Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-19

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fr''"zhi. hall .rother, joint 'S-hr,s
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HAMBURG, GERMANY
..-..,~>>: A,cAuSu-t@ls, 1902
Dear Hrother: Over two mon, hs ago
LETT japan fr"m where my Inst letter
wa~ addressed to you. and went to
shanghai, China. I wrote to you from
there, hut lift Shanghai h. lore. your
answer could get there. am now in
Hamburg, Germany. Went all he way
bv wafer, by way OF Su.z canal. 1t
took ia Sc day. to make this long voy-
aye and / waa very we'll pleas ed when W.
got here. The voyage from Hong Kong,
China, to the Suez canal. which We made
in "a days. was not very pleasant one,
being near the equator the greater part
Of the time. 1t was go hot that ore
could not sleep at night. There are not
many people belong ing to the Caucasian
race llvi"x in. these regions. The black
people of East India are mostl, tall aud
slender, but not very etronQ. They
have no substantial food. living almost
altogether on rice. Tue sma]le~t people
among the oriental races are tue japan
zee and a. they claim, the best. AS We
passed through the Red sea We passed
Arabia, with Egypt and Nubia on the
other side. The Arabs and Egyptians
are generally large aud strong people,
very different from the blacks in India.
The habits and mode Of living CT these
people set m to be the same as they were
thousands OF years ago. The camel is
their beast of burden and it is common
sight to see caravan Of two or tarae
hundred camels with their drivers start
off in single Gle to cross the deserts. It
reminded me of my school days when I
was shown the pictures OF these cara.
vans, aud was taught to read the short
descriptions in my reader.
l must mention one thing I saw here,
which filed me with indignation. More
than once l saw crew of workers or
slaves. don't which Among them was
an overseer with lorg whip and when
one OF the men was Glow, he would Dire "
the whip across bis back thus urging
him to get a move on.
/. Our voyage from Egypt to Hamburg
) was d very pleasant one indeed. Az
soon as we got into the Mediterranean
the intente heat subsided and the wealth
er changed and we were compelled to
wear our wooden underclothes. Our
ship stopped at Naples and Genoa, Italy.
but did net stop long enough 90 we
could go ashore. Thence we passed
through the straits of Gibraltar into the
Atlantic ocean. We stopped at a Few
places in Spain. England and Belgium
and at last reached Hamburg.
/ have been here ten days, but dom t
know much about Hamburg, for it is
larger than the village OF P;erz. The
weather is cool and pleasant, but it
rains nearly every day. The habits and
ways OF the people here are quite differ
ent from those in America and one must
get used to them. This is grand place
for eports, theaters, concerts and dances
every evening. A few days ago one OF
the theaters advertised play Damed
"Kiondyke." Now you know that 1 was
fD the Klondyke few years. was
greatlydisappointed in the play. did t
see or hear anything that reminded me
/ OF Klondyke.
J Ihave been here only ten days. but
in that short time have learned that
the ldboring class is in very poor condi-
ton. A laboring man or a girl tn at
works out are poor and will stay poor
for life time. 1t will take them two
years to earn enough money to emigrate
to the United States. Judge that Ger
many is a very nice place to live, if one
has plenty OF money. A poor laborer
con d. better in most any other civilized
country.
In few days l am going to Duessel-
dorf on the Rhine river. A grand ex-
position will be held there. l intend to
VISIT many OF the larger cities in Ger
many and after four weeks I will return
to Hamburg, where expect to get an
answer from you. Where I will 90 to
from Hamburg, don't know get.
JOHN SEHR.