Show BOUT THE BURMESE roll at the Last Bright Jewel ill Enlands Crown 11 HOW LNDOCHINA IS CIIA GIXG Tho Tattooed Man it HomeThe Great Ran coon TagodaA Yankee Irintlng Kstihllshment In Hannah RANGOON Burmah March SO ISsO Spec al Correspondence of Tiif HriULi The great southeastern peninsula of Asia Indo China or farther India is fast making Astery The French arc developing the eastern provinces of Tonqum Annam and Cambodia which line the Pacific The iJjfjhsh have now V r 1ST 01111 ON BLI Mill and Siam Ijiug between awaits only a great European war to fall into the hands of one or the other The day will soon come when jys great territory equal in size to one itiirb of the whole Lulled States will be 01 fined from Euiope Its interior will b penetrated bv railroads and its immense resources will be thrown open to the world As I vvnte this letter a corps of engineers are at work surviving a ulioad from Bangkok tilt capital of Siam toMandalvj the great city of upper Burmah and before this letter is published the English rail roacl which now luns fiom the city of Ran gooi 103 miles to the city of Piomc m the interior will have been extended to Man daUy md will be opened to trafllc Ilus vvUl five irmah between four and in hundred miles of railway and the dav willeoino when the line will be extended ex-tended to Canton in China JSu so roads will open up 0 XL lh THE IHOIILsT 101 NT ITs iftireist IndoChina is piacticilj un oUvrloptil and uncultivated Its people ire I 111 A isv Iwing half savage races fiom the Buimese to the Siamese md the Mali s md they have in the past lived frub haud to mouth They ux not nc cuuulatois nor investors md their rich SOl lorosts md minerals ire awaiting the aeivontofth immigrant The immigrant is a toad ui on the round in the person of i cKuioje ins and the Chinese and within a onoration 01 so a new lace will inhabit U This race will be the Chinese crossed with the natives Everywhere I co I find th tuo I Urn inien are doing the business 4f ttio poiuiibula hey are man j ing vv ith i h ptt uativi s uid old English residents tell me thcj UL produeing a late that is better th4n eitliir At Singapore and in the southern put of the Malay peninsula the arc cioUing the English merchants out of Business and they own grand icsidcuces anil W ork with 1 irfe capital Here at Han do coolie labor and go none of the Chinese o in Siam thov form alrea y neirlv one half of till popul ition The English employ taVm iarpri Iv and thc engage in all trades and m oil kinds of business They arc so Europeans think a neccssitj to the develop went of a tropical countn and the prospect pros-pect is that they will entuallv own the larger part of farther India Tht v w ill not doiaurdij work hlre as they do with us and the lowest zradc of work which you uid thorn emploj ed is carpentering Indo C bina is still IIGEIY A JLNGI E OV FO FsT > but its soil is as well fitted to support a great population as is that of India It is wateud b great rivers and since the rntisl took possession of lower Burin 11 angoou has bceome one of the greatest o ports in the world One million tons 1hl all poited from Bunnah early Dd the 11 tP nulls of H insroou compare m 1 UP almost with the great flouring mills of r liuutupDlis It takes as much machinerv I oiU vvoiU to prepa e the unhusktd grains of lgp foi tnt ui irl et as it does to makorolloi Yf1tl t nro oss lloui ad millions of dollars Jvr hr t ipital aie engaged here in tins bj ss The fotsts of IndoChina lie inoih tne it ic 01lle In the south vou find < r mut toes bY the millions and I 1I0ttI ft ho i allIIS that were put on the bn s iu tli haruJrs of the south that the wi i ne dD the Chinese Then there is n > th icik wool trees This wood is as ha 3 as e Io I n md it takes a polish and hal a > ain like that of mahoauv It is used Jj 1 shill timbci as well is for fnrniture and fit sim op rtod from Buimah and Siam td aU oartb of the worM i n i cious STONES IUd Chilla is not lacking and the nibies of IJui m ih and the sapphires of Siam are uptoel tue world over There is gold in Cvrjie parts of the tountrv and the southern iiniinbuiaisoue bed of tin which is now exported laigelv Petroleum of several kmds has been found here in Burmah and evidences ma result in the develop be at of a new oil fiold Of the whole ha Jusula now ever the empire of Burmah vJWerhap > the best part and it is lam told ief cartof the best paj me of England latch luired possessions At the beginning of bo present centuiv H was bj far the wat ufecst empire in farther India and it is oqualto six states a big us Ohio nw udalaj which until about thiee vears ces ne o vv is the capital is a city of several JfSpdred thousand people and Rangoon Oj ere 1 write this letter has HO 000 It is capital of lower Burmah which has sin bnied to England since the days of esideut Pierce and General Grant when bo stoppo 1 here on hs way around the po rU i ledieted that would be a ASltlf IstU ttTTV IN TEN 1EAIS 1 s growing fast and it will without lubt he the great citj of Indo China It is abont tvvent nine miles from the sea on one of the many rivers which form the delta of the great Inwiddv river This river is navigable for the largest of ocean steamers to Haugoon and boats of live feet draft can sail up it for 00 miles Mandalaj f u > situated on it about five bundled miles from the sea and it forms the preit means of interior communication for Burmah It is one of the greatest riv crs in the world 111 its volume of water and it discolors the sea at points out of sight of land for a dis tanceof 10 miles aoag its delta The lalnfall < If some parts of the interior of Burin ib ranges from throe hundred to six hundred inches of water a ear and in lulj this river brings down to the sea the > con livable amount of W 000 000 000 tons of Patera day Supposing there to be a hillion people m the worM md that these billion of men women and children have an uera e weight of ninetyfoul pounds eaeh all of the world aggregate humanity rould be outweighed by one daj b flow of this riv er b water THE WASHINGTON MONLMFNT VVUGH < > if I remember correctlv SO 000 tons It would take 1175 000 such monuments to weigh as much as thcdailj discharge of this It is the fourth river in in July ver 1 folume m the world and its sourc is vet obe discovered It rises somewhere in i tieHimalavas or Thibet and has a wide ind fertile vallcj The branch on which situated is nearlj a mile wide uioon is t It this point and its waters are almost j duuid mud Burmah has altogether a of about five millions The I maloiitv population of these are the Burmese and the are a diffeient people than anj I have jet j The women are beautiful and the 5 en straight proud and fine looking men are have olive brown complexions S Thev of dark brown fat noses and stmight eves little thicker than those of the aver ipe lips a The hav e no beads hut m Caucasian have downy moustaches of WM some cases Their hair is jet black and the blaclt ritlonrollingitup in ibnght red 01 jlcar it this and i i Hrprrhief wrapping V Pound the head so that it stands up for all the world like THE BLACK ALNTIE THE JANUAN V OF wear i white linen The of slaery days cry which re ehes a little P10011 jacket and below this shines out waist below the cotton cloth which IS t1e right silk or the loins and is about tightly wound knot at the front so into a twisted there the legs down between latits folds hang dress in much te same way The women the Amerll lII pulback their skirt being the bare limbs tightly reCrsedbinding their feet I and falling to tho ground nothing about on their heads wear The women barefooted Both men both sexes gt and the men and their ears and women pierce tattoo their bodies from tho waist to below the knees rsurmah is the land of the tattooed man and even the artists of Puck could learn lessons in the art of tattooing here In mv isit to the great prison here kh ii etr h ed which contims more than three thousand men I saw six thousand tattooed legs These pen and ink etches OH human canvas can-vas peep out at you in ever v crowd jou enter The origin of the oustt m I have not been ible find out It is here fie Buimese sign of manhood and there is as much cero mouv about as there is about the ear pierc ing of the girls which chronicles their entrance upon womanhood There are professional tattooers who go about with books of designs and who will HICK AFLOWEK OU BEAST UPOf YOOIS LEO or arm for a slight consideration Ihe instrument in-strument used is a pritkci about two feet longjuth aheav brass head The point is split into four prongs and in these the ink is held The tattoo tirst outlines his sketch and then taking the skin up m his hand pinches it while he puts in the punctures which arc to discolor it fore er The coloi Ing matter used is limp black which turns a purple with age and which when finished makes the man look as though he was dressed in kid ttmg tights of dark blue The tattooing is not all done at once but figure bj figure as the boy oman can stand it When finished there is a complete mass of figures from the vaist on a line i with the navel to the knee up and you often see in addition to this specimens of tattooing on other parts of the body The people are superstitious about it and cer lain kinds of tattooing are supposed toward to-ward off disease One kind wards off the snake bite and mother prevents a man from drowning In ISsl a man so tattooed tested the eflieacj of his tattooing bv allow i ig his hands and feet to be tied and himself I him-self to be throw into the m er It is needless need-less to say that the current earned him awol and neither tattoo nor man was eei a ain seen The onH tattooing affected af-fected b women is that which UODLets OVI IN TilE lit lIT of the desired one of the other sex This is a triangle of peculiar eolor which is put on between the ees upon the lip or upon the tougue as the tattooei prescribes Itstoloi is nude of iimtuio called bj tho Buimese the drur of tenderness md it is compound not much different from the hell broth brew e 1 hv l the witches in Mac both Vnothci kind of Uittoom is af fteted b clioolbo s It prevents it is = ud the boi from fe ling the whip when he is punished it school md it is unieis Uh iffeetedbv the bold bid bosofeer Buimes touii The Hurme ue Budd lusts md eYer i Burmese nnn is supposed it some time in his life to be a priest The education of the ehildiui is b the priests and the bulk < if the population et then education in the monastic schools You Und Buddhist monasteries md Buddhist temples eeiwheie and there is her at Han oon the linest Buddhist monument in the world It rani s with the laj Mahal as one of the great euuosities of India md it is the oldest and hnest place of w 01 ship in IndoChina It is the bhw Jgdhn pagoda 1 01 the olden pagoda IM oir vmousTViN oroon > using teiraeo iftei terrace from imight platform md growing smaller as it goes upward until it at last pierces the skits m a golden spue the top of which is 370 feet from the ground Make the base so large that it il a quarter of a mile around its outer golden rim and let the slope of the ten ices go upward in bell ke stones to the distancl of 100 feet from the ground There not a block m jour citj aslai0e as the base of this monument and its top is higher thin any building m America save the monument at ANashington Its spire is taller than tint of St Paul cathedral cathe-dral at London and the who glisters under the blazing sunlight as though it weie solid gold At its top there is now a scaffolding for the great go den umbrella which the last 1 ins of Burmah before Thr baw gave to it is being restored to its pIa a and the jeweleis ue working upon this in the sheds at its base This umbrella is great circulu piece of gold which is studded with jewels mj one of which would be a fit wedding present for a prince prin-ce > s It ost more than two hundred thousand thous-and gold dollars whi it was made eighteen years lI > But not long since > the winds shook it fioai its moorings and jewels and gold came down t3 the giound ibis mi htj p iod i has COT I IONS 01 OLI V SIt S-It is of bi ick and staci o cov ercd with gold leaf as hue a < that ev ei pit into an American Amer-ican tooth and as costlv as that which cov crs the new old fiame which sairouud > Mis Haves p tuie m one of theVhite House parlors It has been legildel again and again md if its tons of material could be put through one 01 the great quartz mills of Denver it would v led as much good 010 is a ilifornia mine The base of this patroda is on a hill oveilookm the citv of KinLoon it consists of two terraces ter-races and the upper is paved with flags of stone This is 111 feet ibove the level of the ground and it covcis about fouitccn and a half acres JCtu great p ramid near Cairo has a baS of thirteen acres but the base of this monument ij bigger It is lO feet long bv about seen hunai ed feet wide and this fourteen acres is covered wth little temples with hundreds of Bjdlhas of ill shapes ml sizes some of which are of gold and others of which have been gilded again and again until the lueisof told upon them are in places as thick is edding rings It is impo = ible to estimate the wealth that stuids upon this platform The shrine Ins b ln1 noted one as far back as riVl HINDI Ml 11 111 < IIFFOUB CHI IST WAS HOI Nand N-and during tvventv thee centuries the Buddhists have been laving their offerings upon it Thov have added to it ill these v cars until it ha rilu from tvveutv seven feet to it pic cut neicht During tic last ccuturv cut of the ldngs of Burnish vowed be would give his own weight in gol to this monument He hopped upon the imperial slale and pulled the beaniatlU pounds The vow cost him sPOOO worth of cold leaf and it all went into this monument monu-ment Ihe mouumer t was rinded in lSil uid it is now bing again polished It is all told i mass of brick and mortar mixed WWI gold and its outside plated with gold It has no interior ehiimbrs and it is1O solid is a grave stone Its surroundings are those of v or > hip and v ou imv anj day sec dozens of women clad m bright silk gowns and white i ests kneelin and bowing before it The > bnng offerings of nee and flowers to it and the air is filled with the perfume of the loses which lie at its base This base is surrounded by stone figures of kneeling elephants each of which is the size of Tile IIAU FIEIHANT IN THE CI1 CIS Those hiv e flat places upon then backs and it is upon these that the offerings are often laid Here ind there are little dov o cote like shrines before which incense always burns and the roofs of which have been turned bj its aromatic smoke into soot Iso matter how hot the diy these women and men here kneol and under the blazing sun prostrate themselves before this golden mountain and before what the imagine constitutes its elements of sanctit hese are four hairs from the head of the great Buddha himself There are as man relics of Buddha m the various Buddhist shrines is there ire nieces of the cross of Christ in the relic chambers of the churches of Europe The storj is that Buddha gave these hairs to two pious brothers with directions that the should deposit them on this holj hill This monument was built ov cr them and it is one of the legends concerning it that there is in its interior a shaft ninnmg from the top down to the basement and filled with gold and silver and precious stones Whether this be true or not the antiquarian of the future must decide E1MNC ABOUT III DDIIIsM It is among the Buddhists that the Christians Chris-tians found then hardest missionary work Dne of the oldest missions of the United States ishcie In Burmah and it was during dur-ing the admmistrat of President Madison Madi-son andw hile the war of 1812 was in progress pro-gress that i Baptist misslonarv and his wife first inded 1 in Rangoon This was m 1811 and tho name of the missionary i ls8oi 11ud Ot was Adomram Judson Now the Baptists have all told about thirty thousand con erts in Burmah Their mission schools are found in ever part of the countrj and here at Rangoon is one of the most enterprising en-terprising mission colonies in Asia I asked upon mj arrival where I could get the best guide book to Burmah and I was referred to tho Mission Press I found tierei book store that would do credit to an American town and a printing establishment establish-ment which would be considered large m p any city of America It had over eight emplojces and it was turning out publications publica-tions in eight different languages It has a pay roll of over a thousand dollars a month and thus in a country where money brings ten times as much as it does it home It was doing its work BY 8TCl 1 AXD ITS lcm rlIr all came from the United States Mr F D Phmnej the superintendent spoke of this as he showed me over the establishment establish-ment We get all of our presses from the United States said he They cost twice as much as those of English make but itey last more than four times as long This establishment does missionari mis ccllaneoas printing and binding It has a monopoly of the school book trade of Bur mah vernacular and foreign and it has its agents in ever large center It sells books and stationery of ill kinds and it makes lots of money All of this goes into the missionary business and it is a live institution in-stitution mn on American business nrin eiples for the glory ot God I am not a Baptist Bap-tist but I like the way the Baptist missionaries mis-sionaries do their business in Burmah Ihey are bright cultured wide awake fellows and the ire doing much in the work of civilization Many of them have spent a lifetime in tho work and two of the pleasantest old ladies I have ever met were the widows of two missionaries One hid spent fifty one and the other sixty jcars in Burmah and I found them both up to the times good talkers brichtejed and cultured cul-tured working away their eighties translating trans-lating and directing foi the people among whom their best v ears have been spell t Tl VNK G CAI PBNTl R |