Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-08-08

fffrting with tie oceanic ciilctir inv
ducks take to water. had tinc guar
tiers for them, and in fact for I'LL the
people, and the officers used to get 10
there and give them champagne.
had to interfere. Everywhere those
girls met me afterward the men were |
after them, and ] had to be on contin-
ual watch
AMERICAS MIDNIGHT MARAUDEkS. |
aIn San francisco put the party in |
a hotel, ordered their supper OF fish,
boiled rice and tea sent up stairs, and |
went off to quarter myself at the Occi-
dental. took in the theaters and got
to my rooom about midnight About |
l O'Clock here comes clerk from the |
international, saying hi had broke |
loose among the natives, nobody could |
understand them, and / must come
down. was tired out but had To so
I found the people all excited. They
had all gone to bed but bed bugs had
bitten them so they got up half fright
ened ito death. They had seen all
kinds OF poisonous insects in their own
countries, but never one OF them knew
what bed bug was. The more they
scratched the worse they got. Some
had great weits, thought they were go
ing to die right off, and begged Tor
medicine. could not ease them, SO
called up the clerk and said: Here,
some of these people are canibais.
they are likely 10 kill somebody be-
fore morning, and you had better get
up your help and clean these beds.
We put mattresses and blankets down
for them but had % stay until day
light. Then we all moved up to the
Occidental Next night the Baldwin
theater put all its boxes at my disposal.
started up Market street with all the
natives hanging TO me, afraid Oh get
ting lost, and the crowd got so timex
around us | led off on back streets,
but thought we'd never reach the
Baldwin. The audience saw mighty
little OF the play for looking at u.s.
The Japs of course were used 70 the
theaters and appreciated it all they
| could, but most of the natives had no
idea what it meant. had to take
them out some every day, and there
Was always crowd following. On
the overland route / had hard work
TO get them enough to eat in the nm
/ tied time allowed for meals. Finally
telegraphed ahead for a lot OF canned
goods which the people liked better
as they could eat in quiet and leisure;
1t was big relief when | turned
them over to Barnum- eg
"My mothers native tongue was
French. She taught il to me. When
fifteen | went out TO Hong Kong with
an English commercial house and
learned four Asiatic languIages. La
my opinion Singapore is the most de
lightful place on the earth for u resi-
dence, but Osaka in Japan is tins
Venice of Asia.
BOLD, BAD Preachers.
II am a native of Baltimore, a Cath
olic city, and was raised deyou
catholic, but on going out to China
was so disgusted with priest ant
preacher hypocrisy it turned m'
, against I'LL religions. No doubt the,
| start off full OF holy intentions, witt
which hell is paved, walled and roo!ed
but If churches could only be made u
realize how quickly holy zeal degen
, crates, the missionary fund woulo %
/, kept among the poor OF our iarg
cities, where it belongs. Mlsslonarle
! OF all denominations are knavin
| hucksters, dragging religion IN tn
! | dust to cover their immortality. 70
. notice they start always ienal
: school, which are naught more or les
{ than harems. defy any person VIII
! has travelled in foreign lands to dis
; prove this statement. Wherever CIV
: ilization has been introduced the ni
l tives have Iearned'its vices and deger
: Grated. Christian civilization make
). me tired. 1t is onlywhere white me
q nave never penetrated that the native
! are truly civilized, and more mora
! than we are, because they live in pr
r meval simplicity.
y ain Japan's interior, men and w
+ men daily bathe together, fiaked, spor
i ing together. with childllke lnn'
. cencc. They are shameless becau'
4 they are not shameful, and are u
% most moral people on earth. l wish
could warn every christian who rea
! ly has ut heart for his fellow man
n look behind his residence and I'm
N some needy person on whom TO d
" stow assistance, Instead OF senling
n to he squanderei afar- oil. II peop
N could see what have they wou.d
as hAve-change religion to huma
i ity. 1t win always be my regret th
some newspaper did not send u corr
- spondent along. Being so much wit
III out companionship OF my own rnC
y, and having Barnum's interest nlwa
- - on my mind, 1 had no stimulus
- time to write up my travels, and IL
~ only since returning that apprecia
~ my wonderful advantages.
~ II am under marching orders M
- - liable any day to receive a telegram
= y start Last time / had but thr
~ hours notice to catch the steamer"
50 Considering the wandering life.
40 40 posure to changes OF climate, 10.
w water and associates, it is wonderl
y that Mr. Kirby has not added ma
nm apparent years to his real age. he
~ near forty, but looks younger, and Il
ns young Bohemian is ready for INN
W d;,to donarfura Nav good luck