The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-20

In the botanical garden at Handy we
saw hundreds of flying foxes which LOOK
like buzzards Some of these foxes
measure four feet from tip 10 tip
] find that there s q disease in these
ATTITUDES called tropical frenzy-an Un-
cOntTOllable anger which sometimes
manifeStS itself UEe1 European Off
Gals deal with native subjects. This
has been seriously discussed in medical
meetings, and it has been argued that
acts Of violence on the part of officials
| should be excused on this ground. The
subject has been scientifically consid-
cred at a meeting OF German phySl-
clans. This disease seems to be con-
fined to Europeans. the natives being
/ immune from it-at least. It is not con-
sidered good defense when urged by
/ a native as an excuse for doing yio-
lence to an European.
Ny experience with the money
changers of the Orient has made the
money changers of America seem viz
/ tUoUs by comparison. This is the
worst place for shaving. for discounts
for premiums for commissions and for
exchange that have visited. In tray
cling one has frequently to change his
money from the currency of one ma
ton to that of another. and as there
knows what he is going to realize by
the way, one who thinks that gold
dollar is good the world around can
/ learn something from the discoUnts)
At Colombo I had some Singapore
bills converted into rupees. The cashier
at the hotel said that the rate was one
twenty, and gave me y rupees for $40
A few minutes afteTward l had Occa-
sion to buy some tickets Of a tourist
Z for
SO: the next time I made change 1 re-
ceived Is rupees and 20 cents for SO.
! This is a sample of the experience one
has here At Singapore l drew some
money on my letter of credit, which
calls for pounds; as I was going into
English territory, I thought it would
/ be convenient to carry five-pOund
notes: but the bank insisted on con-
verting the pounds into Singapore dol
lars at eight-forty- and then Of
/ fered to sell me fve-pOund notes at the
rate Of eicht-seVenty. When I related
this incident to an EngliShman he re-
called an instance where a man pre-
/ scented q $500 note and asked for
/ smaller bills; the bank charged him a
commission for converting the large
bill into rupees ana then another com
mission for rupees into five-pOund
notes.
sued by a bank in one city would be
discounted when presented at a branch
of the same bank in another city.
I Throughout the Malay states the Chi
nese are conspicuous as money lend
] ers. but at Singapore they come into
! competition with the Indians. who are
their superiors IN this line Of bus
iress- At Colombo we saw no Chinese
~ all
~ 49,. r-,,,,,4 thu A,,,c,-;y..,,, -,,i-
siOnary everywhere, but his work
among the Malays is less promising
than anywhere else. Missionary work
has been quite successful among the
/ Chinese in the Malay archipelago and
among the TamilS at Singapore. but
/ nearly all the MalayS are MOhammG-
dams. and while they believe in one
! God and recognize Christ as 4 great
prophet they believe the author OF
/ their religion to have been a superior
/ teacher.
/ In travelling one has an opportunity
/ to study human nature in all its
J phases. and in an extended trip meets
/ representatives of all the nations. The
/ North German Lloyd has a line run
ming from Yokohama to Bremen Ohis
/ line Z may add, makes il possible for
/ one to go from San Francisco to New
/ York within two months, with but TWO
! changes of boat, and still stop Ions
/ enough at the principal ports TO learn
something of the cities and the people,
we went from Singapore to Colombo
I on one of the boats of this line. bU
/ sides a few Americans. Germans ana
! HoIlanders. and a still larger num-
/ Der of English, there were several Jap
/ arese en- route for Europe, and Russian
/ officers and soldiers returning from ia
\ pan We made some agreeable ac-
I quaintances among the company, as il
I is possible to do on every voyage. but
/ just before leaving the boat at Co
+ lombo we came into contact with q
| tourist who belonged to the genus hog
Our boat arrived between eight and
nine in the evening, and the pOrters
informed Us that the hotels were full
but that we could obtain rooms in the
morning. as a number would leave on
our ship. 7 stated the case to the cap
/ tain. and he assured me that we were
j welcome to remain on board until
morning. Just as my wife and daugh-
/ ter were retiring. a man came Oh
/ beard. followed by a lot Of baggage
and directed his porter to put it in OuI
room. ] explained to him shat, not be-
/ ing able to find accommodations or
/ shore. we had obtained permission tC
/ occupy the room until morning. but
| he brusquely replied that he had en-
J gagged the room two months before and