Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-20
LOOKING rnREHARD.
Around the World in On Minutes
Diary OF n TraTeIer.


From the Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, JRa IA ! $50, IL q. Nam
just starting for trip a:onnd the world.
Ny baggage consist Of an Cpsra.giass, a
couple of oranges and q 10 cant cigar.
NEW YoRK, l1.02- Reached this city by
pneumatic tube. Only special feature of
the whiTl across the country was q
momentary smell Of coal oil while passing
through "a state OF Pennsylvania.
LoSDos, II l0-Lost u seconds in New
York on account OF having to stop and
subscribe to the Grant monum ant fund,
the Memorial Arch fund and the Greeley
monument fund. The fellows said it was
the custom for eyerybody--outside Of
NV York-to drop a few nickels in the
slot for those funds and get q card OF
thanks. They were conf dent the monu.
ments aud the arch would be built within
the next 2i0 years 1t farthest. came to
this city by the well-known Skyrocket
route. Got here four seconds behind
time, having had to dodge two cyclones
and pair OF trousers belonging to an
English tourist. The trousers had dropped
e.om q rocket train Just ahead OF us aud
were gyrating wildly through the cir on
their way down from the clouds.
PARIS ll.l9-Am four minutes and o
half behind time. The '',szy tongs"
tremwsy that runs to this city by tunnel
under the English Channel and overland
the rest OF the way was not sutfi silently
creased, and it took MS nearly FIVE
minutes to make the last 50 miles. This
lack OF grease shows that the French
couldn't run political campaign liz Ohio
10 cave their lives.
RoME, 1l.27-Nearly ten minutes
behiui time. The passenger bomb in
which l travelled TO this point tcraped
against the sides Of the sheet.iron vacuum
rainbow it was fred through, and We had
Z to put on brakes to prevent no. boxes.
have Just hired an Italian brigsnd to go
I ont behind the Coliseum and sw ar as
long and al hard as he feels justified in
doing for 81 G5.
CALCUTTA, 11.SO.-My time is hat gone
and am not yet h9l! way round. Game
from Rome by the Electric Inclined
Plane route. The cars are hugo lignum
vi % balls that roll down the hollow tube
through which blast o. air is forced by
powerful dynamoa. The senaation Of
travelling in this way is novel, but not
particularly enjoyable.
EosG KoSG, IL 40.-Ten minutes be-
hind schedule time. Game from Cal
putt line. There was delay Of several
minutes in cutting the cable that held
the spring down at tho western end Of
the line. A sacred white elephant was
'Btanding on the trap ind nobody liked to
taka the liberty Of asking him TO move oil.
EIrKA, ALASKA, ll.5O.-Ihe Chinese Of
Hong Kong have their old time hatred o:
foreign devils. They fired me out OF there
by the Projsctile route TO Kamtchatka,
whsre took the Electric Tobo2gan Slide.
OBme from Petropaulovski to this place
In . large hollow icicle, the slide being
aid across Behrlng Strait, which is
fortunately, frozen over. The icicle was
cry much worn and baggard by the
lime 1t got here. Only ~ minutes nov
% get TO Chicago.
sIrEA, IL 80. Haven't got away from
here yet. Went out and caught sea
and a bad cold while waiting. Have jas
made a bet of 800 I'll 60 through OF
time.
CHICAGO, IL m.-Wss delayed at Silks
I'LL IL 50 in consequence OF Q Sigh
cuange in the timetable. Stepped int
the air-tight tube Of the Great OVERLAND
huber. band Air Line route at that exsc
moment, the catch was loosed, and TIL
gigantic e aatic rope, made of the bss
Para rubber, and stretched to its utmo9
tension, whiskod me across the country
more than 2 800 miles in direct line il
tic twinkling Of an eye. Reached her
with more than half a minute to spare
1t sn't o difficult job to go around tn
globe in GO minutes. All you need BE-
side your tickets Is fan, an overcoat
bottle Of lung balsam, and small
bottle OF tho other kind OF balslm t,
counterfeit the eject OF sudden change
OF climate.
Anybody can go round the world in 6
minutes.
In the old foRy days Of 1880, 200 year
ago it was thought wonderful thing /
MARE The trip ia ~ dEys, G hoGrs and
minutes. This only elbows that the pee
pie Of that by-gone age were not reaIl
ssnBiole Of thslr misery. They though
they were pretty stuart. Let az rtgar
them, my countrymen, with faGlings {
sincere compassion, rather taan cor
tempt.
My little jaunt has male ne hungry
mus. 60 to lunch. Msorr.