Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-09

ONE or THE CHEAPEST JAuSTs ON RECORD
AROUND THE WORLD AT COST OF oNLY
TWO CENTS.
From the Harrisburg Patriot.
Some time since a gentleman in this
city was requested by friend at Mel.
bourne, Australia, to forward by des-
ignated route from some United States
post office, via. New York, universal
postal union trip around the world. 1t
will be seen that the route was not the
direct and regular one, but somewhat
of a deviation. The card was sent as
requested and the tri ip accomplished in
1913 days. 1t was dropped in the post
office i'll this city August 4, and reached
here in return on last Saturday, Decem.
ber 4, in as good condition as when it
left Notwithstanding it had paid its
respects to postmasters in Europe, Afri.
ca, Asia and North America.
On the face, the card was directed to
a gentleman, giving the street and
number, "Harrisburg, Penna., United
States of America" By the side of
this appears Via London, England
Marseilles, France; Naples, Italy; Con.
stantnople, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt
Suez Canal to Calcutta, India San Fran.
cisco, u. s. A. On the back appears in
English, This card is on its way around
the world; please forward by route di.
rected on other side; :" virtually the
same instructions follow in French to
the postmaster at Marseilles, then the
same in Italian to the postmaster at
Naples, again in French to the postmas.
nt t,rn,In thcp -, oh
the following TO the postmaster at Cal.
ro ; "Plcase forward TO Calcutta via Suez
Canal.
Nineteen post office cancelling stamps
adorn the missive, front and back,
showing the date of its respective ar.
rivals. They are Harrisburg, August 4;
New York, August 5; London, August
l6 Calais, August l6; Marseilles, lean.
not be readJ; Naples, August 20; Brin.
disi, August -; Constantlnople, August
27 Alexandria, September }, arrived
Alexandria, September ); Cairo, Sep.
temher ); Suez, September j Sea post
office, September 9; Calcutta, October
" Hong Kong October 23 Hong Kong,
October 2j san Francisco, November
27 and Ogden, November %; y.
\. and-R. I. O., December 1.
The course taken in detail was as fol.
lows: Harrisburg TO New York, thence
by Atlantic ocean to Liverpool, thence
across England to London, thence to
Dover and across the English channel
to Calais, thence over France to Mar.
selles, thence via. the Mediterranean
sea to Naples, thence across Italy TO
Brindisi, thence by the Adriatic sea,
e ii. \ a
sea and on between Greece and Gambia,
up the Archipelago, through the Oar.
danelles and the sea of Marmora 10
Constantinople, thence back by the sea
OF Marmora, the Dardanelles, the Arch
ipelago, and across the Mediterranean
to Alexandria, thence along the Delta
and across the river Nile TO Cairo,
thence back to Alexandra. thence by
the Mediterranean to Suez, thence by the
Suez canal, Red Sea, guilt of Alden, Ara.
bIan sea, Indian ocean around Ceylon 10
the Bay of Bengal, and up it to Calcutta,
thence by bay OF Bengal, straits OF
Malacca between Sumatra and Malacca,
and up the China sea to Hong Kong,
thence by the Pacific ocean, via. Sand.
wich islands to san Francisco, thence
overland to Harrisburg.
Here is an opportunity for geograph.
lcal scholars to figure out the distance
the card went. 1t left Harrisburg about
I =. IN. of the fourth of August, WAS
tour months on the journey, and arriv
eel in Harrisburg about 1 +. m. on the
fourth of December. Another gentle.
man further tested the experiment by
directing similar card around in the
opposite direction two days after the first
one had been mailed. The little trav.
elers passed somewhere about Calcutta,
going different directions. but both
bound for the same destination. Owing
to the present rough condition of the
Atlantic, the other card will not proha.
bly, reach here for at least ten days yet.
Some time since the British govern
ment complained 10 the United States
authorities that some cards of this char.
acter had passed its mails, and request.
ed that, as they occasioned great incon-
venience, the forwarding of them in
future should be forbidden, whereupon
the postmaster general at Washington
issued an order in compliance with this
request.
The card is quite a curiosity, and has
further journey to make OF two
months before arriving at its final desti
nation, (Australia.) 1t will be ineIosed
and forwarded in few days to Mel.
bourne. 1t is at present in the window
of {. a. Boss' jewellery store. where the
curious may take glance at the little
traveller.