains squirting out of stone
bed, would be large enough for farm His
majestyis now in Calcutta, hut arrange.
ments had been made for my visit, and note
from the English secretary, Major Hendley,
gave me dark-sklnned palace guide, and /
was shown through court after court of mar
bic and taken throuRhlroom after room fur
nished with rich Persian carpets and with
satin covered 'chairs and divaps of European
make. In one paace there was an immense
billiard room, and in this and the room au-
mi fhn nSly, cpff md
scattered about by the hundred. They lay In
great piles on the floor. They were hung on
the walls, and some of the divans were up
holstered with them. / went through room
after room filled with such skins. and / was
told that the beasts Were all killed by the
rajah, who is very fond of tiger hunting and
who is an excellent shot. / was shown the
outside of the palace containing the harem
struck me as rather peculiar. Outside of
the mann hall and running along the length
OF the palace was a series of
GREAT TANNING MILLS
not unlike those used by the American
farmer. These were turned by half-naked
men, and they thus kept pumping up drafts
into the rooms beyond.
visited the rajah's stables and took look
at his horses. There was n court for exer-
else which covered, judge, something like
ten acres, and around this was built an ar
cade of stalls rooted over with a thick,
heavy roof to'keep off the sun. There were
about half a mile of these stalls. and each
OF them was occupied by a fine. .blooded
steed. There were horses from Arabia. from
Europe America and India and the tying of
each was different from anything have ever
seen. There was strap from their halters,
which was fastened to rings just above their
heads, and each of their four feet had a sep
arate rope which WAS stretched out towards
the four corners IN front and behind them
and tied at u distance of perhaps six feet
away to a post. The ropes were loose enough
to permit them to move their legs up aud
down. but they could not kick nor stand on
their hind legs.
] next visited the elephant stables and
took q look at the twelve great elephants
which the rajah owns. Some of them are as
big as Jumbo. They have great brass
schains about their necks. Their tusks are
cut off about half way up aud they are bound
with heavy brass rings. One of them as
sort of tattoo work on its great ears and fore
head made in the pattern of q cashmere
shawl, and they are altogether bigger than
any elephants saw in Siam or Burmah At
the invitation of the raiah's secretary took
a ride yesterday afternoon upon one of them.
] wanted to visit the runs of the old palace
and city of Amber, which is located in the
hills about four miles from the city. An ele-
phant was sent from the palace to the foot of