Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-02
YERf ENTERTAINING.
COL kLEX. CAMPBELL WRITES A MOST
FASCINATING DESCRIPTION
Cia Part Of Ills Trip Homsward-A Few Words
Aboai The T-ase From australia and TaS-
ualia-A Day CT Two at Colom6o Cey- =
lo1-Through The Sasz Canal.
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STEAMER OEIIANA, MEDllEkhA-
MEAN SEA, NEAR NAPLES,
January %, 1892.
Ii may be OF interest 70 some OF your
numerous readers 70 have few facts
concerning the vast trade OF the South
ern Hemisphere, which Is almost entire
IL lost 20 American manufacturers by
reason Of our "pOrcupine tariff "a
trade that would grow into huge pro-
portions II properly cultivated. This
Steamer-one of a line OF thirteen YES
sells, with tonnage ranging in carrying
capacity from four 70 seven thousand
tons each-hndS more freight and pas
sengers than she can at all times COM
fortably transport Besides, there are
nine other French, German and
English-doing q profitable business
with New Zealand aud the Australian
colonies. The United States are TWO
Thousand miles nearer the Australian
pOrts than any OF the English, French
or German cities. America has two
small vessels, the property Of Claus
Spreckles. OF San Francisco, CAL, and
one steamer Of the Union Steamship
Company Of New Zealand, making
has exports amounting annually 70 al
most one-haf the total exports OF the
United states. Comment on the policy
Of the party in power IN our country IS
unnecessary.
On December 3Oth we said goodbye TO
South Australian friends who came 70
the depot and some who accompanied
US 70 the steamer az anchor In Larg's
Bay. We left the sunny streets Of beau
tiful Adelaide with regret. Our steamer
during the night passed out Of the Gulf
of ST. Vincent into the Indian ocean.
We ran across the great Australian
Blight" over one thousand miles, to Al
bany, on King Georges Sound. This Is
very rough portion Of the sea, as the
vast volume of water has a clean sweep
for many thousand miles down to the
South Pole. To the Cape OF Good Hope
il is over 4, 600 miles, and these is no
hindrance 70 the rolling up OF waves,
mountains high. After spending few
hours at Albany, where We met some
friends, our vessel headed for Colombo,
CeylOn, 3,lG0 miles distant TIE first
land we saw was at POint-de.Galie, on
the coast OF Ceylon. Here we catch the
sspicy breezeS," mentioned In Bishop
Heber's hymn. We had more Of the
smell of cOcoanut oil with which the
Mohammedans, Hindoos and SinhaieS
grease their bodies. This Island, which
has a worldwide fame, where the Car
den Of Eden was said TO be located, and
where old father Adam willingly Obeyec
Eve, is surely paradise. Such popu-
lation IL has never been my fortune TO
meet.
Colombo has a population Of about
13O. LOCO, mostly HindooS, MohammedanS
and Sinhales Their only dress Is a
breecheloth for men and women. Chill
dren up 10 10 and - years 60 in state
OF nature. We visited the Buddhist
Temples, cinnamon gardens, museum,
also Mt. Lavina. lovely retreat some
eight miles out Of the city. AL kinds Of
conveyance is used here. Little cows
and oxen are made 20 work in shafts;
then there is the GinrickShaw, lately IN
trOduced from Japan. A native Will
draw you all over the city In one OF
these for a few rupees. They 20 in a
long, sweeping trOt. Ii is a singular
=
Ginrickshaw sometimes spelled Jinrik-
shal with a naked blackman without
hat or any covering on his head IN the
boiling sun rushing through the streets.
We met them miles out in the
country. A large Australian seven
miles out In the country informed me
that the man had pulled him fourteen
miles in two hours and fifteen minutes,
Some few years since there was very
large export OF coffee from CeylOn-a
blight struck the coffee tree and many
large estates were abandoned. Mer-
chants, bankers and planters were
ruined by this unexpected blight. In
1872 not pound Of tea was entered as
an export from the island. Last year
about seventy millions Of pounds were
ed, anu the crop of '93 is eSti-
az one hundred millions Of
valued az fifty million rupees.
,st. 1890. $50, 600 acres were cul-
N tea, Sc. 600 acres have been
the last two years. The aver
a OF an acre is four hundred
IS OF merchantable tea.
lers let me say Ceylon has sppro-
Rated two hundred thousand rupees
lat the present value Of silver, eQuiya-
lent 10 seventy thousand dollarS), for
her exhibit at Chicago in 1898. We had
the pleasure Of breakfasting with the
Hon. j. j. GrimlintOn, the commissioner
who will represent his government al
Chicago. After spending a day and
half in sightseeing in and around Col
ombo. we found ourselves back on the
steamer at z D. NJ, bound out OF the
harbOr and heading for the Gull Of
Alden. AT Colombo we were sorry to
part with our friend, Mr.. j. H. Symon,
o c. Queens COunseD, Of Adelaide.
S. A. McSymcn is a barriSter and stands
at the head of his profession, and Is
known through all the Australian Colo
MES as one Of her most prominent, ac-
compliShed and brilliant men. We hope
10 live 70 see him President Of the Uni
ted States Of Australia. He had 70 wait
\ week. With several other Of our pas
sancers. at Colombo for steamer TO
Calcutta, India. On long voyage like
this Il Is pleasant to have agreeable
messengers, especially table COM
nanions. We were fortunate in the
Mace assigned us. We have yis-a-yiS,
AR. James Aikman, of London aud Tas-
mania, journalist; very fright and tuh
az wit and humor. We had met him 10
Hobart last November, where he was
verv kind to me. Next 70 Mr.. \. is Col.
EDEN. az the Imperial srmy, who has
see, mpch service II India and was in
ne Crlmean war. at the head OF our
,sbls is DR.. Plumer, the ships phySi-
sS.n an Irish gentleman. On my left
Mr.. james MeKendrick, the chief
Ger of the ship. true Scotchmau
-, a., his nrofesSi0n-WO