The Ocala banner., 1914-08-28

&NONCmUcI AOSSoA 49,
caste was given to us in these con-
gested streets. A man big and husky
got in the way of our cs-riage in Bonn
bay today, he stepped aside at our
drivers command and as We passed
him the driver gave him two sharp
cuts across his bare shoulders-the
man saluted-his caste kept him in
his place which was that of the under
dog in the game.
We took our train for Agra at te1
The trains on the Great Indian Pen
nusula Road are fearfully and wonder
fully constructed. They stand high
above the wheels which adds nothing
to the steadiness of their running. The
aisle runs down one side; the COM
partment we had held six people
fortunately only four of us had to be
crowded in. drew top berth with
out railing of any kind and unholster-
ed in slippery leather, the outside
measurements "a inches, with mat
tress IS inches, one reached this lofty
bed by circuituous route, as no
steps were provided. From the floor
to the bed, from the bed to the arm of
another bunk, and then you made in
two jumps. One realizes the truth OF
the poetry of their school reader days
1.-The heights of great men reached
and kept, even not attained by one
swift flight. But they while their
companions slept were toiling upward
in the night for getting there was
one thing, staying there another,
which was not always done by even
the most we'll intentioned, as two men
in one of the cars reported themselves
to have rolled out and landed rather
hard.
November 20th.-We spent the day
en- route to Agra. The country and
the people, busy with their daily oc-
cupations, were quite interesting to us.
The early morning found US in the
agricultural districts, where cotton
seemed to be the staple crop. The sta
tions were interesting, with an end
less variety of natives of apparently
almost every cast. The men with their
hobble skirts of every degree of dis
tress and with their dirty rags wound
around and around their heads, every
shade and color and tone of color
could be seen in their dress. Crowds
stood at almost every station and
watched the train pull through with
the listless (what-is-the-use-to- -to-look-in
their eyes, One saw many intelligent
faces among the crowds that showed
the mind capable of education, bat
caste will hold them down for many
generations, until English rule can
wipe out this blot. Possibly England
may be a land grabbing nation, but
she has always improved conditions
for any alien race where she has
planted her flag east of the Suez.
An English mother on her way to
visit her sick soldier son and to see
the place where another son was laid
on distant mountain side, said with
a sweet resigned voice-England
sends her soldiers out here to India,
but an English Mother sends her
sons
How regrettably this is realized to-
day by the mothers and the warning
nations of the world
A trip around the world is a good
deal like life: if had it to do over,
] could no it better, but l should not
cut out India-Egypt interested me,
and India interests me; l am like a
man who has two wives and is afraid
TO say which one he loved best. India
seems to have been the mother of
many races, particularly of the races
told about in the Bible and in "The
Arabian Nights"
November 21st.-If ! lived at my
house in Atlanta as the average Eng
sesnman lives in India, the programme
would be about as follows:
Early breakfast at Z, the Doc Luty
would arrive and shave me. At s or 8
O'Clock l should take a bath; the
water being brought to my room in
tin cans used originally for the ship
ment of coal oil. At $3.50, regular
breakfast, after which l should call
my gun bearer, and go out and shoot
tiger. should have a head man;
that is, man to act as butler, and
overseer of the other servants. 1t
would be the business of my head
man, to hire coolies to do my work, at
two cents a day, out of which he
would exact a small commission.
without letting me know anything
about it.
At two o'clock, tiffin; at five o'clock,
tea; at eigth-thirty dinner. After din