The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07

op Ihoburn says that thara
ABOUT a mlillon Of native % now
CHRISTIANS and that the Cbr 'leSt5nt
ulatlon has increased 6.n nnCI'n pop
space OF ten years. Our n1; d" tAA
are ahVe and they are da,r,'"aF'rs
good. N'""1 STaat
CALCUTTA is one of the chief ss..
.ne Unrest. l do not wonder ~< Y
There is no place where m. az Ill Il
of conditions is mora "aIerenee
These Hindoos are amorr th"5'hotd.
peoples on earth. Am0na Pl'F"St
millions who always go To 49, " ire
n IN the Sums here are Da,+I| "@ry.
count their bites to See vha.b- VINO
Will have enough for the norr; ''ry
the same time Calcutta has is AZ
ionable residence quarters. tho b'19o-
Of the British. where money flow. ines
the Ganges n fortunes are sna,, ne
one season. I'll
wish | could how You the f,+.
parts of Calcutta. 1t is a rjty If 'lT'
aces. with immense parks ana t"'-
open spaces. 1t covers abOul As mnah
ground as Chicago in DrOportio, t'0''
size, running along the H0oghlv .
the great suburb on the oppoqi+a ha,l
The city has lakes and lawns totaaI
cal and geological gardens. and q mix
lie park known as the Maiden wht,h
runs through the fashionable 0uarta-s
At the beginning OF this is thu nara,a
OF the vlcerOy. a mansion as snow 40
newly Stacked lime, and several ,nflaa
beyond it, at the Opposite end. IS tbs
big house of the lieutenant general "
Bengal. Both are surrounded NV
beautiful grounds, and the latter has =
banyan tree surpassed only by that IN
the geological park of which. uerb.n.
you have heard.
The Madam is bordered With climb
houses and mansions. The most
fashionable homes of Calcutta look
out upon it n it forms the social
heart Of the city. 1t has Il race track
With two mile course in which now
and then polo matches are played, and
also tennis courts and grounds for
cricket and golf. The band always
plays there of an evening. and the
people come forth and drive about in
handsome turnouts, The v~iceroy ana
Lady Mimic may sometimes be Seen
in their carriages with their retinus
and with native soldiers as outriders.
There are other officials and also
rajahs with cOachmen and fOotmen in
livery, There are Europeans, Parsors
and many Eur1sians. Every ons
rides in his carriage and every ear.
riaSe has its iiveried coachman and
footnen. The cOachman is usually a
bearded man with turban and gown;
he is always barefooted. The foot
man other stands on the step behind
the carriage or sGuats down there and
holds on. The latter position is pre-
carious, and ] often wonder why the
man is not jOlted out in going over =
gutter or rut in the road In addj-
ton to such turnouts there are many
automobiles. There are eight hundred
in the city, and the most | have seen
are touring cars which at home would
cost several thousand dollars apiece.
and which go like the wind, Dc you
wonder that the hungry HindOo whose
lean shanks have to fly to get out OF
the way is mad when he contrasts his
with that Of the man in ths
car.
The Palaces and the Black Hole,
He feels the same when he com
pares his howell to the mansions on tho
Madam and the big government build
ings of the British officials. The man
sion where Lore Mimic holds forth IS
the same age as the White
House at Washington. 1t is FAR more
N magnificent and its surroundings nave
times the style. West Of it ~ me
town hall, a Doric building. which was
under the instructions on TINS
VlcerOyS grandfather IN 1870. "hI
ear that the magnificent buildings 81
the high courts, which cOmpare IN 7I2e
with those Of our government depart
at Washington. Another me
structure is the postotlce, VIM.
the lake in DalhOusie Squar'- I
went through it today. and as ] came
out [ stopped at the corner ana Te@4
q tablet the following:
The marble pavement below thlS sp'N
was placed here by
Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Gov
ernor General of India, in 1901.
mark the site Of the prison III 'H
Fort William. NOW as the HHa
Hole,
n which 146 British inhabltah'N '
Calcutta were confined on I.E
night of the goth June, l'''.
and from which only p caHie
out alive
The pavement marks the eN@
nensions of the prison and near
n obelisk erected by one OF the
,iVOrS.