The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
SMYTH'S LONG WALK
WILL CROSS CONTINENT
ON FOOT
DOING IT FOR HIS HEALTH
Carries His Bedding and Culinary
Apparatus, Together With
Small Tent in Which He
Will Sleep.

clifford Smyth, a former United States
consul to Cartagena, Colombia, who two
months ago started to walk from the At
lantic to the Pacific, has returned to his,
home here, at 41S Putnam avenue. He
had reached Cumberland, Md, on his
long tramp across the continent says the
Brooklyn Eagle, when he was summoned
to Brooklyn to attend to some important
business matters. AS soon as he can man
age those things which just now claim
his attention, Mr.. Smyth will depart for
Cumberland TO resume his journey of
1000 miles on foot.
MI Smyth, whose profession is that OF
a journalist, planned his long tramp pri-
marily for the purpose of recovering ro-
bust health. 1t is also his intention to
write book of his travels. He left
Brooklyn alone, about July 15 and had
reached York, Pa, when he was joined
by Frank L. Hawthorne, a son of Julian
Hawthorne, the author. He was accom-
panied by Mr.. Hawthorne into Mary
land.
1t was in that state that Mr.. Smyth
was Informed that certain matters at
home required his attention. and he re-
turned to this city. Mr.. Smyth said last
night that it was probable that Mr.
Hawthorne would be unable to resume
the tramp, but that would in no way in
terfere with his plan to walk from New
York to San Francisco.
When Mr.. Smyth left Brooklyn he knew
Of nothing that would prevent him from
pushing right along and finishing before
the roses again burst into bloom but his
return home has so changed his plans
that he expects that it will be in the
early part of next summer when he
walks the streets of San Frincisco He
averaged at the start twenty miles day.
then increased the distance covered
every twenty-four hours to twenty-five
miles, and finally to thirty miles He
hopes to increase even the last named
figure as he proceeds. When on the road
Mr.. Sn1yth wears a regulation pedestrian
costume-knickerbock neglige shirt
alpine hat and bicycle shoes. The Shoes
of reindeer skin, have a top sole. The
traveller carries no cane or staff but on
his back is strapped a pack weighing
about twenty-five pounds. This is made
up of a small tent. one large rubber and
two wooden blankets, a few aluminium
cooking utensils and a Ratchet. BY his
side when en- route there trots a Ken
lucky bloodhound which answers to the
name of "Watena" This faithful animal
taken from the public pound at York,
Pa, guards and protects his master He
will be trained to carry the pack
Speaking of his travels, Mr.. Smyth
said:
California and shall thus avoid, 1 hope,
crossing the Rocky mountains and
cape the rigorous winter that prevails
there. leave Cumberland by the old
Washington turnpike, an Indian trail
leading to Springfield. Ohio. From that
point l shall travel SOUTH going through
Cincinnati and entering the state of Ken
lucky. l expect to enter California at the
southern end, through Arizona. and hope
to reach there during the early part of
the coming summer. L average now about
thirty miles a day, but 1 expect to in
crease that q bit. / conceived this trip
for the purpose of improving my health
primarily, but Also for the purpose of
securing material for a book which L
contemplate writing upon my return. L
anticipate that l will be Sble to pay my
expenses during the long trip to the
coast by delivering my humorous lecture
entitled Confessions of a Consul"
'In this lecture L tell of my experiences
as United States consul at Cartagena,
Colombia. During the years 1894 and 1898
/ was stationed there as consul. l was
joined at York, Pa. by Frank L. Haw-
thorne, a son of Julian Hawthorne, the
author, and he accompanied me on the
walk to Cumberland. The indications are,
I regret to say, that he will be unable to
continue the journey with me. l should,