Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-23

Our train runs at only moderate speed
since we left Kachgar. On the opposite
horizon we can see the high lands OF the
Pamir; to the southwest rises the Boior,
the Kachgarian belt from which towers
the summit of Tagharma, lost among the
clouds.
do not know how to spend my time.
Major Noltitz has never visited the ter
ritories crossed by the Grand Transasi-
attic. and l am deprived of the pleasure
of taking notes from his dictation. DR..
Tio-K King does not lift his nose from his
| "Cornaro," and Pan Chao reminds me
more of Paris and France than of Pekin
and China; besides, when he came to
Europe he came by Suez, and he knows
no more of Oriental Turkestan than he
does of Kamtschatka. All the same,
we talk. He is pleasant companion,
but little less amiability and little
more originality would suit me better.
| 1 am reduced to strolling from one car
to another, lounging on the platforms, in
terrogating the horizon, which obstinate
ly refuses to reply, listening on all sides.
Halloo! there are the actor and his
/ wife apparently in animated conversa-
ton. I approach. They sing in an un-
dertone.
Ephrinen and Miss Bluett are talking
away with unusual anima ation,z and
catch the end of the dialogue.
81 am afraid" said she. "that hair
will be rising in Pekin."
"And IT, said he, "that teeth will be
down. Ali If good war would only
break out, in which the Russians would
give the Chinaman a smack on the
i jaw"
| Sr,oon OH tho IN
in order that Strong, Bulbul & Co., of
New York, might have chance of do
ing a trade!
Really, do not know what to do, and
we have weeks journey before US. To
Jericho with the Grand Transasiatic and
its monotonous security! The Great
Trunk from New York to San Francisco
has more life in it. At least, the redskins
do sometimes attack the trains, and the
chance of "a scalping on the road can but
add to the charm of the voyage.
But what is that hear being recited
or rather intoned, at the end of oul
| compartment?
There is no man, whoever he may
be, who cannot prevent himself from
eating too much and avoid the evils dut
to repletion. On those who are intrustet
, with the direction of public affairs this il
i, more incumbent than on others"
| It is Doctor Tio-King reading "Cor
naro" aloud, in order that he may re
, member his principles better. Eh! afte
, all, this principle is not to be despised
Shall send it by telegram to our cabi
net ministers? They might, perhaps
i dine with more discretion after it.
oj During this afternoon, l find by tn
guidebook that we shall cross the va
manyar over wooden bridge. Thi
i stream descends from the mountains t.
the west, which are at least twenty-fv
s thousand feet high, and it's rapidity j
:. | increased with the melting of the SHOWS
Sometimes the train runs through thic
0 jungles, amid which Popof assures m
tigers are numerous. Numerous the
: may be, but have not seen one. An
yet, in default Of redskins, we might ge
q some excitement out of tiger skins. Wha
r heading for a newspaper, and what
stroke of luck for journalist! sTerr
. hle CATASTROPHE! A Grand Transasiati
: Express Attacked by Tigers! Fift
Victims! An Infant Devoured Before II
Mothers Eyes!"-the whole thickly lead
: ed and appropriately displayed.
The two principal stations have bee
5, Yanghi-H -Hissar, where the train stops tie
minutes, and Kizil, where it stops
- quarter of an hour. Several blast ful
= knaces are at work here, the soil bein
), ferruginous, as shown by the wor
Z xiii" which means red.
cfo be continued,