Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-27
INTERESTING VISITORS.



The special train with the Javanese
colony destined for the World's Fair
failed TO reach Ogden this morning,
but n dispatch announces that It VIII
arrive mt the Junction city tomorrow
morning without fall, and proceed
eastward. This colony Ia the fret Of
the race to enter the United states.
The Javansse are an interesting peo-
pie, and their native islhnd, while u
IL the third In size In the Malay archi-
pelago, ia the first In commercial
Importance. Its breadth varies from
SO to l26 miles, aud It's greatest length
from east TO west IL $50 miles. Ihe
formation Of the island Is highly Voi-
canic. A range Of mountains runs
from one end Of the Island to the
other, with peaks varying In height
from 1000 to $4,000 feet The range
OF the thermometer in the parts
chiefly Inhabited Is from 20 deg. to ID
deg. Fahrenheit, and the change to
this climate makes the new corners
ehiver, even with additional clothing.
The president OF tho Java Worlds
Fair syndicate Is II. J. kerkhoven anu
the e.presldent q. Mundt. Both
men are wealthy plantation owners OF
western Java. The former owns PLAN
tatlons, which contain nbout b,OOO
acres Of coffee and tea lands, and the
latter 5000 acres OF eimilar land. Inc
natives who comprise the colony are
with one exception, plantation hands,
and they will inhsbit the Javanese VII
lage In Chicago. They have n head
man or prince among them. When'
ever any question arises he becomes
the arbitrator for the occasion.
His name IL Raden Adnen. On the
left side OF his face IL long
and wide birthmark. The agent who
In with them all the time ana acts
NJ head keeper is Carlo Ferrari,a noted
Italian hunter OF the tiger aud rhin0.
ceros, who lays claim to having bngged
twenty.two VI the former anu thirty
two OF the latter animal. He speaks the
Javanese dialect iluently.
The Javanese are small In stature
and nave dark copper-colorei skins.
They closely resemble Chinese anu
Japanese. Their features. however,
are more pronounced, and their eyes
are sharp, bright aud intelligent. They
are splendid imitators In every way,
and the Worlds Fair ~ no exception.
The men wear sort OF cotton blouse,
cloth trousers tight In the legs, short
cotton skirt or sarony, which falls
nearly to the knee, AMI WOODEN coat.
Their head Ia adorned with sort OF
turban made from large hhndker-
chief, and they wear leather boots.
The average height OF tho men isabout
Ave feet two inches. The Javaneso
women are much smaller than the
men, anu when full grown seldom
reach ave feet. They have a stro z
feminine taste for iewelry. Their
clothes consists OF a low cut waist
and n skirt OF batik, or loudly figured
cotton, that reaches to the ankle. Over
this In worn a wooden coat, which IN
lett open, although provided with
buttons all the way down tho front.
All the women wear shawle. Thelr
hair Is done up In a drccian coil.
American hosiery has found Its way
into Java, and all the women wear
stockings. They have not learned.
however, the advantage Of elastic
bands TO hold them up, and sus-
penders are mn unknown quality, 10
That the women have considerable
difficulty In keeping their hosiery In
place. Their footwear IL yellow leather
shoes.
Among tho special things to be
exhibited will be four Buddha idols,
fine specimens OF tiger skins, huge
rhinocerous feet, Javonese black
smith shop In active operation,
tho peculiar tools that go
with II for the manufacture OF
dnggers aud other weapons, and the
manufactured bark fabrics OF Java,
mating, art decorating and weaving.
The last, but not least, OF tho Java
exhibit 10 an orang-outang. It's about
four and u half feet in height, has an
almost human face and 10 almost
human In It's actions. IL Ia now four
years old. On the trip across the
ocean this animal bit Mr.. Mundt on
the hand and leg. The strength OF the
orang- outang was 40 great that 1t took
the combined efforts OF four men to put
him back In his cage. The following
day Mr.. Mundt thrashed the animal,
and It cried like u child and was 80
ashamed tor several days after the
whipping that II hid hls face with 1t,
hands every time Mr.. Mundt went
near the cage.