Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-21
TO THE ANTIPODES.
Mr.. LAWRENCE WEHRLE BACK FROM AUS.
TRALIA.
Some Of His Impressions Of the Country and o
the PeOple-Ths Rcuts to that Far
OF Continent


street, returned home Friday, from trip
which took him half around the world,
extending, as it did, to Australia. Mr..
Wehrle left this city on the 10Th OF
| July, and took the steamer Diedam
from New York, on the 23d, for Straus-
burg, on the Rhine, where he visited
his father, John Wehrle, WHO'S SIS years
old. Mr.. Wehrle had not seen his
father for twenty-four years, and he
gave the latter pleasant surprise, not
having notified him of his intention OF
making tie trip. On the 18th OF Sep
TENDER Mr.. Wehrle went by steamer TO
Patos, Greece. Patos, he reports, Is a
dirty town, inhabited by dark brown
race Of people, whose principal occupa-
tion is gathering aud selling grapes. He
next went To Port Said, Egypt, on the
Red Sea, at the entrance OF the Suez
Canal, through which they were TWEEN
ty-four hours passing. "The heat
was so intense" said Mr..
Wehrle, ''that two men on
our steamer died from its effects. No
ship ever passes through the Red Sea
without at least one death from the
heat The water is often colored a
light red from the sand that blows from
the Arabian Desert. We were four
days in the Red Sea, from which we
entered the Indian Ocean. We touched
at Alden, Arabia, 40 miles from the
Garden of Eden. Ostrich feathers and
ebony wood are the principal products
OF Alden. The ArabianS are black aud
go about almost nude. Their huts are
built Of sage brush, tied together in
bundles. Here there Is an English
military station. We next went TO
Coumbo, on the Island of Ceylon, whore
the English also have military depot
Colum DO has a population OF about $780,
900, the natives being small and dark,
fifteen or twenty living in one hut.
Columbo is scattered over an area
of about five square miles.
'We next went to Adelaide, Australia,
which is sixteen days from Ceylon.
Adelaide has q population OF 10000.
The buildings are large and beautiful.
Melbourne was our next city, the popu-
lation of which is about 100000. The
people are very epterprisng and hard
working. The tradeSmen get from
s. 80 to So 90 per day for eight hour
work. We then left for Sidney,
the Capital Of New South Wales, and
the largest city in Australia, having
about 500, 900 inhabitants. Saloons in
Australia are run by women Of bad
hn
are small and delicate, and are what
Americans would consider 'fast."
They attend the horse races more than
the men, and gamble great deal.
"The City Park in Sidney is 5eauti-
full, being far superior to Central Park,
New York. Sidney has four or five
fine opera houses. We next visited
Launceston, Tasmania. Here the
climate is delightful, resembling that Of
Northern California. Launceston is
great wheat centre. A few miles from
the city are two gold and one tin mine.
We next went to Hobart Town, the
capitol of Tasmania. Australia
is not well cleared or set
tied. The principal occupation
is sheep raising. Grapes are very album
dant, but the insects destroy nearly
everything in the shape OF vegetation.
On our return from Australia stopped
at StrauSburg, and then went TO Frank
fort on the Main. The saloons in AL
SAGE and all over Germany are open on
Sunday, as are the stores. In fact,
Sunday is the big business day there,
most of the chOpping being done then.
The beer there is better than in this
country and is loss intoxicating. The
farmers are more prosperous in Ger
many than in this country, as class.
Saloons are closed in Germany at 10
o'clock at night, and every one is fined
who is found there after that time.
Leaving Germany on the 30th of Janu-
airy we arrived in New York on the 18th
of this month, after rough voyage"