The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-12
TRIP AROUND WORLD
HIS HEALTH RECLAIMED, MIR. j. A.
G. CARSON HAS RETURNED.
TRAVELLED $1,000 MILES.
BROUGHT ELEPHANT FROM AUS
TRALIAN FORESTS WITH HIM.

Was Sorry to Learn of Death of
Yacht Club KangarOO-LOOks the
Picture of Health-With Mrs. Car
son He Spent Over ) Months
AbrOad-Says "Hiawatha" Is
WhistIed Round the GIObe-Was
Impressed by Respect of English
for Americans-TaII1s of the South
and Wall Street.
After tour of the world, in which he
traversed 81, 900 miles of land and sea,
Mr.. ]. A. G. Carson, accompanied by
Mrs, Carson, arrived in Savannah yes
terday, greatly improved in health as a
result of his travels.
Il went in quest of helath. / found
| it; 1 brought it back with me: and I'm
gong to keep it," he said laughingly.
when seen by representative OF the
Morning News. That he had brought 1t
back with him was plainly evident. Nj.
Carson has gained much in weight, his
complexion is rudy and there is a
slight suggestion of a double chin. He
has never, he says, been in the enjoy
ment of better health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson started on their
journey May 5, being absent five
months and five days. When asked
what impressed him most in his jour-
neys, Mr.. Carson said. strange as 1t
might seem, that the popularity of
"Hiawatha" impressed him as nothing
else. All around the globe 1t is whist
led and sung. In every land and ev-
cry cline he visited, he heard it. Even
at Colombo, on the far away Island of
Ceylon, he heard the familiar air.
"Htawatha" Hummed Everywhere.
While the popularity of "Hiawatha"
was surprising and, consequently. i'm
pressing, it did not move Mr.. Carson
as did the revelation of reverence and
| respect of the British for Americans
| and the American flag. While, he
said, he knew it was marked, he was,
| nevertheless, surprised to note the
| partiality of the Englishman for the
| American and the high regard in
| which he held him.
| Mr.. Carson did not bring any wild
| tenants of the Australian forests with
| him to swell the ranks of the Yacht
| Club ZOO" He said that he was
sorry to learn that one of the kanga-
| roos, which he had previously sent,
| had died, but laughed at the sugges-
| ton that his fellow members at the
| club were expecting him. to return with
an elephant.
my wife did write" he said, that
we had bought an elephant. And so
| we had. She proffered the further
information that the specimen was
a very fine one-the sort that did not
| grow any larger, even in Australia,
saying that some plan would have to
be devised whereby he could be trans
ported safely home. We afterwards
devised plan, and the elephant row
reposes in the bottom of one Of our
trunks, he having not yet been I'M
packed. An elephant and a trunk
generally go together, you know"
MIR. CnrsOns Elephant.
The Australian elephant to which
Mr.. Carson referred is one of ebony
carved from a solid block of the wood
with ivory tusks. 1t is foot or more
| in hight. Instead of adjoining the
Yacht Club ZOO" it will do service as
mantel ornament.
After leaving New York in May, Mr.
Carson's first objective point was Liv-
| erpool, from whence he and Mrs. Car
son went to London by rail- After
| spending several days in the English
metropolis they left by steamer for
Sydney, Australia, a trip of six weeks,
stopping en- route at Plymouth, Gil
| braltar. Marseilles, Naples, Port Said
| and Suez. They went through the
Suez canal, the read sea and Gulf of
Alden, across the Indian ocean to CO.
lombo, on the Isle of Ceylon. After
remaining several days in Colombo,
where they had the pleasure of seeing
two vessels of the American fleet, the
Cincinnati and Albany, they continued
on their journey to Ere Mantle, AIDE
laide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Mr.. Carson's trip, being taken at the
instance of his physicians and prima-
rily in the interest of health, only short
stops were made at the various ports
In Sydney a stop of ten days was
made, after which they took an Amer
lean steamer for San Francisco stop
ping en- route at Auckland, New Zea-
land PaGo-Pago, in the Samoan Isles;
Tanning Islands and Honolulu.
Sightseeing In the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson arrived at the
Golden Gate Aug. II. While in the
West they visited the Yosemite Valley
and Southern California, Portland,
Ore, Yellowstone Park and Butte.
Mon, from where they went to New
York After spending three weeks IN
New York and Baltimore, they return
ed home.
1T was said in Wall Street that the
South this year was particularly pros
porous" said Mr.. Carson. THE pres
ent cotton crop, l was reliably inform
ed, was made on less New York money
than any previous one" Further than
this statement. Mr.. Carson declined to
discuss matters relative to Wall Street.
Strange to relate they met no Sa-
vannahians on their tour This was
accounted for in a measure NV Mr. Car
son, who said that the route was one
which Savannahians were not given to
travelling. If the route be as effica-
cious to all as it was to Mr.. Carson.
it is safe to say that Savannahians in
search of health will, in the future,