The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-20
LIFE IN The CITY OF JHyPoRr.
Five Cenrs LAY for tie Workers
But Millions for the Rsjah.

Five Cents q Gay for tie Workers
But Millions for the Rsjah.
From the San Francisco ChronicIs.
Jeypore f. the capital and residence Of
one OF midas weslthiest princes. The
maharajah's estate covers $1,000 square
miles and has population of $500. ooC
souls. The city Of Jeypore in encircled by
creneIlated wall with ssven gatsways.
These are all we'll guarded during the turb-
ulent times In India. The city ia typicslly
Indian, with crowded streets and bszars.
In tbs center are the maharajah's palace,
beautiful gardens aud pleasure grounds
adorned with fountains. tropical trees,
plants and towering shrubs. The palace
and grounds occupy one-seyenth Of the
walled city. and are surrounded by high
embattled wall built BY Jey Sing when he
left Amber.
One Of the interesting sights in Jeypors is
the OBJ .ervatory built by the celebrated royal
astronomer and founder Jey Sing. It 10 ono
of the largest in India, and is remarkable
even to this date on account of the many
curious instruments-dials, gnomons, quad
rants, etc.-built of solid stone. Soms of
these astronomical instruments are hun
dreds ot feet IN hight and in diameter, and
Of great interest 20 astronomers Many OF
the instruments are unknown to scientists
Of the present day, although they served
the purpose of Jey Sings wonderfully nc-
curate calculations and obser atoms.
The royal stables are also of consider able
interest. These cover perhaps ten acres Of
land, with stalls on each side and large
exercise grounds in the center. There are
several hundred fine horses, some OF choice
Asian blood from all parts Of the country,
Of various build and color. from the fiuely
spotted Arab to the graceful, delicately
limbed Deccau, the fieet-footed Punjsub
mares. and blood-bay English troopers.
Each horse has q special attendant, aud
each Observation-Disclosures of the herse-bes
several servants. Each horse is double
quilted, although the temperature ranges
from 800 to 1907 Fahrenheit. All OF them
are too much blinded or hampsred, and most
rul lousiy 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 fetlooks are fast
ened leather bands, to which ropes are at
tached 80 that the animal can neither paw,
strike nor kick. The ropes from the hind
feet are fastened to stone pillar some
twenty feet away.
If, III spite of this, these noble animals
will surge about, lateral ropes are fastened
to each foot, so the poor creatures cannot
move IN any direction more than six inches.
Should they gtill be uneasy, a largo hood is
drawn over their heads and eyes 60 keep
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ure of meal, brown sugar aud butter, which
makes them as plump and fat as a porker-
regular roly-poly ponies. used much toe
little. Several of the finest are kept con-
SANITY saddled and richly caparisoned, to
be ready at a moments notice, for the
prince brooks no delay-anythlng he wants
must be supplied a. once.
The hundreds Of attendants are paid 4
rupees month tS1 29) and by the tins they
| board and clothe themselves, there is not
! much for their families out of cents a day.
The average wages per day III India are
from to cents-prices not at all exorbi-
tant 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 4
cents day, the people arr happy and con-
tented. and one never hears of trades unions
nor strikes.
Besides these ample stables. the rajah
has twenty-five huge Indian elephants for
excursions. These noble bessts are about
~ feet high, and of enormous size.
car is strapped on the elephants back, and
whole family rides on one animal. To
mount an elephant 10 quite task The
animal is made TO kneel, and then, by means
of stepladder. one climbs into the car on
his back as il 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. One elephant was richly compare
soned with gold embroIderies; his ivory
tusks were set with jewels and claspsd with
golden bands, for he was one of the princes
favorites.'
The n,aharaiah also keeps another lot Of
elephants which we did not like the looks
OF. These are the hghters-huae, powerful
fellows. with sharp tusks and vicious syes.
They are trained 60 fight anything and
everything, but especially the wild sls~
plants il the mountains. They charge at
them with full speed and plunge their
tusks into their antagonists and gore them
TO death. An elephant fight is royal sport
in India. aud not 70 lie missed II one has the
opportunity to witness one.
Jeypore is also famous for It's enamel
works and the cutting and setting of other
precious stones found in the state. The
native school OF design is exceedingly inter
esting. Here children are sent as appren-
tees for five years Def re they can earn
anything, but the work they do In copper
and brass is unexcellet in any part Of the
world.
They sit on the ground, with a piece OF
brass held by the toes, small hammer in
one hand and a small piece Of steel ia the
other, and with these crude instruments
they will hammer and hammer until they
finish highly ornamental vase or cup, the
equal OF anything we saw In any other
country.