The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-03-19

was at once transferred to the U.
i 5. Vermont and we steamed out the
next morning. About six days out
from Manila we passed Singapore, the
hottest city in the world.
| Colombo was our next port. They
gave US quite reception there. The
government gave excursions to Candy,
a pleasure resort about ninety miles
from Colombo and 37OO feet above
the sea.
The cars Of the special train thas
we took were divided into compart-
nents holding twelve persons each.
There was door In each end of
every compartment.
AS we rolled out through the
jungles Of CeyIon, the naked. black,
lhalf-starved natives came swarming
out OF their grass huts and lined up
along the track to watch US pass. We
seemed to be as much or more of
curiosity TO them than they were to
US.
After travelling for an hour or more
through the iungles Of tropical growth
we came to the mountains. Here the
people were more civilized. They
mad large rice, tea and. rubber plafita- !.
tions. The rice fields are 'buiH in
terraces along the,gulches anda creeks
where they can be wateredg4s The
steps Or terraces were from four. feet,
to ten1 roqds wide according to the
slope Of the land, each step beiug
'damed UP around the edge so that it
would hold about six inches of water.
The water runs down over the fields.
filing the upper; steps until they lun
over into the one below. IA
Tea and rubber plants are grown on
the high Ahillsides. the tea being
planted 10 with the rubber plants.
saw tea. rubber, bananas and cocoa
nuts growing In the same fields to-
gether.
On reaching Candy hired a '.wick-
a-sbaw' pulled by black, naked
coole aud took ride around Lake
Candy. ] then got on an elephant
and rode around through the streets
| Of Candy.
Our next port after leaving Colom-
DO was Suez, Egypt. Here l got
three days leave and went with a.
party to Cairo. which is about sixty
miles from Suez We reached Cairo
| in the evening after hot trip across
the dry, sandy desert. The next
morning we crossed the river N lie
and drove out to the pyramids which
are about five miles from Cairo. We
first visited the royal tombs of some
Of the Egyptian kings. We then
4 went into the tomb of the Sacred
Bull. The inside of these tombs are
lined with alabastine and have many
queer looking figures and pictures
carved out on the walls. When we
came out of the tombs we went up on
top OF the highest of the pyramids.
1t was an awful hard climb over
rocks which were from two to four
feet high.
We rode. from The pyramids to, the
Sphinx, a distance of about half
mile, on camels.-I don't have any
longing to ride on camel again.
After climbing over the Sphinx for
while we visited the ruins of the
temple and then went back to Cairo.
We passed through the Suez canal
which is SO narrow that we could
stand on the deck and throw old
: clothes and potatoes to the crowd of
Arabs who ran along the shore beg
ging.
. We passed through the Straits OF
Messina on our way to Villefranche,
France, l spent most of the time ia
, Nice and Monte Carlo. Nice is like
our American cities, and Monte Carlo
is a pleasure resort. The Casino
which Is the largest gambling house
!, In the Morld, is the chief attraction
: l had quite time trying to under
stand French and trying TO max.
myself understood.
did MT 20 ashore in GibralteI
butt l saw the rock as we passed
, through the Straits of Gibralter.
When we reached Hampton Road
we were reviewed 10y President Roo e
> welt, who rode up aud down the lin
of ships in the U. S. Mayfower ant
kept US manning the rail 10 pourin,
rain.
/ was in the inaugural parade a
1 Washington, d. c., Mar. 4th. l hat