Mohave County miner., 1889-03-30
A WOMAN'S TRAvEI&
MAS. KER's WAkpGRINoe THAouoN
MANY FoAGloN LANoe.

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Less Ssss.ss--ssssdy Hssvss xssasA
Changes oS Climsss-SssSsas rs0A
''That little mess In Thisst seys ~
David Ker. the traveller, '1s tMytNnf
Then tho German row In BauN might
worth while. Central Asia snA The PasiAs
Islands. TOO. are 80 easy Of sccoss--te ~
nothing Of the Morocco troubles Insfs
up my mind 6ve minutes ego = g5te
Northern Africa o call Five nlnutSs'
notice is all that Mrs. Ksr rsquirss~-quits
long enough TO pack our two hand bags"
say that your wife always acoonpAniss
your
Accompanies meg Why, do you fsps1
should want 10 leave my wife bshind
me; or, rather, that she would consent 70
let me 70 without herf She began this
little skipping round right after We we're
married, and that event took plAcs v
1880 Ia that year we travelled through
Montenegro, In 1881 through Bslooohlstan
and Afghanistan: In 1852 1t was Cape
Colony, Natal. zululand. the TransvaN,
st. Helena, Ascension and Madeira; In
1Ss3 Siam, Malacca. Sumstra; In 1854,
Hungary, Pennsylvania, Roumapjs, the
Crimea, Caucasus, the petroleum Asl4s OF
the Caspian, then to Anatolia and Turkey;
In 1885, oh dear mel that was delightful
year; first class shipwreck on tho west
coast Of Africa, and we had 10 keep oA
the cannibals with muskets; and In 1893
II was Congo, Dongola and the CAMERON
river, and last year little 1auut, nothing
much 20 speak about, to Ceylon, Burmah
and Thibet, and now Mrs. Ker Is just b.
ginning TO have taste for travel"
ONLY A HANDBAG.
"Does Mrs. Rer travel lightT
''She In obliged TO. We each carry .
handbag, and the two would not weigh
fifty pounds. Both OF as take on our backs
what we wear. We buy what wc wear
ont. One thing, we both carry pistols and
Mrs. Ker knows how TO use hers. Taught
her, and friend Of ours, Capt. Hansard
Of the English navy, gave her lessons.
She has the drop down very fine. and
really think at long range may be better
than her husband. Pray. do not smile,
II is q very matter Of fact business. We
have TO 60 through countries where your
revolver must be seen while your money
Is not"
Then, Mrs. Ker must have BEEN In
| strange placesr'
''She has been In countries where no
white woman had ever been bsfore. That
was on the Cestos river, the CAMERON
and Weiloby bay, the true Gorilla land"
Returning TO the toilets Of q lady undsr
such circumstances, Mr.. Ker said:
well they have been peculiar at times.
We two were In Zuzuland when the total
luggage Of the party was represented BY
a small bundle held together by shawl
strap-all cur worldly goods--and that
slung ON the end of a spear carried By o
naked native. When we cross river In
Africa, there being no cobbler handy nor
habcrdasher near, we save shoes and stock
ings by taking them of. II is an accom-
| plishment to know how to wade. But r.
turning to the negroes on tho CAMERON
river-when they saw Mrs. Ker, they said
having once seen white woman, they
were quite ready to lie down and die
think Mrs. Ker fascinated Hipdoo CHIEF
tain In an unknown part Of India, for he
said she represented the wisdom Of the
| world
STEADY NERVES NEEDED a
"At times things are not 80 pleasant.
Just fancy-and this happened--my wife
going out Of her tent In Afghanistsn b.
fore breakfast and finding . few steps
from where she had bcen sleeping the
|
cd but few minutes beforei u takes q
woman OF steady nerves TO sss such
things" ssF E@
''Well, how about the baggage she
carries? It can't be much ia ainele
Gladstone bag holds IL" "
"Oh, there Ii soap, OF covrse, apd
brushes and combs. There ought TO bs
hairpins; presumably there are. Certain.
ly. There is big lot of quinine and 9
pistol. Cuffsi Yes, cuff. Colhryi
Don't know. II is the quinine, really
now, which is the most important. We
should all have perished In Africa II DOT
for Mrs. Ker's quinine. What are frf1s
and founces, laces and ribbons good for
In pestiferous swamp Then Hre. xey
takes needles and thread and Q thimble,
and pair of scissors. for we both want
much repairing, As tidy work a. ever
saw In cutting, bssting, fitting and sew
ing was done by Mrs. Ker In jungle,
with tho admiring monkeys chattsfiAg
around US. Yes. q portable sewing ma
chine would be very useful In our travels,
and 80 would be portable grand piano.
There, ! have given you the principal
contents Of Mrs. Ker's HANDBAGS pistol,
fifty cartridges and bottle Of quinins,
What more could woman wanti
| A TURN FOR LANGUAGrA
els Mrs, Ker q linguistf' "s,
Eyes. My wife has Q meet turn fos
languages and Is at home In French, Ger.
man, Burmese, Hindostanee and Malay.
We get along fairly well, a. ! am up h
twelve other different tongues, With a
assortment of dialects. We pick up tas
talk very fast. We must do that q ~
| might starye at times" st
"There must be great suffering q tinse
from changes of ciinatef" @ 81
well, We both climb up and down tns
thermometer and don't think about u.
My wife has stood 147 deg IN the shade
In Central Asia and In RussiA 20 deg. b.
low zero. There is only one slight failing
| Of Mrs. Rer's, which think will become
less In time. She viii get scasick. But
| Il On emergency comes she shakes that OF
ct once. She rides well on horse os IN
| elephant or bullock or q camel, ooly
carnels are beasts. II was in an ugly icS.
cold torrent In Afghanistan, and MTS. K1e
was slung In q basket on one side Of tho
brute and on the other and In MD
stream, the wretch Of camel wanted 20
roll. and he did roll, and we eonld n0t
help 1t, and 1t was very funny and chilly
"You must have had many escapes fru0
serious perilsf'
"Wo don't keep tally. but l think that
| for not less than twenty .three tiwss heo
Mrs. Kers Life been In peril Idopt sapAD
my scrapes. Iquite exult over Mrs. Ke1,
for they never tried to hang her yet, ~
was very near 1t once-by tho token ~
my having he'd moose around my pecA,
| the knot under my left car, and h6Sin&
| been lifted of tho rround. MY VifA hsk