Morris tribune., 1906-06-16

Back | went and again our almond
eyed native lied vociferously. But
we remained steadfast and soon we
were off. We steered in a straight
course for the Penang wharf. [
looked at him hard and earnestly but
he never moved a muscle.
Shanghai, China. April %, 1905.
did not keep up with the ship in
the matter of rotating experiences 50
/ must finish my recital here on land.
After we left Penang we stopped
nearly day at Singapore. Here the
steamer had to coal SO we spent the
day among the shops and at the hotel.
Nothing wildly excited occurred, in
fact we spent rather an uninteresting
day of it. We saw great many
United States soldiers about the city
and were told that a regiment of
cavalry was bound for the Philippines.
They were welcome sight and we
decided that for looks at least they
beat the world. The air at Singapore
was heavy and hot, the regular
tropical heat it was. In the evening,
in the midst of thunder storm we
steamed out of the harbor en- route
for Hong Kong. No excitement was
to be had save occasional games at
quoits until a day before we reached
Hong Kong when we ran into the tail
end of typhorn-at least some one
told us it was. Typhoorn or no, it was
regular old buster of gale and we
watched the passengers silently steal
away as the motion increased. | have
begun to feel quite like a sea-dog now
for I went thru the gale without
qualm-you can prove it by asking
Mrs. Hill
Hong Kong is very picturesquely
situated ana the harbor is one of
the largest in the world in point Of
tonnage. We had full day there
but the weatl er was unkind and it
poured nearly all day. The city is a
British colony and hence not at all
a representative Chinese town. We
had ''ricksha" ride about the Chinese
quarter and were shown about a
Chinese temple-a most disgusting
place. We wandered into an oriental
store and lost most of our ready cash
over the counter. It is very interest
ing to watch the merchant figure up
things by means of his "abacus"-an
instrument which looks like the bead
rack on which we learned to count in
the primary school. It takes him
about five times as long to figure an
account as it does by our process so
you have the advantage of doing your
own figuring before you have to pay.
It is wise man here who figures a
little on his owl account when he
goes "shopping'-or rather "buying".
At Hong Kong we received our first
news of the San Francisco catastrope.
We were loath to believe the first re-
ports but now we are daily being more
firmly convinced Of its aWfulness.
Many of the people aboard ship have
relatives there and of course are in
great distress of mind until they re-
ceive definite news. All the early
news had to come around by London
but at present communication has been
cEa
San Francisco. It is surely terrible
disaster and once more we are being
shown how nearly akin all nations are
when sympathy is needed. We fear
that we shall be affected by the
trouble because the steamer on which
we have cabins engaged for June is at
San Francisco and may not sail at all.
Weleft Hong Kong Friday morning.
April goth, and soon after leaving the
harbor encountered fog which made
our voyage rather unpleasant. We
hit one or two fishing junks which
carried no lights, but no damage of
was done. Monday
morning we came to anchor at Woo
sung on the Yangste Yang river and
later were put aboard a tender and
brought to Shanghai fourteen miles
up the Wampoo river. Our hearts
were gladdened at the sight of three
U. S. Cruisers lying at anchor near
the city. Since the riots of last De-
cember several nations have had war
ships in front of the city. This is a
great shipping center and the river
presents turbulent appearance at all
times. We have not as yet visited the
old Chinese quarter-in fact we rather
expect not to visit it at all. For
whatever feeling there may be, would |
more quickly manifest itself there. I |
I'm told by the head agent to the |
standard Oil Company here that the
boycott is scarcely thought of nova
lays. He gave very interesting ac-