Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-04
AN INDIAN PRINCES ESTATE.
The NaharaIah's Royal Stables at Jey-
nore.

one oi midas wealthiest princes. Tho
Maharaiah estate covers 10000 square
miles and has population of $500, coo
souls The city of Jeypore is encireled
10y erenellated wall with seven gate
| w:ys. Those are all we'll guarded dur
| ING turbulent times in India The city
Is typieally Indian, with crowded streets
and bazaars In the center is the Malaria
jah's palace, beautiful gardens and
| pleasure grounds adorned with fountains,
tropical trees. plants and lowering
shrubs. The palace and grounds occupy
seventh Of the walled city, and are,
surrounded by a high embattled wall
built bv ,leh Sing when he left Amer.
One Of the interesting sights in Joy-
! pore Is the observatory, built by the Gel
cbrated royal astronomer and founder.
Jey Sing. Ii is one of the largest i'm
india, and is remarkable even to this
date on account of the many curious in
struments, dnls, gnomons, quadants,
etc, built OF solid stone. Some Of these
astronomical instruments are hundreds of
feet in height and in diameter, aud nre
of great interest 10 astronomers Many
OF the instruments are unknown to scien-
fists at the present day, although they
served the purpose of Jey Sings wonder
fully accurate calculations aud obscrya
tions.
The royal stables are also Of consider
able interest They cover, perhaps, ten
acres of land, with stalls on each side
and 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
color, from the finely spotted Arab to the
| graceful, delcatcly limbed DecCan, the
leet.footed Punjaub mares and blood bay
! English troopers, Each horse has spe-
cial attendant, and each attendant
knight of the horsc-has several servants.
Each horse is double-quilted, although
the temperature ranges from 90 to 100
degrees Fahrenheit.
! All OF them are too much blinded and
hampered and most rinously fat. They
stand upon clean dirt in spacious stalls.
| Each horse is tied mot by his head and
| neck MS we do, but by his feet Around
! the fetlocks are fastened leather bands to.
which ropes are attached so that the ami
NAL can neither paw. strike nor kick.
ened to stone pillar some twenty feet
away. If in spite OF this these noble
animals will surge about, lateral ropes
are fastened to each foot so that the poor
creatures cannot move in any directions
more than six inches.
Should they still he uneasy large hood
is drawn over their heads and eyes to,
| keep them quiet. The horses are fed on
| q mixture of meal, brown sugar and but
ter, which makes them as fat and plump,
as porker regular roly-poly ponies
used much too little. Several of the,
finest are kept constantly saddled and
richly caparisoncd to be ready at mo-
ment's notice, for the prince brooks no
delay. Anything he wants must be sup
piled at once.
The hundreds of attendants are paid
four rupees month CSl 29), and by the
time they board and cothe themselves
there is not much left for their families
out of four cents day The average
wages per day in India is from three to
five cents prices not at all eXhorbitant
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
four cents II day, the people are happy
and contented and one never hears of
trades unions or strikes.
Besides these ample stables the Raiah,
has twenty-five huge Indian elephants
for excursions. These noble beasts are
about twelve feet high and of enormous
size. A car is strapped on the elephants
back and whole family rides on one
animal. To mount m elephant is quito
a task The animal is made to kneel,
and then by means Of a step-ladder ono
climbs into the car on his back as If il
were house When one is comfortably
seated, with the shade drawn to keep of
the sun, the elephant swings along at an
easy gait Of twenty miles an hour Gun
elephant was richly caparisoned with
gold embroideries; his ivory tusks were
set with jewels and clasped with golden
band, for he Yves one Of the Princes ia-
yorites.
The Manaraiah also keeps another loo
Of elephants which we did not like the
looks of. These are the fighters 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 anita
gonists and gore them to DEATH An
elephant fight is part Of the royal sport
in India and not to be missed if one has
the opportunity 10 witness one.
Jsypore is also famous for its enamel
works and the cutting and setting of
garnets and other precious stones found
in the State The native school of de
sign is exceedingly interesting Here
children are sent as apprentices for five.
years before they earn anything, but the.
work they do in copper and brass is un-
cIcelled in any part Of the world. They
st on the ground with piece Of brass
held by their toes, small hammer in one
hand and a small piece OF steel in the
other, and with these crude implements
they will hammer until they finish
highly ornamental vase or cup, the equal
Of anything we saw in any other country.
- san Francisco Chronicle.