The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-25

lorce tne water back Into the cretkl
and canals shat inter- ect each oth,,
in this city, which has been likened
to Venice as it depends more on it.
waterways than upon its streets for
travel ard transportation. The
RIVER is navieable to the city foI
sh ps of $50 tons, but there is a ba,
at its mouth which at low tide has
bat SIX feet of water, and at nc
time more than fourteen feet.
The city is striking in appearance
on account of It's great extent and
Its floating houses. These houses
are built of light wood, matched
With | aim leaves and buoyed up | y
bamboo RATS. Most of them are
occupied as shops, and shopping in
B@ngk' k is done by boat wen more
than in Venice. Walls Is feet high
al d IL feet thick surround the cit,
proper, making circum ference OF
alb ut four and one half miles. This
wall is pierced ly Is large gates and
defended by Ii octagonal forts, two
stories high, and iaving two OF
three tiers OF port holes. AS a means
If double security to royalty the
palace is EUR ounded by strong walls
and frownlng forts inside those f
the city. The armory and mint are
both within the palace walls. II is
estimated tina. the city wall incloses
II 1000 persons, thus leaving some
400 90 outside. If the city were
be-ieged it would be impossible for
thls great multitude to tiud shelter
within the walls. Bangk, k aving
been made the capital III 1882, the
centennial Of that even. vas cele-
brateti in 1882 with very imposing
exposition, lasting 100 days.
prabst 5 mdet Pra Paramend
M aha Chulalangkorn Kate Kiow
Chow yu-Hla is the name and title
of the king of Siam. lie was born
September 2l, 1858, under the sa
cred umbrella in the Royal Palace.
His father, King Maha Mongku',
hid a harem which included thirty
five royal mothers, who bore him
lightly four children Chula|ang
korr, having the highest rank, was
made king on the night of his fab
el's death, October l, 1868, at a
special mee,iig If the S,nabo deo,
the highest mobiles Of the realm.
The old kings body was embalmed
and left sitting in state nntli March,
1870, but X ng Chulolar gkorn
was crowned and ascerd, d the
throne Move mher II, 1868. 1t Ii
nee ary, however, according to
the Law Of Sam, that every tficeI
If the government should at some
time have been priest, az when
one enters the priesthood he must
renounce all social and political
Honors. Accordingly in 1878 the
King renounc' d his title and vas
rest for 2l dsys, after which he
was again crowned King. One of
his first acs as III g was to abolish
the law req ;irlng the a ject pros
tration OF all persons in the royal
presence, and his course generally
has been in the direction of more
reedom and greater enlightenment
He as visitedSingspore, Ba avis aud
Calcutta, aud had arranged to visit
Europe ard America ia 1870, but
The drowning of the Queen pre-
vented him. He has always exhis-
led the kindliest feeling toA ard
this country, AID took especial pain
TO express lis get at the dea,h OF
President Ga field. Mary Lovina
Cort, who has lived many years IL
Siam, and from who-e book or
Siam any of these acts are gath
cred, said: "The King OF Sian
must be ranked among the most hu
name and liberal of heat eu mon
archs, and his government IS of the
miidest form. His father proclaimed
religious liberty throughout Sam
and the King hiAself is the only
enc in Sam today bound to be 3
Buddhist. He has proved himself
a kind friend to the missionaries
and manifesto his goodwill and re-
-pect for them in numberless ways
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