Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-12-22
A MOB In INDIA.

His Horses Fed on Meal, Brown Sugar
and Butter-His Elephants.
Jeypore is the capital and residence
of one of India's wealthiest princes,
writes correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. The Maharajah's estate
covers $4,000 square miles and has a
| population of 10000 souls The city
OF Jeypore is encircled by a crenellated
wall, with seven gateways. These are
all well guarded during turbulent times
IN India. The city is typically Indian,
with crowded streets and bazars. In
| the center is the maharaj ah's palace,
| beautiful gardens and pleasure grounds
adorned with fountains, tropical trees,
plants and Towering shrubs. The
palace and grounds occupy one-seventh
| of the walled city, and are surround
ed by high embattled wall built by
Jeg Sing when he left Amer.
| One OF the interesting sights of Jey-
pore is the observatory, built by the cele-
brated royal astronomer and founder,
| Jey Sing. 1t is one of the largest in
India, and is remarkable even to this
date on account of the many curious in
struments, dials, gnomons, quadrants,
ETC., built of solid stone. Some Of these
astronomical instruments are hundreds
of feet in height and in diameter, and
Of great interest to astronomers. Many
of the instruments are unknown to
scientists at the present day although
they served the purpose of Jey Sings
| wonderfully accurate calculations and
| observations.
| The royal stables are also of consider
able interest. They cover, perhaps, ten
acres OF land, with stalls on each side
and large exercise grounds In the GEN.
ter. There are several hundreds OF fine
horses, some of choice Asian blood
from all parts Of the country, of varl-
Gus build and color, from the finely
spotted Arab to the graceful delicately
: limbed Deccan, the feet-footed Punjaub
J mares and blood-bay English troopers.
Each horse has special attendant, and
each ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the horse
! has several servants, Each horse is
| double quilted, although the tempera-
! ture ranges from 80 degrees to 120 de-
! grees Fahrenheit.
| Ali of them are too much blinded and
| hampered and most rulnously TAT.
| They stand upon clean dirt IN spacious
stalls. Each horse is tied-nOt by its
head and neck as we do, but by its 1eet.
| Around the fetlocks are fastened leath-
er bands, to which ropes are attached SO
that the animal can neither paw, strike
nor kick. The ropes from the hind feet
are fastened to stone pillar, some TWEEN
ty feet away. If IN spite OF this these
noble animals will surge about, lateral
ropes are fastened to eacn foot SO That
| the poor creature can not move IN any
direction more than six inches. Should
they still De uneasy a large hood Is
drawn over their heads and eyes to
keep them quiet. The horses are ted
on a mixture of meal, brown sugar and
butter, which makes them as fat and
plump as porkel, regular roly-poly
PONIES used much too little. Several OF
the finest are kept constantly saddled
and richly capar;soned to be ready at a
moments notice, for the Prince brooks
no delay. Anything he wants must De
supplied at once.
| The hundreds of attendants are paid
rupees a month Isl. 29), and by the time
thew board and clothe themselves there
Is not much left for their families out Oh
cents dav. The average wages pei
dav in India is from ) cents to . cents
orices not at all exorbitant when one
considers that most Of the men raise
large families, pay house rent. etc, 70
saw nothing of luXuries, such as oetel
nut. Even with these prices OF, say
cents day, the people are happy and
contented, and one never heaie VI
trades unions or strikes.
Ras;6es these ample stables the rajah
has twenty-five large Indian elephants
for excursions. These noble beasts are
ahout - feet high and Of enormous size.
car is strapped on the elephant pack
and a. whole family rides on the animal.
TO mount an elephant is quite task.
The animal is made to kneel. and tnen,
by means of a step-ladder, one clmos
into the car on his back as II 1t were
house. When one is comfortably seateu
With the shade drawn to keep OFT the
sun, the elephant swings along at an
aasv oait OF twenty miles an hour. Oui
elenhant was richly caparlsoned VIII
Gold embroideries; his ivory tusks were
Sat with Jewels and clasped with
Golden band. for he was one OF the
princes favorites.
The maharaiah also keeps another lo'
of elephants which we did not hke tht
looks of. These are the fgnters-nugt
noweriul fellows, with sharp tusks ano
Vicious eyes. They are trained 10 ng ul
ANYTHING and everything, out especlans
the wild elephants IN the moun.a'nas
Tbav charge at these with full speed
80 ,lnnoe their tusks into their antag
onists and gore them to death. An eie-
nhant fight is part of the royal sporI II
fndia and not to be missed II one nas
tbe onportunity to witness one.
Jeypore is also famous for its ename
worLsand the cutting and setting OF gar
nets and other precious stones found II
tho state. The native school OF design Is
e exc interesting. Here children
are sent as apprentices lot hVe yeais
before they can earn anything. bat the
work they do in copper and brass Is gt u n
eScelled in any part Of the world: Iney
sit on the ground with a piece OF oras :
neld nv their toes, a small hammer u
n notu hand anu small piece OF steel IL
t tm o,her. and with these crude Inn
n ,ne they will hammer until they
fn;sh a highly ornamental vase or cup
the equal OF anything We saw In any
other country.