The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-05-25
AROUND the WORLD ON FOOT.
An American Journalist who Travels
Inexpensively in the Old World.


Inexpensively in the Old World.
Glen Miller is a pleasant-looking
and most intelligent young man,
with a short, red beard. He was
born in Millville, Ohio, on the Sd
of March, 1868. In 1869 he went to
White Cloud, in the State of Kan
sas. He pursued regular course
of studies in the public schools, and
in 1880 he was admitted to the
State University Of Kansas. In
1884 he was made an AN. On the
7th of November of last year he
decided to undertake a very ardu-
Gus project which he had cherished
tor long time. This was to make
tour of the world on foot. He
embarked at New York and
landed at Southampton. On foot he
travelled through the Isle of Wight
and through the greater portion of
England, then from Havre to Paris,
from the latter city to Lyons, Mar
selles, Toulon, Nice, Geneva, Pisa
and Rome. He will take the Eorth-
ern route through Italy, Switzerland
and Germany, arriving directly at
Berlin. From Berlin he will go
girectly to Dresden, Vienna, Con-
stantinople, Odessa, Moscow and
st. Petersburg. From there he will
start for Sweden and Norway, Scot
land, Ireland and England, remain
ing a short time in London. From
London he will set sail for Egypt
and traverse Arabia, Persia, India
and China. He will go to japan.
From there he will start for Aus
tralia, and thence, as the last trip,
to San Francisco. From the Pacific
Coast he will return to his native
town, Kansas City, after Chicago,
the next important agricultural
emporium of the far West. He cal
culates that, in order to put his
project into execution, he will need
no more than three years. All his
luggage consists of a knapsack
made purposely for his excursion,
and able to hold only one single
change of underclothing. He also
carries with him rubber over-coat,
compass and map of the coun-
try in which he way find himself.
Neither rain, nor wind nor thunder
storms, he says have hindered him
or will hinder him from continuing
his voyage. According to his cal
culation he can make about twenty
seven miles day. When he started
out, beside English, he could speak
little German, but knowing Greek
and Latin we'll, by studying, col
lecting, observing and noting. he
was able to learn a language COM
posed of different words and alto
gether different idioms-a species
of Volapuk, most original and curl
Gus, with which he succeeds admir-
ably in making himself understood.
He is the correspondent of sew
eral American journals.
At one time he was arrested in
France as German spy. He was
often obliged to sleep in the open
air exposed to all sorts of weather.
He was the object Of suspicion and
distrust, and on several occasions
when, worn out, he asked for a lodg-
ing, the door was shut in his face.
The following are his impressions :
81 found the English more re-
served and more dignified than the
Americans, and the Isle of Wight
is beautiful country.
"In the west of France more than
any other part was impressed with
the cleanliness and neatness of the
ishabitants. They were all very
courteous to me; but they were full
of the unhealthy suspicion of uneas-
mess which in French eyes turns
every foreigner into German spy.
The police gave me no rest in spite
Of my papers and references. They
could never understand why an
American should travel on foot.
"Without intending to f1atter the
country in which l am at present |
will say sincerely that | was treated
by the Italians more Hospitality and
more courteously than by any other
people in Europe. l had to suffer
no annoyance or persecution from
the police, the authrities or the
military. / believe that the Riviera
is the most beautiful country in
the world, and the vision of that
terrestrial paradise is constantly
before my eyes. If l could select
a place of residence, and had p
projects to carry out or engage
ments to fulfill in my own country,
I would establish myself in Rome,
the city that prefer to any other in
either the New or the Old World"
From the Rome La Riforma.
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