The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-05

H"I(N
William Jennings Bryan.
shades a spot Of ground almost a
thousand feet in circumference. Great
arms run out from the parent trunk
and these are supported by ftf aerial
roots or minor trunks. Sone of which
are several feet in diameter. Seen
from a distance the tree presents n
ye2y Symmetrical appearance and, as
it is still growing. 1t is likely to be
como. if it is not already, the largest
tree in the world.
The geological garden contains some
excellent specimens. We were eSpc-
cially Interested in the Bengal tigers,
in q red-nosed African mandrill
(Which looks like a cross w a
hog and an ape). and in the monkeys.
Three of the latter belong to the
shout. When the attendant gives tn"
cue they set up such q chorus of ear
splitting yells as one seldom hears.
The ech0ing and re-cchoing makes q
din before which the noise at a foot
ball game seems tame. While not Il
football enthusiast, | venture the Sug-
"estiOn that an American team would
do we'll to secure the assistance of
these rOOteTs for they could work up
the necessary enthusiasm on short no
tINt tj1t III a SIctt - IL ~ ne
throats of the students.
on tho streets of Calcutta one sees
Indian life in all it's forms. The cool
les wear he lightcst possible clothing
and carry enormous burdens on theil
heads. | saw eight of them hurrying
down the street at Il fast walk bear
ing a grand piano on their heads. In
another place one man carried a large
Saratoga trunk OH his head down the
botel stairs. He had TO have assist
ance in lifting and lowering it. but
when it was once balanced upon his
head he marched off With it with ap-
parent ease. The coOlie ONE also
carry burdens upon their heads water
Jars being their speciality. Two and
even three of these, one on top of an
other, are sometimes carried thus. The
brass water pot is. by the way, never
out of sight in India: it is to be seen
everywhere, and the securing of these
pots seems to give employment for
leisure moments.
While much carrying is done on the
head and on the pole. carts of all
KINDS are numerous. The water buff
falo is to be found in India, but he
divides the hOnors with the Indian
bullock as a beast of burden. The In
dian bullock is IL mild-eyed beast.
usually white or light in color, and
has Il hump on the shoulders which
seems made expressly for the yoke.
ihere is u small variety of the bullock
which is used for drawing passenger
carts, and some of these are so fast
that they are entered in trotting races.
The merchants of India are a
ShreWd and persistent class. They
press their wares upon one at the
hotels and in their shops. and the
purchaser never knows whether he is
'uying at a bargain or paying two or
three prices. 1t is not at all uIcom-
m n0 ~ tho n,1a -
lions with the assertion that he has
out II price and that his conscience
viii not allOW him to ask more than
/ fa1r price. and conclude by selling
At a 25 OF SO per cent. discount. 1t
may be that natives are treated diff
fe"ently. but the foreigner is likely to
DC charged what the traffic will
bear"
You cannot judge the value of a
merchants stock by the size or APP
pearanCe of his store. He may have a
little booth open in front, with no
show windows, but when he begins to
i. bring out his trunks and bundles. he
may exhibit jewelry worth a hundred
thousand dollars or rich embroiderfes
worth their weight in gold. The mer-
liant sits cross-legged on the floor
and spreads out the wares which his
attendants bring, beguilding you the
While with stories Of Lord So-and-So's
VI VI i~dtS WHAT S-l1P1-
Names order. or of a check for thou
lands handed him by an American
| millionaire.
The native buildings are. as a rule.
neither beautiful nor clearly. The
little shops that open on the street eX-
hlbIt food and vegetables arranged in
leaps. the vendor APPARENTLY indiffer-
mt to dus and flies. The houses are
| generally of adobe. pfastered with
mud and without floors. i the
warmer sections of the country they
are built of mating and bamboo. h
rich Indians live in substantial homes
with high ceilings, tile floors and spa
tous V~erandas. but these are very
few compared with the mass of the
poor.
NE Indian women of the higher
| fiasSeS are in ~SeclusiOn all the time.
lhey seldom leave their homes and
when they do venture out. they travel
n covered chairs or closed CARRIAGES.
his custom was brought into India
~ the MOhammedan C~onquerorS, but
It has been generally adopted by Hin
du society. There is a growing senti-
'nent among the educated Hindus
against this practice. so burdensOme
TO omar but custom yields SLOWLY
% new ideas. AT Calcutta we met
several Indian ladies II high social
rank who in their home life have felt
the influence of western ideas and who
nave to some extent lesened the
rlgors of the zenana tseclusion). Two
of these ladies-one a princess-were
daughters of the famous Keshub
Chunder Sen, the great Hindu reform-
Ell. whose writings made a profound
impression on the religious though of
the world. In the group was also a
daughter-in-law of Mr.. Sens. a bril-
tlant woman who was left the widow
Of a native prince at the age of IS
and who recently shocked the ortho-
doE hlnduS by a second marriage. I
mention these ladies because they rep
Present the highest type of indian