The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-23
LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
interesting Yarns of a Retired
British Sailor.
cH,NesE FIGHTING PROGRESS.
=. windsbank Tells OF His Many voy.
ages in Remote Lands-whst He
Saw Of Llvingstone.


4 windebank, proprietor Of the Mat.oui
s note, as Mission, B. c.. an old English sailor.
rho having been several times around the
vo,id, has stock of anecdotes and q o. teasing
f.easy OF relating bis experiences, is in the
es;y on his way to Tacoma to take In the ex.
psition. In 1869 Mr.. Windebank was a sailor
a. q Bombay marine "a class OF naval vessels
which have now been replaced by British men.
sfvarj, and was ~ Zanzibar when Explorer
liysnstone made his famous journey to the
heart Of Africa Though only . lad ct the time
Be remembers distinctly when Lvingttone left
= A. the journey from which he never returned.
II the early '70s Mr. windebank was a marine
on IN English man-oiwar, which was assigned
10 running down alavers In the Moxarnbioue
channel. between Africa and Madagascar.
NARY Slavers were caught and the slaves liber.
stsd. At one time the English vessel liberated
90 slaves on the seychelles islands, which Mr..
windebank describes as the garden spot of the
tropics. and are occupied BY wealthy French
* Mr. wIndebank has lived in Australia, China.
Africa the Seychelles Islands, England. India.
Canada, America, Egypt, the Northwest terri.
sory and British Columbus, and has made ana
Lost several fortunes He has stock OF stories
Of actual experiences of which any man might
feel proud HIS life reads like . romance ana
world surely form an acceptable groundwork
3 TOT novel.
From boyhood windebank has been on the 20
and has not lived in one place over four years at
atme He was born ct Portsmouth, England, in
ISL, and when Is years Old adopted the life of
saiior, and wss In . merchant trading vessel OF
the African coast during tho Abyssinian war.
s Returning TO England, he shipped on the slfn
Nynph, and landing at Bombay, signed g
quartermaster Of the coaster Jamsetjeebhoy,
manned BY native crew, and for nine months
cruised about the Indian coast, touching at
nany points never before visited by q white
man. The Jamsetjeebhoy was the favorite vessel
Of PsfSee OF the same name who II now none
other than Sir amsetjsebhoy. Of Bombay, one
Of the wealthiest merchants of the East This
Pazsee 10 the founder and proprietor Of the
finest Parsee temple in the world, and IL q leader
smong tho Persian fire worshipers, OF whom
there are many in India, especially in Bombay
Sir Jamsetjeebhoy 10 also the founder OF a
splendid sailors home ana hospital at Bombay,
and 10 every way noticeable for his charity.
After nine months scrvice on the Parsses YES
seithe young quartermastsr shipped - q sailor
on 9 Bombay marine and went to the Moxam-
tiqus channel for the purpose Of experimenting
slave traders and their vessels The vessel put
In at zansbaf when DR.. Livingstone was there
making preparations for the long journey into
the heart Of the dark continent, from which he
never returned, and Mr.. Windebank says of the
crest explorer:
! remember Livingstone we'll. He was q
concerning him at Zanzibar and since bis I pro.
posed expedition caused no great stir, prob
ab.y would never have thought OF MIN again
had not SO much been said of him in later
years. He made his final preparations quietly
at zansibar and left with his retinue of natl yes
Without any great display. The people of Zan-
sbar did not believe him capable OF succeeding
In his expedition. and expected him to return
In 4 few months with the Encouraging report
that the unknown interior was tmpenetraDle.
II may be due to this impression that there was
his departure.
When Mr.. Windebank was % years old he went
back 70 England, and In less than four months
bad once more shipped as q sailor and started
70 the Mediterranean on fruit schooner, which
took on cargo Of lemons, oranges and bananas
at Sicily and made a six months cruise. II was
but short time before he was again at sea, this
time on merchant vessel bound for the "Gold
Coast" OF Africa The vessel cruised up and
down the coast from Elmina to Whydah during
the year 1877 trading among the natives. The
Ashanfee war was In progress and Windebank
saw good deal of fighting, though, OF course,
his vessel engaged in none Of the battles. Why
dab 10 the principal seaport OF Dahomey, the
scene OF the late trouble between the French
and the Dahomeyans.
Upon the return of the merchant vessel, treas
ure laden for England, Windebank Immediately
shipped IN another vessel bound for Calcutta.
From India he made his way around to China,
aud, arriving at Shanghai. he succeeded In be-
Ing appointed a policeman for the British and
American districts of that city. He was an off,
Ger for year and nine months, aud said Of that
period:
was IN Shanghai during tho time the first
railway was built there fifteen years ago Ii
Hung Chang the wise viceroy of China, was
much In favor OF railroads, being man OF pro-
Ing the wealthy and uential mandarins were
dead against II, 90 the viceroy did not push his
Idea. The great English tea merchant of
Shanghai, Jardiue, who 10 now dead, conceived
the idea OF building q railway on the quiet be-
tween Shanghai and Calleque. distance OF ak
miles. and alter buying up the property along
which returned with rails, locomotives and
other rolling stock. The Cinnamon did not
knew what Jardine was building, bat one day
an educated Chinaman happened along and he
told his countrymen what the work of laying
the track meant. Then there wss . row and
the Cinnamon turned out en- masse and began
IN The .1 called
% EnSland calling attention to "' the
treaty between the nations which provided
That no European improvements calculated tn
Interfere with the customs of the country
should be made. and for a time work on the
railway was stopped. compromise was ar
ranged whereby the railway was allowed 70 run
cue year. The mandarins wero exceedingly
angry aud they employed large number of
coolies to agree to commit suicide by jumping
IN Iron, OF the locomotives. Thus il was ex-
psctsd that the peoples prsjudiees would be
aroused and they would tear the railway up.
eooiie will commit suicide II he Is promise!
that bis family will be provided for after his
eeaih The cars had to run at q snairs pace TO
Keep rom running over the coolies, and many
sHme have been detailed, with other officers,
iorlde on the trains and endeavor To keep the
Neald-oe suicides OF the track. The railway
VAS - small narrow gauge affair operating but
ufee or four locomotives. At the end OF the
year the government bought tho railway. tore
uptne track, and carted the rolling stock and
everything hundred miles down the coast and
jumped The whole affair of head.and into the
NA
Mr. windehsnk says that fifteen wears ago tho
french. American and English settlements were
not made shanghai proper. but outside the
sata The Europeans and Americans num-
oesed abou, 1000. while in tho ''Chinese city"
within the wallsl were about $4,000 souls. lie
continued:
,thincse laws are noticeable for their injustice.
Hapr,soner has neither friends. nor money no
smisni just a. well give himself UP for dead.
.nus policeman. saw good deal OF this sort
~ Justice at shanghai Une day tive Chinese
PIRATES were captured on the 800 Chow" with
sasir plumber ana were brought To Shanghai
alusl They were given ii hearing Before a
saanese mag istraie. and were then turned over
~ "e iof delivery to the prison officials In the
seshese city. little dreamed what the COM
,,ai.ihsnis given me contained, and when. with
" native CON tables, arrived ut the Chinese
rssoh, within the walls, / turned the prisoners
80 80 ~ see mandarin IN charge he glanced
wv, The commitments. asked the prisoners If
,ass had any money or friends, and, receiving s
.saNFe answer, turned them over u the exc
,saes There, before INV astoniehed eyes,
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htUtph~-k IN cal