The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-09

by the Brahmaputra. another large
stream. The two form a delta some
two hundred miles In width and they
have charge oy most ov the country
near the coast, az they divide into
numerous small rivers before they
finally reach the ocean.
| At Calcutta you can see one ov the
| finest museums in the world Here
you see specimens ov the riches oy
India, the style ov clothin' worn by
| the various races ov India, or the
| animal an insects ov the country:
her woods; stones an marbles, agri-
cultural and manufactured articles.
There liz awlso a fine botanical
garden here In this garden stands
gigantic banyan tree a hundred an
fifty years old. The branches ov this
tree shade the ground fer a distance
ov nearly a thousand feet in circum-
ference and really resembles a grove
ov trees, though it liz but a single
tree. Great arms run out from the
main trunk ov the tree. Some ov
these limbs have grown downward
an have taken root in the ground
and they have grown to be large
trees, several feet IN diameter. AL
together there are four hundred an
sixty-four large trees, each trunk
separate, but CROWN from the origi-
nal tree, that il, they bein' formed
from branches oy the parent tree
that have taken root In the SOIL The
earth hez hardly produced such a
great growth ov timber in the shape
ov tree anywhere else. Hit liz still
CROWN, liz healthy an they liz no tell
in what mass ov timber hit will
finally be az time goes on.
They awlso hev a splendid Zoolog
ical garden here, containin' much ov
the animal life ov India, includin'
Bengal tigers, etc.
The people here seem to hev
fashion ov carryin' things on their
heads, which leads me ter believe
that they air kin to the Africans,
in color, some ov them bein' purity
dark. | saw eight men carryin' a
very large, heavy-lookin' piano on
their heads. 1 awlso saw man car
ryin' very heavy-lookin' trunk on
hiz head. The women folks carry
water buckets, or pots, az they air
called here, on their heads, which
you often see negro wimmin dom
in North Carolina. They even carry
two or three ov the water pots, each
sittin' on top ov the other, on their
heads. How they manage to balance
them il the mystery. Most ov the
water pots in India air made ov
brass. Ov course, they air rather ex-
pensive, or would be in the United
States. But they air neat and will
last fer hundreds ov/years. In Amer
lea we use wooden or tin buckets,
earthen or glass pitchers to carry our
water in. The wooden buckets soon
rot, tin buckets rust out, an the
pitchers air liable to be broken,
What they use in India may be some,
what expensive but they air perma-
nent The inhabitants ov India may
be an doubtless air, behind us in
many ways. But when they make an
article for general and regular use
you will notice at once that the ar
itele il ov lasting material and gen.
orally the workmanship IL equal to
the material. In other words, there
liz no market in India for shoddy
goods. The very poverty ov the
masses ov the people forces them to
buy or make substantial goods fer
everyday use. In the United States
awl too popular. The poor in Amer
lea use cheap, breakable dishware
and glassware, cheap clothin', cheap
furniture. They air ANYWAYS buyin'.
The rich buy expensive chinaware,
cut glass an expensive but frail fur
If awl ov us could learn to buy only
substantial articles, at a moderate
price, an take care ov them, we
might be better off.
The merchants in India air a
smart set. They make no pretense
OV uu0 VI large hC
merchant has no clerks. He may hev
an assistant or two, but they do not
sell goods. When you enter store
you may think that you air in very
small shop. The merchant sits fiat
on the floor an hiz clerk or assist
ant brings the goods called for to
the merchant The goods are not
displayed, being kept in trunks. The
assistant brings whatever trunk the
merchant directs him to bring, an to
your surprise, if you happen to call
for jewelry, he may open a trunk
containin' a hundred thousand dol
lars worth ov jewelry. If you call
fer laces Or embroideries he may dis
play a trunkful that liz so fine that
hit may be worth hits weight in gold.
Don't judge an Indian store by ap-
pearances.
In India the homes ov the poor
people air either built ov adobe with
out floors or they air built ov mattin'