The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-08
"A Trnysllpf's Tile,

Our reporter In an interview with Mr.. X.
II, Wright, u member Of the enterprising
firm of ". Duke, Sons IL Co.. who mas re-
Gently returned from tour arosnd the
world elected The following facts, winch
we present to our readers, 40 matters 81 m
ter. al: Mr.. Wright sDys thst eighteen
mon ms aga h0 -tarted on business zip IN
the interest 81 w. Duke. Sons Il %. LeaY-
inc New York, he sailed tor Liverpool, Una
after apeuding about three weeks IN tue 90.
mairs al her BRUSH majelty, be passed
over the channel TO Belgium, visiting Aut-
werp gut Brussels, theuCg - The following
places: Rotterdam, the Hague, ANS Or
dam. 81 men, ii tmoufg Copenharen Coz
tgnbers. Christiaua, ucknOlm, " Pctr-
hnrg. Be-iin, L,,psic Dresden, i, fgue Vi
emma, Munich, Frankfort, Cologne ana Par 8
and then baCk iJ London.
From L1uuon lac sailed for tho Cape OF
q bod Hove, Africa, calling en- rou'e q, the
Nsdpira islands, q place OF resort for Eng
tgb coDeumptivtB. pud also celebrated IN
wears past tor Ats excellent winesr which ac-
uaii.t' their finest hayor IN Uu southein
s.YfeS.
III. Chriamrs Of 1889 was sDsnt in south
ern Africa where much 20 his discomfort,
| he found the wsA her extremely hot, hu'
/ sac regaled by tho delicious fruits ana veg
etab'en Of the tropical climate.
| American tobaccos were ueed therc, put
exported chiefly irom England. Asto CIV
| ilz,tion, the natives OF the Eogiish colonies
1 are beginning 10 learn the language and are
tfuking sjme advancement. But even ~
| tho most evil zed portions, the English,
Dutch ana native KaGr languages are each
SO extensively used that an interpreter Is
found TO be an absolute necessity. TIC
dress In the English colonies is similar ~
that worn In tho old country; but after leaV'
| ing the sea shore, and the large cities, II
WIS curious TO find that the inhaoitant'
were quite indepen, ent OF taiiors' ana rni
low the good old Adamite fash on. Inc
men buy their wives at from iiyo TO ten
head oil catile-tha price being In pros.1r-
ZION to comeliness and ngo, aud the numoe,
tniiourd 10 Zach inuivinnnl IL only limi,td
by the extent OF his rancho.
AnieTlc4u roous, suGn os ha'u"aIe
vsgoLs carriages agricultural implements
coffon shee ing, etc, are extensively so'0
tbroughout The colonies. From Airlc:
Nr. Wright sailed Tor Bombay, touching ~
! Manrltiua, an stand VI ua'ed east OF NADIA
| gnsoa., tne principal city OF when Is for'
Louis, OF so 600 inhabitant, 1t VIII oe re-
mem psred a,ao ihat tho is..nc OF Manu-
was tho home Of the dodo, an e1tinct nliu
of winch nnLuTaiists have written SO much
| from Bombay he crossed the empire OF In
dir. by rail 10 Oaicugta, stopping AZ Jaypore
/ DENT. the former capital ut me M1gu's
| Iucknoy CaWupors, rne scene OF tue terri
ola masssrre OF Eng'ish women aod
children during tho mutiny. Agra
where may be seen the ceienrd'eo
"T,in or iomb Of Nourmahal, said 10 he
the mos, beautiful pioce Of architecture III
The world: and Benares, celebrated Tor its
! manufacture o. silken stuffs ana Tor lts
sr~red apes. From Calcutta he proceeded
! 10 Csylor. where for many ages have besn
found the finest pearls known 20 coinmercs;
hence to SINGAPORE, Java, the lana OF coHse'
and ON 10 Australia, via Torres strait,
which sep.rates New Guinea from the main
liant The principal cities of New I-aiand
aud Australia were visited In turn by Mr..
Wont. ADD no alsD found time Tor short
trin Ii.t1 theinierior OF the country. The ma
tive Australian. VINO IL very similar IN Nd
pcorance 10 the u, gro. ~ 10 the lngisn
settlers whatthe North American inuian nas
been 10 US, WIN the exception tnaI ne
ro.s's nud eais MS vein instead OF simply
taxing hts scalp, aud Leaving the cafchsi
rextng "A finsl leave % the British empire
Mr. Wright row turned his iHce homs-
ward, and sailed for San Francisco, only
topping temporarily AZ honoiuH', the
rhi,l civ of the Sandwich ISLANDS, whicn
oarrI.s on aa extensive iiade with Aueri-
ca. Tue trio was grand success, ana arr
Wright had the y easure OF introducing Az
many Of ths atcrenamed places csr.a'u
rrnde, OF tobscao and cigarettes OF the nrm
which have already acquired 30 envisoie
reputation in the Uniteu States lie a"s
tult the slttt 20
tobsccos 10 decay, In the warm ana damp
tropical ciimaies and that he mas seen
much tobacco utterly unit Tor use. On
beiug asked il there was remedy Tor tnis'
Mr.. W. replied that w. Duke, Sons q Co.,
hsd 40 prsparei their cigarettes specially
for these climates that they could always
ir.ure their safe keeping aud that there
xaa no c,mplaint, bu. constant repeh'
lion OF orders from these foreigo msfkee
During the eighteen months voyage MI.
Nr.ght saw only about six American nsRs
On the nigh seas, which In his opinion
speaks rather poorly for us a. marifime
nation. aud In his Judgment tsesms high-
~ important that our postofhcs depart
meut should su osidize lines OF steamers 70
rtr,l bin oathiy or monthly 70 south
Africa, Ausiraliaa and South American
port., th.reby Swing American manu-
Lecturers m ore frequent natl communics-
.ign-. and gre ,ter shipping faci'ines IL
beir a noted iscs thai all American
m al, matter as well rs merchandise Tor
souiA Africa must nov 20 via bonu IN
.bs leby mourning much unnecessary delay
and sxptnse.
ntnis connection be suggested that IL
miefnt he well 70 STATE that the tsthoiisn-
mint of such e,bsidies would IN no
sav augment the burden II tsxs
lion. but they would soon he self
u-,.ining and have most fAvorhole
,nfiu.n e upon our mercantile and Other
iptsretts with foreign countries which, put
Tor sbe oifY3cuisies and delays incident 70
~ nrseert circui.ous mode Of comm unsca-