TRIP AROUND THE WORLD A Racy Letter to Be Published "Whig BY SIGEL Before leaving Trichinopoly we visit- ed the famous Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located on the island of Srivangam, in the river Cawvery. It is about two miles distant from the ¢ity and is said to be the largest temple in all India. The outer walls are twenty-feet, eight inches high and over six feet across at the top. They inelose a quaarilateral area three thousand feet long and two thousand five hundred feet wide. The temple is immensely wealthy, the jewels' and plate being valued at many lakhs of rupees. Among its numerous valuable treasures, is = golden salver presented by his majesty, the king, on the oe- casion of his visit to India in 1875, when Prince of Wales, Still in position over an arch is the inscription, "Wel- come to our future Emperor," which wewnig most incongruous here among the grotesqueness and irrelevance of this thorn fane, The tempie is imposing simply on account of its yreat size, and by this I mean not the size of any one struc- ture, though some of its fifteen ornate opurams reach to a considerable wight, but on account of the vast acreage contained within the outer walls. Like most Dravidian temples, it is an assemblage of a series of inclos- ing walls each with its gopurams and and mantapans, but following no system gr preconceived design. In all probability the temple is the work of many kings and originated in the central shrine, which succes- sive monarchs left untouched, while rivalling each other in surrounding it with walls and lofty gopurams. Be this as it may, the fact remains that the architectural merit of the various enclosures grows less the closer one approaches to the central structure. Around the outer courts under tem- porary sheds stand a number of jug- gernaut cars. On festal occasions the sacred elephants draw these massive vehicles through the streets at the head of the procession. In early times religious frenzy prompted many zea- lots to throw themselves beneath the heavy wheels of the. juggernauts, there to be crushed to death. Two great wheels support an immense cary od wooden structure, the whole re- sembling a small gopuram. Unwielay and ponderous are these ancient cars and when gaudily decorated for the. festivals and drawn by richly capari soned elephants must form a striking feature of the religious procession Another object of interest in Trichi- nopoly is the great fortress-like rock which. zises sheer from the plain of the sity to a height of several hundred feet. On this rock are several tem- ples, the one dedicated to Ganesha crowning the highest point. Starting in at the street level one beging ascending the numerous flights of steps that léad first one way and then another. till the summit, is reach- ed. On either side of this: stonescut stairway are loeated numerous shops and shrines. About hall way up a eolonnage leading off to the left ex Weekly by the - ROUSH. temple is made. At one time it was o ularly sug by the natives that this bull was growing and as uy feared it might become too large for the mantapam a nail was driven into the back of its head, since when the huge idol has remained station- ary. from Tanjore to Madras is an all night's trip and afforded us a sample of travel in an Indian sleeping car. The compartment allotted to us con- tained two lower berths, was roomy and in every way amply provided with the requisites of the occasion. As is usual on Indian railways no extra charge was demanded for = sleeping accommodations. The passenger, how- ever, is expected to furnish his own bedding, which, in this warm climate, entails great inconvenience, a sheet and pillow and a steamer rug being all that is ever neelled. These may be rolled together and handily car ried in 'an ordinary shawl strap. Madras, the thied city fin popula- tion in India, outside of its commer- cial and military importance, is of no interest to the tourist. We spent sev- eral hours here, however, driving about the park and along the beach, then returned to the station, which in South India, is the Europgan quar- ter, providing, as it usually does, * a restaurant, book stall, travelers' re- + Yites, post office, bath rooms, wash- ing rooms and sleeping apartments. At 9 pm. we started for Bombay. This = journey through the great south central plateau of India is of about forty-five hours' duration. country level and uninteresting, fields of cotton, indigo and cane be ing thé ever recurring and somewhat monotonous features of the passing landscape. Bombay, with a popula" tion of almost a million 18 ance in English Hindustan. It i8 built upon a group of islands lying west of the mainland, with which it is connected by causeways and bridges. The harbor thus formed the best to be found on the west coast, "The city is essentially a modern metropo- lis. English is the official and popu- lar language and aside from the familiar aspect of the natives in the streets, there is nothing Bombay to distinguish 'it from other large Anglo-Saxon city. paved streets, up-to-date tramways and modern many-storied business buildings are in evidence everywhere. The temples are small and modernized to such an extent that they are al most 'wholly * devoid of the medieval picturesqueness of the ' Southern shrines. I'he natives, with the excep tion of a few children, aré generally completely clothed, many of them having adopted the European style of dress. 18 seen in any Well Stronghold Of The Parsees. Bombay is the stronghold of the Parsecs, an Oriental sect meriting moro than a. mere passing mention In the early centurics the Mubamme tends to the entrance of a consider able Hindu temple. The visitor, if he be Muhammadan or Christian, can go no further in this direction than the temple door, but a fair view of the interior | may be cbtained from this position. Turing again into the main flight ohe reaches the summit. This elevated position affords an excellent view of the river Cawvery and the adjacent plain. Paddy fields, now almost in full head, stretch away as far as the vi- sion extends. Across the river the curios gopurams of the great Vish- nu temple on Srirangam island lift their | highly embellished entablatures far _ above the rich tropical foliage Other rocks similar to the one on which 'we stand rise abruptly from the surrounding valley, forming a striking feature of the landscape. The Temple At Tanjore. Retracitig our steps we drovg to the bungalow for lunch, after whith the two hours' journey to Tanjore is com- pleted. Here we visit the last of the Hindu temples of the South Peninsu lar type, for in the north a more mo- dern and. consequently a less grotes que and ornate pattern of architecture has beens adopted, This temple dedi cated to Siva was built during the forty-orld years' reign of the Chola King! Rajaraja and dates from the year ' 1023 A.D. Its one-man super vision during its whole construction renders it' more consistent in plan and desigh than any yet seen. It: is highly ornate and represents a vast amount of -earving. Sacred cows and peacocks are maintained within the templ: wats. The image of Nandi, the sa cred bull of Siva is a monolith mea- suring sixteen feet in length and twelve fect high. It rests under a large. canopy or mantapam in the central count and is plainly visible from - without the highly colored gate thrbugh which the entrance to the AN AMERICAN DISEASE Indigestion Responsible For More Sickness in America Than Any Other Disease. Same doctors go so far as to se tha' indigestion is the national dis tase of America. Repeated. att in- flame the lining of the stomach and causn the glands to scerete mucus in- stead 'of the juices of natural diges- tion, Consequently the blood is pois oned, nerve force is reduced, the vita- lity of the entire system is weakened. There is but one national remedy for sindigestion and that remedy 1s Dr. Hamilton's Pills, which are by: thousands with marvellous success Pe. 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The men have generally adopted the European dress, with the exeoption of the Per sian cap, which many of them still wear. The Parsce is frugal and indus trious, and, with the other well-to-do classes of Bombay, maintains a home on fashionable Malabar Hill. Here are also located their strange "Towers of Silence' or receptacles of the dead. These Towers of Silence, five in num- ber, are a curious institiftion. Unlike the Hindus, the Parsces do not cre- mate their dead, but, deposit them in theso towers there to be devoured by ravenous vultures. They are located in a considerable garden, admission to which may be gained during the morning hours by scouring a perniiy from the local secretary. Having provided ourselves with the neeessary credentials hired a car riage and early one morning drove out along the coast and up a winding road to Malabar Hill. As we neared our destination great vultures perched upon the trees indicated our proximity to the Towers of Silence. Leaving the carriage at the gate entered the garden, where an attendant showed us about. The towers were pointed oul to us, but we were not permitted to enter them, even had we so desired. A model explained by the guide served, however, to illustrate their consiruc- tion. They are vast circular stone lowers, open at the top, and provided on the inside with a horizontal ereta platform extending from the walls = toward the centre. 'lhis plat- form is placed fifteen or {wen foot below the top of the tower and cleva- ted some distance from the floor. In it are arranged three circles of depres sions radiating from the condre like the spokes oi a wheel. The outer ring of these trough-like depressions is set apart for the receplion of male corpses the next i a trifle shorter, i used for women, and the inside row, only about. four fect long, is reserved for the reception of the children. From cach of these scooped, {out hollows a drain leads into a cis- tern located fu the central portion of the floor of the tower. Into this eis tern. the fluids of the body flow upon being liberated by the devouring vul tures. This cistern in turn is provided with drains which lead through of charcoal into the depths of earth. which coast we wi Series, bhodics of beds the upon entering little temple the The funeral coriege, | the garden halts at a within the gate, at which point deceased is handed over to the local | corpse bearcrs, who convey it to one of the towers. While thi is being {done the mourners enicr the temple | where prayers for the soul®of the | dead are said, after which they rotwm Ito their respective homes. Meanwhile {ihe body has been placed within the | tower and divested of all elothing, The great vultures, some of which iweigh forty pounds, now flock about con- | The ; inhabitants, | is the seeond «ty in size and import- | th 1 these un- | PHE DAILY BRITISH WHIG E. J. CHAMBERLAIN. New general manager of the Gr »ost he was recently appointed on is now looking over the western the tower impatiently awaiting their cannibal feast. As as the ""¢ viers" leave the tower hundreds loathsome birds swdop down up on their often in | ees Ahan nothing but the | bare bones I'hese allow- | ed to bleach in the tropical sun for a | time, when they are thrown into the | soon ar human prey: and an hour remain are central cistern, together with a quar | | and there left to their oviginal dust. v the of the constitutes the mortuary No monument erpetuntes the of the tend, no gracsgown mound marks his resting place tity of guick-lime, 'rumble back In office dead are kept, or by data which an near ole records. memory Parsee The Parsee Undertaker. Parsee unaertaker is v, and since the dead body is | melean these: tenders of the decensed we also unclean and must remain way from their fell becoming practically out gs. A Parsee adage "who gompany of the at the tower is unfit to sit Parsee table." For suicides a wate tower is maintained. As we approached the gaty the man tle of fog that lay over the bay the foot of the hill arose and disclos Wd the beadtiful curving waters of the sea. The winding "Bund" was lined with' handsome villas. The gardens he hina were well-kept and attractive, | but the sombre towers, on the walls of 'which stores of repugnant vultures sat preening themselves in the morning sun lent a most aspect tc the picture. On an average about two corpses a lay are brought to the towerss which furnish the sole subsistance of "these revolting birds. They never leave the neighbor of the Towers, ana upon the arrival of a funeral become notice ably_impatient "till allowed to partake sf their charnal feast. | Outside of Bombay noteworthy Parsee communities Proselyting is not permitted among them, and they usually ao not inter marry with otliér sects. A curious le ral came the Bombay courts a short while ago, which illus trates this non-proselyting phase of the Parsee religion. A young man of the faith fell in love with a srl of another religion, but who wi perfectly! willing to become upon man a/follower of her husband's God this mutual understanding they married, but when the young bride sought admission to the Parse church the members arose in arms and would not of it. No amount of \wgument or persuasion would change the stand they had taken. Threat proved of no avail, and the case was finally carried to the courts where, af ter much bitterness it favor of the church On our way from the Towers of Si lence, we passed the high walled closure where the Hindu dead are cremated, Stopping for a moment we gould see through the open gate sev oral funeral pyres, The nearest had just been lighted, and the burn- ing logs surrounding the body were crackling and /sending heavenward great sheet of flame and smoke. the wind shifted the outline of burning corpse in the heart heap of wood could Not far away the smoldering embers another pyre disclosed among the whitened ashes fragments of hali burnt human These charred remains are ultimately collected and thrown into the nearby As ghastly was the spectacle here presented still none but sentimental objections be urged against this method of posing of the dead. The manifest sanitary advantages of weremation, especially in a land like India where epidemic diseades are of frequent oecurrence most apparent to all. How much more has this method to recom mend it than that employed by- the Parsees | oflice of OWS, runs, seeks the workers at a at | gruesome there no | before case Parsee riage With hear was decided in en one a As the the of of bones. sea as can dis- must be The Dreaded Plague. Bombay field for favorite ig} the has always been a the plague, and by plague" mean that fearful malady that has decimatea the human from the earliest times to the present day: the plague of biblical times that ravaged Europe, Asia and Afri the plague that periodically i london 1 race for over a hundred successive years; the plague that two hundred years before Christ Livy mentions as division | rope in one great cateclysm ear | cians of Vienna, member of the medi- | column i this and | believe | bubomie | eal { ture and st | amount of statistics on his specialty | graphs may not be amiss, | know, is | fection is rapid { human | breaks the skin, thus providing an en- | into | stage of incubation which may be a! lymphatic | under his arms may be a trifle tender be dimly seen! of contagious : SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1909. within forty-eight hours the crisis is reached when the patient has his one chance in ten of recovery. 3 Thwarted By Fanatiés. The prevention and control of the 'plague resolves itsell into a campaign against the rat. One ean readily see of what supreme importance is the status of the rat in India, At the same time the visitor here can see how hopeless is the task of its ulti- mate extermination for the native quarter of most Indian cities is a veritabl ing piace for all sorts of vergin. Then ain most Indian religions handicap those who would wage war on thése pests, "fhe Jains especially holds all forms bf 'life in- violably sacred. This sect will not even weer leather shoes or anyother article of clothing which necessitates the taking of life to produce it. So the Europeans and educated hatives are always thwarted by the great. ignorant and fanatical cl in their efforts at sanitation. Dr. Chosky re- peatedly deprecated this condition. Some pest centres have been com-' pletely wiped gut, the huts burned, or public square. This is effective, but expensive and often difficult. The na- tives sometimes refuse to sell their homes, and in many ways the task of eradicating the rat, and consequently the plague, is a most discouraging un- dertaking. The most successful treatment of the plague is by means of a specially prepared antitoxin called "anti-plague serum." It is obtained by inoculating the horse with plague germs, the de- tail work of which being much the samo as in obtaining other serums Again a system of vaccination has been practiced, but with scaredy a no- ticeable lowering of the death rate. The great difficulty in employing the serum, or any other treatment for that matter, is in the rapid develop- mont of the disease. After it has heen recognized it is usually too late for any successful medical interfer- once. and Trunk Pacific Ry., to which the regignation of Mr. Morse, who of the new road. Disease Described By A Poet. In closing this rather sombre letter it may be interesting to know how the plague struck', a lay observer who lived inn London during the ravages | there nearly three hundred years ago. over Ku- A native poet thus describes this un- h ? ying, | por tical (liscase : 000,000 inhabitants. i morning I called by appdint- fly, ] >, pent " . Kian had N. Hh. Chosk- | Their muddy nature stirring secretly 8Y, A. -» How ausa, Freiburg, | To their destruction. Some it striketh so Germany; chevalier of the crown. of | As if a mortal hand had with a blow Italy, corresponding member of the | Arrested them, and on their flesh hath 0 oT ; K seen Imperial and Royal Society of Physi-| A palm's impression to appearance been, | One man is faint, 'weak, sickly, full of fear, | Ana draws his | fections { | i having destrdved a million people in one visitation; the plague that in the fourteenth century swept to death 2 This ment on "On some this plague doth steal insen- cal society of Munich, honorary mem- ber of the American Bociety Tropical Medicine, and so on through hali a mone titles and distine breath where strong in- are Yet scapes with life. Another man is young hearted, ered, And lives fit ; Of this hand-calenture, and dies of it. Some are tormented of it till we see | Their veins and sinews almost broken be The verv soul distracted, sense bereft And Scarce the smallest hope of séaping eft of a Light healthy, strong in wholesome air, tions. stout, well-temp- Dr. Choksy is at thé head of the Bombay Plague Hospital, and has de- | voted most of his life to the study of | other infectious diseases, he 'is reekoned to-day to be greatest living authority on the plague. He has passed | yet soon recover. Other some again through the severest epidemics of the | Fall suddenly, yet feel so little pain malady in India and "has furnished { When they are seized, that. they, breath of the most valuable data on | Bro any dying symptoms we éspy. subject ever contributed to medi-} On some an endless drowsiness literature. creep : 1 found "RmST bis office i the | Some others cannot get a wink of sleep. ound him "id his office in '¢ | This useth, every day, preservatives, rounds of the hospital. He is a well} Yet dies ; another taketh nome, yet lives, knit, dark-gkinnéd man &f small sta- | Fven thus uncertainly this sickness plays. striking personality. He talks | and fluently. He has an | yet gets. o the some the doth Spares, wounds and killeth many differ- ent ways." rapidly y From the above lines it will be ob- | served that neither the lapse of time volume | nor the different climatic conditions Neither time Tfior popular interest sve materially altered the fickle would justify a' technical description | characteristics of this fatal malady. of the ' plague there, b a few 3 - plague the but a few bara | _SIGEL ROUSH at his finger tips that would fill a ~ A REAL GOOD STORY. The bubonic plague, as you already one of the most: deadly of all | Under the favorable | conditions only about ten per cent. of those stricken ever recover. The in- and its course i The immediate source con- 3 : : : The Hi a a aes of an A good story is told in the Liver- tagion is with 'scarcely an exception | : ] a pool Daily Post against Winston flea which in turn receives the |} . : 3 rue germ from the rat. In fact the ie hurchill. A Short Hime ago a old Cc) : CM Iman was gazing intently at a line of is not a human- disease prim- | : : x ol bat a : | Photographs in a London show win- the common. house rat; The , The one which scemed to fix his. infected alights attention was that of Winston Charch- being with. its ill, and a young man in a silk hat who was passing, noticing the old fel- low's inteniness, quietly paused and drew near. Noticing the newcomer, the admirer turned and asked who was the original of the photograph. "Ihat"s Wineton Churchill," was th reply. "Where does he preach 7" was the next question. "He doesn't preach," replied the other; "he's a politician. * "A what ?"' "A politican --a member of parliamant." A look of pity and pain game over the old man's face. Shaking his head sadly, he said. "That's too bad. And he's got such a good face, too." The end of the story, of course, is that the voung man in the silk hat was Mr. Churchill himself. diseases most "That's Too Bad ; He's Got Such a Good Face." is |. . Westminster Gazette. hort. the ple ple arily, disease originating flea from on a pricker in dow. rat and an trance for the virus, which it carries the human body. During the day or two the infected victim may vo about his daily duties without no- ticing anything unusual. Possibly the his or glands in groins or enlarged, but that is all. Then like clap of thunder from a clear sky comes A rigor or chill. Fever follows. 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