The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-30
BILKlNS IN INDIA
He Thinks Ii the Most Won
derful Country on
Earth.
MEETS AN INDIAN PRINCE

OILS VI WcsteTu lHuka-nirus oct u
Front Seat I'm Judia-Mt. Abut and
the Wonderful Temples Thereon
The "Plague."-The Parsees, A
Quaint Religious Order-English
Rule In India-Its Advantages and
Disadvantages.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Jaipore, India, Sept. 1S.-I will
try to finish up India In this letter.
though hope that your readers air.
like myself, still interested In this,
the most wonderful country on the
globe-in some respects, at least.
In this country you find such a
mixture ov ignorance an intelligence,
wealth and poverty, thrift an lazi-
ness, that you must be prepared fer
surprises at every step. Hit IL a
fact that long before any Europeans
settled in India the people ov India
ov manufacture. When an how they
learned to do these things IL another
story. India liz becoming modernized
now In spots. But hit IL a slow bus
mess an much ov the old-time way
ov doin' things liz still In site. In the
city of Jaipore. for instance, you see
wonderful work in enameling on gold
and brass. The articles air beauti-
full. At Benares the chief industries
turn out brass goods, such az vases,
trays, candlesticks, bowls, etc. At
Lucknow the chief product IL silver
ware, wonderfully artistic. In Delhi
wood carving seems to be the great
est industry an hit IL fine; awlso
work in ivory. Some fine specimens
ov carving on ivory air to be seen.
At Agra the weavin' ov Turkish an
Persian rugs seems to be In the lead
an they air nifty purity to look at.
In Kashmir the weavin' of fine
shawls takes the lead over every
thing else. The shawls air made ov
goat hair. Some ov them air so fine
an delicate that shawl two yards
square kin be folded up an drawn
through small finger ring.
Jaipore IL the 1eadin' city In West
ern India. Hit wuz laid out fer a
city in 1928. The main streets air
hundred an twenty feet wide which
adds to the beauty ov the city. Jai-
pore hez water works an IL lighted
by gas.
The Maharaja. or native Prince, ov
Jaipore is descendant ov the Raj
put line ov kings, an England gives
him pretty free hand In hiz State.
He lives in Oriental style an hez a
large number ov wives. elephants
camels, an great number ov horses.
He IL strict Hindu and drinks no
water unless hit comes from the
river Ganges. When the present king
ov England wuz crowned. the Maha-
raja wuz invited to be present. He
went in royal state an he chartered
a ship fer the trip to London, and
loaded hit with water from the
Ganges, fer drinkin' an bathin' pur-
poses durin' the trip. He carried a
number of native troops with him
Az I had letter ov Introduction to
the Maharaja an spent a few hours
with him, axed him about the trip
to London and what he thought ov
England, fer that wuz hiz first an
only trip out ov India. He said he
enjoyed the trip very much, but
found England too cold an damp
for comfort. But guess that he had
somethin' more stimulatin' on board
ov that ship than Ganges water. Al
any rate he didn't loose much flesh
durin' the trip.
Six miles from Jaipore IL the an
cient city ov Amber, formerly the
capital ov that State. The old pal
ace there shows that the ancient
rulers ov India lived in great luxury
az they do yet, even though most o,
them now air English.
In America you hardly ever see q
peacock nowadays, though up to {
few years ago they wuz quite plenti
full, their tail feathers bein' used fel
maxim the old-fashioned fiy-brush
In India they air plentiful, the pea
cock bein' the national bird. II
fact, birds ov awI kinds air a nuis
anee in India. The Hindu Scriptures
teach that practically all birds ali
sacred, hence they air plentiful ant
tame. Crows. sparrows, pigeons an
other birds will light on your head ol
shoulders here at any time. Monkey
air awlso numerous an tame. Tn,
antelope liz very plentiful In portion
ov India an liz awlso tame, grea
herds ov them bein' visible in som,
sections.
From Jaipore I took side trip t,
Mt. Abu. This mountain LIZ not ;
great site in itself. beiI' only fiv
thousand feet high. But there al
two temples on the mountain, bull
by wealthy Hindu merchants abou
one Thousand years ergo. One o
them cost five million dollars. HI
wuz built by two men, wealth
brothers. The story goes that tn
two men. both very rich, got tired o
their money an decided to bury hii
While diggin' q hole to bury th
money they found a great amour
that some other persons had buried
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