Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1890 — AROUND THE WORLD. [ARTICLE]

AROUND THE WORLD.

Mi** Kellie Bly, of the X. T. World. At——rearptaxiie thjrnrsb Mias Nellie Bly is on her way east from the Pacific slope, homeward bound from a trip arbund the world in an attempt to beat Jules Verne’s “Trip around the World in 80 days.” She reached San Francisco in 70 days, and will probably reach New York, completing the trip in 76 or 77' days, with no extraordinary delays overland. She went by rail to London, and then across the English channel from Dover to Calais* going from there to Amiens to see Jules Verne. She came back to Calais and caught the regular Indian mail train through France and Italy to Brindisi, on the heel of the boot of Italy. Thenoe she sailed across the Mediterranean sea to Port Said, at the mouth of the Suez canal. From there She sailed through the canal, and down the Red sea to Aden, on the Arabian coast, and thence through the gulf of Aden and across the Indian ocean to Colombo, Ceylon. From Colombo she went across the Sea of Bengal to Singapore, and the Malay peninsula, and from there through the China sea to Hong Kong, on the Chinese coast; from Hong Kong through the Formosa channel to Yokohama on the eastern side of Japan, and thenoe directly across the Pacific to San Francisco. • ■ Nellie Bly made this remarkable tour with no other baggage than a small band satchel. She left New York with but one .gown, and that upon her back. In the satchel were necessary changes of clothing, five copies of the New York World of that date, and £SOO in Bank of England

j notes, besides her railroad and steamer j tickets for the entire journey. Miss Bly | arrived at Calais in ample time to take the 1 Brindisi mall train. This train, commonly [ called the Indian mail, is one of the famous , trains of the world. She arrived at Brindisi on time and took the steamer Victoria, I ‘ ; of the Peninsular and Oriental line, from that point. She left Brindisi on the mornI ingof Nov. 25, crossed the Mediterranean, 1 and sailed through the Suez canal, arriving at Ismaila Nov. 28. From Ismaila her I journey Lay through the Red sea. Across I the Arabian sea the Victoria sped with its ' plucky little passenger, and arrived at Colombo, on the island of Ceylon, Dec. 8. 1 Here the world’s globe-girdler left the j Victoria to take another steamer for Hong Kong. She was two days ahead of her ® itinerary, but was obliged to spend these I two days in Ceylon. I Dec. 18 Nellie Bly, after passing through ' the straits of Malacca, was at Singapore, * half-way round the world. Her eight--1 days’ ride through the Indian ocean car--1 ried her over the ruins of cities buried for long centuries beneath its tossing floods. She reihained in the P. & O. steamer, which estopped at Singapore only long enough to permit the mails and its cargo ! to be handled, and Dec 24, Christmas eve, I reached Hong Kong, on the southwest ; coast of China. She had her Christmas dinner in the Chinese city. The first available means of transportai tion across the Pacific ocean was the fast ! steamer Oceanic, of the Occidental & Oriental line. This steamer was scheduled to leave Hong Konn for San Francisco Dec. 28, and that day Nellie Bly bade adieu to the Celestial Empire. Five days later she was at Yokohama, Japan, where she arrived Jan. 2. The Oceanic carries Japanese and Chinese mails to the United States. It had to wait until Jan. 7at Yo kahoma for mail. This made another five days’ delay. At daylight on Tuesday the Oceanic arrived in San Francisco. A special train started with her inynediately for the coast. In contrast with this trip a Miss Brisj land started around the world on a similar errand, leaving New York nine hours later ! than Miss Bly, and going west instead of ! east as did Miss Bly. Miss Brisland is now on the Atlantic from England, and ! will probably not arrive as soon as will Miss Bly. •