Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-10
TWO CENTS


OF course one always has tic privilege
OF walking. Luggage is always borne
/ by coolies, each carrying f50m so TO
i SO pounds unless he be- paid FOR two
loads In which case he eheerfnlly
marches OF with so or 100 pounds
These HIN coolies are interesting
/ personages HUNDREDS 81 laem live
during the hot season hy carrying
/ passengers aud their burdens. They
3are almost without exception, high
caste Brahmans, aud while they are
miserably poor, almost naked, yet, In
their hearts they look down 8lln SUI
+ pneme contempt on The les1 well
i fed, nigh-salarIed, neei-eatlng oahih.
whose servant FOR the lime being they
have become. lit il said that these
men reckon their ages net ly years,
but by the number OF coarse wuolel
blankets they have worn out This
man Is a sthree blanket man. and
this man who Is rather old i six bIan-
! ket man
| 1t is really marvellous what burdens
these hin coolies can bear Three
miles below Nalni Tol You begin the
real climb In less than q miles you
ascend 1000 feet. | have seen these
men carrying burdens partly on the
head aud partly supported on the
back that could not have weighed less
Than $50 pounds each toling up the
above mentioned steep ascent. Ii
goes without saying that in. case of
these heavier loads they are paid &C
cordlng 10 weight Of the burden. It
is said that woman few years ago
carried In one day on wager, piano
the whole distance, but died almost
or arrival.
The hill coolys life is hard one,
T yet more cheerful, merry lot OF men
Is not often found, unless Il be the
Chinese jim Rchsha men in Singa-
pore. La features the hill men APP
preach the Chinese somewhat.
One leaves the hot plains with its
fierce hot winds and in three hours
time he has entered another zone.
The cool, invigorating breezes fan his
brow, and the suns rays nave lost
nearly all their intensity 1t does
feet OF elevation could work such q
change in temperature.
AS a refuge from the heated plains,
as place OF rest and recnperation,
surrounded by majestic mountains, In
the midst OF the splendid scenery OF
the mlghtiest range OF mountains in
the world, Naini Tol IL ideal. Here
for few months are gathered the
heads Of departments OF Government,
together with their staff OF clerks.
Here is to be found rank and fashion
and III the gayety OF a summer resort.
Officers, civil and military, followed
by servants iii brilliant costumes ara
to be seen constantly. Now may be
seen Kaja (natiye chief or nabob,
surrounded by bis attendants. and
followed by all the granduer that
characterize an oriental trip. Here
may be seen pale, washed out blood
less man Of the plains, who has staid
by his work In the heat and dust just
as long as he dared and has now came
for months rest, and the bracing up
that he can get no where else in In
dia.
These hin resorts are boon to the
foreigner. Without them India
would be well nigh unbearable to
women and children. Men can stand
the heat, but the career OF the weak
erGsex and especially Of the little ones
would be brief in this land had they
no refuge to which to flee.
Our Mission has pleasant Sanitar-
ium here. Many man woman who
would otherwise have had to 90 home
broken down, have by this means been
saved to India and to work. Most OF
us try to spend from ten days to
month during the most trying season
in some one Of the hill resorts, and
thus lay in stock Of vitality for the
work that awaits. But already
have gone far beyond the limit / had
set for myself In this letter,
Sincerely,
r..