Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
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questioning him as to his travels a =.
the sights seen. Mr.. Mathie sailed
from San Francisco Aug. 18th last for
the Philippine islands, his original in
tention being to look over the ground
there with the object OF ascertaining
the advisability of erecting a brewery
After looking over our island posses
sions, and finding out the conditions
that there obtain, this plan was aban.
doned. After leaving this country tie
first port touched was Honolulu. Nix.
Mathie is much impressed with whai
he saw of the Hawaiian islands, and
thinks they IRE desirable acquisitions.
The ship then sailed to Japan and Mr..
Mathie visited Toxic, Yokohama, Nag
asaki and some of the interior towns
The Japanese he found to be neat,
clean people, fast adopting European
and American methods, though many
of the old customs are still adhered to.
Buddhism is still the predominating re-
ligion, and one thing that struck Mr..
Mathie was the absence of chairs in the
houses. One upon entering house is
seated on rug upon the floor Hong
Kong, the British concession of China,
was next visited There is large for
eign population in this town, and the
traveller has no trouble in finding peo-
pie with whom he can converse. In
Hong Kong and in the ports of Japan
Mr.. Mathie visited there are hotels con-
Quoted by English speaking people.
From Hong Kong he set sail for the
Philippines, and arriving at Manila he
found conditions different from what
he expected. The city is heavily po-
Iced by the military, and the natives he
describes as lazy, shiftless, treacher-
GUS people, and thinks it will be gener
ations before they can be trusted. He
thinks that Kipling aptly termed them
half devil and half child. He says that
while there is great field open in these
islands for industry there is serious
draw back on account of labor The
Filipino likes work no better than
does the American Indian, and the
Chinese, the only people that are avail
able or that will work have been barred
from entering the islands. The climate
is not suitable to the Caucasian and
there is so much dampness that clothes
hanging on the walls of houses will
mould and rot The ant is a great pest
and houses have to oe washed with
kerosene often to prevent this insect
from eating the woodwork up; there is
smell of kerosene in every house.
The war he thinks will be continued
indefinitely, for the ignorant are con-
tinually stirred up by the better educat-
ed who ought to know the power of this
country and the hopelessness of the
Filipino cause.
Disguised with the country Mr. Math,
lie set sail for Europe. Passing down
the China Sea into the Indian Ocean he
touched at the island of Ceylon. Here
he saw several thousand Beers who are
held prisoners by the English. These,
he said, were mostly young men, and
from their appearance looked as if they
were well fed and taken care of. The
English guards do not allow them to
converse with visitors. Through the
Arabian Sea and into the Gulf of Alden
he passed through the Strait of Babel
Mandeb and up through the Red Sea.
The vessel on which he sailed was of
10000 tonnage and about $4,000 was
levied from it by the English author
tiles as toll for passage through the
Suez canal. He landed at Naples and
visited Venice, Rome, and the ruins of
the city of Pompeii. The architecture
in these cities was the most wonderful
he had ever seen. Paintings are to be
seen in Pompeii today as fresh as they
were on that fateful day in 70 A. ID.
when the city was covered DER with
ashes and lava. In St. Peters church
in Rome Is statue of st. Peter and the
great toe of one of his feet is worn off
from the frequency of people kissing it.
He visited Vienna, Austria, and also
Paris. AT the latter place he saw the
tomb of Napoleon and the bridges
crossing the Seine that have no equals
anywhere in tbs world for their archi-
tectural beauty. He was much i'm
pressed with Paris While in Europe
he spent most of his time in Germany
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birthplaces of his father and mother,
Ellwangen and Rinnthal He was in
Belgium and saw the field of Waterloo.
London to him presented a striking
contrast to the cities Of continental
Europe. A cloud of smoke hangs like
pail over the city and lights are kept
burning during the day on account of
the darkness produced by the smoke
and fogs. He sailed from Southampton
on Jan. Sth and arrived ia New York
City on the 14th, making the passage
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. He
spent few days in New York, visited
Grants :omb on the Hudson. and sew.
eral other notable sights of interest
Since leaving this country Mr. Mathie
has travelled thousands of miles and
seen many lands, but likes none so we'll
as he does this country and especially
southern California He will remain
here until February LIST, when he will
return to Los Angeles. He brought
home with him many relies, among
which are bolos. knives. spears, shields
and other implements Of the people Of
the Philippines, and the same can De
seen at the Mathie Brewing Co.'S. Once.