The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
ROUND THE W0RLD on A "BIKE.S
Experiences Of Two wheeImsn Who Have
Circumnaylgated the Globe.

circumnavtgated the Globe.
w. l.. Sachteleben. Of Alton. M
and Thomas q. Allen, OF Ferguson.
Mo-. have arrived at San Francisco
from Vancouver. b. c.. after making q
tour OF the world on bicycles. On May %.
1880. they finished their course OF study at
Washington University, 81. Louis. and
then started out 10 make the trip. They
visited Washif gton, ID. c., and on luna
I'D sailed from New York. landing M
Liverpool on July ith. There bicycles
were purchased and a tour made of the
British Isles. thence to France.
Their route took them through I,o1en.
Paris, chatres, Poitiers. Bordeaux ana
Marseiiles. The Riviera route along the
shores of the Mediterranean was olIoxed
and Genoa. Rome. and Milan In Italy vera
visited. At Athens the FIRST long halt was
made. ""'
10 Constantinople was the next iaunt
ana there pre- arations for the invasion OF
Asia were begun.
. u tirst exploit, OF which we are q
little proud" said Sachteleben Yesterday
was the scaling OF Mount Ararat. Wa
were the first Americans that reached the
Top. ana the natives could hardly believe
we had succeeded. We started on Julv
"a ana reached the summit July Atm.
.here we celebrated the American holiday
oy waving the American flag and firing
on shots from revolvers. on our return
the Governor OF Bayazld saye a dinnsr
In our honor. Through Turkey in Asia
we rode. and then through Persia. visit
Ing Teheran on our way.
Our journeytng was along camel maths
there being no other roads. At Tashkand
tie capital OF Turkestan. we remained
from November IS. 1891, to MAY 7 1902
and spent a good deal OF the time in
studying the Russian language. We often
had occasion TO notice the eager attitude
or Russian sentiment regarding the ad-
vance upon British A~fghanistan. The
Russians are very friendly to Americans.
and on this account we received many
courtesies.
our last stopping place in Russian ter
ritory was at Vernoe, and here the peopla
tried to dissuade Us from making the at
tempt to go TO China: but relying on n
special passport which had been Qiver "a
by the Chinese minister I'm London. wa
determined on trying to get through.
After leaving kuldja the route taken was
by way Of Urmpz 10 the border OF the
Cobb desert at Hami. and we were agree.
ably surprised at the character Of thu
roads. In some places the desert has n
hard bed. and thus. enabled the machines
to make modei ately good progress during
the twelve days IT took us to cross.
Pushing on TO Suhcahua. the western
end of the great wall was reached. lead
Ing on TO Lanchow. Then We proceeded
to Singan, Pingyan. Tayuan and Potlng-
Flu. arriving at the latter place on ths
10Th OF October. whence we rode 90 Pc
king. The fact that we had actually ira
versed China without personal lnconye-
nience, astonished all the diplomatic rep-
resentatiyes there. After resting there
We went to Shanghai, where the ma
chimes were repaired.
Afterward we intended 10 go Ia .ranan
but received letters asking us TO return
home. SO we left mt once. touching M
Nagasaki, Koke and Yokohama, whence
we sailed December 9th. last.
Sachteleben stated that while the trim
In many respects had been a hard one
they enjoyed II greatly. They met with
no annoyances from the natives In any
OF the countries passed through, except
Ing nina When asked II they would
proceed to st. Louis direct. he responded:
THAT depends on circumstances. We are
awaiting letters, and II there is no i'm
mediate hurry We would like to COM
plete our circuit by wheeling home
through southern California, Arizona,
New Mexico and the Southern route gen.
orally"