The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-14

consisted of three wooden tiers. the top
most surmounted by a scarlet and black
cloth canopy, and the whole mounted on
twelve wheels. They looked very pic
turesque by the day and quite massive in
the torchlight. MIR. Beale. the district
engineer, had certified that only sixteen
could with safety be allowed on the car,
and only twenty did travel thereon when
it was hauled on Sunday; but this GER
tiicate was misunderstood by the author
tiles, and they laughed at him when 800
were counted on Juggernaut' car at the
torch light demonstration. / could not
understand the certificate. but he was
quite right; even twenty were too many
ut the hauling. At II o'clock another
blare, and Subodra came out to her car.
AS women are deprecated by Hindoos.
she rushed out TO her car and up the in
clined plane to her seat without ado.
Then the pilgrims baithoed (sqHatted)
for over an hour, while the sahibs got
weary and then frantic at the delay. The
mountain again came out and told the
sahibs that Juggernaut had eaten a very
heavy dinner and must not be hurried,
and, being very stout and heavy, he must
be allowed to walk slowly, but in fifteen
minutes he would be at the gates.
After half an hours parading Of the
space kept clear by the police with rat
tans for the sahibs, the final blare was
heard, and as soon as Juggernauts silk
umbrella and sOlah topi (pith sun hat of
cardinal and gold appeared, the vast con-
course cried "Hari Jagganathr 1t was
time of wild enthusiasm, and thousands
broke the Gordon of police, but the pill
grims were cheerful and not mischievous
1t took long time to carry the portly
god to the space in front of mis- car and n
still longer time to haul him up the plane,
the real fact being that all this time offer
lngs were pouring in to the priests. At a
quarter to l a. m. the excitement was over
and the throng dispersed.
Next morning Sunday the collector
and policeman gave the order to haul Boil
bodra along the street, and the three
great ropes, six inches thick. were lined
by willing men and women. lcOunted 300
at one rope, and then hundreds famed
the god, twenty and thirty yards away,
hoping that this work of supererogation
would be put to their credit in the eter-
nal bank.
HAULING THE FAMOUS CAR.
On Monday, July II, both Subodra and
Juggernaut were pulled half a mile along
the Bara Dian. Every one in the street
wore a contented smile because he knew
that he had worked out his own saliva
tion. To an Englishman the, Whole thing
might seem ridiculous but the poor Hin
uOO udu dCCOu plJSutu inc uTedlH Oh u ire
time; he had gazed on the face of Jugger-
naut; he had pulled his car he had paid
for the (1d.) for linoleum painting of
the Trinity, and this would interest his
children for years to come. II would be
an heirloom. l, who would gladly have
given a sovereign for a better souvenir ;
had TO be content with this to send my
children in England.
On Tuesday, the 18th, Juggernaut and
BoldOdra, and Subodra, were all dragged
to u considerable distance: but, tell it not
in Gath, most of the pilgrims had gone on
foot, and some in bullock carts, and few
in the steamship Nadia.
A cynic says that the temple priests
will have TO hire men to drag the Jugger-
naut over the sand for the final quarter
mile of his jaunU, and it is not denied that
this compulsory volunteering of priest
and hiring of the laity did occur a year
or two ago. When pilgrim has taken q
fortnight to come and has paid all the
priests, he feels that he ought to get away
after performing every necessary dcvo-
ton. The sudden Outpour of the crowd
may have been helped by the news
that the collectors bearer had died Of
cholera They could not be expected to
reason as we do, that four deaths ont of
twelve cases is a wonderfully small per
centage at such festival. with 200 600
two lacsj present on Sunday Thedeath
of one well-kuown man has more influence
over them than any such abstract argu-
ment. The majority are off, and the
Europeans follow. The festival was a
thing to see one and to remember for life.
Such great one will not occur again for
thirty wears or more.