The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-12

in great haste and told the travelling man
that "the cook said It wasn't healthy for
him to eat meat cooked that way" The
visitor offered to advance positive proof
that he had eaten underdone meat for for
ty-eight years and had never suffered with
anything beyond longing to get back to
the United States, but it would not go"
Persistent appeals finally brought forth
the cook in person, who said that that
UNDERGONE steaks were against the rules
of the hotel.
If ever il becomes necessary for a man
! journeying through Scotland to purchase
| a pair of shoes (they call them boots
| there) he will find that he has a days
work before him which could not be COM
pensated by the wages of a bank presi-
| dent. Not only docs he have to pay for
the shoes, but he has to try them on, lace
| or button them up, take them off, try on
another pair, and go through all the work
himself. while the clerk (English clerk
stands by and looks on. On a real good
| hot Scotch day the purchasing of pair
| of shoes in such a city as Glasgow would
| almost drive one mad. The customer has
10 sit in an ordinary chair with high,
stiff back. There is no rest for the foot,
nothing in the shape of accommodation
wha tsoever except ready hand for the
purchase money one day / was tortured
to the extent of purchasing pair of shoes
in Glasgow As ] was leaving the store /
said to the clerk: did you ever hear
Of the way we buy shoes In America? Well
there is a rest placed on the floor in front
of the customer, and on this rest the Gus
toner places his foot. Just back OF this
rest is a seat on which the clerk sits and
fits the customer"
He leaned over and whispered in my ear:
THAT may do very well for America. But
l. Ia NJ like
sitting down when we work" Who said
that a scotchman has no humor?
Few ports In the world are so interesting
as Port Said which Is situated al the
Mediterranean sea entrance TO the Suez
canal There all the great mail steamers
that run from Europe to India, Australia
and the Orient stop for coal Thousands
of tons of coal are transferred 10 steamers
at Port Said every week, and as there Is
no machinery whatsoever for the work,
IL is done by hand-by the great mass Of
idle Egyptians and Turks who gather In
its streets They perform the work by
hand, with so much ease and rapidlty that
Port Said holds the record of being able
to coal steamer In less time than any
other city in the world. To see those dark
skinned laborers running up plank from
coal-laden barge to the deck of a mail
steamer with a baslxetful OF coal and down
another Dlduk with d DdShEA GHiPtgt WIN
nothing on earth to increase their speed
and ardor but two men who continually
beat them on the back and head with
knotted ropes, is one of the sights Of the
world. They have been known to
put ! 800 tons of coal In the hold of
steamer In three hours and forty minutes
an undertaking which seems to be marvel
Gus. But Il Is not a love for work that
makes the Port Said coal HEAVIER labor so
..,ttI 4lts.1xr ha
tired that Is too strong for words He loves
dirt He revels in the dust of The coal, he
longs for It in his hair, his eyes, his cloth
ing. and the harder he works the more
diligently he Goals the passing ship, the
blacker and dirtier he gets, and he can 80
home, after a days work, and sleep the
peace that only the tropics give When the
next steamer comes around he is on hand
bright and early, and he Is specially glad
when the day is hot and the perspiraton
flows. Tor then the coal dust sticks, and Is
ike the oil of roses.
When the steamer reaches Port Said the
passengers 20 ashore, and walk about until
The coaling is over. This Is done al the
request of the captain, to prevent suffoca-
ton from coal dust. While the steamer Is
covered with tarpaulins. and all doors
and windows are closed and sealed-but
even then the dust gets in. However as
the passengers land at Port Said and walk
up The main street they are greeted by
hordes of ravenous, hungry, unclean boys
and men. These begging natives say in
broken English, so as 70 get sympathy:
"Oh, / am Thomas Brown, Scotchman, Of
Aberdeen" II am good Thomas Brown; l
came from Aberdeen" This Thomas
Brown, whoever he is or was, H. unknown
to the police OF Port Said. but at any rate,
he has lots to answer for In that burg
who goes ashore MY good Mr.. Glad
stone" and say 20 every woman You are
beautiful, Mrs. Maybrick." And all for