Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-23

at the principal ports all along the east
ern and southern coasts Of Asia, giving
from one to three days to each The
tourist thus has time to see each
CITY with considerable thoroughness. AT
Hongkong and Singapore are steamer
lines connecting with Manila, and at
these and other ports the traveller may
take steamer to Calcutta and Bombay.
A railroad across India will take one
from Calcutta to Bombay if he wishes
to vary his journey in that way.
At Bombay he may get steamer for
Europe The tourist who takes photo
graphs, especially if he is able to de-
velop and print them himself, may
carry home with him a collection OF
rare views Once at home, the purchase
of magic lantern and screen OF the slzs
adapted to small parlor entertainments
will enable him to give genuine pleasure
and instruction to his friends Only
plates should be taken with the cameras
to the orient, however, in no case the
rolls of fl1ns. The great heat and damp
of the tropics melt and spot the hims
and render them useless
Westward through the gulf of Alden
the ship steams and up through the Red
sea and the Suez canal into the shining
blue Mediterranean There the usual
course leads through the classic strait
of Messina, between Italy and Sicily.
In the strait of Messina, where 4, 600
years ago, more or less. Ulysses lashed
himself to the mast, that the siren
might not lure him to destruction in
the whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdls,
the great modern vessel steams majes-
tically and in perfect safety. And alas
for ancient romance The only siren IN
our day is the ships shrieking whistle
of that name. and the world old town
of Messina itself is lighted by cleo
| tricity. But what care we? There is
| more of real marvel, of real miracle, in
| one of those same electric lights that
gleam across the sea at old Messina than
n all the made up tales Of antiquity.
We are glad we are alive, here and now.
On we go. passing between the Is
lands of Corsica and Sardinia. north
ward to Marseilles, France. There fol
many the steamer journey ends, they
taking train to Paris or elsewhere. But
for passengers who do not desert the
ship there remains yet an enchanting
part of the voyage, that through the
great gates of Gibraltar, from which
place this letter is mailed, up around
Spain, through the bay of Biscay ano
the English channel to Great Britain
On the journey westward from the
far east was impressed with the trade
possibilities of the orient and th'
Levant AT Colombo stoprage OF three
days was made for more cargo. The ricl
and varied freight that is taken i'll by th'
thousands of tons all along the coast
south Asia has made the fortune G
generations of all peoples except Amer
leans and will continue to make that @
generations more 1t is a pity the Unit
ed States has no share in this costi.
commerce. 1t is not that our wares ar
not wanted here. They are wanted. Ii
every place | have visited in this par
of the world l have heard sung tn
praises of American food products
California canned fruits are beyon'
comparison the best in the world. S
are our timed and potted meats. Peo
pie of every nationality admit it with
out dispute. Then, too. there Is th
kind of cream that is condensed o
J evaporated without sweetening. It is i
demand and often impossible to get i
J the orient l have even heard man
good words spoken for American cheese
American timed butter is not, how
ever, a distinguished success IN tn
| orient Much of it becomes unfit eve
, to grease harness with soon after it
I. opened, if, in fact, it was not that wa
before being opened. l do rot kno'
! why it is but the Danes beat us i
canned butter. l am sure, however
that efforts to extend the trade in on
: fruits and meats, both fresh and pre-
served and timed, would lie crowne
with abundant success.
While at Colombo heard story tbs
!, is worth telling concerning the natl'
9 healers, or medicine men, of Ceylol
They congregate, mostly in Randy, tt
t ancient capital of the island. 1t is su
1 ficiently well authenticated that the
perform feats in surgery which seel
S like miracles The story heard, whie