Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-08-05
CHAYTER XVII.


We are off on Chinese railway, sin
gle line, the train drawn by Chinese
engine, driven by Chinese driver. Let
us hope we shall not be telescoped on
the road, for among the passengers is one
of the chief functionaries of the COM
pany, in the person of Faruskiar.
Our train runs at only moderate speed
since we left Knchgar. On the opposite
horizon we can see the high lands of the
Pamir; to the southwest rises the Bolor,
the Kachgarian belt from which towers
the summit of Tagharma, lost among the
clouds.
l 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-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 a pleasant companion,
but a little less amiability and a little
more originality would suit me better.
to another, lounging on the platforms, in
terrogating the horizon, which obstinate
ly refuses to reply, listening on all sides.
Hallooi there are the actor and his
wife apparently in animated converse
ton. l approach. They sing in an I'M
dertone.
Ephrinell and Miss Bluett are talking
away with unusual animation, and l
anf tab H. ~. i
Il am afraid" said she, that hair
will be rising in Pekin.'
And l." said he, that teeth will be
down. All. If a good war would only
break out, in which the Russians would
give the Chinaman a smack on the
jaw"
There now! Smack them on the jaw,
i'll order that Strong, Bulbu & Co.. of
New York might have a chance of do
ing trade!
Really, do not know what to do, and
we have weeks journey before u.s. 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 scalping on the road can but
add to the charm of the voyage
But what is that 1 hear being recited,
or rather intoned, at the end of our
There is no man, whoever he NAV
be. who cannot prevent himself from
eating too much and avoid the evils dus
TO repletion. On those who are ntrusted
with the direction of public affairs this is
more incumbent than on Others
1t is Doctor Tio-King reading Cor
laro' aloud, in order that he may re-
member his principles better. Eth. after
Ill, this principle is not to be despised
Shall l send it by telegram to our cabi-
let ministers? They might, perhaps,
line with more discretion after it.
During this afternoon, l find by the
,uidebook that we shall cross the va
nanyar over n wooden bridge. This
stream descends from the mountains to
he west, which are at least TWENTY-FIVE
thousand feet high, and its rapidity is
increased with the melting of the SHOWS.
sometimes the train runs through thick
ungles, amid which Popof assures me
lgers are numerous. Numerous they
nay be, but l have not seen one. And
'et, i'll default of redskins, we might get
ONE excitement out of tiger skins. What
heading for a newspaper. and what
troke of luck for a journalist. Terri 81
lie Catastrophe! A Grand Transasiatic
express Attacked by Tigers Fifty
ictims, An Infant Devoured Before Its
1other's s!'-the whole thickly lead
d and appropriately displayed
The two principal stations have been
,anghi-Hissar, where the train stops ten
and Kill, where it stops
uarter of an hour. Several blast fur ,
aces are at work here, the soil being ,
as shown by the word ..
KILL" which means red.
Go be continued.l