The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-05-08

the spindle Of lady's sewing ma
chine. From that I passed into
the fire room thirty six monster
fires were blazing like mad under
twelve immense boilers which gen
Grated a power of steam equal to
the labor of 5000 horses. Dark
and swarthy the fire demons moved
busily to and fro, constantly feeding
theinsatiable monster, highland day,
whose cry was still for more, more,
more! Into those red hungry jaws
went a hundred tons of coal each
day; the mere food Of this ocean
Leviathan representing more ton
mage than the entire measurement
of the largest ships Of forty years
ago. Tremendous pistons Titanic
arms of steel rose and fell like
feathers, but with the terrible GER
tainty of fate, seeming to say to old
Ocean, "Resist me if you dare" as
the iron PROV tore the resisting
waves apart, and the great steamer
swept on like a sea gull in it's
fight.
As we steamed down the beauti-
full bay, salutes and cheers came to
us from all the passing vessels.
Captain Kennedy stood up on the
bridge, quietly surveying the scene,
for while the pilot was in command,
be was absol7ed from all response
bility. The face of the captain was
hard and bronzed, the deep lines
telling of years Of struggle with
ocean waves and ocean storms. He
seems to fill the idea of the perfect
model sailor. The features were
clean cut, the eye bright and clear,
the mouth strong and firm, the
port erect, and looking in his frank
face, you said 10 yourself, ''there is
a man to trust in life or death.
Near him stood his chief officer,
Mr.. Condron, a man At to stand by
Caesar and give direction and
anxiously fitting about the ship,
with a gay bouquet in his button
hole, was the handsome purser,
Mr.. Bridge, the embodiment Of
politeness and nrbanity. The first
night at sea is always a trouble
some one, and although old Ocean
was as smooth as q mill-pond, the
ladies as a general thing retired
early to their state rooms, to give
the unstable nature of their foot
ing, their private and distinguished
consideration. Next day, Sunday,
the solemn tolling of the bell an
nounced the call for prayer. The
crew, got up in their Sunday rig,
marched into the main saloon. The
passengers generally assembled, ex-
cept here and there a heathen, out
side the pale Of the church, and
finally the captain, attended by his
officers, came in, and reyerently
laying his cap on the table, he
opened his sprayer-book,a in voice
beautifully modulated, commenced
the solemn service of the Church of
England. I felt that ny character
was at stake. I eagerly seized a
prayer-book, and commenced read
ing at the first place 7 struck. The
captain and the rest of the congre-
cation kept bobbing about from
cne part of the book to the other,
and I made frantic attempt to fol-
low him. When he began on the
Litany, 7 was wading through
Pauls Epistle to the Corinthians,
and at the prayer for Her Most
Gracious Majesty and all the Royal
Family, I got entangled up with
the Baptism of Infants, and the
Burial Service of the Dead. When
the final blessing was announced,
I had reached the index, and was
looking in vain for ''Hold the
Fort" and the "SWeet 8ye-and-
Bye" whose inspiring strains had
cheered my dropping spirits in the
long, long ago.
My fellow passengers appeared
to be evenly divided between men
of business and pleasure. One was
an enterprising Yankee from Bos-
ton, who had invented q wonderful
machine for making wooden shoes !;
and he was now on his way to Fin
land to establish factory; the
Hon. Augustus K. L. Rosemary
Bobbs, of Bobbington all, Willis,
and two dogs; MIR. Stuf6ngton
Roxby Stubs. Cheesemonger; a
very dull, leather-headed sort OF
person, who was all the time send