The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-04-25

1 Indies, with Its "thousand lSlaNds'
| winding about the equator like a gar
| land Of emerald.
With 81 pair of horses n a carriage
| we had driven some our alone Very
| much alone, so far as companionshln
| WAS concerned. for our driver spoke
not a word of our language, neither
>ould we speak one word of his IAN
yuage. It was pouring down rain ana
in the evening cleaning, when we
reached the Boro Boedoer, on the cone
IF q low mountain. Here was a neat
little hotel, quite inviting to a weary
pilsrim, who was the only guest. MOI
word of English was here spoken.
Nevertheless we obtained a toothsome
supper and a restful room. The abb
sence OF all noise, save the soothing
sound of the rainfall. enabled US to
sleep as profoundly as a tired child.
Before the dawn we awoke to find
the moon shining in silent splendor att
er the night of refreshing rain. To
avoid disturbing the morning nap of
the servants, we noiselessly opened the
door of the hotel and made our exit.
We were astonished n embarrassed
to find, sitting in the shadows, just
outside the door, two men, each about
our size, who made no attempt to re-
spond to u inquiries. in any language!
They simply Sat gazing at us, seeming
ly trying to look us out Of countenance!
Had we been a woman we would
doubtless have screamed, and robbed
the whole neighborhood of their morn
Ing nap. It was the most unexpected
hour, place n attitude in which to
find such men, and the bright moon
shine outside of the dark shadow in
which they sat, gave tremendous m
phasis to their presence! What a fear
full and lively factor the human imagl-
nation is in such a crisis! In our world
wide travel we had passed safely
through more than one dangerous crisis
by playing the game of bluff!
But these men were as large as we,
and much more perfectly built or
shaped, and the game would not work.
They made no objection to our passing,
SO we proceeded to climb to the sum-
nit of one Of the most unique and re-
markable structures in the world,
which has been standing about 1000
years, n is called the Boro Boedoer.
The great pyramid of Egypt is much
older and larger but not so impressive,
being nothing moro than a Herculean
effort Of a king of Egypt to build a
hiding place for his mummy. This,
however, is also a great pyramid with
many miles Of marvellous sculpture,
and many hundreds of the finest
formed statues or images of Buddha in
the world. Two of these images nae
been taken from this ruin and located
so ingeniously, amid the shadows, as
to afford us such a thrilling experience
It's we CdLle Out VI the IOLel.
A Beautiful Sight.
Seeing the sun rise on Mount Ever
est in the Himalayan mountains, and
seeing it go down on the sea of Mar
mora, Golden Horn, Bosphorus, Europe
ind Asia, from the top of the old Galata
tower in ConstantinopIe, where memoir
able experiences, but not more so than
seeing the day dawn n the sun rise
from the summit Of the Boro Boedoer.
Just before the dawn the stiffness and
Of the atmosphere were such
as to convey the fainest sounds SEEM
ingly many miles. Not a leaf moved.
The roll Of distant rivers, roar of wat
erfalls and the dash and inkle of
smaller cascades blended into a great
orchestra. When the day dawned and
the sun peeped over the crest of vol
canic mountains, so miles away, many
of birds of almost endless
of compass and tone, were
singing a hallelujah chorus to the ac-
compartment Of the orchestra of roll
ing and falling waters! In a little while
the people of the great surrounding
valley were awake, and the prattle Of
children blended with the bird songs.
One of the half dozen volcanoes in
sight, was sending up a volume of
smoke, reminding US of the altar of the
Whole Burn Offering" in the Temple
If Heaven, in Peking, China. The sun
was soon lifting the white vapors of
lhe valley into a canvass and canopy
n the over arching dome. The many
ihaped, gorgeous clouds were standing
iip-toe upon the horizon, like angelic
artists striving to express in color on
The canopy above, h the birds were
Trying to express in sound, the mex
p%reSsible music, beauty and glory of
The heavenly home our Father is pre-
Buddhas, with their faces eastward.
were luminous with the light Of the
rising sun. Another illustration Of the
Light of Asia" fading before the rising
Light of the World"
The pictures in the clouds above were
supplemented In the vast valley below.
h still waters on many Of the rice
fields below, were like a vast checker
board of mirrors, rejecting the varied
beauties of their environment The
immense valley with it's rolling rivers
n periphery or frame work Of vol
canic mountains is an epitome of the
whole island Of Java. about 1000 miles
long, with its rice fields, and planta-
tons of sugar, tea, coffee, tapioca, in
d1go, ~ocoanu cocoa, cinchona and
rubber, besides forests and orchards of
almost countless varieties of tropical
fruits. Like the people of Japan they
pre- ~terracing the mountain sides, max
ing them yield all they can to the i'm
perious nan Of more than 80, o00,-
poo Of population. An average Of more
than 500 to h square mile. There
are $4,000 Europeans, 100000 Chinese,
1880 Arabs. and 49, 800, 900 natives.
They have 1,34s miles of railway on
which trains run from 35 to SO miles
an hour. There Is great diversity of
climate, depending entirely on the alti-
u From tropical heat at sea level
in Batavia, up to the "Darjeeling of the
Netherlands indies Tosari, which is
5000 feet above the sea. This is a 4
great health. as well as pleasure re-
sort, to which people seeking health
come from other Islands.
There are 2,858,000 acres OF rice cul-
tivated by the natives, who own 2.2OO.-
900 water buffaloes. with which they
pillow the ground for the Ice, which is
generally plowed while under water,
Water is much more abundant here in
rice culture than in Korea, japan or
China. From October to April it seems
to rain during a part Of almost every
day. During the forenoon the sun lifts
the fogs and yapors into the higher
attitudes of the clouds, to fall in COP
ious showers during the afternoon.
They get three crops of rice q year
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