The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-01-26
LAND or SWEET FLOWERS,
Townships In India where Altar and
Raaswatar Are Dlatlllet
Kvery Day

I hiet4tAN Mud hAttAita4dN etftAA 90 Wa
hanks Of the GAnses. iine. dry ownahip.
snd meadow lands lul d TIE wealth 81
old assoeiationA Ghazlpur l. iaat such
township. says writer IN NatiooA
Il Is 50 miles 70 The northwest u he me.
uopolls. hish on the rlvefslts. bull
here eud thpre on the bflek-ged ruina
SOME of tAs old walls and atrueturel
siill remaining insa-t L i 4 hoham'
medan town mostly. the hA.Ae 6haAipgl
aisnllylnK the city Of the Mar1ra
The toWn IL spaFuely populated. havlnf
LARGE hgldn and pastures. lAFae mosques
u every stage of decay. alg tanks halt
cry. and gardens ancient ana medieval
growing Wild. bot sfll incloaed n
srumhlinK walls In the lnteFspases oi
he extensive meadows dividing sreups
Of population thsy eultlvats roses and
one Or two other ioweFs. The roses Al.
wayu predominatinE No less than
t0oo acres are under cultivation. yield.
lng daily about 100000 resss per acre
The ealsiyators are almost al of them
Hindus. men. women. hoys FiFls. Who
stir very early 10 the morning before the
arat glsAm of sunshine has dried drop
of deu On the petals u the iiowen
The nrsi and most significant thing
you arc 90 entering the plantation OF q
morning ID the wonderfnl good hum0f
and remarkable courtesy of the people
There Il no gloom ofthe fasaiIss on their
faces there Is no evllsmelllng saaalor
or nauperism about them Pleasure and
enthusiasm mark their movements u
ll the adaptation thai is natural between
trade and Temperament. uF Is 4 the very
renlus 81 the Hlndus of al elsseesf Why
should the civilization of free and
sealtkY races teach as wants which
hey de not cSre 20 supply. and which
se hard workers a. ne are. cannot hnd
ihe means 10 removed tssrs us alone
with our humble ehesrfulaess thar is
enough These rultlvators strive 20 ex.
plain every detail Of their aofb IN their
simple rude rAinis and make liberal
preaanta af their res hnae The plants
stand IN lune rows 10 light ioamy soil.
they are NOS manaret. bot kept scrur-
'ausly clean and rltutifnily watsrcd
from the open Wa'H that lle ln their
midst Practically che harvest time IL
he two spring moriha + the xird
steadily blows from ihs west the foWsr
aufa,da rs petals 30eif aad econam-
|eaiiF and ITS fha Hfht amount q
stisr fesseuflal 0iD naf 4 the east
Elnt makes ifs naNeicuna visit the
fossrs open premature 10 iazre uasses
scr is the yield of tiiar - d tte mari
rht euitlsA'nr ha1 little trouble With
the Plants which would stand On ihe
ground fer ysan hr haa only lo teer
slt ths eeesis aHa PUMP 4 the astcr
~ hnsf anp ~ ne arat nsn sfChari.
aaf Mas a nanu'attnFef nf rasawateF
and altar ! was sametsmas invited -
witness sh~ progresses The alatillation
Ike tie ealherus ~ ths nslfs usust
.eoumsues vsFy eariy in tha morning b..
faFa sAs san is in ihs shs sna uter
fvHFythias Is IN nuraness ans eooiress
fhs isaY - thc luese really nfesltsa
over TIE Operations. th6 gentlemen only
superTIsss she has 70 aFess ia weii-
washed ehits garments ed seat her
self as 8 i9v stool before tie lmmenfs
hnllins pa which ls nlasseref 90 -
Re aesk Wlth thifk c5afIne - clean
hneif aroaud earth slowing hot FRA
Of drf plentiful faei free firm snake "
dlri n every Kind burns underneath.
Or sil Important occasions when any
RESPONSIBLE aurh has Is heslr. the ffin-
sa sessiHeGieeiy assumes & solemn fe..
wuHIa meaf ss fAtee 8 Fses a. ~
60 p nfnnlilstad Roses sra ftieioa.
% fses aaefrs q ali finds have 8 nsccs.
safT relation 20 tho utnda mEad ard ts
hfsiisfss % freaf unon nay ever "a
touch alfh hs fnof "a hfIeht nlonmlnr
daasF as 60 had q life ard 8 nIfsiouf
fafs ioaa roses are sfamHag ard
afshss lato thc boiling pa Il sn tlmoat
aefIaflal spirit utlls Ns 81 sHenf.y
ssana around. and tha hsaxy Ia i
sressea down ane pasted feand fhicsly
ard firmly ID seems iise massacre
II fhe inuaetnia. hui fhe lfnafant eteam
saoa makss lie way ttraash ne eumpll-
HatFd tuhes III the sflli infu annaheF huge
Fag Immersed ~ eDla water Al say the
tistlIiasian euee on the rexl das anolh.
sf thousand roses are put u The already
distilled Nater TIE tag ssssr another
thousand again After tbs lhIfa tia.
tlliafiun is concluded the real gaazipur
roseNaieF Is bottled ard senl = the mar
bet i. Instead % the fossNzfef. altar.
The sssentlai Oh Of rnsee. hzs 70 Be ex-
tfaeted The thnce-dlsuiisa eafef 4 "a.
posed over night In fhailos. ulds-factd
bsslnal and - the morning IRE cream
n g very thia crust floats On he surface
A he varY break Of da4 lt Is rAfheret
carefully with = soft. dawng feather anf
he seAnts rolGen semlfaid Is stored In
= crystal phial u isa ehaatiy SIGHT AZ
the eiaas 0f day 20 lnek AZ tie eelnFlena
lamp east uut of me boiling pnt that ia
The only remnant 81 the fhuaaanas n
bright. beautiful roses crushed into "
nnt Their beauty. sweetness. life and nae
are Huw changed Into neu higher anS
moFs etheral forms for isfeef and bet
lef uae Sacrifice. hard. hot. cruel sarri.
Gee. i he only process b uhleh mortal
siftns saa ever BE- perpslaafsd IL TN
mortai llfe.