Evening star., 1898-03-12

of introduction from Washington, includ-
l1g special one from the Secretary of
State. asking our consuls and diplomats to
render me every assistance in my travels.
Money and Expenses.
My money / take in the shape of a letter
of credit On London. for English gold is
best south cf the equator, as it will bring
more silver in exchange My signature
identifies me, and all 1 have to do is to
present it at any bank in South America
and sign check and the money will he
Paid me. Here IN the isthmus and i'll Cen
tial America our gold is even better than
English gold, and | have ten $40 gold
Eleces, which Will, 1 hope, see me through
fahama The expenses of such a trip are
feaNy. In planning a new expedition for
newspaper letters / debated some time
Whether South America or Africa would
ct the more interesting field, and | got
steamship rates for both continents.
couid nave gone to the Cape of Good Hope
Tor Sl0o less than TO the Straits of MageI-
IAN The time is just about the same. but
lhe lafe from New York to Valparaiso in
Cbhe is 500, and you are still about $40
aEove the straits. The fare to Cape Town
Is only $40. All of the steamer fares here
are payable in go1. and on the isthmus
though silver is used, il seems TO me that
Erlces are increased accordingly. | paid
- this morning for an umbrella which /
cculd nave gotten for a dollar and a half
anywhere at home and the boy no wheel
ed my baggage from the boat to the sta
tlon charged me s.. These sums were in
sllFer ana though have just gotten S11.I0
Tor 81 gold piece, l find the extra money
does not go far after all. | was told at
the Philadelphia Museum that the expenses
OF travelling in South America would be
about $lI day. This seems to me very
high My trip of year in going around
the world cost me just about $40 a day
ara IN my other long journeys | have found
taat IN sio day is 1tst about what it costs
10 travel In other parts of the world l
VIII give from time to time the expenses
OIL various tours down here. and will de-
scribe just how the travelling is done
New York to Panama
The trip from New York to Colon takes
just seven days. There are three steamers
every month and the fare is from $40 to
$40, according to the location of your cabin
Inc Advance on which came is a steady
little vessel of 200 tons, or about one-fifth
the size of the largest Atlantic liners Its
best rooms We're on the promenade deck
and in the corner cabin which | had there
were two windows, each about two feet
square, which gave me delicious breeze
DAY and night. The line is now operated
IN connection with and Is owned by the
Panama Railroad Company. 1t was until
within short time a part of the Pacific
Mall, which ran from New York and after
crossing the Isthmus took its passengers
up TO San Francisco. Now the Pacific Mail
Company has only the ships on the Pacific
side and the Panama Railway and Steam
snip Company have the only regular line
from the United States to the Isthmus
Their steamers fly the American flag and
an oil the officers and sailors are Ameri-
cans Our ship was commanded bv a Maine
man, captain Sukewortn. who has recently
been In charge of some of the Red ''D'' Line
steamers from New York to Venezuela and
our chief mate was also from Maine We
had forty cabin passengers, the most of
W 4 ,..rfn
mixture of Germans bound for their coffee
plantations in Guatemala and some Central
ana South Americans who were going home
in this way from Europe or the United
states one of the Germans was a lady
who had a pair of baby twins with her
She had gone from her home in Central
America in order that the children might
be born in the land of the kaiser and now
having accomplished her mission was re-
turning home 10 her husband Among the
Americans were a Brooklyn boy, who is
going down to be station agent at Mat
&chln on the Panama railroad; a Mr.. W.
f. Nash of Chicago and Mr.. r. j. Ken
nedy of Florence, New York, who are
bound for La. PaZ Bolivia, where they will
open up some big gold mines which Ken
nedy, who is a mining engineer has dis
covered, and large party of both sexes
who are going in this way to San Fran
cisco.
Americana.
We had an old sea captain named Hum
phreys from bingham, where Secretary
of the Navy Long lives, in the Frisco par
", and also an American travelling sales
man or two for South America.
Last, but by means least, were Bishop
Warren of the Methodist Church, who is
on his way to Chile to examine into TIE
state of the missions there and Mr.. Muir
ply of the State Department, who is here
in Colon to take the place of the consul
WHO was drowned within q few miles of
pleasure sail few weeks ago. The bishop