Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-01-05
Sl.0O A YEAR
TO be exchanged for the voices

seemed 10 be exchanged for the voices
that welcomed soldiers home again
And as the morning light got brighter
and brighter. and in my dream l mis-
took the bells at station for a church
bell hanging in minaret, where No
hammedan priest had mumbled his call
to prayer. seemed to hear chant,
whether by human or angelic voices in
my dream could not tell, but IL was
chant about peace and good will TO
men" And rs the speed Of the rail train
slackened the motion Of the car became
SO easy rs we rolled along the track that
it seemed TO me that all the distress
and controversy and jolting and wars Of
the world had ceased. and in my dream
thought we had come TO the time
when 'the ransomed OF the Lord shall
return and come TO Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads, and
sorrow and signing shall fec away
The City Of Amber.
Halt here at what you have never
seen before. a depopulated e;ty, the city
of Amber. India
The strange fact is that a ruler aban-
doned his palaces at Amber ana moved
20 Jaipur. and all the inhabitants Of
the city followed. Except here and there
house in Amber occupied by her
NIT. the city is rs silent q population
as Pompeii or Herculaneurn, bat those
cities were emptied by volcanic disaster.
while this city Of Amber was vacated
because Prince Joy Singh was told by
Hindoo priest that no city should be in
habitcd more than /, 900 years, and so
the ruler l10 years ago moved out him
self. and all his people moved with him.
You visit Amber on the back of an
elephant. Permission obtained for your
visit the day before at Jaipur. an ele-
phant is in waiting for you about six
miles out to take you up the sleeps to
Amber. You pass through the awfully
quiet streets. all the feet that trod them
in the days of their activity having
gone on the long journey and the voices
Of business and gayety that sounded
amid these abodes having long ago ut
tered their last syllable You pass by
lake covering 500 acres, where the ra-
jahs used to sail in their pleasure boats.
but alligators now have full possession.
and you come TO the abandoned palace.
which is an enchantment No more pic
turesquc place was ever chosen for the
residence Of q monarch. The fortress
above looks down upon this palace, and
the palace looks down upon lake. This
monarchial abode may have had attrac-
tions when it was the home of royalty
which have vanished. but antiquity ard
tho silence Of many years and opportu-
nifty to tread where once you would not
have been permitted to tread may be an
addition quite equal to the subtraction.
An Abandoned City.
will not go far into description of
brazen doorway after brazen doorway.
and carved room after carved room. and
lead you under embellished ceiling aft
or embellished ceiling. and through halls
precious stoned into wider halls precicas
stoned. Why tire out your imagination
with tl:e particulars when you may sum
up NIL by saying that ON the slopes Of
that hill Of India are pavilions deeply
dyed. tasseled and arched; the fire Of
colored gardens cooled by the snow Of
white architecture; bathrooms that re-
fresh before your feet touch their mar
Bile: birds in arabesque so natural 10
life that while you cannot hear their
voices you imagine you see the fiutter
Of their wings as you are passing; stone
ware translucent; walls pictured with
hunting scene. and triumphal process
sion and jousting party; rooms that
were called "alcove Of light" and
Court oI honor. " and hall Of victory"
marble. white and black. like mixture
Of morning and night; alabaster and lac
quer work and mother of pearl. All
that architecture and sculpture and
painting aud horticulture can do when
they put their genius together was done
here in ages past. and much Of their
work still stands 20 absorb and entrance
archHologist and sightseor.
But what a solemn and stupendous
thing Is an abandoned cityi While
many Of the peoples Of earth have no
roof for their head. here is whole city
Of roofs rejected. The sand Of the desert
was sufficient excuse for the disappear
aaee Of Heliopolis, and the waters Of
nient of Tyre, and the lava-of, -Maunt
Vesuvias for the obliteraticys- 3se
laneum, but for the sake Of noIss.-.s but
u snpcrstitious whim the city Of Amber
Is abandoned forever. Oh, wondrous In
dial The city Of Amber is only one of
the marvels which compel the uplifted
hand Of surprise from the day you enter
u,.s - Tss-R s.
iiamboyant. its fauna so monstrous and
savage. its ruins so suggestive. its idol.
airy 50 horrible. its degradation 50 sick
oning. its mineralogy so brilliant. its
splendors so uplifting. its architecture
so old. so grand. so educational. SO null
tipo,en,. that India Will not be fully
comprehended until science has made
its last experiment. and exploration has
ended its last journey. and the library
of the worlds literature has closed its
last door, and Christianity has made its
,ast achievement. and the clock Of time
has struck its last hour.
Suicides BoyeottinE Niagara Falls.
Even though the times have been
isaA lDl - 9tdi past AAtt many INNpAS
have been in tough luck, il is frequent
" remarked that no one has ended life
by jumping over the falls. if memory
serves correctly, since Noble Kenny Of
Buffalo went over at Prospect point two
years ago last summer. A park officer
remarked today that previous to that
not a season passed without witnessing
from three to seven Of such cases. One
day man and woman committed sui
eide, one from Prospect point ard one
from Luna island. II Is not argued that
suicides throughout the country are less
frequent than formerly. but the fact
seems to be apparent that the falls i
less popular rs means Of ending life
than in days gone by.-BuHalo Courier
\ man must have learned to be just
before he can be liberal. honorable be-
fore he can be generous. He must have
learned self denial before he can dare
use the word self sacrifice. -