The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-02-16
Letter From Missionary Miss Lilly Green
On her way Home


Green, Of Madison township, with
the following letter from their
daughter, Miss Lilly, to her broth
er Charles, who j. one of the Pro-
fessors in Leland Stanford Un;ver-
sity, California. Miss Green has
been serving for several years as a
missionary of the NJ +. church in
India, and writes irlm China, where
she tarries "A few weeks on her way
home. for well earned vacation.
She writes very entertainingly. and
her letter, though not written for
publication, is very interesting.
Her many former associates in Du-
bois county will be glad to hear
from her and read her letter.
STEAMER LIGHTNING, CHINA SEA,
Dec. IL, 1899.
Ny DEAR CHARLIE:
fully intended TO write from
Singapore but our time was SO fully
occupied, and it was so rainy aud
hot all the time we were there.
Alter our episode in the Hugh
river we went on with no more col
lisions or accidents of any sort.
The sea was so smooth, lovely sail
Ing all the way. On the afternoon
OF the first Sundiy at sea we were
quite near the Andaman Islands,
where there i Penal Settlement.
Convicts from India are often trans
ported there for life. We went out
to the fDreca- tie of the snip and
with the aid Of the opera glasses
had a fine view of the light-t ouse.
On "Wednesday we reached Penang
Just week from Calcutta. Tn
, harbor there is very pretty. After
. breakfast the Capt. took US ashore
:, in one of his boats, and from The
t. ietty we walked over to the Pos'
!, office to ct letter material. her
we took cab and drove about {
see the place, an | to hunt up some
missionaries that we knew. The,
!. insisted on our spending the nigh
I, with tht m, so We did, and returned
to the steamer next morning. w
: visited the girls school and the larg
+ Anglo Chinese school tor boys
Nearly 600 boys in school. Iher
are so may wealthy Chinamel
living there, and most OF them ar
: very anxious for their sons to b
!. educated We also went out to Sc
: the gardens and the beautiful
waterfall. A high hill just back Q
the city forms a fine setting t, tn
picture Of this Island City. Whel
we went back to the steamer W
" watched them take on cargo-rlce
betel, nut and cocoanut seemed t
be the principal exports.
When they were all ready to 2
" Miss Sellers an A went to see tler
= take in the anchor. About suns,
we left for Singapore-the revolvin
light houses along the shore wer
= throwing the light across our patti
4 !, way and we gli1ed o. as if on
: lake.
. Early on the mornirg OF the 81
= we steamed into the harbor
Singapore. 1t was rainy and mist.
50 we did not get the b st view, bt
, from what we saw we were qull
willing to believe it one OF the fine
10 harbors in the world.
There were more than a hund-t
large vessels and hosts of smlll'
'e ones. One Of the first that attracts
Il our attention was Man-of WI
TO floating the stars and stripes, and v
e. lost no time in finding out ahol
:. her. She was Just from New Iol
and on her way I, Manila-tl
,5 ,5"Brooklyn." AT breakfast time '
% told our Capt. that we would hi
M very much to see our own vessel,
ha he went down To ask Capt. Jewe
: if three patriotic Americans cou
! :, come over to see the "Brooklyn
:, In a short time we were On boar
nswith the stars and stripes tloatir
,,s above u instead Of the Union Jac
~ We we're shown all over the steam
and were interested in every part
, il. The Rear Admiral's quarie
= we're elegant, to say the least, al
- all the officers cabins were
~ beautifully and luxuriantly fu
IA shed-electric fans and siv
t. plate, and all modern convenienc
- that heat could wish. We saw
1ol part Of tre iOD piec, breakfast al
o,Idinner set presented by the city
10 Brooklyn to her namesake. III
Ia library was well stocked with {
1.-THE best books, and the pant
90 showed that Ill were well fed. II
- of the big "hits' received by Il
ns ship in the battle Of Santiago b
;ie been framed and hung in one q {
I'd rooms. The huge guns and L
no pedoes looked drea iful because
the destruction they were able