The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-26

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L cannot shave my own neck or cut my
own hair.
At 1890. a carriage is in front of our
door, ana we go out Sightseeing with
MahOmet up with the driver, and a foot
man riding behind. This magnihcence
costs a rupee (33 cents) per hour. not
including the final tip to the driver and
footman. MahOmet always hires Mo
hammedans, but this morning a Hindu
quarreled with him on the veranda for
/ half an hour in which the Mohamme-
dan barber MahOmet had secured, join
ed
Here is something that may interest
Atchison brakemen: On Indian rail-
way trains, a passenger never sees train
men, except at stations; there they are
thick as flies. At Benares yesterday
While waiting for the train for Luck
now, I saw native squat in the mid
die Of the track, and look steadily in
the direction the train was expected.
Finally he saw the smoke of the ap-
preaching train, and. Selling a bell he
rang it up and down the station plat
form. This man is an employee of the
company it is his business to catch the
first sight of incoming trains.
When you are IN a compartment and
want to attract the attention Of the
driver or guard, you break a piece of
oiled paper in a funnel in the ceiling.
and pull a lever. If you break the oiled
paper Wantonly, to see what is on the
inside you viii be fined so rupees. and
this warning is printed in bold letters
on the oiled paper.
All the birds saw along the road
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far away that I have not seen English
sparrows here. The crops in the fields
were also new to me, except the wheat.
Lucknow reminds me of world s
fair Exhibit A. the old fort where the
English were bcsieged. Exhibit B. the
native city. Exhibit c. the Moham-
medan mosques and tOmbs Of the old
rulers. Lucknow is more modern than
Benares, and has many modern build
ings intended to be useful rather than
/ ornamental. The ancicnts built for
ornament: the man OF today aims to
make a building convenient rather than
beautiful The modern buildings in
LucknOW-and there are many of them
do not compare in architecture with
the buildings centuries old.
Imagine Lucknow, vast world 5 fair
ground, with gardens everywhere. EX-
hibit A the old fortress where the Eng
fish held out against the native mutt
?
residence OF a M0hammedan ruler, and
is more th&n two hundred years old It
must have been a magnificent affair at
its best. but it is now ruin, in a ~
tiful garden of hundreds of acres. We
were shown the place by Vim. ireland,
one of the seven survivors Of the native
soldiers who remained true 10 the queen
He is now seventy years old, ana only
recently acted as guide for the Prince
and Princess Of Wales, in their visit TO
1 - 10 The old veteran l.
bled to US because the prince renern-
bered everybody else, but gave him
nothing.
The Mohammedan ruler who built the
fortress. centuries ago, built harem in
the basement of his place Here, dur
ing the mutiny. the women were. kept
(There were upwards of 500 women anu
children IN the fortress during the time
50 900 natives were besieg1ng III one
Of these women was Jessie Iaughlin,
Scotch woman the wife Of a corporal
one night. when the affairs OF the pc
sfeged were desperate she dreamed mat
Sir Colin Campbell was coming Win
relief and persuaded the soldiers t500
F,nrlish and 400 natives) to hold one The
dream turned out to be true: Sir conn
{ Car71,6aIl was approaching with relief
From the incident origirated Ine ar
The Campbetls are Coming Wnlch
the English cheer as the southerners
cheer Dixie Teunyson wrote poem
about the relief of Lucknow; II IS a
long and very interesting story. filled
with deeds of heroism. A certain BOD
the Mailer, a dead shot vas among the
I ,1.7ttfnerF h picked of many OF the
/ defenders of the fortress. Finally an
English engineer. Captain Fulton, buht
I a flynneI under the building where
! Rob the Mailer was located ana pew
( Bob the Mailer and forty-seVen OF ms
+ associates. into atoms I shaH always
4 be an adnirer of Captain Fulton mere
are many stories of the Indian mutlny
! of 1857: get one. and read It.
! The old buildings of the fortress are
+ covered with marks OF shot ana sHell
one shell was dropped into the basement
here the women covered and prayed,
ard this was the only woman killed our
+ ing the siege. although many died OF
6isease The English had plenty Of va
fer and supplies. such as they were
hl,t the women in the basement dld not
do well. and many of them died
The fortress was originally the palace
+ of the Mchamn, e6an ruler and must
have been ma gnifcent when at It's pest
more than two hundred years ago.
In another part Of the worlds fair
grounds at Lucknow, exhibit {; the
/ Mohammed mosques ana tonps
+ They are numerous ana the Eng llSH
( Government assists in keeping lnem
IN. These mosques and tombs are
y almost exactly like worlds fair build
fngs. for modern architects go back to
/ the ancients for inspiration don
know what the Mohammedan mosques
and tombs stand for: [ doubt if the
Caliph. the Defender of the Faithful
knows This is true Of every religion.
new features are introduced and for
gotten. and the followers of the re-
I ligion do not know what their signs
stand for But they viii go to wal
to defend them. just the same; g
very religious man is the most curious
man in the world
But the old Mohammedan tombs
land mosques in Lucknow are very in
teresting, and very beautiful. recall
one entirely surrounding an immense
court in which there is a beautiful
y garden. with fountains. and lakes. ane
waterfalls exactly like the Crane
Court of the Buffalo or Omaha exposi-
-rlne- rllaca -hrsIlsarns I'LL.