The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-24

Unless Proyidenfiaily Hindered the
Major WIN start on His Trip
Around the World Sometime IN

Bilkins. expects 10 start on his trip
around the world sometime In jana
airy. The Major had expected to go
abroad several months ago. but sas
prevented on account OF illness in
his family. but he nov writes as that
he expects to start On his wonderful
voyage about the first Of the year
He will write q full account OF his
trip weekly and his letters will sp-
pear in The Caucasian, each week.
exclusively.
The articles descriptive of this
trip will be of more than ordinary
educa tional value, considering the
small amount 1t will cost TO read
them, and they will be entirely
original.
Both old and young people will De
interested, for the story will be writ
ten in plain language. The descrip-
lions viii be pen pictures. You will
live and move with Bilkins and see
the great world through his eyes.
Some of the experiences will proba-
bly, be of the side-splitting variety.
Mr.. Bilkins has had this trip In
view for several years and his pre-
vious letters might be termed fore
runners of it.
Mr.. Bilkins will tour England,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy,
Spain, India, Africa, Denmark, Swe-
den, Turkey, Morocco, Holland, and
other European kingdoms in that
norton of the world; also Russia,
China, Japan, the Philippine Islands,
and other countries in the Far East
Comparatively few people have
gone around the world. In most In
stances they have hurried through
tho trip, getting only casual glimpses
of the various countries from the
beaten paths of travel. Mr.. Bilkins
will travel leisurely and take in the
interior as well as the principal
cities of each country. He will hob
mob with monarchs; but he will also
go down among the masses and see
how they live, and dispense advice
where he thinks it is needed. Doubt
less Bob will be the centre OF at
traction in many countries where the
American mule is unknown. His &C.
lcentricities will play an important
part in the articles.
Bilkins will hunt lions and tigers
in Africa and elephants in India,
shooting them from Bob's back. he
will spend some time with the Sui
tan of Turkey and try to learn why
he is the greatest ladies' man since
the days of Solomon.
A special and most interesting
feature of the series of articles will
be exhaustive descriptions of Egypt,
Jerusalem, Palestine, and other lands
, and cities anciently familiar to Bible
students, but about which so little
is known to-day owing to their lack
of commercial Importance. Bilkins
will trace up old family history and
| relics back to the days of Adam and
Eve.
At some time during the tour Mr..
| Bilkins will make an attempt TO
reach the North Pole. In fact, that
is the height of his ambition. Hun
| dreds of thousands of dollars have
been lost and many lives sacrificed
| in attempts to reach the North Pole,
but it seems impossible owing to the
| extreme cold. Bilkins processes to
| believe that Bob can make the trip,
regardless of ice and snow. Doubt
less the stories of his experiences
will be thrilling.
OF course, we cannot go into de-
tails. Suffice it to say that these
articles will be genuinely descriptive
and historically true even though
they will not be written in serious
vein. Mr.. Bilkins will be given
plenty of latitude, and he will write
in his peculiar style. But we car
safely promise that the reader vii
know far more about foreign lands
the peculiar customs of the natives
their good and bad points, their past
present and future, year from nov
than he or she knows to-day, and the
stories will be interspersed will
quaint expressions, odd experiences
and thrilling narratives which will
tend to relieve them of all dizziness
AS a writer, Zeke Bilkins has &C
cupied an humble and modest posi-
ton. Society has never set its sea
of approval upon his work. TIL
great literary critics who can max
and unmake writers are blissfull
ignorant of his existence; fate ha
decreed it so.
But Bilkins has a small but grow
ing coterie of friends who read hi
letters regularly, and refuse to b
comforted without them. This littl
army consists of boys and girls frql
five to ninety years of age. ANON
the number who may be classed 9
4 admirers of his letters, on their fest
mony, we believe it safe to say ths
f there are more boys and girls fro
I, eight to fifteen years of age who Ca
l come nearer repeating yer bfatim OF
of his letters written perhaps one
two years ago than any other ~rit'
i can claim in proportion
This goes to show that his work
natural and impressive, though f;
from brilliant.
The trip around /ehe world wi
begin soon, and WIFI continue for
year, or longer. Those who care
read it should se5hd dollar for
years subscription to The Caucasia
at once. If y5bur subscription
l about to expire. you should rene
= proppnfIr TIE Erou hove hoop q or,1