Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19
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| sometimes to the dignity of q decidedly stifi
ga!e AS As, have already said, the passage
to the last degree. The weather was bitter
| cold, in spite Of the latitude, and the decks
were constantly flooded by the Overwashing
| waves and binding spray. SO that 1t was quite
impossible to stay out OF doors for any length
! OF the time. The rest can easily be imagined
Dy those who have been through winter storms
| at sea. Those who bave not will know quite
soon enough when they come to have that
| experience for themselves. l may remark,
however, that observed one popularity OF a
| prolonged gale on this passage which l had
never seen before. So long and so strong had
the wind blown from one quarter that the
waters ,, , OF the sea were flung up from one side
tnat Tor days at time she was literally running
along vast green hillside, stretching away into
innnlte NM distance, the surface Of which was torn
INTO stupendous yawning caverns by the angry
| powers OF the air.
CHOICE OF EVILS.
we reached Naples nearly twelve hours he.
hind time, after dark on the evening OF the
amd ao%5ta day out The city looked very bright
gas lights circling its steep hill sides: but we
were not allowed to land, nor to take on or put
saion Ioen osda 1Rs ma fna except at the
De reached on account of the high sea then
running. Quarantine here was IWenty-one
o oai ana 1 as no one on board cared to serve
cOuid POSSIBLY be avoided, all passengers booked
for Naples decided to go on to MarsellIes. This
Geels1oa te sa1 " was Doubtless helped somewhat by
the captain that news had been brought to
| Naples by vessel from Marseilles the day be.
Iole TO the erect that only ten days quarantine
were imposed at the latter place on ships COM
Ing from the Black sea, while those from less
dangerous places would probably not be de-
taihed at all The story was not generally be-
1ieved, It is only Just to say; still the term at
Marseilles, whatever it might De, could hardly
be as bad as that a. Naples, SO all hands pre-
ieIIed to risk the ills they knew not Of rather
than accept those they had.
throughout this whole transaction the penny
wise and pound foolish routine way in which
mary M Mthngs i1g are managed In Europe was most
times" Is probably the most extensive and
powerful commercial company In France, It
mas lines OF steamers all through the Mediter-
ranean r ana Black seas, and over the Indian and
south Atlantic oceans, with agents at every
important port,-all Of which afe connected by
Telegraph; vet neither at Jaffa, Port Said, Alex
Mith aaitahIla, & OF naples was the captain furnished
the home office at Marseilles. An American or
English Company, take it, would have advised
their vessel before she left Alexandra, whether
she could or should touch at Naples or not Yet
In this case twenty four hours of time were lost
together with all the coal consumed I'm that
time; all for want Of half dozen words by tele-
g1aph which, at the outside would not have
cost more than few francs.
THE FAMIsHED AUSTRALIAN.
Our Australian accession, who turned out to
oe quite character and good fellow, withal,
had been persuaded by the India man to take
second class passage with him, somewhat to his
subsequent disgust. think. He tried to make
never got reconciled to the French way OF cook
Ing and serving food. One afternoon, after he
had been out two or three days, he met me on
deck, saying:
"Hi say, this is rum go! Don't they give Us
any lunch on this blasted a la Francaise ship?
Egad; they must think we 'avnt got any
mouths. Hits mighty different to the Acopca-
qua Tlero 06 two Q01id q c,,h,t
tial lunch, and good Ot tea every day: and
ERE were nearly starved to death"
told him we had both lunch and tea in the
the second perhaps ne might have been asleep;
any way. thought he could get something by
asking Tor 1t.
That's the ell Of it," quoth he: 81 don't
their bloody language, don't you see?"
From this Judge they don't affect French
"menus" In the hotels and restaurants OF Aus
had struggled SO much with that national weak
ness at home that / could at least keep from
starving to death In foreign country; so
benefit Of our higher civilization. "What do
you want?" inquired.
=, nDey,l Dew bit do care; little SOUP or bit
body together until dinner time."
Putting on the best accent could muster,
told MIN II ne wanted soup to ask the steward
cheese and bread, to ask for ''from lge ct pain"
"Bullion!" he exclaimed, "why List's money
With VIII US: what the devil kind Of soup do they
tnat lingo; say II again please"
On my repeating it, he turned to the India
mshsr man saying ing H say paIdner you try and re-
TO the bullion and potash, and wen see what
we can get"
In 3 Little while he met me again, with a smile
on MS lace. Him very right now," he said.
"H went to the bloody steward and asked for
some Duliion,' like an old French soldier. 'E
scratched is 'ead couple Of times, and pro-
nounced 1t over two or three times different to
what did. and then started hon. And what do
you think e brought US? Egad, q big bowl Of
beef tea! 1t wasn't as thick or as strong as we
spose, bullocks isn't as plenty ere, as with us.
But never do you mind. I'll get even with i'm
tomorrow: At breakfast time III stow away a
pocket, and then, with bottle or two of Ba.S'
pale, at noon, Iu manage to keep the mill
agolng. D.n this French truck, and the way
way! And then they put on lot of style. too.
about furn1shin' wine gratis, miserable thin
slop, worth a tuppence bottle! I'd sight
the way we did on the Aconcagua"
"Dfd you drink much on the AcOncagua ?n
ventured to inquire.
couple OF bottles OF brown stout at breakfast
and bottle OF hale or two at Iunch, and then
quart or SO OF good bodied wine at dinner.
bers at cards, with 'ot drinks between Rnt.
laws bless me; that was nothing. Why. What
do you suppose the bar bills were on the Aeon.
cagua on her last trip out?"
We all gave 1t up.
Fifteen 'undred pounds upon my word:
saw the books for 1t, But you see the bills are
always much 'eavier going out than coming
back. Then the boys on board are mostly
stocked with sovereignS by their dads ard
think they're going to pick up gold In the streets
when they get to Australia. So Othey make money
fly right and left. When they're coming blcS
they are mostly fat broke, or ave to speed
their own 'ard earned sovereigns. and don't LEI
em go quite so free. Egad they've 'ad their
heye teeth cut"
The wind, which had stubbornly contested
every foot OF the way from Alexandria to
Naples. grew even worse after we left the
latter city. 1t blew so strong gale, in fact.
the next day out that 1t was not deemed safe To
risk the usual passage through the Straits of
Bon1fac1O, between Sardinia and Corsica, so we
went round to the northward of the last named
Island. During the last twenty hours of the
voyage, however, the sea grew a little more
CAIN, and about the only redeeming feature of
Ihe Whoie trip was sailing across the quiet
waters OF the Gulf of Genoa, With the snow.clad
Maritime Alps in full view all day,-rising SOL
emn ana grand, yet rosy and beautiful, above
IN Ine mlsts and clouds that lay about their feet.
10 me the sight even at distance OF a snowy
range OF mountains Is compensation for many
drawbacks; yet rare and enjoyable as this scene
was still think the price paid for it was rather