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A REMARABLE STORY
Frank Phelps Adventures In Civiliz d
and Barbarian Countri s.
A LIFE CROWDED WITH ADVENTURES
Thinks the Japanese the Most Kunark
ab e Peopl« in the World, Some of the
Ad venturi's t int Have Befallen Him.
The story iu yesterday morning’s Tri
bune about Frank M. Phelps, probably
the most traveled young man in Amer
ica. attracted much attention. A great
many heard of his wager, the start
in a paper suit, and the furor he created
at the time.
Phelps was on the streets yesterday
hustling vith his perfumeries and did
quite a good business. Wherever he
stopp ,’d he was the center of an inter
ested group. He never failed to enter
tain them.
This young man’s 27 years have been
crowded thick with adventure and in
cidents that come to few men in a life
time. He has passed through scorching
heat and bitter cold; he has supped
with foreign nobles, and has shared the
rude fare with savages in barbarian
lands. His head once covered with a
thick and wavy| mass of hair, is now
almost bald. A tever iu Bombay.
India, caused that useful covering to
fall out. and the head was shaved close
to cause a second growth. It is coming
slowly, but sad to relate in spots.
Phelps earlier life probably was a
sterner school than most men have to (
endure, but it fitted him peculiarly for
the enterprise he is now upon. He was
born in Jackson, Mich , and when only
7 months old his mother’s eyes closed in
the dreamless sleep that knows no wak
ing. Frank was the voungest of three
children, and he was sent to his grand
mother to be raised. She is still living
at the remarkable age of 96,
Soon as erwards he was taken from
\ A lift liiii
his grandmother and given to an Eng.
lish family living near Lawrence,Mich. >
but was with them only nine months.
He aas again sent to his grandmother,
and lived with her until the age of 13
As soon as he could walk he was plAued
at work in the fieldsand went to school
only in December, January and Feb
ruary. At 13 years of age he went to
work for a farmer. He remained a year
and saved $75. Grand Rapids next
claimed his attention. Phelps was then
a green, unsophisticated country lad,
and began work for a wealthy uncle in
Grand Rapids. His aunt was proud
though, and ashamed of the awkward
boy from the rural precints. 4
At 15 years he drifted to New York
City, and began work as bottle washer
at $5 per week. In seven years he
had become a Ph. D. One incident
in his earlier life in New York,
Phelps tells with a peculiar grin on
his long face. Two young men in the
store wore fine clothes and went out
a great deal. Phelps was a hayseed
and could not go into society. Now
tl o e two men are farm laborers, and
Biliousness
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the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache.
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Phelps is—well he speaks for himself,
and does it well.
Yesterday he told a Tribune man
things about his travels—emugh to
make a book. But a book isn’t the
object of the writer, so much of it is
eondensed.
At Monte Carlo he played roulette
in the gorgeous gambling palaces,and
came out even—so he says. He likes
the French people and says they are
very sociable and use no slang.
In Spain. Hungary, Austria and
some parts o: Germany horse meat is
eaten a great deal. The meat is dark
and tastes like bear meat. Prejudice
alone keeps many others from eating
it, as the flesh of a good healthy horse
is clean and wholesome. One very
noticeable feature in many of the for
eign countries is the large number of
mendicants that assail the traveler
one every side for alms. Egypt Is
overrun with them.
Phelps rode across Sahara desert on
a camel from Bushire into Asia Minor.
The trip was made through intensert
beat, at times 140jdegrees. The camel’s
natural gait is five miles per hour.
When driven to the limit they go
seven miles but can only stand it
about two hours. If they are driven
any more will fall on their knees and
finally die. They are very timid,
sensitive creatures, and afraid of white
people.
The average wages of the Spanish
labor would n’t buy a ten cent cigar.
They .use goat milk a great deal and it
is a common s’ght to see pleasant
women milking them on the streets of
of the cities. The milk is sold fresh
warm to the costumer.
Phelps liked Japan and the Jap
anese people better than any nation
he visited. They are very cleanly,
bathing every day. There are more
than fifty cotton mills in Japan, match
factories, and various manufacturers.
Women when they owe a debt, sell
themselves to a mao until the debt is
absolved. They then return to their
husbands. Females get from 6 to 7
cents a daj in match factories and 7
to Bin cents iu cotton mills. The
globe trotter visited Yokohama, Kiota,
Tokio, Kobe aqd other cities.
China, Phelps eays, is peopled with the
filthiest people on earth. Animals die
on the streets of the populous cities and
are eaten by the people. This is the prim
al cause of so much leprosy. There are
only two newspapers in the Chinese em
pire—one in Pekin, the other in Canton.
The government mails are carried by
horses. The coolies have tremendous
strength, many of them being able to
carry 700 and 800 pounds some distance.
In India he saw many interesting sights.
The Hindoos do not eat meat, but wor
ship cattle’ The girls mature very early
and marry from Oto 13 years old. The
people are very filthy, and the fame pre
valence of disease isseeu here as in China.
Phelps was in India during the plague,
and saw much of the horror of it. The
dead are carried on high hills and the
vultures feed on the corpses. The bones
are afterwards buried. The monks in
the mountains are very interesting, and
live entirely on vegetables and water.
Their finger nails are two inches long.
The Ceylon tea fields are the most
wonderful in the world and are hurt
ing Japan and China’s tea trade. A
crop is gathered every 30 days.
He passed the palace where the king
of Siam lives with his 366 wives, visit
ed Yeddo, Yazd, Bashire, Damascus,
Jerusalem, Palestine and saw the
great silk industries of Syria, He
visited the great government restau
rant iu Warsaw where 300 girls
worked. Meals are served from 1 cent
on up.
Russian soldiers are paid 90 cents
THE ROME TRIBUNE SUNDAY, DRCUMBER 12, 1897.
Wflj " 18S
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ever two months, and Phelps nev°r
saw one drink Fe*geants in the
Italian army, get 6 cents per day.
Phelps weighed 195 pounds when
he started but weighs only 135 now.
He was shot at in Turkey, went with
out food 30 hours and has suffered a
great deal, He will write a book.
He will remain in Rome until Wed
nesday.
Everybody Srys So,
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“THE FAST MAIL.”
Lincoln Carter’s Famous Play on Next
Friday Evening.
What promises to be the greatest ats
tempt in the era of realismwill be seen at
the opera house next Friday evening, in
the melo-drama of Lincoln J. Carter’s
“Fast Maili.” The pjay is famous
throughout the country for the complete
ness and magnitude of its mechanical
effects. The production is under the
personal supervision of its author -Lin
coln J. Carter. Special scenery is carried
for the ten complete sets to be used in
the play. In the second act a steamboat
is shown with the boiler rooms and their
intricate machinery, and the glowing
furnaces. The boat is blown up by a
tremendous explosion, and the wreck is
seen going down in mid river. The great
railway scene is another of the unprece
dented achievements of their perfor
mance in the direction of realism. A
freight train of fourteen cars is run
across the stage with an illuminated
caboose and a practical locomotive. The
fireman and engineer are seen at their
respective stations, looks like reality
itself. A mail train comes speeding by
and catches the mail pouch just as every
one has seen it do many times.
In the last act Niagara Falls are shown
in all their natural beauty. A cataract of
real water is put on the stage, and it boils
and foams in the most natural way. The
soft moonlight adds to the effect, and
the scene needs only the addition of the
suspension bridge to complete the effect
of reality.
CA.STORIA.
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Go to Wilkerson £. Sons for
game, fish and your Xmas
roasts, _
\>l<l to
Raleigh, Dec 11. —Adjutant General
Anglin of New Hampshire writes Ad
jutant General Cowie, that Mrs. Persis
P. Chase, sister of the late Colonel Ed
ward Cross of the Fifth New Hamp
shire, has placed in his possession i is
state flag or the Fourth North Caroli, a,
captured by Colonel Cross at Shai. s
'burg; that he had suggested to her, and
the fully agreed, that if there is an as
sociation of survivors of the Fourth,
they would be glad to have the flag is
surned, and if there is not, it will bd
returned to the state authorities.
ChUiOit in a Fight.
Columbia. S. 0„ Dec. 11.—The su
perintendent and the assistant superin
tendent of the Metropolitan Baptist
church, both negroes, became involved
in a dispute over the significance ol
some passage of scripture. The argu
ment grew so warm that at tne end ol
the meeting, when they left the church,
the two zealous expounders got into
trouble One drew a big stick and tna
other a brick. A case was made against
them for disorderly conduct and in po
lice court oi.e <•/ tnem was fined
CONCESSIONSjJY CHINA
Peking Government Yields to
Kaiser on all Points.
GREAT VICTORY FOR GERMANY
Dispute Prnctici|l ly Settled by the
Kv-lil»vnl of the Governor of the Mitui
lu ProVi ioe ami the Setting Apart of
Area 'iirrou.iilmg I£i.«o Chou Bay For
Emperor William.
Peking, Doo. 11.—The German-Chi
nete difficulty is practically settled.
The Germans refuse to discuss the occu
pation of Kiao Chou bay; the governor
of Shan Tung province has been re
moved from office, but will not be. any
further degraded; no monopoly of mines
and railroads is conceded to Germany,
but that country is given preference.
Finally the area immediately surround
ing Kiao Chou bay is set apart ex
clusively for Germany. China yields
on ail other points. . ,
To Hold Kiao UhoU Bay.
Berlin, Dec. 11.—It is semiofficially
announced that the report that Ger
many would evacuate Kao Chou bay
for a coaling station in the Sam-lah in
let was unfounded.
CONVICT BILL IN SENATE.
The Measure Taken Up and Read For the
Eirat Time—Hoase Worx.
Atlanta, Dec. 11.—The general as
sembly will hold over one day after the
expiration of the present session. The
senate resolution provided for two extra
days by declaring Sunday and Monday
dies non, but this resolution was tabled
by the house. It was called up again
and amended so as to declare Sunday a
non-legislative day, thus extending the
session through Thursday.
It was generally acknowledged that
there was not time enough ahead of the
legislature for the transaction of all the
business before it. The extension even
of one day will benefit the convict bill,
the existence of which is otherwise
threatened.
Several bills were passed during the
day, the most important of which was
one to authorize suits against the state
for acts of the Northeastern railway.
This places the Northeastern in the
category with the Western and Atlantic
railway.
The convict bill was taken up in the
senate and read for the first time.
The mon ng iu the senate was con
sumed mainly to the passing of local
and unimportant bills. The only bill
of importance to come up was President
Berner’s bill to limit the fees of re
ceivers. ranging from 2 to 8 per cent of
the assets.
After a warm fight the report of the
committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was adopted, but
owing to the poor attendance, President
Berner had the bill temporarily tabled.
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS,
Large Increase In the Number of Spindles,
L<*um«, Etc. —New industries,
Baltimore, Dec. 11.—The Manufac
turers’ Record publishes this week a
special review of the cotton situation.
A list of all the southern cotton mills
with their location and equipment is
among the features. It shows that there
are 483 mills, an increase of 229 since
1890; 4,105,667 spindles, an increase of
2,392,707, and 103,298 looms, an increase
of 64,067.
A number of letters are published
from all mill owners, and others inter
ested in cotton manufacturing, giving a
hopeful view of the general situation.
Considerable space is devoted to the
subject of the proposed textile school in
North Carolina.
Os the miscellaneous new industrial
enterprises announced the following
are the most important:
A $20,000 ce factory building, a re
ported 50,000 spindle cotton mill, plan
ing mills, etc., in Alabama; electric
light and power plant, SB,OOO electric
light plant, etc., in Florida; ice factory,
electric light plant, 40-barrel flour mill,
woodworking factory, foundry and ma
chine shops, etc., in Georgia; $50,000
lumber company, cotton mill addition,
telephone lines, etc., in North Carolina;
sawmills, $6,000 mercantile company,
rope and twinemill, $50,000 improve
ment company, $15,000 steamboat com
pany, etc., in South Carolina.
Spaniard* Score Uncle Sam.
Madrid. Dec. 1J. —The Imparcial pub
lished a strong article, in which it de
clares Spain will not accept the right of
President McKinley to intervene in
Cuba in case the war is prolonged, and
demands that the government adopt the
same enen otic attitude towards the
United Sta' >s as Germany adopted to
ward Hayti, because “President McKin
ley’s message was equivalent to ques
tioning the right of Spain’s sovereignty
in Cuba.’’
Oar New Denmark Minister.
Copenhagen, Dec. 11.—The retiring
United States minister, James F. Ris
ley, presented his letters of recall to
King Christian and at the same time
Mr. Swensen, the new United States
minister to Denmark, presented his ere*
dentials to his majesty. At the conclu
sion of the ceremony Mr. Risley was
entertained at luncheon by the king.
Croot’n Death Accidental.
London, Dec. 11. —The coroner’s jury
has returned a verdict of accidental
death in the case of Walter Oroot, the
English bantamweight who died on
Tuesday morning last from injuries re
ceived during the contest for the ban
tamweight championship with Jimmy
Barry of Chicago, at the National Sport
ing club, on the previous night.
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ROME’S OLD SANTA CLAUS
Mr. J. B. CARVER.
Sends a happy Christmas greeting to all th children and his' many
friends and old customers, and cordially invite them to
his new headquarters the
Rome China and Stove Co.,
No. 213 Broad St, Rome, Ga.
Where we have displayed the handsomest and
most elaborate collection of
Toys and Holiday Goods I
We have ever shown in Rome. These goods are ele
gant and embraces the newest and prettiest things that
could be found in New York. They were bought before
the price was put up on account of the new tariff and will
be sold at prices that will please you. We have quite a
variety of real nice things for 5 cents and 10 cents. Come
while the weather is pretty and before the stock is broken.
Make your selections uow> We will lay the goods away
for you until Christmas Eve. Don’t forget the place.
Next to the First Nalional Bank, No. 213, Broad Street,
Rome, Ga.
Rome China and Stove Co.
Only awo Offlcei* KsCkped.
Brussels, Dec. 11. —The MouvemenS
Geagraphique, which on last Tuesday
announced that a French expedition,
under Major Marchand, while on its
way up the Nile had been massacred
near Bahrelghazel, says that only cwa
officers of the expedition escaped, one ot
whom is Major Marchand.
Connecting: Road Chartered.
Harrisburg, Dec. 11.—The Allegheny
connecting railway company, capital
ized at $120,000, has been chartered by
the state department to build a line
from Pium to Harrison townships, Alle
gheny county. Robert V. Fulton oi
Pittsburg is president of the concern.
Work of Supreme Coart.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 11.—The su
preme court will next take up the docket
of the third division, composed of Au
tauga, Butler, Consecuh, Escambia,
Lowndes and Montgomery counties.
Senator Hanna Improves.
New York, Dee. 11. —Senator 'dark
Hanna, wh“ has been suffering from an
attack of influenza, is reported to be
much better.
A British ship Ashore.
Bristol. England, Dec. 11. The
British steamer Loanzo, Captain Evans,
which sailed from Montreal Nov. 23,
for this port, is ashore in the British
channel.
Monument to Graves,
Raleigh, Dec. 11. —A proposition is
made to erect a monument to the late
Calvin Graves, “the father of the North
Carolina railroad.”
Prominent Planter Dead.
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 11.—Isham
Collier, aged 60 years, a prominent
planter of the eastern part of Madison
county, dropped dead at New Hope of
heart disease. Ha leaves a wife and
several children.
BlliiarU Record Broken.
Chicago, Dee. 11.—Jacob Schaefer,
the billiard player, broke the record of
the three cushion game in America by
making a run of 10 points. The Wizard
was playing an exhibition game with
Caton.
George Harney Is Dead.
London, Dec. 11. George Julian
Harney, the Charrist leader, died at
Richmond. He formerly conducted a
newspaper in New York and his second
wife (aught school in Boston, Mass.
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New York, Dec. 11. —Eugene F.
Cashman, foreman in the street c ean
ing department of the city, has been ar
rested on the charge of embezzling
$25,000 from persons in Nebraska.
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