The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

1 wear rings on the fingers, toes. brace | lets and anklets. ear ornaments galore l and. strangest of aIl jewels In the nose. | We noticed one woman yesterday with
 three enormous pendants hanging from | each ear, one from the top, one from
 the side and one from the lobe. and our l coachman at Randy was resplendent
 with six in either ear. but his jewelry
 was more modest in size. The nose or
 naments look like shirt studs and are | screwed into one or both noStrils {: | sometimes a ring hangs from the point
 of the nose The necklaces vary great
 ly in style, workmanship and value. The | island of Ceylon Is rich in gems and l furnishes a variety of stones for the ;, jewellers art. From the fact that near
 ly all of the precious stones mentioned | In the Bible are to be found here. it is | thought that Ceylon must have been
 known to the Israelites and that her ships carried wealth to Solomon.
 After seeing the extravagant use of | jew elry here, one Is almost tempted to forgive even the most vulgar display of precious stones made in the Occi- dent: and then. too. the rubies, the sap phires. the diamonds, the emeralds, the
 amethysts the alexanderites, the cats eyes. the opals, etc, exhibited in the
 stores here are so beautiful that one
 must be proof against vanity to 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 importa-
 ton necessary. The larger boats now manufacture their own ice from con densed sea water. and there are plants at all the important ports. We went
 from Borne oto Singapore on ship which was equipped with an ice ma
 rh w ba
 supply gave out. An English passen-
 ger took advantage of our distress to compare national characteristics. and
 humorously remarked that when the
 Americans moved Into a new territory
 thev 1t once established an ice Plant,
 while the English gave their first at
 tention to the laying out of cricket grounds.
 One does not travel far In the Ori- ent until he becomes a crank on the
 subject of water. He receives so many warnings that he soon suspects that disease turks in every glassful If he tries the bottled waters. they pail on the taste. and if he relies on boiled wa ter he is tormented with the fear that 1t has not really been boiled, or that some other water has been accidentai- ly substituted. The Old Oakcn Buck ct" Is recalled as a visior of delight, and the well at home" is remembered
 with an admiration never felt oetore: | (Faucet may be substituted Tor well 1 by those who live in a cityD
 Colombo is situated on the island of | Cevlon. iust below the southernmost
 point of the mainland of India. Here, too. Is commodious harbor visited by all merchant fleets IL vies with Sing apore as an equatorial port. The
 spicy breezes" of Ceylon are immor- talized in song and story-it Is the land | "Where every prospect pleases And only man is vile"
 At Randy. about seventy-five miles from the coast. there is an excellent
 botanical garden. rivaling the garden
 at Buitenzorg even as Randy itself ri- vals Buitenzorg as a summer resort.
 There are extensive gardens at Singa- pore and Penang, but they are inferior