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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; TUESDAY, MARCH 11,1884 - TWELVE PAGES.
IN STRANGE LANDS.
PICTURES OF OTHER PEOPLE AND
OTHER CURES.
Th* La??d or the White Elzpiukt.??????Are
they really white?" asked the reporter.
???I never saw a perfectly white one," re-
piled the collector. ???All elephants that are
epotted or albinos are called white by the na
tives. One owned by the king of Ava was
spotted on the head and ears, the rest of the
body being black, bat one owned by the king
of Siam at Bangkok was a sort of cream tint
so, ne'e got one of tbe best, and it???s a big
thing. How he ever sncceeded in getting it
I can???t see. The lowest price among kings
. . price among kini
themselves that I ever heard of was
been sold for $1,000, and half a dozen or so of
these in in a gold box constituted a present
once from the king of Siam to Queen Victo
ria. Baranm???s elephant was procured from
an lmepecumous nobleman, who probably
charged a good eum.aod who exacted a prom
ise that tbe sacred animal should not be de-
E rived of any of tbe honors to which it had
een accustomed, and to see thaj everything
is as promised the priest go with lt.???
???What la the cause of all the attention
shown the white elephant?" asked the repor
ter.
???They are sacred. All the natives in north
eastern Asia consider them more or less so
with the exception of the people of Annam.
It has been the custom from the earliest
times to worship the animal for the reason
that Buddha, who is and has been ever un
dergoing gradual changes, must at some
penod reside in tbe purest of all animals???
tbe white elephant This belief that the
white elephant is the abiding place of the
god has kept it sacred for centuries, and the
influence of the animal will probably never
be entirely Iost until they become extinct.
Pprobably the real feeling of the nobles and
better educated people to-day is that of su-
S ration. They consider it good luck to have
e elephants, and an ominous thing to be
without them. But the lower classes worship
them as they would the Betty.
When a white elephant is discovered the
very act makes the tinder a mandarm, ex
empts him from all taxation during life, and
a sum Is assured him that In that country
makes him a rich man. All elephants are
terrible animals to conquer, and these divin
ities are no exception; but, whereas a com
mon elephant can he proded with irons and
points, the white brute must be treated and
tended with the greatest care; no cba- ges or
ropes, but silken cords of white or scarlet
bind it. Mandarins who go out from the cap
ital for this purpose attend to its supposed
wants. Silk coverings, conpies of gold, sil
ver, and rich silks, fans of peacock feathers
???in fact, every article that can afford it
luxury or gratification, is brought out and
used by the noble attendants, that in its cap
tive state the brute may have as easy a time
as possible.
???In the mean time a place la being built
for it, probably within the palace walls, the
decoration of which js sumptuous in ths ex
treme, In the one I saw the shed was in
the palace enclosure???a large, roomr build
ing, with a magnificent canopy over It. In
one corner of the room were several um
brellas of white that are only used by the
king and white elephant, and are held over
its head on the way to the bath by manda
rins. The decorations of the ronrn were in
tended to deceive the prisoner, the sides be
ing painted in imitation of woods to make
him think be was back in his native forest???s
The brute, and he were an ugly chap, was
chained to the floor by old-fashioned iron
chains gilded to imitate gold, and on its
tusks were half a dozen or more gold bands.
By tbe head of his majesty stood a mandarin
who, I understood, was called the ???Lord of
tbe Celestial White Elephant,??? with a-long
gilt handled peacock and argus feather fan
that he used whenever any files approached
the creature. Another mandarin fed It with
choice fruits, while others stood about ready
. to attend to any of Its other wants. On either
side were the white apet When the animal
was conducted to the bath at the river it eras
a scene of great pomp. The elephant was
richly caprlsoned and surrounded by nobles,
who held the royal umbrellas over Its head,
while many more marched on ahead and on
either aide, playing upon drums, fifes, and
trumpets, that, though they made but little
music,aroused the people to great enthusiasm.
When he came out hb feet was wiped with
silken towels by the chief feet washer, who
first washed off the feet, using a large basin
of solid silver. The animal was then fed from
different vessels made of gold and silver, the
people pressing gifts upon it of choice fruits
???just as they give Jumbo doughnuts???and
when the bath was over the animal was con
ducted back to the palace with the same cer
emony.
Tbe buttons on the coats of the attendants
bear its image In golden bas relief: money,
medals, badges of various kinds, all have iti
likeness, and above all tbe animal is tbe
national emblem, as tbe stars and stripes are
oun, and figures on all their flags. The prime
minister of Siam writes after hb name, as tht
first and most honorable title: ???Oeneral 01
the Elephants.??? While tbe most honorary
title of the king of Cambodia Is the first
cousin of the white elephant Even to be
compared to one of these brutes is considered
a great compliment, and so when a Siamese
ambassador expressed the opinion at court
that the queen of England reminded him of
a majestic and beautiful white elephant, it
was intended as tbe greatest compliment
more than 15,000 soldier, among them several
kings, all of whom had fought for the ani
mal. The battles came about in thb t
When a white elephant Is found on
borders of a small kingdom It is impossible to
keep the matter quiet: the news soon spreads
over the country. The lucky king and his
court go into the country and escort the ani
mal to tbe city, creating such an excitement
tbat before the animal Is fairly settled In its
new home, tbe news has reached another
and more powerful king, who rejoices per-,
haps In the title of ???Lord and muter of many
white elephants.??? He forthwith demands It,
It b refused, and the two kingdoms an
thrown into a long and bloody war,in which,
before they are done, several other would-be
owners of the white elephant take a hand,
the most powerful, of coarse, coming oat
ahead.
"When In the course of lime an elephant
dies, it receives honors in accardance with Its
rank. If a female it b, buried with all the
honors befitting a queen, and if a male with
those paid a king. The body lies In state for
several days, and b finally placed
upon a pyre composed of the costliest
and most extensive woods than can be ob
tained, whose smoke u they burn b like In
cense. For three days thb cremation is kept
up, or until tbe body b rednetd to ashes.
These are then placed in gold or crystal vases
and buried with great pomp and show of
mourning in the grounds set apart for the
purpose, and a magnificent mausoleum b
built over them costing a great sum of money
Baring the Illness of tbe animal the physi
cian or the king attends to the sacred pachy
derm, and the king???s personal priest prays
for its recovery. Upon lb death the entire
nation goes into mourning, shaving their
their heaus. and bewailing the losses a per
sonal one.
???There were white elephants in thb coun
try running wild once, cotinued the ele
phant authority. ???How so? Merely because
white elephants occur wherever other ele-
l Jut
not a state that their remains have not been
found in. Here in New Jersey they have
been found seven or eight in the same bog,
where they had probably rushed in fear. The
position in which they were found showed
that they struggled hard to get out In Con
necticut, near New Britain, a skeleton was I
discovered some time ago that was three feet
higher than Jumbo. Another has been found I
on the mountains in Vermont, and the finest I
skeleton was unearthed in Newburgh and I
placed In the museum at Boston. According I
to professor Bona, ib measurments are: I
Height, 11 feet; length to tbe base of the tail,
17 feet; tusks 12 feet long, 2'A feet being in-
serted in the sockets. When alive the height
must have been 12 or 13 feet, and the length,
adding 7 feet for the tusks, 24 or 25 feet.
. In the state museum in Albany, you will
find a fine elephant that ontjumbos Jumbo.
People have tried to prove that it was buried
by a showman, but the skeleton was taken
from an ancient pot hole by Professor James
Hull, the eminent state geologbt, and before .
it wae discovered there was blasting and sev-1
eral loads of rock and gravel were taken out.
Nearly all the timber found in the hole had
been knawed by beavers, and as this was at
Coboos, where the beavers are rather scarce I
to-day, it ta natural to suppose that the great I
elephant dropped in a good many years ago.
???There was a good many different kinds of I
elephants in those days, all of gigantic size.
The mnmmoth was as large as any, and
roamed over our northern shores, several
other kinds finding their way as far down as I
Mississippi. One elephant had legs ten feet I
long, and a body twice the sizs of Jumbo???s,
id bis tusks turned down instead of up. It
probably lived in the water and hauled itself I
out by using these weapons and hooks. In
India at this time there were eight or ten dif-1
ferent kinds, from giants with very small
heads t. qd tusks fourteen feet long, going I
down a very sharp point, to others that were I
mere pigmies, and had long hair. These I
lived high up in the mountains, and have a
modern representative. The very smallest I
lived at Malta, and were scarcely over three I
feet in height. -
???Among the hairy elephants there were all I
tints and hues. Some were black, others I
were gray, grizzly white, red, yellow, etc. All f
this is known, as pieces of t heir hair and hide
have been found. The elephants are going
fast There are only two kinds left???the Af
rican and Asiatic???and in fifty years, if At
rica and Asia are opened up os they promise I
to be, they will be entirely wiped out of ex-1
istence.???
A Mabriaok in China.???I had not been to I
the hotel here In Hong Kong five minutes be-1
fore my attention was distracted by a terrific I
noise. Rushing to the front balcony I was I
just in time to see quite a remarkable wed-1
ding procession. At first, from the noise and I
teneral style of the affair, I thought it was a I
funeral, but I soon discovered the difference.
4. funeral procession Is a more cheerful in-1
struction than a wedding procession???with I
tbe possible exception, perhaps, of the hired I
mourners. Besides this there is one other I
difference???the corpse at a wedding Is a live I
one instead of a dead one. I think if I had
my choice I would rather be the dead than I
the live corpse.
The Inferiority of the female sex Is one of I
the fundamental principles to which the I
Chinese hold. Even Confucius does not seem |
to have had a very brood and elevated ee
ment in this regard, ior he is quoted ,
having said: ???Of all people, women are the 1
most difficult to manage. If you are familiar I
with them, they become forward, and If you
keep them at a distance, they become discon-1
tented.??? Many women here are in the habit |
of praying tl
next world.
But this wedding procession. First came a
dozen musicians, who were beating gongsand |
blowing fish-horns, each a
any reference to thereat,
company of men and boys bearing flags and I
lanterns, after which camo a series of gilded I
tables with elaborately carved and painted I
canepics over them. The display of fruits I
was quite tempting, and I loneedfor a slice I
of the rout pig and the rout sheep. But
there were also native dishes which by ex-
leriment I had previously found to be far I
rom appetizing. Thus far every thing wu
arranged just as a funeral procession would I
be, and was composed of the same features. [
But now there wu a slight departure from
the funeral order of tblssociety. There came
???Munificent sedan chair, the-windows oil
hicn were thoroughly curtained, but which
I wu told contained the happy (?) brids,
This gorgeous sedan chair wu followed by
others, and also by gayly decorated jinrik-
lshu, in which were seated the relatives of
both contracting parties. More so-called
musicians followed, and the proceulon
wound up with a load of boxes, which I in
ferred contained tbe marriage offerings, and
perhaps the trousseau of the bride.
In the north of Mongolia it Is customary I
for the native to capture bis wife after a
chase, and in any part of tho empire thelat-l
ter becomes his property when the twain |
have formally been made one flesh, Mar
riage usually takes place at an Immature age.
In the great majority of cues the bridegroom
never sees his intended wife until the wed
ding night, all negotiations being conducted
by go-betweens. This intercessor lays the
suit before the girl???s father, who rejects or en
courages It just u he pleuea. In cue of a
favorable response presents are exchanged,
and, after consulting the auguries, an en
gagement Is entered into. In cue a piece of
ohmawara should be broken in either home,
or an article be lost within three days of the
engagement, this is considered good ground |
for tbe immediofe dissolution, of the engage-
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deitined to hold sway in
ment.
which is entirely beyond tho control'
pair. Tbe ceremony takes place at the home
of the bridegroom, to which the bride is es-1
cortcd by the groom???s "best man,??? being |
lifted from her sedan chair over a pot of
burning charcoals at the threshold.
The bridegroom meanwhile Is waiting for
his unseen Bulcinea in a reception room, be-1
ing sealed on a raised dais. Approaching this |
dais, tbe fair one proetratea herself humbly
before her future lord. While she is in this
attitude of humility he descends benignant-
to her level, removes her veil and gazea for
???e first time upon her face. Then, without
exchanging a word, they seat themselves aide
.. . tolll . on a p, r t 0 ( the
determine who is
. n the household.
There is no real occasion for this, since there
Isatacitunderatandiogthat it will be the
m Th???e trial of aktll over, the pair proceed to
tbe ancestral hall, and there worship heaven,
earth and their ancestors, after which dinner
is served. The moet singular feature of the
wedding repast in enforced abetinence from
all the dainties on the part of the bride.
Later in the evening the bride will an
swer conundrums as they are ]???
her by thegueata. Theweddl .
Iasi occasion upon which the wife can enjoy
the society of her husband In public???one of
the hardest and most barbarous features of
social life in China. After the labor of tthe
day no citizen of the flowery kingdom can
take his wife and family for a pleasant walk
at dusk; neither can he accompany her to a
ilcnlo or public entertainment wibout vio-
ating tbe proprieties.
ant that ever sustain
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