Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-06

zerland. Oh, yes, he had travelled all over observation-disclosures, Alpnacht, Brienz, Thur, Interlaken, Chamouni, Martigny, Ge- neva-he knew them all. He spoke enthusi- astically of the country, and then, just as was thinking that it must be painful to him to contrast such a country with his own na- tive land, and when l was resolving not to embarrass him by suggesting comparison, he broke out: "Ah, but Palestine Palestine is so different, so unlike anything else. Its beauty is it's own and seems to me to alto gether eclipse that of Switzerland. An, you have seen it-now don't you think SO? Think of the Mount of Olives, the Jordan valley, the Plain of Esdrselon, the" I told him frankly that could not stultify myself for anybody, and that must confess that Pales- tine as country gave me the most azure kind of blues, and made me think that Judas was about the most sensible man who ever lived there, in that he hanged himself and escaped from his surroundings. Ah, when Mir. Educated Arab goes back I still think that he will experience the pain of disap- pointment and disgust. He is constantly ad ducing evidences of the superiority of his race now; but it is six years since he left home. The beauties are all those of assccia- ton in his own mind, born in the days when he knew no other country or people There must be a reaction in his estimate of both
 Some of the young ladies aboard are rath- CT too noisy and hoydenish. Down at the end of one of the tables are two girls, how ever, who are a conspicuous exception to this rule They dress uniformly in black, spend good deal of time in reading, and deport themselves with quiet dignity which con trasts strangely with their youth. I have thought all along that they were an example to their lady associates, and to-day find that they are Irish lasses bound for Chicago, where they propose to enter a convent! When asked why they take this step they open their eyes wide and reply, ''Because our hearts are in the work which we are to un- dertake and we could never be happy if we proved recreant to the sense of duty which now impels us to make tais consecration."
 May they never wake up to find that they have been building spiritual air castles.
 Among the miscellaneous characters who can be described in sentence are profes- sional giant with an abundance of coarse stage jewelry flashing from his hands and bosom; Major Tiny Tim, an atom of humanity reputed to be fourteen years old, whose fath- CT is taking him to the realm of Uncle Sam with view to scooping in your loose dollars; a well-to-do butcher whose wealth fails to gloss over the incongraities in his grammar, and who talks so much that we have dubbed him the Talking Machine; London lady tone of the Susceptible Maiden's guardians), who is hurrying to New York in view of in formation just received touching the where abouts of husband who wandered from her some sixteen years ago; 8 curious old man i'll the steerage, who wears his hat crowded down over his head so that the tops of his ears fold downwards and who goes about the ship twice day chucking every child under the chin and saying, You goin' to be Mel ican man too?' the chronic liar who wonders why he is sea-sick this time, when he never was before (and who at the end of the voyage will probably declare that he wasn't sick this time); the after-dinner fend who makes the
 
 gusher who raves about amaranthine sunsets, opaline waves, mellow gloamings and all that kind of stuff the harmless young man who perpetrates puns on such words as ''base ball. D freshman" &c.; and a full-bearded mountain who labors and brings forth poetic mice in the shape of acrosties on the cap tain's name, which he hands to the captain with the observation that they may serve to both amuse and instruct the latter-and then attributes any special delicacies on the table to gratitude on the captains part.
 Altogether we are company of feather weights in point of intelligence. One rich old maid was fearfully excited when the first squan came and implored of the captain Eff there were no hope" The latter observed that the lifeboats would be lowered in ten minutes. Half my fortune" she shrieked in agony, ito the man who will save my bag gage" Her frenzy has afforded not a little amusement to the officers, who have never theless appeared to be profoundly solcltous all the time. Now she confdes to me her intention of giving each of the men tin topped lead-pencil, she got couple of dozen to advantage in London before leaving!
 Do passengers always call each other by the names of their respective cities or States! It seems strange to address your neighbors familiarly as Chicago" California, " Glasgow" ''New Orleans" London" Liverpool, ," Cleveland" !" &tc.
 T,ATER-NEW YORK HARBOR.-AnOtheT passenger has just been disinterred, of whom 1 could not make mention hitherto. He is an Irish stowaway, who has been locked up with the mail in Stygian darkness for nine days without heat, water or food Fortu- nately the bad weather reduced the wants of all to a minimum in the line of food. He is quite strong and has been put in irons as a matter of form. Nothing will be done with tbe poor wretch suppose. Another stowa- way was found in mid-ocean, but it appeared that his wife in the steerage had been feed ing him surreptitiously. EMILE.