News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-03-06
NELLY BLY, OUTDONE.
ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NEW
ENGLAND GIRL.
Climbing Voloano--In Tramp Steam
er to Japan.

oImolnga Voloano--In Tramp Steam
er to Japan.
For lndomitable spirit, noble cour-
age and patient surrounding f the
numberless difficulties and DANCE. en-
countered by an unprotected young
woman making the circuit of the globe,
the Journey of a Massachusetts girl
completely overshadows the recent cut
and-dried trip of Miss Nellie Bly,.
Was this girl an Amazon? No, far
from 1t. With all her love for travel
and adventure, she never shouldered a
rlf1e, nor even carried so much as a re-
volver or dagger during her wander
ings, but trusted to her unfal ering
presence of mind and the protection #
divine power. Her name is Abbie
M. White, her birthplace and home at
Farnumsville, about IL miles from
Worcester, her occupation that of
supervisor of drawing in the pubic
schools of Providence, r. l., for the
young lady is a talented artist and is a
graduate of the normal ait school of
Boston.
81 did not go around the world en-
tirely alone" said Miss White to an in
terviewer, with a downward glance of
her bright, dark eyes, "for 1 had the
companionship of a young lady friend
during the greater part of the time.
This was Miss Cora Bennison of Quin-
cy, ILL.,, who was law student at Ann
Arbor."
After telling her trip across the
the continent to San Francisco Miss
White continued: "On Aug. ~ we
went aboard the Kalakaua, a sailing
vessel bound for the Sandwich Islands.
The ship was two weeks in traversing
the 1000 miles to Honolulu, and the
lady passengers numbered but four. :"
In telling of some of their adven-
lures in the Sandwich Islands Miss
White said: "At Walmea we had a
wild boar hunt, which was very excit-
ing. Five bears were killed, for the
woods were full of EN-
"My friend and then went to the
seacoast, and at Hilo we were within
a days journey of an active volcano,
Mamma Loa. And, of course, we
wanted to explore that, so up we went.
Our Japanese boy guide. who carried
a lantern, would not go inside the
crater, but remained upon its rim. We
left our horses there, too. We took
zigzag course down the precipitous
sides of the crater for about 1000 feet,
before we got to the floor, which was
not unlike ocean waves, or a rolling
prairie, on its surface. This uneven
floor was very warm, and it was
scanned with cracks from one inch to
one foot in width, and up through
them came hot air in such volume as
to cause our skirts to stand out, balloon
fashion. We went across the crater
for distance of about two and half
miles to one of the burning lakes,
Helemauman, or House of Everlasting
Fire.
"There was before our eyes, and only
80 feet beneath the place where we
stood a great pool of red-hot lava,
about one-third of a mile in width.
This awful, angry mass Guild boil up
tiercely for while, and then cool to
dull, leaden color, and huge assures
would appear during the cooling pro-
cess. Suddenly, the surface would be-
come red yain, and the huge blocks
of lava would fall back into the sea of
fire and melt to liquid. AS we stood
there, apparently at the very mouth of
hell, shielding our blistering faces as
best we could from the intense h at,
night came on. Above US shone the
moon and the stars; around us were
the walls of the crater, extending a
thousand feet toward the sky, and Just
beneath us wakkFyT iivia. Kissing mass
IF eternal fire. -; night we lunched
in the crater, with our backs to some
hot cracks in the wall.
CATER a five weeks stay in the
Sandwich Islands, we took passage in
a tramp steamer for Hong Kong,
China. We were the only ladies
aboard, and the captain surrendered
his stateroom to us. The other pas
sengers were a missionary, a dissipated
and 800 Chinese. The
ship was three weeks on this voyage of
about 1000 miles, and we improved the
chance to start a missionary school
among the Chinese. There were two
deaths and burials at sea. We reached
China at the time of the war of that
with France, and we were
warned that the Chinese blood was
boiling, and that all foreigners appear
ed as Frenchmen to the natives. But,
as we had planned, we went directly to
Yokohama, Japan, arriving there nine
days later; thence to Toxic, and at
that place engaged stage passage to
80 miles distant.
"Returning to Yokohoma. we took
a steamer for Kobe, and then went to
Hong Kong. At the latter place we
telegraphed to the missionary at Can |
ton, 80 miles distant, and ON Christ
mas morning we met him there. lie |
told us that we must go back at once
to Hong Kong, as our stay in Canton
would be exceedingly dangerous and |
likely to cause an outbreak. He SAID |
that he had not seen a lady in six
weeks. We wanted to see more of
Canton, and of the Pearl river with its
DO 900 people living in sampans, or
boats. AS passed through the hotel,
a military gentleman accosted me
politely, and mentioned my chagrin
at being obliged to leave Canton at
once. To my surprise and delight, he
told us to stay, and that we would be
safe under his guidance. He proved
to be an English army officer, an in
spector of forts for the Chinese. and
had been loaned by England to the
Chinese government, preparatory to
The war with France. He had guard
accompany us, and for three DAYS
We travelled in sedan chairs
through Canton, doing shopping.
Under the escort-~sno other Euro
1ean could we have done so, and the
American consul said that it was dam
serous, even as we went.
"From Hong Kong, after our Can
on trip, we took an Australian steam
# for Singapore, and were the only
aides aboard. We found Singapore
Weather very hot, and took passage in
coasting steamer along the Burmese
coast to Calcutta. We had originally
n ended to go to Ceylon from Singa-
'ore, but SO unconventional were we
hat, upon learning of the chance to go
o Calcutta, we altered our plans in
70 minutes time, in order to get
,limpses of Burmah.
"After going up into the foot hills of
he Himalayas we returned to Calcutta
nd started across the country to Bonn
'ay, travelling at night, SO as to avoid