Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-06
AROUND THE WORLD.
The Trip Made In the Wonderful
Time of Seventy-two Days
and Six Hours.
NO. "A.

and Six Hours.
Nellie Bly,, not the song.famous
Nellie who shut her eye when she
went to sleep, but Miss Kate Coch-
rams, Il member Of the New York
World staff, with Nellie BLY, for a
nam de plume, has completed her
"trip around the world. It took
juat 72 days, six hours and II sec.
ends to travel the 5000 miles.
She made her remarkable tour un.
accompanied and with no other
baggage than q small hand-satchel.
Ia the satchel were necessary
changes of clothing, FIVE copies Of
the World, and s500 in Bank of
England not-s, besides her rail.
road and steamer tickets for the en-.
tire journey. She had but one
gown for the trip. She was really
but IS days travelling, as seven days
were spent in waiting for connec-
tions. The trip was an advertising
scheme for the World and a very
successful one. It was November
the 14th when Miss BLY, left New
York. She arrived at Calais in
ample time to take the Brindisl
mail train. This train, commonly
called the Indian mail, is one OF
the famous trains of the world. She
arrived at Brindisi on time and took
the steamer Victoria of the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental line from the point.
She left Brindisi at s a. m. Novem-
Der 25th, crossed the Mediterranean
and sailed through the Suez
canal, arriving at Ismalia Novem-
Der 28th. From Ismalia her jour.
ney lay through the Red Sea.
Across the Arabian Sea the Victo-
ria sped with its plucky little pas
senger, and arrived at Columbo on
the Island of Ceylon, December
Sth. Here the Worlds globe grid
ler left the Victoria to take another
steamer for Hong Kong. She was
two days ahead of her itinerary
but was obliged to spend these
two days in Ceylon. December
2Sth Nellie BLY,, af.er passing
through the State of Malacca, was
at Singapore, half way around
the world. Her eight days ride
through the Indian Ocean carried
her over the ruins of cities buried
for long centuries beneath its toss
ing floods. She remained in the P.
& o. steamer, which stopped at
Singapore only long enough to per.
NIT the mails and its cargo to be
landed, and December Oath Christ.
mas eve., reached Hong Kong, on
the southwest coast of China. She
had her Christmas dinner in the
Chinese city. The first available
means of transportation across the
Pacific Ocean was the fast steamer
Oceanica of the Occidental and
ORIGINAL line. This steamer wai
scheduled to leave Hong Kong for
San Francisco December % and
that day Nellie Bly, bade adieu to
the Celestial empire. Five days
later she was at Yokohama for the
mail. This made another five
days. delay. At daylight Tuesday
OF last week, the Oceanica arrived
in San Francisco. The trip across
the continent was a rapid one. Be.
tween some points the special train
bearing Miss Bly, travelled at the
rate of 85 miles an hour. She ar.
rived in New York Saturday after
noon. What kind of a person il
this traveller A correspondent
gives this description:
Imagine a little young woman
seemingly about "a years, so slen
der as not TO appear less thar
womanly, tall, yet round enough
of contour TO invite masculine ad
miration. with wavy hair almost
black, dark brown eyes, all anins
tlon, beautiful teeth often laughter
revealed, regular features but mod
erately suggesting a Celtic type, 1
clear complexion that contrastee
we'll with a soft woollen travelin,
cap of dark tone and a most modes
plaid costume, the deep browns ant
reds of which were shaded al
most impercetlbly into each other
A silver bracelet clung about on,
wrist and q silver bar pin at he
bosom divided with a lead pencI
thrust dagger-like between the Tut
tons the only other adornment
Held in both hands she carried /,
silver tipped lady's riding whil
fashioned from q monkeys tail.
| Another Pioneer Gone.
Mrs. Sallie Talley, relics of Vile,
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