Show I I I f fI I f t y I t tj I a C n v r N I c cI j II I II r I rUE RAILWAYS RAIL V A Y S 0 VJ F JAVA J A V A How Aw Built Inthe In the A Land of White Chits Whitewash 1 I I 1 wash w nab lla r e Fatal Conductor Among g the tho nice lund lundI la Lida 1 I R i I ami now How the Dutch h for fog the 1 t fl J n I r t vest Time n II Courting Courtin Time Working tor for Might Cents a aDay aI ay J p I I Day The Government T Teakwood Forests and Troy Hoy They I In y i I f n I I Queer Features of Travel ravel 1 and Work 1 ork in the Dutch Hast East Casti Might be b for far the I I 0 I Indies I I Ii J fl d i i 1 f i t G t l 1 li J Jf f i i I i y v I Hi L RANK FRANK G CARPENTER j i 11 J r i q iff AOS JA A In l Java Ye Yes s hundreds hundred of or i niIles I r i i of oC them I hn have tI just JUI OlO l llie I I 1 the lie Island Illand on a trunk line lino us ne nerv rv i long as from Hoton I to 0 1 I t I t burg bunt bur and I write th si i not nui notI 11 I i I at nt the station cf ot M th I i I at ut uti ti d i i 3 halt half way beta i Noy hive I I t j Th Du nu I it cf M tine iho Ei II II I I hac hn ton teti Urns t J a I i r il rI ili I I i m WI n c have han In tin th Th I it in an are the Ih beat bint of nr t th ir fr LillI In nul il I 1 IU U I 1 though hough they tilt lire tire almost in 11 in th junto i I that belt ell about aLou JI M tin r Katti i o ii I Inlet 1 i they ar art an bunt built to sty a This fht Is hI I r rIll M of ot the most mOlt laud lands e In m mJ I J 1 i the world whore It never rains rain but Iu i it fit pours loura but nevertheless the thi road hl d t 1 1 I and antI embankment are stun Ruth that th v y I withstand the he tropical torrents IT Lt I 1 r c a l many man places tho ho banks art arc walled with I I L r I jl t stones In others they Ihy are iri of I it I t 8 crossed by linen of at stones two llO tout teat U Wi Wit I II I 1 I t I I i t 1 1 I There are arc many AllY culvert and nl II 1 drains plastered whitewashed so 80 sot I t I s j i that they form white line IIII II running lan the bunk hanks T i green I It t I oj This Is Irritated land For Is I jf I oi of the Dutch came the tho lh I Javanese Imd terraced the till I 4 i 1 1 ad curried carried the water In i s i I from one Olle hill hili to the other othor In the rail mil I t I t roads ronda the tho Irrigation lion system had Imd to b M Mg 11 g j 1 i preserved ervell and In places the water wain a s I i 1 I i now nn carried high over the till M I j I i Sometimes there therl are waterways above J t I r I i r and t below the roads not 1 i i I j I i I I you pass a n great greot tank lank In h r I I II tile the water Is hI from front ono side Aide of oC oCI I 1 I j the track to the other t ll 1 f I I Ono Onu of or the tho railroad here I Is III I 1 keeping down the vegetation The road IH l I hods bo be kept perfectly clown rind and II I I y 1 i the grass s on tho the embankments li Is IsI I Ih I II t 11 1 i ahn ind like Ilke n ft lawn The trucks tracks are nrc i lasted t ct with rock the tho pro prot If y i 11 by little walla of or N s t by il 1 It 1 a i tour four Inched ins high which form n II gutter t 1 r if 1 j f outside the tho line t I q 1 JAVANESE TRAMWAYS TRAM IWA WATS TS j I is IJ j i Iy it r t t I II I Not only on the tho trunk lines linos l hut but ut nIse the tile i 1 i tramways of ot Java ore lire well built There Thero I ro n a number of or steam s s no now nowr w r p III r I i I 1 r j being Icing constructed and many such auch are o 1 1 I J i doing n quite well I 1 went over the ono ona I 1 V j 4 t i i j I from n to t n C n short C t f f I i 1 ago with Its lla Ita civil 1111 engineer eer This was waR wast waRi I i t Mr J F Van nn lenthen van 1111 den lien Her a n I I I 1 tl I young youn man mall who was educated nt at th the e tr r h 1 I 1 v Le Lehigh University who wha graduated Ii t 14 ii d there thero In 1965 1895 Ho lie In Is 1 a n relative rein the of or Lord lordi r i j j ri i van nn den Hew the Dutch r I t resident resilIent governor nt tit Hl ills IlIA road road roal E I I I I j i Is In miles long lonu It Iti I f Ir i 1 papa Ila on ell account n of oC the heavy I y tt i S I I t of tobacco and ant from the tho planta II j f f 1 lions through h which It tuna rUM Tho The tram train i l Is I built on high embankments through throughout i c out nut most mORt of at Its itA course It has hI some somei i f i J t l t c grade ralles r 1 es and c It Is la crossed I l 5 if i I f bolo below by ruins artificial wn II 1 I Interested In tn L t l t I 1 i was the tho pro I J i H p j jr r r 1 X r 1 Y t A t f I II It I t It f I I t t t t tt X 1 t I T r E 1 T x I I r Tr rally J I Iy y y y y y t tr Ir r d s I It Ii t i t J t t y V VJ i J t ti F Ny i J Jyo yo Jt J JI JI 1 t I T 7 for to tho by Jy Prank Frank d Q J J I NATIVE MAIDENS RICE BlUE X XI F FH I dt H 1 Ll H H t 41 J H mil H HI 1 IH w t 1 L I t of ot the by hY huge huse e crates made Iodide of or bamboo tilled filled with stones atones AtO It If ItOU you OU will a 11 bamboo o brisket basket as big bl as ns n a railroad car filled with era of at v sI ea thrown Into n a stream above a n o to break brenk the Hood flood you may pot got ot on an Idea of or sufi suet SU I pro Iro protection Irot teal t cUon on Bankets of this kind arc nn 1 of ut nil 1111 sizes They are arc used to hold holt up the embankments and to prevent washings mid to strengthen nil all sorts aorta of ot wit s sAT AT TIlE THE STATIONS the Tho stations are better brUer kept here hero than In the tho United Blairs They The are arc well built being mode made of stone tone and stucco covered with whitewash and roofed with red rell tiles Every Eler station has hies hasa hu hun n a porno homo for the It has hasa a II lawn n end and garden It palm polln I trees and nl tropical flowers L ny of oC the them stations st have m connected with them and all have telegraph tele offices s and telephones The rue ticket agents are often Chinese ese They rileY nrc are the tho cashiers cn rs of or the thu country and handle the tho greater 1 of the change The Tho cars carll me are first second third clas a the natives generally taking the thc latter The Tho farce are low an retie tho third class tickets make milk up 1111 the tho largest part of the t ii h e sec receipts of ot the tile e 1 ld They The Y amount to about a year Every Ever large station hat has Its first and second claRR waiting rooms and each line lias a restaurant Where whore you OU can cen get n rt fair meal mool for Cor from 80 50 to lo 75 c cents nt Be ne Before tore fore you ranch tho the meal stations the conductor telegraph ahead Hint and orders your dinner or you can have him tele telegraph graph foi fol n dinner to be he brought ti t you OU on the train Such Buch meals are lire serval i md 1111 In Insets insets sets of at porcelain lorl boxes hoxel which rent one over the thi other othor a n hall dozen doxen boxes oX com cold an nil ordinary train luncheon Each Kach Ea h box contains some hot hit i soup meat rr T n a vegetable there the with fruit fruitt f t tan in tl till the menu A servant brings brill the rand foid Into bite the train and walt upon you v hlll you ou eat cat leaving you at the tile next net button to KO go back on another train with the hu dishes JAVA BY RAIL nAIL My Spy ty ticket from tram to cost rOBt me guldens an average of about HI f i cent cents per mile This was waR clasa ll Had I taken liken I could have huo g fie n fur far 2 cents and tided chaRs for tor six troths of ot a cent a mile mill I i Ind 11 d a 1 ser servant servant vant with me and amI I sent neat him hum third lass Insi I paid extra Ke Jop on en all oli over t I Ia I pounds nt at the rate rale of ot S 3 cents a pound anti mv mY baggage cost almost as IS much as ns my n ticket me give you a n picture of the first fins loss compartment which ss I 1 hud hind from to laM It was about as nil wide ns as our care cais at home but hut not moro mora than ten feet In length lenth Il It was wo woIn In tart fact n a little room about hlO walled with glass nt lit the sides and entered ent tl by bya byn a n door nt al the rear It had Imd tour four teats seats at nt atHie till tide corners and two armchairs of ma mn mahogany and wicker Tho ThC compartment contained also a leather leath r MOrn Rota which I could be he nut up lip or down at nt will still and n a I table n a font rent wide and nud four tour ft t ft t long ong I upon which wo we ate nto our luncheon My t fellow passengers were ell four cour portly I Dutchmen find clad 1111 In white whit duck uCk Ono One of at them thrill monopolized the sofa lying there therl thereon therean on nil its his hark back his fat tnt abdomen shaking like Jelly Jell under its of or white linen The other three Dutchmen were smoking They spoke ln and I found them good fellows The compartment beyond be oll this was Willi for Cor forthe forthe the passengers here HIrl warn half n a dozen Chinese dress dressed d In white duck nil all Gorgeous with rings and scarf carf pins had n a 1 black queue In which va waR braided red re silk etl ln inside Me his n Jacket All Ali hail had gold cold watch chains and carried canes There were wOre OlEO also some ome of or orthe the poorer Dutch Including a n couple of women who wore sarongs and slippers flippers In Javanese style tylo and a 1 pretty prett girl with bountiful beautiful eves evo and a It smile and a 0 taco face fI so f that vou you could tell tail she had native blond In her The cars had plain wooden woden C They were t N with nn na naU Uv U s women and men packed In as ns cop close m as BAREFOOTED CONDUCTORS From Froth time to time the thu th conductor came camo In for the tickets HP lip moved about I like a ghost 1 opening a t the he door without noise Ho lie was one In his bare feet and as liS ho he walked he itc made no sound Ills His costume was a calico sarong or I I I I l bag which reached from his II waist to tf his hili ankles n a navy blue Jacket sni nd rd c a turban over which ho he wore VOIe a II cap op H lIe He put lib his hand Iron to o Ills hili as AI IP h en entered entered tere l our car tar and again a aln relied It In salutation as he ho examined each tl ticket het There were barefooted d porters lt at t every ever station unil barefooted cabmen ready rend to le drive ue us to our hotel Their charge I Is equal to twenty cents of or our cur money the hotel carriages charge charee twice an ar much There Thero were nere no newsboys on an the trains and nothing was wag void Wald while the cars car were In III motion The latent latest Dutch dillies dallies are om to he lie had luul at stations and ami they are also on file 1110 In every overy depot depol reading leading Iea II III I room A TROPICAL ICAL GAIt DEN My trip trill across the tho Inland has han giver given me n 11 Idea Men of ot the country I cannot can not describe Its There Thure Is w nn land like hike It on tho the face of at the globe 1 I 1 Ihn have hn d the picturesque parts oi of India and the till Valley of ot the tho Nile In ti the winter when everything In Is tho the green greeni greenest i et est t of or green reen but I 1 have hav never seen Hn fill thing like Java Jam If It you will imagine a junior garden cn ns fill big OH as th the state of ot New NewYork NewYork York lint ns as 11 beautifully kept u as Central Centra Park you might have hae a n faint klan Idea of It Rut lint you must add volcanic mountains mountain green to their top tops which are lout lost In Ir Inthe inthe the clouds you must put In feathery feather bamboos groves grovel of It and ami or orchards chords of ot bananas and vast meadow on which buffaloes and ponies are boil hed boilIng hedIng Ing You must torches terrace the hills with will rice gelds field some Reme covered with the gold golden ol olen en ready read for tor harvest and others with emerald sprouts on the silvery face of the water Now one ono of the moun noun mountains tame hits hili ten thousand steps of at this nature and now no you yell OU shoot out lut of th the groves groel of or red rell quinine and on into woods as blue as ns the tho Blue lilue ol ot Virginia Among the banana are nrc little bamboo play pIa houses the tho homes hamell of the natives You cross crolL magnificent roads with coolies hare bare to the tho waist along with baskets fastened to o use tut ends enIs of or poles polet which on their shoulders shoulder Some of or the tho th poles nolos have ends I turned u like bows bowl They are lire borne by b mon Limn who are carrying rice In from fron tho fields Other men man have loads londs o or of goods which they are ore taking from on one town to another There are women thus loaded ni as well wel as the men am anti and near I saw V hundreds of or young girls gills carrying burdens In bags on their backs A LAND IA D OF OI WHITE AND I 1 have hac of the railroad stations station being white Indeed nil dill h is of the whitest of or whites and the tile renest o or of greens The Tho Dutch Dut h go 10 wild over white whitewash wash not only In Rolland Holland but all 01 over ove the tho world Everything they have hae built bull here Is le coated contea with whit newly Blacked r lime The villas lIIa of ot the thc are arc dead white with columns In n front of It them thom the tho color colo of Parlan marble The bridges nr lire white the fences along the roads wh who ther her they be made of or bamboo poles or of at heavier wood ore are covered with and the Die ame may bi be said of the tho drains and tho the culverts the tho warehouses the Iho and especial especially ly iy I tho the vast VlIst sugar factories which cover acres and which have hae smoke smokestacks stacks clacks leaning out In their snowy put PUI Ity against the bloc sky sk White In Indeed deer deed Is so co much the fashion that th the tho thop p whitewash as ns we clean cloon houE a now coat h is put on everything ogre 01 and often orten twice every year ear Tho The rainy season covers everything with damp and mold After ACter It Is III over the tho smell ol of lime fills the thc air for tor everything Is III then ther coated Inside and out riot and the building buildings put on an their white summer dresses Some of the tho hotels keep whitewashers busy bURY nil ail the year round camel ns ne do also nl o othe the larger property owners ov f hers The This white oven even extends a s to tho clothing of the for foreigners eigners The Dutch dress In white duck They wear while white canvas shoes and white helmets and even oon tho the military wear white IN TIm THE RICE FIELDS The chief crop crol of or Java Is rice In my m trip across tho the Island eland I have never neer been out of oC sight eight of ot rice Holds fields The rice rite grows rows on every hillside and In every valley It must mu t have water and the tho Irrigation works which have hae been built to supply this are arc unequalled In any part of the lie world The soil coll of Java Tul Is le a II volcanic mud It Is ns as rich a lIB as guano It Is l of at such Ruch a nature that It can enn easily be bo made Into In to walls which will hold holdback holdback back the tho hooded flooded patches The larger fire are stone walled well built with many locks but tho the water drips from field to field RH as the little mud embankments are aro opened by ly the people In many places I saw nets the people at nt work orl Here they tho were planting and there thero harvesting toe Hit lh rice The lands hands ire are plowed and we weeded l eded by h the men but the planting and amt reaping Is done dono by the tho women noun WOI n The rice ilci Is 18 set out plant by hy plant Nant In the Hooded flooded fields the women through thin thi mud up to their It MetS as aM they thoy plant Much Mucha of the tine tanning farming Is on shares a mar ninn his wife agreeing to plant and und harvest a atis patch for tor f of or the crop Some Sometimes Ion times timeR a n number of people will Join to together geth gether r and take several rice 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