The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-19

#U|l II
William Jennings Bryan.
and the controlling purpose Of his
l.fe was 70 assist in their improve
ment. Vt FIRST his educational enter
prise met with It cold reception at the
hands Of the leaders OF his church
Emissarics were even sent from Mecca
to assassilatc him. but. nothing
daunted, he pursued his plans until
the church authorities recognized the
Importance of the school.
As the MohammeGans are numer.
icaIly weaker than the Ilindus ana
unable to cope with them in intel
~lectual contests. Sir Syed opposed the
national congress proposition which
the llmdus nave long urged and the
for its pro-British leanin2s OF this
/ question. This may account in part
FOR the interest taken iii it by the
olOnial government. CIhe Central
Hindu college at Henares refuses gov
III aid and is. therefore, more
independently. But since the death of
Sir Syed the congress idea is growing
among h students Of Aligarh.
Aligarl college now has an enroll
ment OF .o4. more than a hundred
! of whom are law students. 1t has an
English Cambridge graduate for pres
80 GNU iil9lISII Ilo1tooOl >.
| might add that England, like Amer
lea, has sent many teacher to India
and that hey are engaged in work the
importance Of which cannot be over
estimated. | had the pleasure OF meet
ing those connected Win ~. Johns
college, at Agra. as Wei! as those at
Ali%arh.
Delhi is one of Indfa's most ancient
cities. When the lAryanS came down
/ from the north west and cDnnlJaraI
the aboriginal tribes. they founded a
city which they called Indrapat, lust
south of the present site of Delhi.
How Cd it is no one knows for the
names of it's founders have been for
soften. its records, if it had any. have
been destroyed and its streets are
winding ~footDaths which one follows
with difficulty. Every wave of inya-
SION that has swept down from the
hofth or west has passed over Indra-
ing story If they could but speak. The
"lty has been rebuilt again and again.
the last time about 800 wears ago. but
II mas little to exhibit now bat its
ahllqultN. There is 4 massive CITY
wall with huge gates: there are tnno-
bled down buildings occupied bv a few
people and some goats. and there is =
stone library building erected HIM
diedS OF years before Carnegie was
porn. put the glory of the I~ndrapat has
ueparttd. Not far from Indrapat is
the splendid tomb of Humayun ana
another of Asoka pillars.
Eleven miles south of the nrasant
penn Is what is called the old Delhi
(DeIhI seems to have had a Bile
Slte) lmmortaliZed by the famous Ku-
tap Mlnlr, or tower. erected near the
crosse OF the twelfth century by one
OF the earliest Mohamedan conouer-
olS AFTER the capture of Delhi. The
/ era nNEG ~ e riatnrx :: aan
IN height, A feet in diameter at the
base and nine at the top. 1t has been
deScflbed as one of the architecture
wonders of the world. and it certainly
gives one a profound respect for the
mind that planned it. There. are so
many hlauSoleums and mosques scat
tered over the plains around Delhi
that space forbids particular descrip-
ton.
Within 4 century after the death o.
Mohammed the Moslems made an at.
tack upon India. but it was 500 wears
later before they became masters ~
the great peninsula. Then for 500
more it was the scene of a conflict be
tween rival Moslems until Timut
CTamerlane. the Tartar) plundered il
and drenched it with blood. In al
these wars Delhi was the strategic
point, the natural capital of the north
After Tfmur came his descendant OF
the sixth generation. Babar. who con
Solidated the Indian empire. by bray.
cry. tact and wisdom He is the first
of the great Mogul rulers. but he was
so occupied with his extension of the
sovereignty that he was compella.
to leave the development of the EN-
pire to his descendants. His grand
son. Akbar, built three great forts
one at A~lahabad. to which reference
mas been made in naDthar article
mother at Agra. which he made hi
capital. and the third at Atok. still
! further north. This was to be nj
home. and here on 4 sandtone ridg,
overlooking the plain he reared ;
group of buildings which even now
f though deserted for two ~nturi at
+ tract tourists from all over the world
While the material employed is re,
+ sandstone. the buildings are models O
= beauty as Well as of strength. an,
I the minute and elaborate carving
: are models in their line.
The fort built by Akbar at Agra
While not proof against modern mis-
1t siles, was impregnable in its day. an
II still bears testimony to the construct
e i've genius of the second of the Nc
If guls.
a Six miles from Agra. at Sikandrs
|. stands the magnificent tomb While
lie Akbar built. and where he rests.
w is constructed of red sandstone and
part Buddhist and nart Saracenic
design. The base is $40 feet soual
Il and its four r~etreating galleries term
Dc nate in a roofless court of white ma,
Is bic. in which stands q marble cask,
a. surrounded by screens of marble mo
lV eNquiSitelv carved. Special intera
of is felt in this tomb because one of /
th ornaments was the famous KOhino,
TO diamond, the largest in the world.
had come down to Akbar from h
he grandfather. who had in turn secure
IS. it from the Rainuts. The diamor
al was carried away by Persian conque
Is. OrS and later was returned 10 Ind