The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-02

trained an elephant probably got of
that old sayin'. 'I got an elephan
on my hands," and he ought to he,
had sympathy. But az they do a vas
amount ov work. good master Car
make them bay their keep In a lum
Der yard. especially since the lumber
trust got busy. Before / left the
United States I thought maybe I'd
swap Bob fer An elephant. an taks
hit back ter work ter the pillow on my
farm near Terrible Creek. But
won't. Why, one ov these blamed
big Burma elephants would eat W
awl the hay an fodder raised In
Wake County in two days.
The elephant liz az big an awl ou,
ov doors, an under certain circum-
| stances will fite anythin'. In cap
tiyity they air docile. II kindly treat
ed. even shown great friendliness
for the keeper. On the other hand.
the elephant liz quite cowardiy at
times. They tell me that when the
first automobile wuz introduced at
Rangoon a few years ergo a whole
drove ov elephants saw hit an went
on stampede. Had they known what
hit wuZ any one ov them could hev
picked up the autombile an could
hev thrown hit acrost three town
ships. Before I left home I sorter
promised Betsy that I'd bring an ele-
phant back with me fer her to ride
But I see rite now that I'll hev ter
tell her that l put in SO much time
splurgin' Ground with Kings that I
forgot a few small presents that l
promised her, includin' the elephant.
If Burma leads the world in any
one thing hit IL in pagodas; hit IL the
home ov the pagoda. The word pa
CODA means a church. or, rather, a
place ov worship. fer the Burmese
would not fancy the word church az
understood by US. The largest an
finest pagoda IL located at Rangoon,
an hit ought ter be included in or
added to. the wonders of the
world" fer hit liz a remarkable build
m. This IL known az the "Shwe
Dagon Pagoda." This buildin' stands
lpon a beautiful terraced mound 100
FEET high, the mound bein' set to
grass an IL finely kept. The pagoda
in the form ov pyramid an the
circumference of hit at the base IL
1855 feet. an hit IL $40 feet high.
he upper part ov the pagoda IL gild-
ID an looks like gold. The base IL
urrounded by elaborate shrines con-
amin images ov Buddha. If any
dds, Mandalay hez more fine pago-
as than you see at Rangoon. The
argest there IL the Aracan, an hit
awlmost a duplicate ov the one at
langoon, described above. At the
Nracan there IL a filthy pool ov stag
liant water in which IL kept a num-
er ov sacred" turtles which these
lessed fools worship. Every time I
it in site ov these blamed heather I
Tish I had Calling gun handy. In
ny rounds I find that the heather
orship everything from elephants
'own ter tumble bugs" Still they
eem ter be more In earnest an seem
er live better lives than some ov the
ypocrites know in North Caro-
ina.
The prettiest pagoda, however, IL
he -Four Hundred and Fifty" which
vuz built by an uncle ov King The
aw. The builder named hit the
Four Hundred and Fifty" but later
hanged hiz mind an increased the
lumber ov small pagodas until he
cached 730. This remarkable place
" worship hez the usual pagoda in
he centre. Surroundin' hit In paral-
Ell, rectangular rows are small
quare pagodas to the number OF
| 20, each terminatin' in a graceful