The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-17
Talmaga 7 els of his Visit to the Grand
Old Man of England ana His Inter
view With the Emperor of
the Russias.


beauty of rhetoric, all the tenderness of
pathos, flash of humor and vividness Of
description were combined in Dr. Tai
images lecture ON his "Trip Around the
World" at Metropolitan Opera House
last might.
Tt was masterpiece. The subject was
a broad one but it was handled by a
master mind There was not one duh
sentence IN the whole lecture. 1t spark
led and glittered like a mountain stream
in the sunshine. But it was not all
sparkle and glitter. After these flashes
OF brightness he sank into the deeper wa
ter of reason and history and dragged up
lessons that made life seem worth the Inv
ing and the battle for existence worth
the fighting.
There lis in DIR Talmage's philosophy
no consolation for the pessimlst. lie
finds the good in eyrything and revels III
the JOY and sunshine and hope ana
brightness of a God-given existence. lie
began his lecture last night by saying
that this was the best and greatest coun-
try on earth, the grandest age of all the
ages, the best year of all years III ms
tory. the finest month Of the year, be-
cause the shortest, and the best night OF
the month, because he was IN Raleigh
This, of course, elected the most vocn-
erous applause, and the lecturer from
chat very moment had hrs audience as has
very own, to do as he saw fit with them.
And he made good use of them.
1--WE may leave it to the eyolutonist,
he continued, Ito guess where we came
from. and to the theologist to prophesy
where we are going to, still we have the
cheering fact that we are here.
He said it was about half past nine
o'clock at night, some years ago, that he
descended the steps of his home on the
seac0ast to make a trip around the world.
He told his audience of the difficulties
to be encountered in such an undertake
ing. requiring, as it does, the travelling of
some 10000 miles up and down the earth.
"And yet I'll have to travel it tonight,
he exclaimed. Gin the short space of an
hour. telling YOU all the bright things |
can think of.
Eve put out from San Francisco across
the trackIess Pacific, and in nine days we
arrived at the Sandwich Islands. We
got there in the most interesting part
of their history. No sooner had arrived
there than q messenger came from The de
posed queen asking me to call. | found
her a kindly, sweet old lady, just the OPP
posite to what she is generally pictured
She thinks she viii some time get her
throne back, but she never viii.
The new government, he said, was
formed by strong, God-fearing men, and
would endure. DIR. Talmage doesn't
think it ought to be annexed to the United
States. There are thousands of Chinese
and mongrels there, and If we want
Chinese, he advised that we go direct to
China to get them. And yet, he said,
Hawaii is a great country with magnlti-
cent natural resources.
From the Sandwich Islands he went
to Samoa, arriving there also at a crisis
in its government. The King had just
been deposed. and had fed across the
mountains He described the country
and some of It's most interesting features.
He did not stop in Samoa long, how
ever, before he resumed his journey,
reaching New Zealand on the 22nd day.
Here be met Bishop Cowley and with
in two hours after arriving was address
ing the Bishops congregation.
Australia next claimed the travellers
attention. He declared it to be the great
est country in richness of soil and unde-
yeloped resources and natural adYanta-
ges on the face Of the earth. All these
things are lying there for the hands OF
capital and labor to touch them and give
them life The tide Of immigration win
soon flow to that country, and it wall
become a mighty empire.
lyon can go 5000 miles as far as
from New York to San Franciscan the
country without touching the seacoast.
/ had to correct my geography about this
country, and you'll have to do the same
ahing. Australia is 43 times as large as
France. and 80 times as large as Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland.
His description Of Ceylon, its perpetual
fora. immense animals and tropical eli
mate was beautiful. lie said the country
was inhabited by all sorts of queer crea-
lures, and its archaeological treasures are
the greatest on earth.
From there the lecturer went to India,
which, he said, was the greatest and most
interesting country of all, outside OF Pal-
estine. There he saw the burning of the
dead. The bodies were placed upon some
upright sticks, piled with aromatic wood,
and The whole covered with grease and
the sacred fire was applied. For this
service the family of the dead has to
nav the priests a great price. Those who
are not able to burn their dead throw
them into the river Ganges, which is con-
sidered sacred.
Here DIR. Talmage said he saw fight
between a cobra and a mongoose. These
are natural enemies. The mongoose
looks almost exactly like our squirrel.
The cobra is the most vicious and deadly
serpent IN the world No one bit by this
reptile ever recovered. And yet this ven
omous snake is considered sacred and
no good Hindu would harm it, though
$1,000 people are bitten and killed by it
in India every year
India. IN 1867, as now, was under ENG
lsh rule At that time they proposed to
have a great anniversary and kin every
Hnghshman and American in the land
The mutiny began at Lucknow, and in
it persisted some of the best men and
women the world ever saw-some Of
thorn Of orr own blood