A WOMEN'S WALKING TOUR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1272, 8 January 1883, Page 3

A WOMEN'S WALKING TOUR.

'"" Considerable interest has been .flk-' •citedliiU , whole'"''of tlfe M t!j!i(e\V.'Stii'tes''' by. tho of..GOUrageouK ,: ahd •' high-spirited I young'j ladies .who liave, • jusKcbncluded-'a waikirig tiip s 'ovei J 'the ' mountains •_. and principal;, of interestinNorth Carolina.' l TheyVere.. ■ fflxj-«in;;nnjnhet;:all fresh"''from' l feehb'6l, 1: and they set out 'on their joiiniey. with-.. out esdorCof any<kind.- ; ; :TJitr- toJal distance travelled was 420 miles. Each walker, wore a-pair■ of stout'rec! le'a'theV ; ijo/f ', LHyalking .QOBlumfe ' cailiieU.;strong. staffs- ; in.-'their;. "hanjs, ritiid.,l knapsacks ; upoiij .HKeir'' sho'uldM'S,'-in.wbfch-\ver'c.pache4 tli.cjr;: hainm|^ks,^d;Btheiviiecfcsra^^^ They ; al^^^or^;^^^^^^!^!.'^^' and^wo6£tho girla carried r j)ißtols)6:' protect them from wild cafe aii'd'b'ears/ Much of the time was.speut in the open air in their hammocks, vender canvas •covorlets^ which >yere ; used•• ,tp• shield!. •.them, from .heavy., dews .andf. rains.: - their'route they;,were treated ' kindly, many of the hospitable farmers ■ ententauiing at their howeß. /.- A, •.record 6f their '"impressions 'and adven- ' turesj x was,kept, enclutaking her turn in' ■" keeping;'theldg." The book corittrins ,! 1,246'-'closely ): Written' pages. They.: .:sperltt'three"'days in exploring the- . -celebrated Bald. . ; Mountain, whose ■■-: mysterious rumblings some years, ago icreAed'somnchexcitement.. 'They not : »only„,rhado. the difficult ascent ta the !toPi &jt; ;went.into orie of the crevice's, which they examined minutely.with • Ttbe objeetftf' ascertaining what caused .. t£he m the interior.- -The: • sik young ladies has • 'ltseß'i'tsijisJi. talked [abbutj' but aß,;tbeyi; avoided the crowded thoroughfares- .,■ *^- e^3 ig>iorant of the nitefesttaken" -m ' them, ano! were --('much' .•.astonished when ' they i learned been made'by certain •"•■.menthat-they would not make ; ,4oo -mi!ejf t }ii''the mouth." Before undertak- ' ""'ing their journey, representations were pjade to'them, that, ■ going alone and with no.one to protect themj'-they. • ,would- exposoi themselves! trj insult. ■ -..■■ They' replied that-they we're willing to make the attempt,; they do- •: -dare.'!'.. that from..first-|o'- last they '. '*liay|j-.iißver./. heard *ohemile 'word' Or rough jest anyone, ■< their', only •jjmevanoe- beings that/'. ionqe.'i'Or- -twicei persons pi their own serattCmpcd ' •to'preverit'ihe'm'fr'om''continuing r t)ieir walk by charactQrigujg such, an under-j "'" ;; BMding' & 'immodest i.ud unladylike. a '.^^9:ißt|^.p^nißferl;'m: i .t!ifir pnl-pose :.: 4t • '''-where'fhero'w'as no road.-she,back.ed ; -. out, al.thpugh.they.©isi)ijVo«siy gave . .them.. '••• ■■■ -- -L'_. -" ""'-.' ..In'aaciiy/tii'fc »cSWjinr ififl.ufx; 'dLilnffim?lheitri.': .:-,■«! ac^m'o^ajiofcfoj : ; : • v'einDotSfiii 'Thiit7 " : ii ilUbit the sxistinj? thefttres in fpftdoD' - ceHi('m ij&SiionraiIT.-, erpwdlnff ppi^accoMngijinCiptan.

. A Bulpbjn*rmtiie.jn.,Sicily ( ..was i'e-1| ;.iently;iet ; Dn fit'e'iri'a.Very.ouribus inin- j ! : ;her. A waggon loaded with sulphur :was being : dra>vn up aii incline,'; ■when] iho rope supporting, .it broke, and tlml waggon rushed back into the mine a; .1 j itightful speed.!- The'- r.ipii evolved heat enough to set on fire iha f highly combustible ore, and the flames i S|irea<l so rapidly; .through ; the mine ( that thiftoen of the workmen wero ) nnabloto escape, and thirty to forty I itlierj. >veve seripiisly.mjured.., . 1V ,,-,,; i j Following up the example of the j ironclad fain'so subfieitsfully' \tSed "iri' f EgypVtk (Royal Arsenal autHoritiea' i ataWoolvfich are.jnaking a'number ; of ,j bullot-proof military '-carnages, called i yshelter.'cai'tß,"i which' are'destiried'to- ; be extensively used iti fiitiire wars,, an.d. ' wbidd' Employed"''in''"tlio t Egyp.§p..campaigiv,.ir itJiad heen-ai , prolonged one. They;: are similar in- : appearance to .the'trench' Coil lie nsetl'iii entrenchment ; toolsjipr, inlantry,going into -nci!a,w: « On amvingat;thefrorit they can be dis- ' mounted from tho wheels in leas than ! a mitiuteV ■'The iroh plates c'6rhji6siilg j are pierced.with holes for rifles,; '■ so that infantry inside cau keep, I .Are .at.the.;;enemy, whilst ; another party .of soldiers are at work; \ behind the .shelter carts tl)rowinf''up, j earthworks!' 1 fc; is" also,, .probable that" the vG.Oyernmeht'■ will order tho conv I strnction of ironclad railway carriages ■! for recpnnaissaii.ee ,puvpos.ses and. .the ■ j (joiiv'eyancee of troops through a hostile country. ■ ' ■ -'■'■' ... „