Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-19
HE HAS7O ELEPHANTS
THE NAwAB OF RAmpuR IS ON HIS
WAY TO see SOME OTHERS.
boy Now But He VIII Reign Absolute
Over 100. o00-Be Lands tn San Fran
cisco without depressing Reporters.

Over 100. o00--Be Lands tn San Fran
cisco without depressing Reporters.
The nawab of Rampur has just come TO
town, SAYS the San Francisco Examiner.
He's not the wild man of Borneo. doesn't
shy at a csble-car. nor think he's going to
Q Mahometan's heaven when he gets into
an elevator.
In fact. he's merely cooks tourist, ira
yelling In some state, and has rooms over
against Jessie street in tue Palace Hotel.
He's not bali so much of curio as ne
ought to be with such a name, and as a
dime museum freak couldn't make SAT-.
Sfnl. as he has an income OF ABOUT
81 800 600 per year, he ia not IN any I'M
mediate danger of being compeied 90
learn trade or give music-lcssonS on tns
Wheeling kobosh or three-strinSo"
boomla.
HAS, unite some pumpkins on his native
garden sass patch and mas Gazing ~
Qualntance with tae gentleHeh WI 49,,
IN such bich.sOundng places as JagdaipuI e
Jaypur. which Is Hindustanl TOR Miipllas'
Ooievpur. Rungplr, Eagpur. ana a large
assortment OF ordinary or barn-yaru purs.
lie NAV also have a nOddlng ecquaint-
ance with the Gwikwar OF Baroda ana the
Ahkoond of Swat. and Begun or two,
With 1utti-frutu. Goo-Gooi or = O1lI ,tr'
sbewing. gum tablets, might be on ms
sailing list il his elephants hadn't picked
npauail or thrown out rngbone.
He's II wears old, and doesn't show any
Seqr and tear Five years ago his father
and mother died, and having ONLY one OF
each tins left him without any spanhlns
apparatus.
WHERE HR l. AT.
So that he might not play hockey and 60
swimming on Fridays. the English govern
rnent stepped up and took the uttle nawaO
under n correcting palm and admonitory
sIipper. Ever since he has been known as
n ward al government" and IS hardly
supposed 10 know where be Is at until
told. r...-, .,
was commits .oned 10 act IA his - Gardeeu
and 10 see that ne didn't SOW too many
wild oats on the Rampurian bad lands.
H. was truudled on TO a cantonment
Yosr his domains. aud broIght up 70 play
cricket and take tlfhn like proper Youhg
person unattached to a geography name.
"A n consequence ne IS not at an spec
tacular, md save tor fez AMI an engaging
manner couldn't be- distinguished from
suu-burCed sophomore.
BAT IN another year this young navajo
viii be out az leading strings. Then LOOK
ont Rampur 10 IN Bengal, ana IL the
,,aY2b chooses to emulate the royal bengal
tI-cr and become rug-streakv and strlpy
a. hI, conduct he may do so with very lew
restrictions.
Kan!purls no mere chicken ranch for
latcniuc bad eggs. u COMPRISES thoU-
.aud square miles, which - as Tar as lne
crc can 5.o. and then O. long walk.
Something ike 100000 tnln-IeeGed,
tanned and turbulent people VAL &C
i.L7w!ej,D his SWAY and lay taor tribute
~ large Waterme.ons and other stomachlc
lrYs-Clators upon ms desk without asking
toy editorial notices or the invitation TO
call again. Abdul Fatehya5.'
ABSOLUTE POWER.
Ia VIII have absolute power in matters
os Ire and death. and when be shall saw
10 has white-pantalOoneI myImldonS,
60 forth and bring me the heads OF mine
enemies" those heads will tall like the
pcacn-crop IN the north WIND, or pickle
lars out az q runaway grocery wagon.
0ut 90 the uaNab's stables some seventy
elephants are eating thor heads OH aud
moving their patent extension proboscides
waiting for him TO mount and ride; They
cock tleIr ears n anticipation OF the mas
tcr's cLcrTy aOur.1tl1I.
" Gee Ep, thar. TINS AMT no funeral pro-
ce7-!Ou Gcta move on, OF tn sacred flies
ia HIGHT or yer
.Smslhaiso. Poole, Carr. or some other
london tailor makes bis clothes, but be Is
supplied WITH knock-dOwn lot of tezes
with silk "tc-sels.n instead OF being
forced into a pot bat two sizes two small
iur INN. after the manner Of most
travelling EugHsLnta.
whom he reached san Francisco on the
Cache his trousers were properly creased
and Of pattern which didn't make any
STR IN the world.
lie wasn't aplendored DER With the
wealth Of Ormus md of Ind" and the
loug-shorem,n were not gjyon the faint
est notion that he came from where tine
gorgeous East with richest hand showers
upon her kings barbarlc pearl and gold
though be wore few kOh.nOOr keepsakes
on his fingers 20 keep from getting broke
IL Chicago.
IFS sack coat fitted him quite well in
spots. aud the maternal government had
Taught min 10 turn up bis trousers 10 pre-
vent them from getting dogeared. Inere
ere some damp spots where he came from.
rNCLsH STYLE.
He speaks English so well that there Is
10 reason 20 use Ia telephone 10 catch his
meaning, bat some of his attendant9, tur-
baned Ike sowars and Uewhiskered like
Quadroon imitation of Joaquin Miller,
Invent ANYTHING much more than cable
gram acquaintance with tue Rudyari KIP
ling DI'Ois.
Sirdar Fatehyah. who is with him, Is q
fat and steppy officer IN the nat.ve CO.
yalry. He ~ bewhiskcred like pandOUr
and bears his name as If proud of II.
Abdul Maid Khan and Abdussamad
Khan are respectively secretary and COM
panlon 70 the Prince. he has n type
writer or other women folks. Dir. Buddin
is his tutor and u. Il. Howse IS Cooks
Bombay agent.
The others of the party of thirteen mere
ly % without saying. but constitute the
real scenic attractions of the pageant.
Fifty trunks and parcels were moved lnto
twenty-five rooms and the nawab said ned
knock off and call 1t day.
The nawab expects 70 get through with
England settle down, marry, ana begin
his regular business of ruling Rampur in
January next, when he will practice cuss-
ing the cook in Arabic, English, Persian,
and Hindustani. added 20 the few water
front remarks he picked up while getting
his baggage through the custom-house.
He will study the dialects and clothing
emporium ads. of San Francisco for week.
and isn't 10 give more time than that 10
Chicago.
II IS confidently expected that when he
gets back TO kampur, his elephants, Jewels,