The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

respectful as he was II years ago,
/ but the passengers, particularly the
American passengers, insist that me
servant buntes the master: they say
old servants always do. The captain
4 confesses that the boy" today told
I him to put on lighter underwear as We
are approach warm weather at Hon
olulu.
Day after tomorrow, at a m, the
! passengers will have an OPPORTUNITY to
see a fine young man: they nave ar
ranged to stand along the rail- and
! say. Hello JIM" when the custom
house boat comes alongside, thus caus-
ing him to think he has encountered
I an Atchison ship. If we do not Vlsl'
/ him more than y hours, it viii be be
cause do not believe in kin staying
! too long.
How would like to hear the whistle
I of an American railroad locomotive ana
see a brakeman! Speaking of locomo
tives. I shall have an opportunity at
4 Yokohama to feel proud of Aemica'
/ p locomotives and a GOO many freight
cars viii be unlOaded from the hold OF
the SIBERIA and there viii be SC
much other American iIacnlleIy 20 e III
load that we shall be detained four
days Among the other freight Tor
Japan, are two horses for breeding
which are Quartered in stalls over the
Storage deck The freight Of these
horses is 800 each
The siberia" is running at what is
known as economical speed; that IS
fifteen knots an hour. Y are burning
one hundred and sixty tons of coal
ev7er,- f1ventv-four hours If the speed
should be increased to nineteen KNOTS
an hour (the speed made on the shlp.
recent record breaking eastern passagel
we should burn about three hun0feo
The extra speed of four knots per hour
would double the fuel bill OF the SIND
Fast things cost money.
The chief cook of the Siberia is a
great man. but here is a suggestion Tor
him. If he will place his soda crackers
i'm fhe oven before serving, he VIII rem
der them more crisp and palataDle.
cat crackers and milk good deal, ana
know.
often think we men are not very
i,,+ararti7,e 7 sat in the smoking room
mis- morning. and listened to the taiks
and did not hear anything llteIeSei1ls
or clever The talk is apout 1ol W.
ana Yokohama, and Kobe, instead OF
sbo,lf chicago or Kansas City; that $
about the only difference One man
to1d of an awfully interesting place IN
votroI7an1a. L heard the same story
told of New York, years ago anu upon
investigation. found it untrue. nine
+e1tl,s of the talk you near every
,,4t1eye is untrue and unimpOrtant. me
ola Frnglishrnan down in the sleeIase
interests me as much as anyone 1 haVe
- =, +1,e "a hin. wish / could taih
rlsi,,aee. tn ere must be lot OF inter
esfinpr characters among the olo y illlos-
- in the steerage. While down
+llero saw two Cinnamon reading
I'm slisI, school books; one OF tilell
God a uaragraph to me which told OF
fl,a had effect of alcohol on the human
system. If you want interesting BOOKS,
read the school books the chlIdFeh
hiring home from school at night LOOK
through a history of the United States,
for example, and you viii marVeI at
the little you know. The people in the
steerage are natural: so many of those
in the cabin are on dress parade, and
trying to attract attention.
NV room being an outside one with
a door opening on the principal deck.
occasionally the passengers come in
and visit with me. This morning a
gentleman have become acquainted
with brought in a lady he was prom
enading with. NY daughter went by
presently. and when I met her later, |
she said: ct do not like that woman!''
I inquired why she disliked her, and
she laid down this rule: when you /
see woman wearing a walking skirt |
and French heels. you may depend /
upon it that there is something the
matter. seem to be approaching a |
family jar.
How people look for amusements. |
and how little they findl This morn |
ing most OF the passengers collected /
uHqer the awning on the upper deck |
ana watched the children and young |
people engage in potato race, needle |
threading contests, etc. It was the
only attempt at amusement since the !
voyage began, and it ended in q EAT /
young man SHINING Il
breaking his arm.
At one table in the dining room
mere are twelve Japanese, two Chinese
ana Portuguese woman The
Portuguese woman is married to a
me looking American, and he is about |
lhe most attentive husband I have
ever seen / was sitting near him on
S ueck When ms Wife appeared, and he
S4'g VerV cordially; ga H. g001 MORN
ing AS polite as he might have
oeen 10 a young lady of Jays ac-
qualntance. At my table there is a
Frenchman who bows politely to me
every time he appears There arc alec
a considera BILE number of F1nplishne77
Gut mere they have scarcely heard of
Kansas, or Kansas City; beyond Homo
lulu they will not have heard of Chi
cago' ana beyond Hong Kong they
VIII not have heard of New York. 7
was looking through a guide book a
"Hlle ago, and ran across CITY of
which 1 hod never beard. altho-1gh it
mas more than million population.
We are advised to rejoin the shin
at Kobe instead of Nagasaki, and thus
see the Inland sea, said to be prettiest
sight in the world. There are so many
9rettiest sights in the world of which I
nave never heard. I have a notion,
that on my return, Atchison. as seen
rom Rushvile, will be about the
srandest sight in the world. have
not been having the Good Time pre-
llcted by the neighbOrs, but I expect
a Good Time riding from Rusb1riIIe to
Atchison. The Atchison conductor.
who comes and takes up the last stub
on my ticket, will look good to me.
In my judgment, one of the prettfest
sights in the world may be seen in
spring, when the wheat is green, by