The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-22
TIE STATE OF GwALloR.
Empire Enled n, teT~Hftie
aud Generous Prince.

Empire RnIed ~ Versatile
aud Generou. Prince.
II ever a prince combined great
Political power with great historical
associations a striking individuality
with personal charm. it i the Ma
hsra jah Seindhia of Gwal'or. The
popular conception Of an eastern
potentate i that Of an aufocrat.
stern and relentless in has wrath.
magnificent and whimsical in his its
Of generosity. says the London Tx
press.
Bat no eastern prince 80 little full
fHs that conception as Nahara iah
SeiHdhia. Versatile n his accom-
rlishments as a prince. many-Sided IN
naturc's gifts to HIM as a man. con-
siStent and arduous in his earnest de-
sire 20 seek the welfare Of his Feo-
PIE. he combines in himself the two
ideals 81 a ruler. the eastern and the
western. And. HithaL such j. the
gracious and tender disposition Of
Ms heart that. even if he were not
a prince. he would yet be great and
noble "a man.
IN GwaIior he has erected a mag
nihcent hospital a. his own expense,
n which some 10000 patients are
treated annually. and so keen is the
interes; taken or his nighHess ia is.
work that. Notwithstanding his nu-
nerous other labors, he has Yet
found time 20 90 through the reg
ular course Of medical student.
Once. in the course Of his frequent
rounds through the hospital. he
heard hat a coole had fallen from
= seaffold outside and broken his
arm. Instead Of summoning the
house surgeon. his highness went out
himself and set the limb and bound
up the wound with the utmost care
and tenderness.
His last public act in this connec-
ton is still fresh IN English memory.
Touched By the possibilities Of great
suffering in an arduous campaign.
he fitted out at his own expense
splendid hospital for the use Of Brit
ish troops n The recent China ex-
petition
Another conception Of an eastern
ruler is that 81 supreme judge. sit
ting upon his throne like Solomon,
and giving daily Justice In this
Maharajah Scindhia fnlfills the east
ern ideal. except that by marvel
Gus combination his justice also par
takes Of all that j best in western
Jurisprudence. for he is diligent
student of Austin and Bentham.
All these, though he be absolute
monarch in a state as large a Scot
land and Wales combined. alike in
extent and population. md. by
strange coincidence. the kingdom Of
G@alior is not unlike Scotland in is
physical aspect, with many hill and
mountain and pool and torrent
Even as Edinburgh castle. the fort
ress of Gwalior sits like an eagle
upon rock that shoots up abrupt
y from the plains. II is marnif-
cent pile Of forts and ramparts. pal
aces and temples. arising beyond the
SerbadGa-the river that itself has
hewn IT'S way in the course Of count
Iess ages through mountains Of whit
ct marble.
The earth has no equal Of those
splendid structures that repose in
grandeur upon the dizzy rock where
each gray precipice shoots up into
the perpendicular wall Of a ba>tion
or a pavilion-where line upon line
Of cupola and battlement. tower and
terrace, huge pillars and delicatelv
fTelHsed arches stand ir lid relief
against the deep blue sky.
Add TO that beautiful temples and
palaces that were built centuries be-
fore the Parthenon Of Athens and
cycles of centuries before the elories
Of Saraeenie art in Spain and Gwa-
lior bears testimony 10 the com.
bined la Dor OF man and nature.