Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-28

servants, and deliver oyer to them every domestic responsibility. They have the keys to the whole house and do not burden my self with single care. say to the butler,
 'Ah Foo, four gentlemen extra to dinner to- day,-something nice, please, and do not give the matter another thought. And am never ashamed of the result"
 Before bidding our ship good bye I will introduce you to ere or two characters aboard, in order that you may have some idea of the material that makes up the pas
 senger list of Pacific steamer First there was Frenchman who sat at my left at table
 and constantly reminded me by his obtrusive politeness of the Japanese proverb: It is rude te be over-polite. When passed him the butter he would overwhelm me with as many thanks as if had saved his life and I felt uncomfortable, and kept thinking I hadn't done enough to merit such commenda-. ton. He spent half an hour before the mir TOT each day oiling and pertaining his ambro- sial locks !. Then there was the eager de- monstrative Yankee, who was constantly in dispute with an Englishman who was his neighbor over the most trivial points of na- tional d1fference,-each man maintaining that his country's way was best. They would even aJeze half forenoon over such mat ter as the spelling of such words as favor (our), parlor (our), &c. We'll, patriotism IS good thing-iu judicious quantities. There vas one English gentleman aboard with his GhO bASbSIcS HAO Aaa AouuSSO hLAS D1OaSuESS of life down to one small employment. hunt ing, and was bound to India for game. When he has conquered even India I pity the helpless man.
 Fully half tho company aboard were "around the world'' tourists There was one Scotchman aboard-an old bachelor of brusque manners and address, whose story interested me. Resolved to live single, this peculiar old fossil commenced at an carly age to save his money with reference to life of travel as soon as the interest should warrant such move. Twelve years ago he pro- nounced the competency which he had at tained sufficient, and his object iu nfe is now to see every part of the world before ha dies. Then theTe was the tyrannical small boy aboard who loved to make everybody else writhe by rubbing the top of his finger glass till it gave forth dismal shriek. He ap- peared on deck the first day with tin vhis- tie, and we were planning to suppress the in strument of torture in question when the el- ements took occasion to perform that duty for us with thoroughness which turned our malice into deepest commiseration. There were also opo or two English ladies aboard, who criticised the American girl becanse of her forward, oyer-animated ways; but am glad that the average American girl is not such an iceberg as these formal, automatic English models in question.
 Of course the sight of land rejoiced us,
 
 yet it was with some reluctance that we bade the ship farewell Only once in the long voyage did the great screw cease revolving, and that for but few hours In order to ena- l ble the ship carpenter to make some repairs occasioned to the machinery by the storm re- ferred to. On the thirteenth day out of San 1 Francisco we crossed the meridian of 1S0 de- grees. and according to the custom in cross | ing the Pacific, skipped one day. Thus we retired on Monday night and woke up the l following morning to find it Wednesday. In I no other sea voyage is this possible, of | course, and the only way in which day may | be doubled is by retracing the same journey. On her last trip the Oceanic had the novel l experience of four Fridays in fifteen days l g little misty to my finite mind. When We l keep between the Sundays at the extrerni- | Conversely, must there be double obser- | east bound voyage? Is a birthday forever | lost that is dropped overheard thus uncer- emoniously? I do not profess to have the | intellect competent U cope with these ques | tions.
 ''Behold-Japen !'' was the encouraging | of one of the ''blarsted | the morning of the twenty first day. And | gazing the faint coastline of the Land of | loomed up out of the landscape over fifty 1 miles away, it's grand symmetrical summit 1 wrapped in snow. EMILE.