Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-08-08
TALES OF A MIGHTY TRAVELLER.
Mr.. Kirby Relates Some Wonderful Expert
m ences.

1
cor. Kansas City journal.
81 I RECENTLY met traveller, Mr..
Kirby. who regaled ne with some in-
teresting incidents of his experiences,
which / reproduce for the benefit OF I
the Journals readers. Says he;
aMen ought to be happy everywhere
on earth, for | have penetrated It's re-
motest parts and have never tound
place without its beautiful women ana
whisky.
st,Tulk OF travels in Europel | was
there two years and three IN ASA,
the most interesting country on the
globe. n
aTll tell you of sight | saw in
Hindoostan. 1t sounds wild, but IT'S
as true as that / exist. The railroad
from Bombay to Calcutta IS only sec
ond in length to that crossing the
American continent, and stretches IN
a straight line across a level PLAIN zzsio
miles long. The train hands are all
Enplishmen. One day ! was riding
on the engine when far ahead there
seemed something on the track Ike
low. brown, undnltating waves. The
engineer looked through his field glass
and said it was snakes. THIS was
their migrating and breeding season.
when thev were peculiarly vicious.
He had seen them twice in hiteen
wears out there. They were the cobra
de capella, a poisonous reptile when
onens its mouth two and a hall Inches
when excited. They are four or flve
feet long when full grown. Down
their side is a folded fin which pro-
incts half an inch when they are angry
We were running twenty-five miles an
hour. but raised the speed to iorty
and dashed into the mass. They were
crawling four or five deep on each
other and covered the track Tor a hall
mile. Ugh! 1t Itsickens me yet wnen ie
| / recall their crunchlng under the
wheels. We ran over them IN patches
/ for an hour. The wheels got. SO COW
cred with grease and blood they siiu
along the rails and we just had 10 stop
| in place and wait for those ahead to
mass. They cIogged the wheels and
nretty soon began crawling up the
train We had to shut ourselves into
the engine room and wait for them to
crawl off. Not a brakeman or passen.
ger dared stir and there we waited
i four hours. When / say there must
i have been a million it is with no idea
4 how many there were. Fortunately
it was their moving season and TINS
4 alone saved us. / very seldom relate
4 this for the horror Of that day clings
to me vet. When realize the known
4 and unknown dangersescaped IN those
countries, the malaria, pestilence,
treacherous natives, wild beasts, ship
wreck. that surrounded me, 1t seems
q no money could induce me to return
AN IDYLLIC SCENE.
Gone day an English officer and
! myself, away up in the interior, wehl
bathing in the Ganges.f Along the
river banks grew thick grass and tule
about five feet high, and one had TO De
ON the lookout for beasts oil prey tha
! snung out anywares. We had just
about got into our white linen suits
! again when we heard rustling IN the
grass. 1t would come on steady. IKE
IN alligator, then at intervals like
tiger. We lay our ears fiat on the
ground. bat could only make out tha
? f was a large animal and coming ilgh
for MS. I had a rifle, he two revolver
: ready for instant fire. 1t was my hrs
! dav there and was at a high pitch o
!. suppressed excitement. The beas
, pallsed when near us, second tina
. seemed an age, while waiting ior IL
, spring. Suddenly the grass parteC
!. and something appeared. l at mrs
! thought it was spirit l nad heVe
p seen a Cashmir woman and tins Tn
= was extremely lovely. She had bee
= bathing, and was wrapped in Whit
II gauzy robe which hall disclosed he
= flesh beneath. Over her head was
lace scarf with one end brougf
around over her shoulder. 1t drape
low m front and showed her bar
!, arms. neck and bust. In one nan
: she carried quaint jug OF pale Diu
q porcelain. She stood minute loot
. ing at us, and we at her. The reVu
y sion of feeling was so great the oloo
\ seemed to leave my heart. As 500
% as I could calm myself | spoke TO ne
. in Hindoostanee, telling how she ha
~ frightened us. Her laugh ca
~ y hear il yet, ripping of like music.
ir "TRUSr HER NOT"
It II penetrated Japan's interior whel
10 no white man had never been see
al The men fell down and worshiped m
se but the women began coquettlng Ju
Is, the same. tell you there's no u
id DENYING it. right in the heart OF All
O. ca, even, those Nubian women Kno
e. how to inveigie man and then 10
in him. Splendid physiques they a
m too graceful as possible, and black
ld than the blackest negro in AmeriC
IN Their Skins are soft and shine III
nolished ebony. Everywhere Il
women are lust the same, all filrts, b
in Cashmir--oh, how beautiful tn
are Unquestionably they are neari a.TS
perfection of any human beng. WI
ng a man can imagine himself am0l
nu angels only by looking at them, D
ne to be-their, that is-oh heavens wor
~ 70 are useless.
TN THEY FIRED HIM OUT
40 aJaya is lovely Island. It's sllgi
eu lv larger than the State OF MOI
ar Carolina. All convict labor is put
outdoor work and the island IS o
lMn1 M immense garden. There is macao
aii,, mized road its entire length, built
=, AK convicts. The Dutch govern 1T
,ne are very severe on the natives, ke'
%. ing n military EN- force. The Natl
CT ali carry poisoned daggers a scra,
. = Of which will cause such agony U
NJ death is a welcomed relief. They !
~ ~ treacherous, but the Dutch are Z
~ barous. While was in BATAVIA,
~. officer took fancy to pretty naI
ny woman and made overtures. She
.;la IN sented and reported to her husoa
aa a He struck the officer publicly.
eau soldiers took him, strapped him or
nls cannon's mouth and lighted tor
igss .I He could have saved himself yet, II
,lie fn would beg the officers pardon, but
iem e never hinched and they blew MN
90 atoms. lie died game.
'e GOOD FOR INsoMNIsTs.
eDuring weeks OF interior travel
elephant or camel trains, alone am
natives hundreds of miles from
town there would be many success
s Q, nights dared not sleep. We alw
ate had to build around our camp a +
'niy da, or kind of a palisade, OF BAN
lStn y; sapplings driven into the ground.
Inc the enclosure we kept huge bon
WITH Il would draw wild beasts from
WIN Jungle, but they would have found
ana out anyhow, and this was the
&c oi way to see their approach. All n
ncn lying on my vile hearing, hye
very iackals, tigers, ETC., rubbing the !,
ana ade and, what was worse, smell
the them was not conducive to sleeI
De alwavs left word with every An