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-T" ??? 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. 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J PThoueande aim It the most wonderful Invlgor- exctiangtng a worn, mey eeni. by side, and each try to sit; o: other???s gown, in order to de 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 ed a sinking system. $1.60, at Druggists. TheDR.S.A. RICHMOND MEDICAL C0-, Sole Pro prietors, St. Joseph, Mo. For tcttlnmnloli sad circular. 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