The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
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shrewd performance two sons of Bam-
bay earn 2 cents between them and one
saves cents on the second hour. This
Is rather puzzling arithmetic TO an out
slider but the drivers of Bombay
mathematicians who compute in cents.
The tOnicees are also used by the ma
tives in carrying the corpses of Parsees
to the tower of Silence. The bodies are
laid i'm this tower, where they are eaten
by vultures. These bones fall through
a grating into the fires below. No Euro
pean is allowed TO see the interior of
this tower. The PaFsees are noted for
their busineLs abilities. They are
prosperous race.
The native carriage of Calcutta is
hot, stuffy, closed box carried by four
men. This carriage is favored by the
natives, who stretch out on the floors
of the poorly ventilated boxes and
sleep while being carried around The
four men carrying these boxes are
slaves. and the vehicles, If they may
be called vehicles. are the private prop
erty of well to do natives.
The native carriages are also used to
carry dead bodies to the burning gate.
The bodies of the rich natives are
placed upon a pile of burning wood.
When the fire has completed its work,
the mixed ashes of body and wood are
thrown into the holy river, Gange-.
The traditional explanation OF this pc
culiar custom is that the ashes of the
departed man will be carried out TO
carry good or bad fortune as the spirit
of the dead man desires.
BuIIocks Haul Burmese.
The bullock cart of Burma is used
by natives and Europeans as means
of transportation through the interior
The Burmese are wOrld-noted as en-
Sravers and the first class carts are
deliberately carved and inlaid with va
rious shells and stones. The bullock is
& semi-sacred beast to the Burmese.
The hump on it's back is considered
the most delicious meat and is eaten
only by the rich who can afford to pay
high prices for this delicacy. The rest
Of the carcass is sold at low prices and
is eaten by the lower classes. Burma
Is infested with swarms of mosquitoes.
Horses or other animals would not be
able to stand the attacks of these in
sects. Charcoal fires are kept burning
I'm the stables to protect the bullocks
from the insects. Persons eating out
of-doors are often protected by fires
built under the tables.
The sab pan of RangoOn is a boat
operated by the lower class of Bur
mese. These men make a fair living
by carrying passengers and freight
from the wharfs to steamers and from
steamers to the wharfs. The Burmese
natives consider themselves born gen
tlemen. Their greatest delight in life
is to wear fine silk and satin clothes,
smoke long cigars and gamble. The
money IneN earn IS spent III ODlAlIllIlS
clothes and cigars and is lost in gamb-
ling games peculiar to the country.
The natives are losing all claims on
their property in Rangoon and other
towns though their laziness- When
their cigar money runs short they
mortgage their property in small sec
tioEs to the British investors, who are
in this manner gaining a foothold in
Burma Mr.. World asserts seriously
that a cigar eight inches long affords
more pleasure to a typical Burmese
native than any other present he could
be offered.
Elephants as Omnibuses.
The elevated bus system of Siam
little description. Elephants are
used TO carry passengers from depots
to hotels. move heavy baggage and do
the heavy work around lumber yards
OF wherever great strength is needed.
The elephants used in Slams bus SER
vice are distinguished from others by
two large bells with different tones.
One of these bells is hung on each
side Of the elephant and as he walks,
swinging his huge body from side to
side a constant. steady, musical ding
dong attracts the strangers ear. Many
tourists who visit Siam register at GER
tain hotels just to get a ride on the
elephants to and from the depots.
The mountain chair of Penang.
Straits settlement is carried by SIX
men, four in the rear and two ahead.
poles in such manner as to keep the
chair level when it Is being carried up
the steep sides OF mountains.
The Singa pore express and baggage
hauling from hotels to wharfs and de-
pots is done by natives who pull all
freight in queer twO-wheeled vehicles.
The French Cochin China freight and
passenger boats are handled by natives
who are too lazy to use oars. The
boats are left to float towards sea and
shore upon the tides. Here is where
man waits upon time and tide.
The steam cars of Saigon are almost
American in construction and service.
The Chinese junks are padded up
China. Passengers and freight are
carried on these boats. The junk mans
greatest terror lies his constant ex-
pectation of being attacked by river
pirates. These water robbers secrete
themselves along the shores of the rfv-
ers wait for a junk, and when It drifts
along. pounce upon it in bodies and
drag if TO the shore. Protected by rice
fields, the robbers usually escape with
their booty. Many of the junks are
armed with two small cannon and ri
fies as defense a ga nst the sudden at
lacks Of the river pirates. Pirates
when caught and convicted Of this, the
crime Of robbery, are beheaded.
Rickshaws in Japan.
The japanese rickshaws arc light
COmIOflaDlC NeultIeS Drawn Dy pOllte
boys. These rickshaw boys Of Japan
have the most perfect legs Of any men
in the world
The pair OF jacks represents Mr.
World who so named the photograph
and the burrO used extensively in
Honolulu. Mr.. World was on his way
10 the aquarium IT Honolulu when
this picture was taken. The collection
of fish i'm this aquarium is the largest
in the world. All tints and cOlorS are
seen in the flashing in the tanks. All
Ash exhibited We're canghf within flnrae