The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-04-04
on FooT m ITALY.
a yssag American JsurnalIst Whs
Travels Inezpsasively On the Ola

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In RIforma, Rsiue.
Glen Miller IL = pleasant looking
and most intelligent young mai
with q short red beard. He was
born In MillvilIe, o., March 3, 1888
In 1889 he went 20 White Cloud. In
the state Of Kansas. He pursued 3
regular course of stables in the
public schools, aud In iSsO he was
admitted 10 the state university OF
Kansas. In 1884 he was made an
A. NJ. During his college life he
founded . journal called the CRirsI.-
sitg Courier, Of which he was editor
and proprietor for about two years.
From 1884 To lSSS he worked as Q
railway maehlnlst travelling con.
tinualIy through the states OF Kan
sas, Missouri, Illinois and wiscon-
sin, but never eeasing TO contribute
articles to the leading journals aud
to the reviews OF Kansas city, Chi
cago and New York.
On November Of last year he de-
eided to undertake q very arduOus
project which he had cherished for
q long time. This vas TO make .
tour through the world on foot. He
remained In the United States until
the above mentioned time, because,
like 3 good American, he didn't wish
To leave the country without frat
knowing the result OF the presiden-
tiAl election. He embarked at New
York aud landed n Southampton
On foot he travelled through the
Isle Of Wight and through the greater
portion OF England; then from
Havre To Paris, from Paris tn Lyons,
Marseilles, TOulon, Nice, Geneva.
Pisa aud Rome. He will take the
northern route through Italy, Swift.
erland aud Germany, arriving d.
rectiy at Berlin. From Berlin he
will go to Dresden, Vienna, Con-
stantinople, Odessa, Moscow aud
ST. Petersburg. From there he will
start for Sweden aud Norway, scot
land, Ireland and England. remain
Ing for O short time In London.
From London he will set sail for
Egypt and traverse Arabia, Persia,
and China. From China he will |
90 to Japan. From there he will |
start for Australia and thence, ~
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 calculates that In order
to put his project In execution he
will need no more than three years.
All his luggage consists Of "a KNAPP
sack made purposely for his eNeur-
sion and able TO hold only one single
change Of undertaking. He also
carries with him q rubber OVercOat,
Q compass sud 8 map Of the country
In which he IL travelling. Neither
rain, nor wind, nor snow, nor
thunder storms, he says have him
dered him or will hinder him from
his voyage. According
tn his calculations he can make forty
two kllometers q day. When he
out, besides English, he
could only speak q little German,
but knowing Greek and Latin well,
by studying, collecting, observing
and noting, he was able to learn
language composed Of different
words and altogether different
dioms-a species Of NOlapuk most
original and curious, with which he
succeeds admirably Ia making him
,elf understood.
He IL the correspondent Of the
Globe Democrat and several other
4 mericsn journals. 70
At one time he WAS arrested i'm
France "a a German spy He was
,ften obliged to sleep In the open
Iir, exposed to all sorts Of weather.
he was an object Of suspicion aud
iistrust, and on several occasions
when, worn out, he asked for a
odging, the door was shut in his
ace.
The following are his impress
ions. q
~ found the English more
eserved aud more dignifled than q
he Americans and the IsIe Of
Wight is a beautiful country.
IN the west OF France more than I,
my other part was impressed by a
he cleanliness and neatness Of the :
They were all very cour-
eous to me; hut they were full Of !
hat unhealthy suspicion or uneaSi-
less which In French eyes turns !
very foreigner into q German SPY.
The police gave me no rest, In spite :
4 my papers and references. They =
'ould not understand why AN Amer
ran should travel on foot. a
without intending la halter the
ountry In which ! am At present \
Till say sincerely that I was treated !,
y the Italians more hospitality
nd more cOurteOusly than by any !,
ther people In Europe. had TO o
uffer no annoyance or persecution !,
rom the police, the authorities or =
he military. I believe that the
rivera IL the most beautiful country IL
n the world, aud the vision of that I
rrrestrisl paradise il constantly be- \.
pre- my eyes. IT, ! could select q q
lace OF residence, aud had no !,
rejects To carry out or engage o
lents to fluff In my own country, a
would establish myself in Rome, y
he city that prefer tO any other p
\ either the new or the old world" -
Glen Miller has taken an apart- :,
lent In the Via Victoria, No. ~. I,
lie takes his meals at the hotel =
ampidOglia. He leaves on Mon =,
sy. 4