The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
Drawbacks Of Life In the Tropics
". !. B,yaa Encounters Heat, Insect Pests and . New
Financial Question In ire Orient

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fusion srd Tho fofsupr h MT vsluahls srnueh
io fitrJs ~ y basis taf murii trade
wufHs irw STAY - 4 rtsstos
fhsts 10 ote hfaNrh n cumtnesrs that
might be dsveioted n this wrre no' tho
hoinr n tho pe'n. and n ,he ha,ivrs wcfe not
shiifui snidsntha Iewelfy IL = passion
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Woinsn fairly losd themselves down
eith ornaments whom they tan AFFORD Y
fhev wear rings on the fingers and toes,
bracelets and anhIe,s. ear ornaments galore
ard. stranResf n all, levels In tho nure
Va noticed one woman yesterday With
three enormous pendants hanging from
each ear, one from The top. one from the
sIADand one from tho lohe, and our coach.
man al Handy was resplendent with sis
In either ear. but hia jewelry was more
modest In slze. Tho nose ornaments look
like shirt studs and are screwed into one
or both ~nostrils. sometimes q ring hangs
from the point Of the nose.
The necklaces vary greatly In style, work.
and value. The island Of Csylon
il rich IN gems and furnishes q variety Of
stones for the jewellers art. From the fact
that nearly all Of the precious stones lei
toned In tho Bible are 10 be found here. u
il thought that Ceylon must have been
known TO the Israeli;es and that her ships
carried wealth to Solomon.
After seeing the extravagant use Of
jcwelry here, one il almost tempted 20 for
give ever the most vulgar display OF pre-
cio,s stones made in the Occident; and then.
too, the rubies, the ~sapphires. the diamonds,
the emeralds, the amethysts, the alexan-
drites, the cats eyes, the opals, &c, ex-
hibited IN the stores here are 40 beautiful
''''' 'iA' iA''N Wv ~ "h"iiiTN Hthi'y W
resist their charms.
Ice might have formed an important
item Of trade-for nowhere does the white
man appreciate this luxury more-had not
the ice machine made importation mneces-
sary. The larger coats now manufacture
their W ice from condensed sea water,
and there are plants at all the important
ports.
ICE FOLLOWS THE AMERICAN.
We went from Borneo to Singapore on
a ship which was equipped with an ice
machine, and We complained when the sup
ply gave out. An English passenger took
OF our distress to compare ma
tional characteristics, and humorously
that when the Americans moved
into a new territory they at once established
an ice plant, while the English gave their
first attention to The laying out of cricket
grounds.
One does not travel far in the Orient
until he becames a crank on the subject of
He receives so many warnings
that he soon suspects that disease turks
in every g~lassful.
II he tries the bottled waters they pail on
the taste, and il he relies on boiled water he
is tormented with fear that IL has not really
been boiled or that some other water has
been accidentally substituted. The Old
Oaken Bucket" is recalled az a vision of
and the we'll at home" is remem-
bered with an admiration never felt before.
may be substituted for well by
those who live in a city, I
Colombo is situated on the island Of
just below the southernmost point of
he mainland Of India. Here, too, is a
commodious harbor visited by all merchant
1t vies with Singapore as an equa- !
torial port. The spicy breezes" of Ceylon
are immortalized in song and story-it is
he land
Where every prospect pleases
And only man Is vile.
THE GARDEN OF RANDY.
At Handy, about seventy-fve miles