Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-31

'hat N"snmup gltel LioutcuAhta Satan
anu lone and SarRcanis Bnrecsr 60
michael and Smith uilero,, 10 ma No. ~,
powder TO tho foot Of that 1ntr ~, X,
them on hra, blowing opon tho r,te II.
though they mnat dio In doing n irhor,
thny 80, Just after sunrise. each one ~.
rying sack containing "a pounds n ro,s.
der and doing this Under tho flro ~ ~
onumy. Iiautensnt Home wns liz ,,st
10 jump into the ditch, which an, ~.
mains before the gate As thew 90 ono Al,
one TAILS undcr tho shot and sholl ons
OF the MORALLY wounded as ho fans hama
nus sack oil powder with box Of lncifsr
inatohcti 70 another, telling him 10 fire
inc sauk, when with an explosion tban
SHOCK inc earth for 20 inilos around pait
OF the Cashmere gutnwas blown intofrar
mcnts, ana the bodies Of some Of these ho.
roes were 50 scattered they werc ncyor
gathered Tor funeral or Grave or monn.
mont. The British army rushed IN tbrouub
tho broken gate, and although elk DAYS II
hard lighting were necessary before ia
city was In complete possession The crlsls
was past, Tho Cashmere gate onan. tho
capture of Delhi and al 1t contained II
palaces and mosques ind treasures WAS
possible
Lord Napier OF Maedala, Of whom Mr..
Gladstone epoko to mo 30 aflcctionntcly
when ! was his guost at Bawarden, Eng
land, has lifted a monument near this
Cashmere gate with the namoa OF the mon
who there fell inscribed thereon. That
English lori, who hGd seen courage on
many battlefield, visited this Cashmere
gate and felt that tho men who opened 10
with the Loss Of their own lives ought TO
be cummemnT0tud, md hence this ceno-
taph, But, nftcr all, the host monument
IS tho rnto Itself, with tho deep eouaes in
tho brick wall ON the left side made hs
two bombghells md tho wnil above torn
by ton bomhshells md tho wall On tho
right side duiaced, and scarpcd and plowod
and quilted by all styles OF long reaching
wcaponry Let tho words NCashnicre
gate, . as synonym for patriotism and
fearlossness and self sacrifice, no into all
history. all art, al literature, All time. All
eternity, My friends. Tint Kind OF courage
sanetilod will yet tako The whole earth Tor
God. Indeed the missionaries nov At Delhi
telling amid heathenism and fever and
cholera md fur away from homo aud com
fort and staying there until they drop Into
thor graves nre Just as brave in taking
Delhi for Christ as were Nlcholson and
Home and Carmichael la taking Delhi for
Great Britain. Take this for tho iirst ser
munlc lesson.
The AIogul Palace.
Another thing you must SEQ u you so
10 Delhi, though you leave many things
unsson, Is the palace Of tho moguls. 1t
Is m Enclosure 1000 yards by 800 You
enter through yaulted hall nearly 800
feet long Floors OF Florontino mosaic
nne walls once cmoraldal aud sapphimd
and carbunolcd md dlamondcd 1sald 60
the guide. Show us whore once stood tho
poacocl, throne" Here it was, " he re-
sponded All tho thrones OF the Garth put
together would noe equal that Tor oostli-
ness and brilllaucr. IL had stops OF silver,
and the seat and arms were Of edlid gold,
1t cost about siho, 0o0, 600 1t stood be
tween two pcaeuuks, tho feathers aud
plumes OF which were fashioned out OF
colorcd stones Above the throne was
life sizo parrot cut opt Of one emerald
Above oil was canopy resting on 10 col
unns Of gold, the canopy irlnFed with
poerls. Seated herc, tho emperor on pub
liu occasions veto crown containing
among other things the kohinoor dts
mond, and the entire blaze Of CorouOt
cost $40, 5000 This superb and once
almost supcmaturally beautiful room has
imhcdde1 IN tho white marble wall letters
Of black marble whica woro translated to
ne ffom Persian Into English as mean
ing;
II on tho earth thoro be nm Ellen Of Hiss,
That place Is iris, Sc This, 10 this, 70 this,
but the peaeouks that stood bcsldo tho |
throne Lave Gown away, taking all the
display with them, and thoss whltc mar
HE floors wero rcddCn0d with slaughter 4
and those bathrooms ran w,,h blood, and (
that Eden OF which tho Persian coupNt
on the walls spakc has bad It's flowers
wlthor and It's fruits decay and thought
while locking ut tho brilliant dcsolailun I
and standing nmld the vanished glories
Of that thuneroom that some ono had let
tor change O little thpt Persian couplot on
the wall and MAXI lt'read,
II thora he n place whore much you mias
That place Is this, y this, Is this, Is this,
AL came out OF tho palace Into tho
street OF Delhi | thought To MYSELF Para
aiscs nro not huilt ont OF stone, are net
cut In srnlnturc, arc not painted on walls,
arc not fashioned out Of pUcions stones (
do not spray tho check with fountains, do I
not oiior thrones or crowns, Paradsos arc 4
built out % natures upliiicd and onnoplcd, !
and whnt architects compass may not {
swecp, and srulptor's chlsel mny not cut, (
and p,dnters pencil may not sketch, ana /
rnr,lenVr'a skin may not lay out, the grace /
Of God can nuhioye, and II tho heart 10 I
riaht an Is right and u tho heart b.
wfonq all wroag Hero endeth'tho soc- 4
ond lesson,
but viii not yet allow yon TO leave /
Dnlhi. Thothird thing yon mutt see or
never admit Mat you have been In inpln
Is tho mosque ealifd Jamma Mutup =. I
Is tbe arandess mosque ! ever saw except /
81. sophia ut Constantinopie but ~ sur
passes that In some respects, tor ~ ~ I
phia was originally : Christian ohuren 4
and changed inton mosque While tals o.
Delhi was originally built ior inc Mosie'n''
ueAthea worship.
AsI entered 900 OF mora Mohamine-
dams werr urostratcA IN worship. There
nre times when b,o00mny he seen hero N /
The same attitude. Zach stone Of Tho noer .
ia Q feet long by y wide md ra.n WI, (
sinner has ono Of those slabs for hlmttil (
rbile knoeilng. Tho erection Of th's |
building rcqulied b, 600 lahnrers Tor SIX (
venrs. 1t Is on q plateau Of rock mas ioat I
towers rising for into tho heavens tnfes I
great gatcways Inviting tho world 70 ooils I
IN and honor the memoiy OF the prvpns,ss
Of many wives o domc, with spite ~, kv ~.
tippcd, and . minarets. What pslin W
immensity q white marble ana r,a 'l .1,,
sionei We descended tho 20 marble t'sr,
by which We nsconded and took an9,n',
lcoIs nj this wendcr Of the worp,