Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-16
</XYTAHl WAHl This is
SWHAI the sixteenth day Of
wW Shaaban, thirtee
Sunday after Trinity,
eighth moon atobth


eighth moon. eighth
eenth day We are on the nobl.
Yangtsze. God be praised"
The Shanghai man put his feet up
on the rail, pulled his pipe and com
piacently regarded the twinkllns
lights Of Hankow in the rear.
Last night" he continued, "the
consul entertained me at dinner. We
progressed as far as the roast, but
All. no-~the roast came not, and It will
never come"
He shiyered.
And why didn't the roast conner"
inquired.
"The consul got up to see. We
found him-the cook--beside his oven
he lay-dead. Choleral Ughl Now
l wasn't "a bit hungry after thatl"
| moved farther away.
And what are the symptoms OF
choiera?"
Sudden DEATH" he replied hoarse-
ly.
And that man was In a "topside"
cabin next TO mel
was glad | did not stop overnight
In Hankow. She may bo the Queen
City Of the Yanugtsze, but want
none OF her She may have a three
mile bund. race meetings, Chrysanthe-
mum Sunday. golf course and hun
dred beautiful foreign ladies to dance
with In Victoria hall--but she has a
cemetery. People DO die there, and
sometimes OF cholera
| spent twelve interesting hours in |
Hanhow and learned about all pass
ing tourist is expected to remember.
] went on deck and saw broad |
plains, blue mountains In the distance.
a mighty river bearing clumsy junks.
and ocean steamer and a British gun
boat. Then we came to Kinkiang and
fingered some hours.
Kinkiang is large and important
city with a wall around 1t and n fear
full odor within II. Nevertheless. ad-
Wise every one TO visit II. as II has real
Chinese streets which are narrow and
twisted and uDclean, packed with gor-
geous sign boards above and horrible
beings In the murky light below. The
shops cape on the street, and the cob |
bier, blacksmith. tailor and horde
of other workmen ply their trade &
against the Shiny walls undisturbed I
BY the seething mass OF pedestrians
md shouting gangs OF burden-bearing I
'oolies. 8
We struggled on through the filthy
'rowds peeped into strange holes-in- "
he-wall and bought water pipes and v
'hinese spectacles. Then appeared a
ender the like OF which none OF the o
ourists had ever seen before. He
lad collection of monkey skele- II
ons. a few crocodile heads. dried liz.
rds. snake skins. bear head with
he hair on. black mucilagnous mix
lres In cups and many packages of b
cribs
"A member OF my honored profess II
Ion." said the doctor III you have
pain In the east side OF your stom. c.
ch--the Chinese like to particularize
he win give you dose OF asbestos Il
raped In Confucian epigram. aud CT
II Is on the west side you will get RI
broilod toad. And. by the way. he
rs really expensive collection of %
'medies. Chin-chin. my venerable d'
lend. In the name OF our great pro- "a
ssion. greet you"
"Heavensl It's the boat whistlel" w
Iclaimed the one tourist. IF we m
Iould got left in this hole OF human so
'vilsl" 70
We rushed for the river and fortu- 'u
Itely arrived in time on
Soon tho steamer was on it's way
d tho conversation changed 10 seen
, and all agreed that the scenery on NJ,
Q Yangtsze was not particularly Of
and. Green Acids and sleepy ham ca
IS. here and there lake or river. ov
patch of woods. then an ancient pa. frr
da. solitary monastery, a few Is 1T
ids. perhaps fort with the dragon dr.,
nothing imposing to re. nh
ce or weep over. All. but the gorgss se,
the Yangtsxei oh. yesl Away ac,
owe Hankow and you have to take Az
Junk from lchang and be pulled I'D tie
ropes. NO go. water bad" once par
d Chinese boatman. and then the un,
NJ was thrown on the rocks and all the
re drowned. Such was the sub. hol
nee Of tale No. Il was far nicer lrri
Re. floating along on palace ana the
ing Wong and enojoying cosmopolI. gui
society. san
rhe next day we saw an enormous VIII
* OF ducks floating down to mar. ere
10 charge OF a lone boatmau who sta
itroiled them with the flap OF his con
Idle on the water was told they tior