Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-03
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M. Dasiel Bs.1dmann, this actor, well
..gxp ta many Of our citizens, has pub
A.ksa an account Of his visit 90 soue OF
d. different portions Of our globe.
xksI, in tbs line of his professional
4ay. and speaks Of many thinss Of IN
,.sss 10 the general reader,
Ia Dunedin. which Mr.. Bandmaun
oronmnces the queen Of New Isaland
a,sss. be foand two theatsrs, each able
"a accommodate about liftesn hendrad
ySgyle; three daily papers, excellent ho-
"a saFcei cars run ty sseam and bs the
sab!e sys.em. His tuo naoEtha' stay 10
Danedin brought him u clear profit %
ssge, besides she isiYghtfdl recollee-
iisna Of q most generous hospitality.
Presn hex Zealand Mr.. Baneimann
tsak his company 60 Van DitmAn's
land, nov called by ssea OF Pariiamaut
Iasmania, and teas Impressed, - other
hasellsrs have been, bS the eminently
hs aDidiug character % a community
Shes forslathers we've almost without
s5espsiOn ennycfa. Another charm,
shsah Tasmania shares with New Zsa-
and, u ths eompiste absence Of disa-
aseAbis bugs, DosQuiioes. snakes. or
viid anim ais of any Kind indeed, except
Iks bsRek uppossirn. Apples. too. which
nfs very scarce ia Naw Zealand aud
NsW Aanth Wales, attain u great sire
ahd e1 1sellent flavor in tasmania. and
ihs same may be said Of its pescAes,
sasFrses and pears OF the fasmaniau
IaFesss other travellers may hays writ.
M wilh astouishmens. bat Nr. Band
maan ieIla Us ef sne tree which has
fsaehad the enormous hight of All feet
IA altitude l59 feet grs.ster than that
stained by the taliest tree of CalifoF-
siA.
Ia Singapore, which lies al the tip Of
Ne Malay Peninsula directly nndsr the
eqaAtor. be recognized the true com-
sereial metropolis Of the East. Every
dip that goes to China from all quar-
isEs OF tbs glotss texaepstnR California,
Peru and Chilli touches at this point,
shils all vusseia deslined for noRthern
Etstralia. Java and Siam stop 90 the
sms place for coal and water. and fire.
gaently for freight. Singapore IL one
II the mosi Cosmopolitan uities in the
sufsd, and Mr.. BandTnann found the
karupean population Of higher social
irade thaa anyvhere else Ia the Pa.
siflc. lie remarked that. "As in ShanR-
hai, 30 here, there are no second and
ihsrd Glasses sEaoug the foreign resi-
isnts every European one meet, has
he stamp of a gentleman upon him"
In general be observed that what was
rus Of sinRapors, and. 10 q slightly less
dsgFee Of Shanghai, is In a great meas.
ere true also Of SolaulbO. nstnely, that
lhs English coloniHas there are uf
relatively high si,cial order. Colombo.
neyartheless, eosid boast no theateF, and
q Smaksspeafe VAS Interpreted In the
sehool room Of the barracks. CO bis
ssy threnRh the jungle, in the course of
q visit 20 NewarA Ellya, Mr.. Bandinann
mx Q rogue" elephant that had iast
isen msnished fiom iis herd for IRE
elaiashly bad behavior. fha SinRa.
esa eonhrIa the statenaent which haa
frequently been nude, and which 10
sminfAlly, we believe. accepted by natn
failsis. that elephants foFpa in their ma
tlso hsnnta q kiad Of Commonwealth |
eosaFnsd by customary laws, and that |
iaI one OF them 60 bs expelled froEa the |
uammnnity IL AT e1ireEle measure Of |
slsphantins disei eipline, Tor to be thus |
satGavsd once. is 10 be eaat Of fortver. |
10 -fe2ue" elephant being suffered to |
sfiasvArd come ~ contaos with the rest |
n TIE herd. AZ kangoon, IN BurmAh, |
sAsihsE Ar. BAndmann psuoeeded from |
hsasas, he had au odd experience.
lpon bin asking THERE the theater was,
- Eas laken Gus into the country about |
sest wsles from tiae town. and shoxn q
IL 80 a.
wSA atagls at the end.
From these bFhh notes OF travel the
iAeaghtial rea2ut viii learn that she
spsfsi of Improvement Is not canfued 10
~ shores American inventions and
t1staseFies are hsang adopted not only
Y 'N dfshtnt English sreakiBe prov
lesss slni toon the uttsrmost corners Of
hsesflh, riyiiizsd aud barbarian. will
y hsiitged ey Amstican IDEAS Of govern.
asli - well is American Inventions