I AS HSS HE SE SAI 0) wf PAGE TEN, { TRIP AROUND THE WORLD A Racy Letter to Be Published Weekly by the Whig. + Port Said owes its existence to the Suez canal and, iike most seaport towns and coaling stations, offers lig tle outside of its shipping interests to attract the traveling public. Here we went aboard our ship for Colombo, and were soon. steaming for the en- trance of the canal. Our boat, the Morea, of the P. and O. line, was a beautiful new twin-serew vessel just from. the builder's shops. She was most luxuriously fitted up and pro- vided with every comfort and con- venience for the passengers. Electric fans in tne state rooms, well ventilat- ed lounging divans, a large commo- dious «ining saloon, spacious decks and accommodating officers, all tended to promote the enjoyment of a voyage through tropical waters. v The trip through the world-renown- ed canal was on intexesting experience. This famé¥is WHSrway, opened to traffic in 1869, is ninety-nine miles long and one hundrea and twenty-one feet wide and admits of the passage of vessels possessing a maximum draft of twenty-eight feet. The man- agement of the Suez canal is vesteg in thirty-twd commissioners, ten of whom are British subjects. It ex- empt from blockade and all 'ships whether in time of peace or wat, arm- ed unarmed, are permitted to pass through it. The toll rate is seven and three-quarter per ton, which vielded in 1907, a revenue to the com- pany of 4,640,000 pounds sterling. All the must proceed at reduced speed and when an of them must is or frances . hips while making passage other vessel te up The mane a speed here of about mile an hour, whieh brought us on the fotlowing day into the Red Sea. 1 have often wondered why this body of water was called the "Red S but after four days of sweltering heat here | have eoncluded that originally termed the Red Hot time went on second hot that it had be dropped. Instances are guotea when the heat aboard the ves sels in the Red Sea became so danger ous when sailing with the breeze that it was to turn completely around and-séefr directly away from their destination in order to obtain a head The abundance and favoring winds made life aboard the Morea, fairly pleasant, although it was undeniably warm losing sight of land note left the bleak, barren peak pointed out as Mount Sinai. along. is the port of Mecca, to which all good Mohammedands strive to make at léast one pilgrim age before ending their days on earth On the morning of the fourth day from Port Said, we reached Aden, one the hottest and most desert-like places in the whole world. Here we lay baking in the merciless rays of a torrid sun for the ten hours the ship consumed in coaling, a process accom- plished by about a hundred practical ly naked natives, who transferred the coal in the sacks from the lighters to the . ships bunkers. It was a former custom for passengers during this stop to amuse. themselves by watch- ing native boys dive after pennies pitched into: the sea, but a ago by eye 1s met one Morea Six ea it was Sea," but became as word 80 to HECOSSAry wind however, Before we on the which I . 1 » rurther ol few years of the divers was gobbled up hungry shark right of the audiehce, since when ship has-forbidden the practice. one a the Strange Starry Firmament. After leaving Aden the fros and life aboard the Morea be- comes one long summer day's outing 3 the A with games and gossip, while the even- tide gradually unveiled to the deni zens of the north a strange and bril- lant starry firmament, Nightly have watched the constellations fami- liar to our northern clime slowly sink behind the edge of the sea. The great dipper sank slowly to the first star and then another dis appearing below the water till after a few nights the constellation was com pletely dost to view. But with the loss of northern constellations came others wonderfully bright and beauti ful. There was the Southern Cross, example, that group of brilliant stars extravagantly extolled by some and at the same, time belittled by others. Personally, 1 thought it beautiful. Though not a perfect cross still it re quires hut little imagination to trace the outline of the object from which it derives its name. The of hens day hours were wiled away one our for Lumbago, Sciatica, Gout, Neuralgia Caused By Rheumatic Poison in the Blood --Cure Guaranteed --Relief Swift and Sure From DR. HAMILTON'S PILLS. new life sufferer from rheumatic who hus not vet used Dr. Hamilton's Pills: their prompt cures ave the marvel of the medical profession ot na tions. 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Australia hailed the appearance their favorite constellation with un- 4 disguised joy, for to them, some of whom had been away for a long time it meant the beginning of the end of their homeward voyage. To me, however, it is not any one particular star or constellation that renders the southern heavens so won- derful, but rather their exceeding bril- liancy. One seems to be literally en- veloped. by. this scintiallating vault, with its impressive sense of vastness and mystery. We spent Christmas day aboard the Morea, and to the dweller of the northern lands the weather seemed whplly out of keeping with the holi- day. The spectacle of going about on Christmas morning with fan in hand and attiréd in the lightest of summer costumes, wishing one's ship-mates a "Merry Christmas," and commenting on the heat of the day, tended to de- prive the occasion of its genuinenese One inclined to suspect the per- petration of a huge joke somew hete, However, where a few English are gathered together there will also he found the unalterable English: habits of life. So, as hot as it was, after Christmas services in the saloon, we sat down to a heavy Christmas din- ner, with plum puading and mince pie included in the menu. The following morning at six o'clock we reached Colombo harbor apd after taking leave of onr ten aays" com- panions bound for Australian ports we went ashore. Here were con- fronted by a and marvelous | world. While walking from the landing jetty we realized that we were, indeed an a tropical land and that our wear- [ing apparel must be regulated accor- { dinglyr So, entering one of the curi- ous shops located under a sheltering arcade, we provided with linen and with helmets. These | hegnets ave peculiar to the tropies { and are here universally worn They | are made of pith or cork about hali | an inch thick, and covered with white duck on top and lined underneath { with green-colored material. The | sweat-band is connected by braces to | the main part of the hat, leaving an | air space about half an inch in width | between. This allows ample ventilation to the head. Tn the top of the helmet there is also an opening or air space { which with the long brim furnishes at lonee a most complete tropical head | dress which serves hoth as hat and um- brella. It is light, airy and is alto- gether an admirable, and, for the Eu- ropean at least,.an indispensable arti- tele of hot country apparel. The "Rickshaw" Men. equipped proceeded to make our acquaintance with the rick- i shaw, the vehicle of local Lransporia- {tion. These "man cabs" literally | over-run Colombo. They are a two- | wheeled conveyance with a leather top {like the top of a buggy. They are made to scat one passenger, and are drawn by native wolics. So we climb {into the rickshaw and the coolie cteps between the shafis, which are joined lin front by a cross bar, grasps the | sides, tilts the carriage to a horizon- {tal position and starts off. As a rule | the coolies are stark naked, with the exception of a loin cloth arid (pp, ban, and as they swing along mefined | forward at an angle of about forty- five degrees the sun's rays falling on | their satiny coal black skins causes them to shino like polisned ebony. The sensation produced on the passenger as he rides along for the first time of these over-grown unique. of was we new ourselves suits Thus we baby carriages is He has no reins to guide his black steed and immediately hecomes conscious of the presence of his hands. Then he realices the necesdity of guiding his coolic by means of mo- tions, for but fow of them understand | English. All the while he is being bowled along at a considerable pace, for they make as good time as the average cab horse, and as they dart (around and between bullock carts and other street vehicles, free from a feeling of impending dan- ger. However, he soon gains confi- dence, for his steed is both horse and | driver; pick | street with | once alte he isn't quite his way along a crowded human intelligence Only the first. few moments did 1 feel for a swcond a sense of insecrity {and that was on out approach to ; | railroad crossing where a train | bearing down at full For | time I forgot that my was a was the on- My coolie stopped | long enough allow the to { pass, when on he sped to our bunga- | low tw speed steed to train the city theo miles from ride tropical hread | The wa most marvel 1 Coconnut fruit mangoes, jaks and hall a hundred of unfamiliar vegetation road that led through nooks and along the silvery | lakes of this carthly paradise. Then i the homes, curious carts, | snake charmers, fruit vendors all mak, a most bewildering picture Fhe appearance of the natives them- {selves was the most sinking evidence unusual land, * for were dressed were Adam And the chil exception, bore of never the apple eati | lous scenery | groves | pawpaws, [ other kinds | lined the red | the shady natives' YC Wera in men much an wommnm same the fall an and the ve Igyor without vkah! evidence heard of hese wingless bon ~ i chon cupids «i every doorway and gazed at wheeled wore a bangle but here their Ihave is a persis the Garden of Covion and the rather qicence of it give som color 10 the However, nudity mild Some string Surprise ol them of beads, ended tradition that ated as we or a wardrobes tent Eden was fnative aed in dress--or there are der for aivilization LWIOPOs here thes Une | {evion ali 11 similas tives in trom "ontirely.' advance along among different sta to the college training I 1 to England 'and coms {woe and a sik Between the highly eaveated na- the he altogether have had the forring ome "at as lish. always sav 1 | | hes re back ha rftive and the simple dweller of manele one arrayed in ds {he witnesses. a most marvel THE DAILY lous variety wn style and quentity of wearing apparel. These n¢ pdeseript costumes are most interesting. 1 saw a big black Tamil parading tho streets of the native cloth and a 'plug' hat, an outfit which, judging from his proud bearing and haughty swagger, he considered the acme of swelldom. In adopting the European coslumes the native Ix as a rule, with the hoad, the fret being the last to submit to the uncomfortable dress of his white rul- ers. Nothiog than an English college dogree will compel the native | to bow to the European dress in its | entirety 'and imprison his feet in hard, hot, unyielding shoes. It's a pity' too, that' "he considers this style dress a necessary tion, for 10 witness his awkardness and discomfiture when rigged out in | the costume of civilizalion is extreme- | ly painful. "Ile "dress of the middle classes con- | sises of a loose colton skirt, falling to the ankles and tucked around the whist. AX picturesque turban com- plotes the garb of the men, while the women in addition to the skirt wear a sort of cotton lowecut undergarment that falls about four inches short of | the-upper cdge of the nother garment. Others, wear a sort 'of sheet draped around them covering on a calm day, most of their bodies. There are, -how- | ever, so many castes and degrees of | civilization that, as before mentionod, every sort of dress from no dress to an. absurd overdress may be seen all times in and about Colombo. rins, less a Ais Arrival At The Bungalow. With all these strange sights at wety turn breaking upon the astonish- edd view wo finally pulled up under the shady poricache of our bungalow, and after paying the runners an absurdly low price for transportation weve shown by the Singhalege steward to our room. The ordinary tourist to Ceylon will one of the European hotels in Colombo and will with this far-from native phrase of life, missing altogether--~the novelty of putting up at onc of these characteristic country dwellings, Om bhunghlow--as the native houses are called rather larger than average establishment, being originally ilt by a-rich native, but at present owned by an English lady. Evevy- thing about it was buiit with a view to air and ventilation. It spacious garden stop al big be content was b was located mn a where variety of tropical tree and plant grew in luxurious profusion Almost within reach of my room door were cocoanut palms laden with | great yellow bunches of fruit, man- goes in profusion, pawpaws, with their fruit clustering around the tree just low the tuts of leaves, | bread fruit trees bearing the emerald | lopves among their eat dark leaves, jak fruit as large as cne's head most curiously chnging to a stem that springs from the trunk in-! stead of the new branches. and a doz- en other varieties. utterly unknown to me, but all used in some way another as articles of diet. For hours 1 have sat at my study door studying this strange orchard. On several casions 1 observed one of the native servants climb up a cocoahut palm with the ease of a squirrel and per form a curious operation on one of the flower stems. On.enquiry I found he was following the. custom of "tap- ning for toddy." This toddy a sap given forth by this tree after cut- ting the stem and then daily bruis- ing it with a light hammer, after which it exhudes for a time a juice which 1s gathered by usanging an earthen jar beneath. 'Ihis the 'na- tives use a beverage. If allowed to. ferment it becomes very intoxiea- ting. European life in Ceylon from the very nature of things must necessarily partake of some distinctly local fea- tures. The climate in the lowlands is extremely enervating, the mean an- nual temperature for these districts being about eighty-one degrees. Ly- ing near the equator there is no great variation in the so-called seasons, winter being" only a few degrees vr than summer. One soon fel; loss of energy here, and as"a result exercise becomes extremely unattrac tive. The bulk of the busiiess i (Colombo carried on during morning and evening hours a siesta in the cool retreat of a shady bungalow being usually taken during the heated portion of tne day. The first meal in the morning, con- sisting of tea, bread and butter, fruit and marmalade served in one's room upon arising. Then about eleven o'clock comes breakfast, ually partdaken of in four courses, and including eggs, coffee or tea, fruit and some carry other hot stuffs, the universally eaten in Cevlon one o'clock tiffin, a light lunch, ready. Then three or four the afternoon tea is served, a simi'ar to the fast At cight o clock comes dinner. the prin cipal repast of the dy On this oe casion the diners usually appear evening dress, which the case of gentlemen at least presents some mo- dilications called forth by the exigen- of the climate. The usual male aitive for dinner consists of the or- dinarvy black dress trousers, a soft whité shirt, a black silk belt and short duck coat reaching only every oval of curious the trunk crowning be or oe 15 as cool- the in the long is 18 or five mea. sort of latter At is in meal about SO about one in in { cies a to the -- Cured her Father's DrunKenness by a Simple Remedy. Saves her father from a drunkard's grave. Free sample of Samaria Tasteless Prescription checks his drinking and leads to a complete cure. "It seemed hopeless ather from ng, and we all felt the disgra- ce. When things wereat their worst a friend advised me to try Samaria. I saw that you offered a free sample treat- ment and that the remedy was tasteless and could be given se- cretly. 1determined to try it, and, bave been glad every day since. The full treatment, which I gave him in his tea, cured him, d I am pleased to'say he never touches whiskey now. 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Such a suit shown rather fine weave, and the coat ha knee that give the desired hipless Trimimings of soutache braid a OEL FEDER, ng 8 li and shopping wear will have i length and a roomy, yet trim- he is of cedar brown serge of s the straight lines from arm to effect. x re applied over appliqued motifs of silk in a shade, slightly lighter than the serge, making a charming two tone effect. waist and termingting behind , pointed scallop. The lapels fold back like the usual black dinner coat, suit compdete providing not cool\dress, but rather natty tractive well. The dinner is social event of the day, and the din- ing-room with flowers, potted everywhere, and a bave-iooted Ser vant in loose flowing robes, for every diner, resembles some banquet Jather than the usual every day oc casion. After this meal smoking furnish the amu ut time / Ceylon i most luxuriou of hordes f household one of a southern plantation "before {the war." Caste here, Ine is responsible for the mreat number « servants ary for be forever *'without mitted himself his social sphere. in more mn a only at as the scene and laneing till bed Life in anil the vauls usual im presence about of ser- every reminds as in nec he not shall to much ve if work cast ? touch But we letter able some ter fully question of the sul sequent thi cast, into far The Inhabitants Of Ceylon Of the three half habitants of about halt are Singhale a people ettled in this several before Christ are tl race, and the buried Ceylon were million 1 two and Ceylon a and a F wi island uri I hey superior fies of their an Chri great constructed back before t high - caste, Singhalese often wi educated and positions of trust, both British government and | business spheres | they | coinbs manne a by cestors era, away The 1 an lare | dae occupy under the social and In in well The men hai in a comb, which tortoise shell, horseshoe terminatis in an ext to fine like a as religion Buddists their Phis fine are on peculiar usually shaped at very 18 itke a each the upper comh end sion point, edge | worn a is halo, the ints The grow nor open to which is full lengt} tight knot at the As ule this one Singhalese with upper the between the front usually allowed space ing ward hair to {is dong up in a {back of the head comb completes the The shirt, covering, for the makes up of the predomihant Next in number ranks the Tamils or Indign contingent of the population These are the coolies {and laborers of the island. They dress scantily, wear rings on their toes, and the women are fond of nose 'and ear have seen in the ears of the as to draw the own to the she forming a head sometimes part of remainder of dress. a the the of body, dress race Cexvlon particularly ornaments I Hings women so Leavy nearly nlder an pening in the aur r organ | enongh to insert a small hand ornaments secured by piere the inserting the 'stem of the jewel through the hole. fasten ing it on the und by a nut On both sid the often seen. these « of with s arge Fhe nose are mg nostril and side means of es of nos osette- gold amethyst wists ttings o or topaz 1 and ankles borately bejewellad of the Hindu fait} Singh#lese ruby, foreheads olten lamils pearl are also ela hese are and main population sprinkling whieh | hammudl Famils 1 though of Malavs and M of prof Ceylon 1 for Partug land, Dutch, & ihe 2 over the ! palms | native would per-| wear © | Cheney for the last ¢ ntermarried with the natives, rise to. a class of inhabitants "Burghers." The higher casto fill the learn professions, members of the civil and clerical while the lower classes aro artisans and mechanics. ihe Aborigines or wild people of the jungle are called *'veddas,"" of whom it estimated about three thousand They subsist on the wild honey, are very shy, the haunts of the whites. preserve meat wm honey, and s and fraits to the edge of exvbanged for articles civilized raecs. This wicring is carried on in a curious The vedda deposits the pre crved meat, skins or fruit in an open | space of the jungle, togethar with lel in clay of the article desired in and retives into the dense <t. Then his civilized neighbor ap- and the vedda's produce in exchange the article designa- the clay following eller returns mpleted. | giving tealled Burgher: are SELVices, remain. {chase and ba avoid jung ylueed I be manner a me exchange "iil waking models. morning and the by Very carly on the jungle transaction is Wild Animals At Ceylon. Ceyle wild ani- deer and a Butterflies beautiful and fifteen hundred varieties viper and scorpion are deadly dwellers of the land prospect to Ceylon should fail make ar excursion There ar h tions on thal they includes among its phants, leopards, of smaller game moths most | variety ar over cobra, of the whore "t SOIMe \ pleases No visitor to into the interior. buried cities, the inscrip- the remains of which show built many centurion before Christ. It is estimated that {he ent. city at Anuradhapura con- d a population equal to that of nm. The trip to Kandy is per- haps the most accessible excursion in- the heart of Cevlon from Colombo. Leaving on an early train the tour- for an how travels through the rice or paddy fields of the lowlanas Then the scenery changes to moun- tains and chasms. The train labori- ously crawls around ledges where one ma) down hundreds of feet into a beautiful village below. The scenery varies at turn. Alpine in gran- deur, it combines the. rather novel feature of being covered even to the hight peaks with luxuriant tropical etation., Bananas grow high up the slopes, palms of great variety thrive everywhere, and so the picture never fails to please till we reach the an- were to ist look every cient capital of Kandy, over which at the present day a native chief Here is located 'The Tem- Tooth." of Buddha temy and m Temple be of J This relic ative the public Next to Garden is preserved in exhibited to every ten years the Peradeniva the most m- variety of an is the will Here founa teresting every vege- HOW'S THIS ? One Hupdred 3 of Catarrh that | cur y- Hall's Catarrh Cure. J. CHENEY & CQ., Toledo, We the undersigned hayé known F. . 15° years. and be- him perféctly honorable in all busi- transactions and financially able to out any obligations made by his | | Dollars Reward cannot be 0. I WALDING KINNAN & MARVIN, ile Druggists, Toledo, 0. 2 is taken internal- the blood and system. 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