The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-11-04
fam The Philippines To Puget Sound.

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4, Of our experiences during the two
cars passed among Mr.. Taft's favor
.: the little brown brothers" of our
+lppine archipelago, we have travelled
me eight thousand miles, and added to
,s carefully kept diary of our life his
y, several rather important episodes,
r.5 If which might be termed of exceed
If faterest and pleasure some, quite to
sOntrary, of exceeding discomfort
q. misery; the eight thousand miles
s-r7v across the mighty Pacific back
Gods country being decidedly the
.-zr with the somewhat unusual mis-
--aaes attendant omit.
l after sailing out of Manila bay,
r-ra broke out on board ship, and one
.- soul was buried at sea to prevent
sEion; in consequence of which
arriving at Japan we were put I'M
=, I'D quarantine for five days, and
ng days as they were, as we rest
..r paced the decks straining our
les ongingly toward the coveted goal
Iesire, the quaint city of Nagasaki,
so enticingly before US.
ct same city had been pictured most
siningly to me many times during
seral years of my army life, and l
IN promised carte blanche when |
arrive at it.
deferred pleasure, additional to
comforts of quarantine, disenfec-
--- nd delayed date of arrival in the
Il homeland, was indeed hard
II good nature.
ship was thoroughly fumigated,
F 57anese doctors and quarantine Of
making daily inspections on board,
We went ashore at the quarantine
0. which is fitted up with the most
MN up-to-date facilities, contrasting
Y with our poorly equipped station
n Francisco.
q ,e enjoying a hot bath our gar
Ems were carefully disenfected by
ing process, leaving on them no in
IS effect. We We're attentively
.-- on by a number of rosy checked
r. J apanese maids, who later on serv-
&, tea and cakes on the broad shady
as of the hospital, where we We're
we'd a couple of hours recreation
lfternoon, and entertained hospita-
Numerous tables placed here and
--. near the comfortable reclining
contained curios, and beautiful
$ of hand-tin views of Japan.
NO hours spent there, and in stroll
. Tout the finely laid out and spacious
n IS of the station, was all that made
aarable during those unfortunate
as the recent uncertainty of dis
md death by that terrible scourge
cloud of gloom over all our
dis
-. oay of Nagasaki is called one of the
3eautiful in the world. 1t was thick
ted with innumerable sampans OF
men, and ships of nearly every ma
Y all about US, but at respectful
ce from our quarantine flag flut-
g from our fore peak, at which were
ST most distrustful chances by our
.ns neighbors.
city with its red tiled roofs, its
ion of foliage and terraced gar
laundering everywhere over the
hillsides, made unique foreign
Of great beauty to our interested
and one never to be forgotten by
being the sixth trip across the Pa
my husband, he naturally was
enthusiastic as |, although there
vays things of compelling interest
\ a foreign port.
-oon as quarantine was lifted, we
a Ill given couple of days for shop
is nd sightseeing in the city, while
apanese coolies, both men and wom-
re coaling the ship.
after daylight a babel of voices
sd US with their foreign chatter,
5king from the open port holes
ed the scene for more than an hour
yreat curiosity. For some distance
a-out the transport the coal scows
Eye closely wedged in, and swarming
~ hem, and up the sides of the army
e 1ort like so many ants, were hun
VI coolies. Those on the ladders
=r- mostly women and young girls,
u al laughing and chattering merrily
hey worked, nimbly passing along
IL mall baskets holding about two
larts of coal. To look at these baskets
would seem a slow and inadequate pro-
s. but the numerous endless chains
tie sides through the yawning ports,
lie bunkers within accomplished in
mcredibly short time the task of
sing some four thousand pounds of
ya in eleven hours, every pound being
~ d by hand, the crews bein G
Il gad in relays of about six hours.
W. went into the city early, sculled
shore in sampan with the funny little
lcs in the center to creep into, taking
at the dock which carried
s9out the city all day for eighty sen
FORTY cents gold) each. The pleasures
taat shopping trip in the quaint Japa-