The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
DREAMS OF HOME
Editor Howe Finds Himself
Back in Globe Office.
Dropped in at 8 O'clock and Not
Soul at Work.
EVERYTHING CHANGED
Rather Likes Present Steam
ship, Ahead of Last One.
Finds Chum in a GIum Old
Missouri Man.
EVERYTHING CHANGED

Sunday, December II.
A steady monsoon has been blowing
since we left Hong Kong, and helping
US along: the smoke from the stack of
the .Simla" is always ahead of US. We
are in the notorious China sea, but the
ship is pretty large, and acting very
well. although I feel the old faint of
seasiekness. q feel" I heard a man
say once, as though I had been sent
for. and couldn't come" That is the
way feel: I feel hungry, but can't eat;
l am generally disorganized, and this is
always the case with me when I am at
sea. I have a bad taste in my mouth,
and have had dreams at night. Last
night. in my dreams I walked into The
Globe office at nine O'Clock in the morn
ing and found no one at work The
office had been removed during my
absence from the new building into the
old. The space over the old front coun-
ter had been boarded up to the ceiling
for some reason; no one attempted to
explain why the office had been re-
moved from the new building to the old,
or why the space over the counter had
been boarded up. And the place was
full of noisy children, playing; mission
airy children from the Siberia includ-
ing Henry George. Joe Rank finally
wandered in, and told me that Miss
Webb had resigned her position, and
was working for a lodge; soliciting life
insurance, or something of that kind.
An election was in progress, and
Charley O'Keefe, the foreman, came
along, and said Bale Waggener was
sure to be elected county commissioner.
Everything was going SO badly at the
office that I determined to go up home,
and get some of the good things to eat
1 have been longing for Here I found
that boarder, Mr.. Bush, had been
taken during my absence, and the
housekeeper wouldn't give me anything
to eat until the boarder came in, at
regular meal time.
At Hong Kong, I experienced the lux
ury of cold day, which was particu-
Iarly agreeable, as my face had become
badly sunburned at Manila, but we are
running into warm weather again. The
men are putting on white suits, and
talk of sleeping on deck tonight.
The sailors from India squat around
on the forward deck, and eat as the
Chinese and japanese do; all these
brown people seem to be distantly re-
lated. The Indian sailors bring up a
big bowl of rice, squat about it in a
circle, on their launches, and eat pre-
cisely as the Chinese do, with chop
sticks. The Filipinos eat rice with
their fingers.
There is a glum old fellow on board
Who has amused me since yesterday:
he seems to be looking for fight He
acccsted me today, and said he was
from Missouri. There is nothing the
matter with him, except that he is not
getting the worth Of his money. He
became quite cheerful when he. found
opportunity to talk about home.
also met today a man who knows
Ellsworth ingalls, at Albuquerque, New
Mexico: he says Ellsworth is called
Judge" down there.
was sitting in the smoking room
4 today with Mr.. Moffatt, and we deter
I mined 20 order a lemonade. The stew
I ard brought US an insipid bottled lemon
4 adess another thing 7 never heard of be-
I fore. Mr.. A1ofatt threw them both into
/ a spittoon. ard said we wanted lemon
I squash. or squash, or quash: thing
! with lemon and sugar. and ice IN IT,
I Finally Mr.. Moffatt was compelled to
7 go behind the bar, and show the man
1 how to make a lemonade.
4 BY going to the King Edward hotel
+ at Hong Kong, I missed seeing w J.
] Bryan, who was at the Hong Kong. ]
/ dc not care for Bryan. although he may
j be. as some people say, the greatest man
1 in the world. Somehow Bryan always
I reminds me of the Philippines, and OF
their great natural advantages. Mr.
. Bryan's theories may be Natural Ad-