The farmer and mechanic., 1906-06-26

William Jennings BRYAN.
makes a favorable impression upon
! the visitor
Some six miles away is the ancient
city OF Amber. the capital Of the state
until JdipOre was established 1t is
reached by ride OH elephant back,
I the only ride Of this kind that we
| have yet had. There is a beautiful
palace at Amber which gives some idea
Of the luxury in which the Indian
rulers lived. We returned from this
trip late in the evening when the pea
cocks We're going to roost. and nearly
every tree contained one OF more Of
these gaudy- -plumaged fowls. These
are apparently wild. and their num-
berS and beauty recalled the fact that
the peacock is India's royal bird; and
it is not an inappropriate symbol OF
the pomp ana magnificence Of the Ori-
entail kings. / might dlgress here to
say that the respect for life taught in
the Hindoo scriptures has filled India
t" excess with useless birds and ami
mails. The crows ana kites are a nu-
Sance. 1t is no uncommon thing to
see 4 vendor of cakes and SWeet-meatS
bearing his basket on his head and
waving a stick about it to scare off
the birds. Sometimes an attendant
follows the vendor and protects him
| from the birds, but in spite Of all pre-
cautions they get their toll. The
| crows often come to the doors and
windows OF the hotel and inquire
| whether YOU have any food to spare.
| and sparroWS and other small birds
| occasionally CLEAN crumbs from the
| table. At Jaipore We saw nyraids Of
| pigeons being fed III the streets. and
monkeys-they are everywhere. The
| Jungles of the tropical countries are
| not more thronged with them than the
! road sides of some parts Of India.
About half way between JaipOre and
| Bombay they We're especially nulner-
| Gus, and rs we rode along on the train
We saw them singly. in groups and in
mass meetings. Here. too we saw
| herds of antelope scarcely frightened
! by the train. Attention has frequently
! been called to the fact that the Hin
/ dus aversion to meat has q bearing
upon the famine question, millions of
! cattle dying of starvation which if
| killed earlier might have saved thous-
ands of human beings from starving.
A nights ride from Jaipore brought
| us to Abu road from which by pony
carts. called tOngaS, We ascended to
Mt Abu, 1G miles away. The jour
| ney IS made over a WeIl-kept noun
tam road which climbs to a height of
! about 5000 feet. While this noun
tain resort draws many Europeans
| because of its altitude, two famous
Jain temples are the lode-stones that
! attracts tourists. These temples We're
/ built by merchant princes in the
eleventh and twelfth centuries and.
! the fact that one of them cost more
| than $5.000,000 shows that trade had
reached commanding position III
those days. one of the temples was
Dullt by TWO brothers and the guide
! tells of 4 tradition that these broth
ers. firing of their money, decided to
bury 1t, but on digging in the earth
they found more and considering it
q gift from the gods built this tenn
pie. The buildings are not large, and
seen from the outside are disappoint-
ing, but once within one marveIs at
the richness of the carving. The pill
lars and Vaulted ceilings are Of the
purest white marble. brought from no
one knows where, and every inch Of
the surface is covered with figures of
gods, human beings. animals. fowls
ana flowers. The artists utilized the
thlngs with which the people We're
most familiar. Here frieze Of ele-
phant heads, the trunks Joined there
or monkeys In one dome maidens
danced; in another warriors fought;
in Il third flowers DIoomed The va
rlety Is endless and the workmanship
perfect While the panels and frieyes
and ceilings differ SO much from each
!, other, the arrangement is such that
they do not seem incongruous but
) form Il harmonious whole. The Mo
hammedan conquerors mutilated some
OF the figures because of their hatred
OF ldolatrN, but when under Lord Cur
IONS administration the work of res
L tpration was begun. it was impossib-
Die To find marble like the original
Around these temples are numer-
: Gus shllnes, each containing a seated
figure very much resembling Buddha.
- Inc Jams are 4 sect OF the Hindus,
, and their temples are renowned for
. their beauty. This tamnla IS visited
by a large number Of pilgrims every
( year, some of whom We're chanting
I their prayers while we were there.
$ Another nights ride and we We're
: IN bombay. ana what luxury to find
f Il hotel constructed upon the Ameri.
q can plan, The Tai MahaI is the fin
:. est hotel in the orient and would pe
: Il cfedlt to any city in our country
y 1t was built by Mr.. Tata, a rich Par
h see, who planned it more from public
: than from private considerations
n We found the plague increasing il
= Nlrulence. 500 having died i'll the cit,
e the day before We arrived Bombay
y has suffered terribly from thi
h scourge, p per cent. having perishe,
e from IL in the last few years Tive
is Years ago the American consul Hon
IS William T. Fee. lost his daughter ant
l. came near losing his wife by thi
e dread disease, and two of the Euro
Ii pean consuls have recently had t
leave their homes because of death
n among their native servants. Wiz
'e so many dying in a single city. can,
'e 10000 week in the entire country
lie lndla would seem an unsafe place l.
st visit, and yet one would not know ey
lie cept for the newspapers that an epi
he delnic was raging. SO little does it af
IS fect business or social life. There
Is now in use Il system OF inocculatio
Is winch promises to materially lessa
re the mortality from the disease.