The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-01-26
SATURDAY
FROM REV HxLx.

most pleasant ard peaceful voyage. |
could till many pages if Twere 10 tell Of all
we have seen and enjoyed sinee leaving
Albany.
Am1ng the g. cabin passengers who sail
ed from San Francisco on the China on
Nov q none certainly had more friends at
the dock to say good bye than the II Bap-
tIst missionaries, and surely none on board
enjoyed Themselves more than these mis-
sionaries, and those representing other
| societies, making in all 4 company Of q.
some returning; others gOiug out Ike most
ot Us for the first time. 10 various fields in
the east Six days brought us TO Homo
lulu. The evening and forenoon spent there
were filed fall Of new sights. 1t il reallv
charming spot and seemed 10 us ike one
big conservatory. We found the people
greatly ineensed politically, and had II
Deen known that your correspondent repre-
sentei an American daily supporting the
present administration It Is doubtful IL We
would have been permitted 10 land We
saw many fine bulldings-a church costing
coo, and long streets Of fine homes
spacious tropical gardens without end. The
weather here was warm and s;eany and We
had lovely smooth gas in these southern
iatltudes- With the exception Of one or
two days we had good weather all the way.
Missionaries are frequently suutlad on
shipboard but7Our company held the bal
ance of poseT this time and had things our
own way Capt Wood and ever body con-
nected with the steamer we're very pleasant
and the passenger were either c0mpanion-
able OF amusing. ON Sundays some Of cur
company conducted services. We had much
singing and regular morning prayers at
the rnissioaaries' table in the dining hall.
On the 18th DAP VIC sighted lofty Fuji.
the snow covered mountain ot Jauau. In
appearance much like Nj Hood. and son
se wers in the tezutlf1. bay Of Yeido. in
sight Of little. odd Japaness. villages. and
with Interesting foresgn sights on every
hand. We had three days in this part
crowded full Il Sightseeing ana greatly
enjoyed. Monday was spent IN Tokio.
Our line was too limited 10 call personally
upoa all its J ECO. eco people. but we saw
Japan famous temples and public buiid-
Iags. the latter IN foreign style strangely
contrasting with the to-uer. The walls Of
the anrient fegstiAl city and the Niszslo's
paiace. the nArro% streets thronge1 with
these quaint people. ara sights long To De
remembered. Japan has had . reEnarks-
be history IN tie l3s; sfteen years- there
are 81 gns of eastern civilization On syeEy side
She certainly deserves the mare CT The
Sunrise hing,l0m luss now there exists
a strange feeling agsaaass loreIgn control In
the varlozls enteETlEGsy-s. e1nueEclzi. edu-
czatIonal and mc-zl. which she has hitherto
been willing 10 leave to otkers This Is
rot entirely wItA2ui ground IN 0ne regard,
as In the treaties Japan has the worst Of
the bargain a.~ay-- But this feeling Is
2ls9 largely accounted far uy the character
isties ot the people They are naturally
alert and progressive. INT wiihsl somewhat
scsle AMI intellectually superciAl end con-
ceitei. Leaving YoEaho.ua. We had a
| deli Sis.fnl week along the picturesque coast
and through ;ls famous inland ssz making
/ frequent steps sufficiently long at nlost
places 10 aes 10 do cssas5gleEab.e = sht swing.
| At < 3he are had time 10 EyIn m &c Osaka,
/. ssSatsasA ssssE-~ ~ Stsc tzy. ~ r2si. TIL
IS the seysssi city in Japan and IS ETezi
manufacturing center lie cd segld4s cas-
i lie IS u great sight Notody knows wheE'
I these great ssones came frozsa c< ss@E tass,
wsse transported hIths- F-ozn Kobe Ii
4 gcerserg was sse At times tie ehaane
vrss very marrow ard Occasionally wa seen
entirely land .acked- Nest % japan s s,ssss
islands ara in the inland SEA. Fne4gsezstil
they are tsxEzcad c.asr 70 tie tops bv II
miniature farms. The farmers here m
so-s.e oF than 81 Logze and are rlFs fot
so1se alliance agitation. - low are lmp0E
duties hy treaty stipulation that tie lanI
tax is yeFy heavy. requiring, It Is said
one-l4lf the pEsEu-s - tie soil. Cne-fozIrtg
rsiSls, 60 70 the landlord. Is few own tbeu
littie plo;s. 50 there Is not mrch left. Il /
remarkable lloE they live AZ all Gu slei
tiny gar lsns bat the chief food Il the E.aa
Fie j. riee and Ssh. We had time 70 SO
Shimonasiki and Eoga Saki the latte
especially charming. Tzs ireried yellow
sea was very smooth aEi we saliel up th
Woosang rlyer te Shanghai on Tuesday
December i9. twenty eight days from San
Francisco. inciliing all the abeVa men
toned stops. Oar tine here has bee
spent in preparations for tha long I0urne
np the YangSte. We leave Saturday b.
steamer fer Harlow and ichang. then "
take native hoase-t.3ats and hope 70 reacl
ssnr stations before N2rch. On leayIni
j Shanghai our party will adopt Chinese COS
i TUNES We are having much amnsemeu
IS one after another appear IN celestial haI
ilimeuts. Missionaries IN port cities do nI
Q do this. but il is though; wise f2r interi0
/ workers AS helping 20 ges near the peopI
I and relieving rs from much n0torlety /
| parts where t0rci gpers aTe seldom seer
2 We find the costumes extremely comforts
? BILE and not unattrac;ive though. the styl'
here differ much from the pacific coast.
Shanghai is an interesting city. beln
Il the busiest emporium ot the east and ka'
E ing 4 large foneiEn population. II
i British pre3ominate and things are GUT
q English 50 that we have not only been II
IS .ersstexl in Observing Chlneee but Englis
/. customs as well Few borses are used f
moving Cargoes. Coolies with poles {
r, bsrrows with large wheels have monop
a IN. Many natives prefer these also for pa
IA senger transportation. the Jinrikisha whil
}; Is common in the port towns. Inc plctu
Is Of the band and warehouse sections Is mo
5 interesting.
1f The journey up the river, above IchauI
promises to be very romantic and hope
have time from the study of Mandorir.
II tell Albany friends something Of our expe
y ienoes
r With the harbor full a gunboats. thin
lr are quiet here Of course. but we do not a
It prehend that it will he otherwise in the
ID terror Most Of the sCsre people ha
1t heard so much about has been original
N by the progressive newspaper reporter, w
10 was scarce of news. The great mass of
ol Chinese never heard of Geary or his gp
county. OF course we expect our people
). home to behave themselves and treat Chi
N and her subjects III America as they wor
a be treated,
Our address win be Luchau. care Of Lo
= Post Haukow. and we hope Albany frisr
will not let us forget what a L ) poSta
stamp looks like.
have been looking anxiouSly for the
to deliver my evening DEMocRAr fol
,s. month, but in vain hope, get one at IL
:, kow. Very Truly,
GEo. w HUI
" Buckingham's Dive for the Whiskers
=, itslwo,k thoroughly, coloripg uniform bro
or black. which, when d-y, will neither r
wash off. nor soil linen.
People who have tiled 1T, say that h
on is no better medicine for dyspepsia 4
ne Ayers Ssrsaparilia. /, may nos give
as the the stomach OF 40 ostrich. bat il
ms strengthens the alimentAry orgsis
ny digestion Of ordinary food becCmts easy
natural,
,n. YEt, YD1 CAV -. Ia ilast Gls
~ sam ples for sutings In the state at "
- Graham's, where he has u tailor with
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