The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-25
THE sAHAnxJAH,y CAPTTAJ.
Luxurious Home Of One of midas Wealth.
lest Princes.

Jeypore Is the fapitai ana resiuenee vi
| che of midas wealthiest princes. writes
a correspondent of the San Francisco
| Chronicle. The Maharajahs estate covers
| 1900 square miles and has popula-
tion OF 2 100 900 souls. The city OF Jeyrore
| IS encirclcd by cfenellated wall, WIN
seven gatcways These are all wen
guarded during turbulent times In India.
The city rs typIcally Indian, with crowded
streets and bazaaIs In the centre is the
Nfnharai ah's palace, beantiim gardens
and pleasure grounds adorned with foun-
talns. tropical trees, plants and Towering
shrubs. The Ialace and grounds occupy
one-seventh OF tie walled city, and are
surrounded by high embattled wall
built bv Jey Sing when he left Amber.
one Of tie interesting sights In Jeypore
rs the observatory built by the celebrated
ROYAL astronomer and founder, Jey Sing.
n Is one Of the largest In india, and Is
remarkable even 10 this date on account
of the many curious instruments, dials,
gnomons. Quadrnnts, etc, built OF SOLD
stone Some OF these Astronomical instru-
ments are hundft DIS Of feet I'm height and
in diameter. and of great interest to
Astronomers Many OF the instruments
ere unknown to scientists at the present
day. although they served the purpose Of
icy Sings wonderfully accurate calcula-
tiOns and observations.
The ROYAL stables are also OF consider
able interest. They cover perhaps ten
acres OF land. with stalls on each side ana
large exercise grounds in the centre.
There are several hundreds OF fine horses,
some Of choice Asian blood from all parts
Of the country Of various build and colcr,
from the finely spotted Arab TO the grace
full delicately-limbed Deccan, thu iieet-
footed Punjaub mares and blood-bay
English troopers. Each horse has spe-
rial attendant and each attendant-knisht
of the hOrsc-has several servants. Earh
horse is double quilted. although the
temperature ranges from 90 to 12O degrees
Fahrenheit
All of item are too much blinded and
hammered and most ruinously fat They
stand upon clean dirt in spacious stalls.
Each horse is tied-not by its head and
neck as we do, but by its feet Around
the fctlocks are fastened leather bands
20 which ropes are attached. so that the
animal can neither paw, strike, nor kick
The ropes from the hind feet are fastened
10 q stone pillar some twenty feet away.
If in spite Of this these noble animals
will surge about, lateral ropes are fas-
tened 10 each foot so that the poor crea-
ture cannot move in any direction more
than six inches. Should they still be I'M
easy a large hood is drawn over their
heads and eyes to keep them quiet The
horses are fed on a mixture of meal
brown sugar and butter, which makes
them as fat and plump as a porker regu-
lar roly-poly ponies used much too little.
Several of the finest are kept constantly
saddled and richly caparisoned TO be
ready at moments notice. for the
Prince brooks no delay; anything he
wants must be supplied at once.
The hundreds of attendants are paid 4
rupees a month 81 29), and by the time
they board and clothe themselves there
is not much left for their families out
Of cents a day. The average wages
per day in India is from 70 cents
prices not at all exorbtant when one
considers that most of the men raise
large families, pay house rent, etc, TO
say nothing Of luXuries, such as betel
nut. Even with these prices of say
cents a day the people ere happy ana
contentsd and one never hears of trades
unions or strikes.
Besides these ample stables the Rajah
has twenty-five huge Indian elephants for
excursions. These noble teasts are about
II feet high and OF enormous size.
car is strapped on the elephants back
and a Whole family rides on one anin2l
To me unit an elephant is quite a task.
by means Of a stepladder, enc climbs into
the car on his back as if it were a house.
When one is comfortably seated, with the
shade drawn TO keep off the sun, the
elephant swings along at an easy gait Of
twenty miles an hour. Our elephant
was richly caparisoned with gold en-
broideries; his ivory tusks we're set with
jewels and clasped with a golden band.
for he was one of the Princes favorites.
The Maharai ah also keeps another lot
of elephants which we did not like the
looks Of These are the fghters-huge,
powerful fellows. with sharp tusks and
vicious eyes. They are trained to fight
anything and everything, but especially
the wild elephants in the mountains.
They charge at these with full speed,
and plunge their tusks into their antago-
nists and gore them TO death An ee-
plant fight is part Of the Royal sport
in India ana not TO be missed If one
has the opportunity to witness enc.
Jeypore is also famous for its enamel
works and the cutting and setting Of
garncts and other precious stones found
in the State. The native school of de-
sign is exceedingly interesting Here
children are sent az apprentices for five
years before they can earn anything.
but the work they do in copper and brass
is unexcelled in any part OF the world.
They sit on the ground with a piece Of
brass held by their toes, a small hammer
In one hand and a small piece OF steel in
the other, and with these crude imple-
ments they finish a highly ornamental
vase or cup, the equal Of anything we
saw in any other country