Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-27

Nlpt. me falIfudua allow you OuI}
small amount OF extra baggage. much
less than In the United States, but by
shipping your trunks from one point to
another by sea. your baggage expenses
will be very small.
FLEA POWDER AND PILLOWS.
In your interior trips you will need to
carry plenty of flea powder. and you
will sprinkle your bed thoroughly before
you retire. The Japanese mats which
cover the floors of the country hotels
are often filled with ilcas, and some
kind Of insect powder is necessity.
You will need a pair OF sheets and q
pillow for uch trip. The Japanese
90 not use pillows like ours. They
have a block bl wood OF about the size
Of brick which they Go under their
nccks and sleep without their heads
touching the bed. Instead OF loose
sheets some travellers sew two sheets
together and put a draw.sirng around
the top. Alter crawling into this im.
mensc shuct.bcd they pull the draw
string tight and the sheets thu serve as
ilca'pru,Cglo as well as au Insurance
policy on cleanliness, You will need %
passport 90 travel boo Japan. / do not
mean O United States passport, bu. q
passport from the japanese government.
This you can easily get through our
consuls or the United States minister.
You must first lay out your route and
mention the places where you expect 90
stop. a small fee will De charged for
the passport, aud you will DE expected
10 return Do when you leave the country,
You will need % at every hotel and Tie
police OF every city w..i examine % and
register o. All Japanese, as wei as
foreigners, have these passports aud ll
is impossible Co travel without them.
you ought TO have plenty OF visiting
cards with you. Nearly 40 the Japanese
carry cards, and gentlemen olgn wish
90 exchange cards with you.
cusroN HOUSES NSp POST orucEs.
You will find post offices everywhere.
and you can have your letters forwarded
through the American ConsuIs or
through the banks tu any part the eoun.
Try The postal rates arc just about the
same as here and kilograms are much
cheaper. The telegraph system BIS
under the government, and You can
send "a 1--WE word message anywhere iu
Japan Tor 25 cents in silycTu about Igt
cents in our money The rate BIS s cents
per word d the telegram b sent % ling.
lish. liit is sent 90 japanese characters
you can send ten words for rs cents
and q 10 Is onlya city telegram Dc can be
sent Tor S CENTS. AItglcEuph fees are
paid in postage stamps, and you can
have money tclcgnphgd % you from
one part OF Japan TO the other very
chcapIy' Thirty dollars in silver will
cost you 10 cents and $40. so cents.
You can cable 90 New York ior Ssgl loo
silver or !r45 ia gold per word, aud q
cablcgnm TO Chicago will cost you yi53
per WORD, You will hni telephones
There are 5 600 telephones
used ia Tokyo, and the yearly charge
for thesf IS only SIS, or about sIEs1
in our money
TRAVELLING iH CHINA.
Il you wish 10 extend your trip 10
China and CoTca, you can do IL without
a great increase OF expense. There ore
OF good steamship lines going
between Yokohama and Shanghai, ur
you can travel clear through 20 the
western part Of Japan and take a steam
az from Nlgas3kL The trip from Yo.
kUhama 20 China will cost YOU s4s 300
silver By % Japanese steamer, laI Won
can make the return trip for sos. Ffom
NlgaslLi the round trip costs $50. From
Shanghai you can get boats TO all parts of
China, but % sou are to make but short
TIP you will lind plenty 90 see without
going outside oi Shanghai. A pleasant
"Trip Is 20 take one Of the tcamers which
goes up the Nangstr liiaug. Il will take
5 on week 90 90 TO Hlnkow. which Is
100 miles In the interior The accom-
modatIoas on the steamers are good
and you will live on the ships. Nou
will pass dozens OF big cities on the
wayand will get a good taste Of interior
China, The hotels In the ports OF China
cost aboutthc same as those of Japan. and
they are equally good, There Is no
trouble about ladies' being well accom-.
modated 10 the seapofts, and the most
Iastldious Of women will find comfort.
able quarters.
a CoREAE TRIp.
Another way to go rom Japan to
China, Is to take Japanese Steamship
AZ koke, IN the central part OF the EN-.
pirc, from Tien.Isin, this brings you
very near Pekin, the great Chinese cap.
ltal, and you stop on the way at Iusan
aud Chemulpo, IN Corea. The round
trip 20 China and return by this route
COSTS 500 IN silver, and Is one OF the
most profitable trips in the way OF
strange experiences that you can take.
You will ind poor apology for a hotel,
kept by ChInamln, az Chemulpo, and
10 you visit the COTeau capital, which Is
90 miles back In the interior, you will
have to have letters OF introduction TO
the missionaries, or to the American
as there Is no hotel there
where a foreigner can stop over night.