Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-29
IN KANGAROO LAND.
AN "oveRL AND JOURNEY" FROM syo-
NEY TO MELBOURNE.
six Hundred sDd SevSaty Miles on sn
Australian Limited Express"-A
Disasrsesbls Climate Face
Of the Country.

fCor Inter Ocean
Most of the year the Australians have
TO provide against extreme heat This Is
evident from the construction Of the
hotels with open courts. like those Of
spain. The railway carriages too have
double tops. rs the have in India So
We try to keep com ortable by cOngrstu
latiug ourselves tha we are not sweitering
in an Australian summer But it amuses
US 10 hear these people talk Of the severe
American winter with q shudder Al
though snow is very rare with them-ex
cept on the mountaips-and the puddles
in the streets seldom freeze over. their
houses, churches. hotels and railroads
are SO entirely untitled for even their mode
raiely cold weather that we suffered more
Chicago blizzard
ABOARD THE TRAIN.
Australian railways are patterned after
those of England, so that the overland
journey from Sydney to Melbourne is
somewhat of an ordeal to an American.
We went on the ~limited express. which
covers the $40 miles in eighteen hours
We found the train 10 consist Of an ing.
lish locomotive. Luggage and mail
van, one compartment carriage. and
two sleeping-cars. The latter bore far
away resemblance 10 an American sleeper
They were mounted on trucks like ours.
and were entered from the end, but were
lower and narrower to conform to the
other carriages Large panels in the
sides swing out like doors between the
sections. and the upper berths were hung
.x-:I H.,
One section had to be devoted to mat
tresses and blankets, even dusing the day.
for lack of room. and all the arrange
ments are so clumsy that it took the con
ductor an hour to make up four sections
for the night the whoe car being strewn
with odds and ends of lumber and bed
ing to keep out of the way the best they
could A number of sections were
divided from the rest of the car by port.
able door or portiere. and assigned to
the ladies. They entered one end of the
car and the gentlemen the other As
there is no occasion for any one TO walk
through the train. as with us. the lady
passengers are quite secluded and can
make their preparations for the night
without embarrassment
The train ran furiously all night l lay
in my narrow shelf in cold perspiration.
and grabbed franticaliy al the edges of
the bunk to keep from being thrown out
as the car struck sharp curves on the
down grades il seemed every instant AZ
il we should be swung over by the centrif.
ugal force, like the end boy in the game
OF crack the whip" Ii was wreichedly
cold too. in spite of all the blankets in
which we were rolled
THE iNCONvENIENCEs.
were all awakened and ordered up at 4:30.
We breakfasted at ) in the cold. frosty,
morning air. in . room without heat, .
three miles further and had TO turn out
again. However. as it was Just IS warm
outside the car as in il. we rather en- joyed
the exercise We were at the frontier.
and as ictoria goes in for protection
while New South Wales believes in free
trade, we had to have our luggage exam
iued Then, as the New south Wales
engineers favor one gauge for their rail
roads and the \ictorisns another. it Is i'm
possible to run a train through intact
from sydney to Melbourne The two
colonies are intensely JEALOUS of each
other in every way. and so they make
many things as inconvenient for them
selves as they can. We therefore had to
transfer ourselves and our goods and
chattels' TO another train of ordinary con
tinental compartment carriages.
We sat wrapped in shswls and blankets.
in our hack style Of conveyance. trying to
keep partially comfortable The colonials
alight at every station and -brace" e
keep warm so. IS the government derives
re, enue from the importation of liquors.
it may be good policy not to heat the
cars, There is great deal of drinking
in the colonies think more whisky il
consumed per capita than in the United
States. although the absorption of corn
juice is generally thought TO be specially
Of Americans Is far Is quantity is con
cerned.
The country through which we passed
looks like portions of many of our western
states. Ii is thickly wooded with
eucalyptus and box trees except where
cleared for farming We passed many
small villages. whence departure is made
for the gold fields in the distant noun
tains. They resemble in size and appear
snce the towns In our western mining dis
tricts or the stations along the Centra
Pacific in Nevada The cabins oil
-selecters" are seen at intervals. and occa
sional wheat fields are noticed, but most OF
the country is devoted to sheep and cattle
raising. Both mutton and beef are lsrgel,
exported to England, and horses are bred
and sent TO India