The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04

We stopped at Kohl but short time,
mainly to ship beef; for Kobi beef is
known throughout the Orient as the best
and most succulent of it's kind. 1t is ex-
ported for hundreds-yes, even thousands
of miles, and the shipping industry is
very great here. We then continued on
our way to Yokohama, where we left
the boat, and where I put up at the best
English hotel in the place. And mighty
fine hotels they are; modern in every
sense, the food excellent, particularly the
beef, which, as 1 have stated, comes
from Kobi; the mutton, which comes
from the mountains of Japan; the fish
and the most succulent vegetables that I
ever tasted. The price of an excellent
room, and as many meals a day as you
may wish to eat, is $3.50, which, in reali-
ty, in our money, is something less than
81. For we are now in the land of silver
and everything is rtdiculously cheap. 1
do not think there is hotel in the United
States that gives so much for a standard
price Of three and half as the one I
stopped in in Yokohama And yet was
paying price that, in the United States
would have led to nothing but discom-
fort and aggravation Of mind
was told that this hotel had an an
mex in the mountains, where the guests
mainly passed the summer and might
be considered, on the whole the finest
ArONSA VII Sebi III my time
was limited, and 1 was unable to go. as
the Empress of China, the ship that
would take me back to America was To
sail in two days.
On board this vessel I met something
that might be likened to our own ocean
liners, English officers and men, a fine
crew, and very fair accommodations hut
by no means as luxurious as the p and
o. steamers. The Empress of China is
comparatively new ship. There was a
goodly complement of passengers. aboard
whose principal time seemed 10 no taken
up in kicking about the food. And thev
had some reason for doing so II was
not quite as nice as it might have been.
and the service was bad; that is tbe
service of the table. Otherwise If Was
excellent. The stewards were attentive
and one might sit up to all hours in the
smoking room and obtain the luxliries
of life at exceedingly moderate prices n
was a curious gathering we had aboard
people from all ends of the earth but
pNnclpaly English merchants doing bus
mess in Japan and China, who were re-
turning home, either to visit their farj-
lies, or to look over the business outIools
from closer point of view than can he
obtained in the far distant east
When about half way over we were mora
or less disturbed by the everlasting ban,S
merlng OF the carpenters, the tearing
NeNAA Va pa titAoiAS anu the fixing Ovar
of number Of the cabins. On ino,ir,, r
found that this was all being done in bo,
or OF Ii Hung Chang, who H. booked 70
return with his suite Of forty or fiftv nao1
pie on this same vessel. EvIdentIv tbo,,
considered the ambassador of sufncient
consequence as to almost tear the vessel
apart l noticed piles Of oriental baro-
lngs and draperies that were evidertI,,
intended to make the quarters OF tbis
great man as luxurious as possible. Watcb1
ing these preparations appeared to he the
principal interest of the trip, which was
otherwise somewhat monotonous PM
they had their Inconvenience. For. earlv
In the morning, we were awakened nv,
the sound of hammering, and IT continued
all day, and waned to the night. When
you want to sleep 1 know of nothing so
exasperating as the sound of the hammer
And, l dare say, 1t put us all in more or
less of bad humor. For I never saw n
company fraternize less than this one
But, besides that, everybody seemed 70
be suspicious Of his neighbor. And no
wonder perhaps, for the adventurers of
the world are TO be found in the east and
are constantly going out or coming baclr
with view of featherlng their nests AT
the expense OF their more respectabie
neighbors. You can never tell whom Won
may meet. And the more suavity a man
possesses the more apt you are 10 take