The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-02-16

me part Of the vessel so We lOOh
our departure. Late in the evening
| was up on deck when they came
to call me, saving that one OF our
missionaries in Singapore had come
to take u over To his house. We
ate our dinner, "a il was ready.
then went with him. When We ar
rived there we met the Chaplain OF
the Brooklyn, and spent a pleasant
hour with him. The next afternoon
he preached la the English church
He is a graduate Of ONO W.sleyaa,
an kn.w several of nv DID a.
auaintances. On Sunday went 10
IA Chinese 5. ;. and to a Mllav :
s., then to church at 5p. m Alter
that went over TO take dinner with
another one of our mlsslo Aarles.
She had a sweet little girl two yeais
old, and quite fell in love with the
little tot.
The next morning W. went 10
visit our Chinese school Tor boys.
800 boys, about three fourths OF
whom are Chinese. The others
come from the four winds. | never
saw such a meeting place for all the
world in my life. Thirty two
nationalit.es, some Germans, Others
Greeks, Jews, Javanese, Sianese,
A mericans, English, japanese aad
from almost every country you
could possibly think Of. 1t was in
tenseIy interesting. We met a
rumber oi Americans in Singapore
: who are in business there
q. After visiting the school We drove
down to the gardens--such fine or
I chids, ferns and all sorts OF tropical
r plants. There is as much variet,
e in the foliage as there l. in the peo-
e ple--such lnxuriance everywhere
I grsenness everywhere-l huge hot
n house would be very good nam
0 f,r Singapore. The houses have
e ven tians all round the upper bali
Y OF TIE rooms mo window panes, an
i the verandas are wide aud open
d You see they want all the light and
e air they can get. Everything
,e seemed so damp and moldy an
}. there wa smell Of mildew a
re about the house and grounds
n The great variety OF palms an
re ferns were especially interesting I
'e me Monday afternoon We cam
e back To the : Gamer ani Tor an hou
ii or two / watched them taking O.
ot the cargo. Cotton, peanuts, n
e ore and pepper seemed to be tn
n principal things. At last we pu
e out to sea and in a few hours wer
e, in the waters of the China Sea
20 leaving India and the straits settle
me is far behind. Usually al thi
20 time OF the year the China Sea
n very rough but we have had a rt
ct MAJ rka ble smooth sea all the wa
q from Singapore. Ii l. rather Coz
'e now and has been 50 since yesfel
h day and tn Captain SAYS IT VIII
very cold at Hongkong. where "
viii arrive tomorrow
h At Penang we left our India
OF deck passengers, and about ~
Y, Chinese came on board instead.
ut If | can get any time al Hon
te kong | will add another sheet
1t this before mailing it. We may b
able to get vessel from there
ed once but may have to wait sever
er days before going on to Shanghai
ed DECEMBER 20.
ar When we arrived here II was n
We so cold as we had been expectln
Ut In fact il was quite hot al moo
rk We had to 90 over to the steam
be agents and see when our ship wou
We 90 on to Shanghai. Tie Ape
Ike line steamers only run as lar
So Hong kong, so we change here
ell 1.-THE Occidental and Orr entail steam
Id China which sails tomorrc
morning at daylight. | had 4
rd address Of a boarding place here,
ng we were all going over there, b
* the CAPTAIN said we might stay I
Ier 1.-The steamer until our own sailed
OF we wanted to, and as it would sa
srs,a lot of trouble about our iugga
nd we decided to do so, especially
sol we would be away for two mig
ir- and day on our trip TO Canton,
'er miles up the river from this plaC
'es Hon kong, being a British port,
q n,t good place to get an idea OF
nj Chirese city, 50 the two friends "
oi are wi me we're anxious To 20
he Canton, aud | had to 90 with the
al 1t was we'll worth the trip- Il
irV streets are about six feet wii b
wo a. the houses and shops Of all kin
HI have the entire front open, the ~
40 pie could Just step in when our "
M cession came on 80 a. to lei u pa
Or We went up in a fine riv boat
Q was crowded a. we went 80 We u
tel ~, orQf cabins and fhn mD~al