Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-30
Saint NafJ's Beacon.
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ing. ard their beautiful houses on the
Avenue ani Murray Hill that have
b-cu tie scene Of so many social tn
umIAs are ag.s filed with bright
eyes and merry voices. They have
been scattered broadcast over Europe
and America-doing the castles Of
England and uy the Rhine, Carlsbad,
in Germany, gay Paris. Florence, the
city Of art. Rome, the antique, and by
the beautiful lakes Of Como. They
have had good time, but are glad 10
get back" s. they all say. and well
they might, for who of them eli that
have lived and breathei the air Of
New York can resist It's invigoratirg
charm We are gay people here,
working while W work and playing
while We play. From the richest TO
the poorest, IN their spare moments,
all abandon Themselves 10 the millions
Of pleasures that abound in and around
ua This is why New York is 80 at
trActive and why its hard-worked
denisous find relief in the city by the
sea. The yachts too are returning
from their eastern cruise, and their
beautiful bulls and snow white sails
fleck the bay and harbor in graceful
contrast to The grim cruisers that lie
about.
In speaking OF vessels let me men
ton the new German steamer that has
recently arrived. Through the cour-
tesy of the Iuman Company your cor.
respondent was by special permission
permitted to view this ship. The
City Of New York is the finest vessel
aloat. She was built by James and
George Thomson. Of Clydebauk, and
cot one and a-half million dollars.
Like the City OF Paris, which is on
TIE stocks Of the same builders yards,
preparing for launching in September,
The City Of New York : The perfected
r.sult Of some OF the worlds most
akillfui hands Viewed as she grace
f!llY floats upon the water-het per-
feet lines, the admiration all mariners,
her shapely clipper stem and pretty
shear, graceful ovsr-hang and well
Iroportioned stem, like fleet winged
vacht-the exquisite form of the mag
ni.!caht City OF New York-dwaris
hen enormous size. Three tunnels
rise from ~ many sets Of boilers, and
The ghost OF the sailing ship still hangs
about her three widely separated
m~st-. No distant onlooker would
suppose th,- lelicately modelled levi
athi~r Of 1000 tonnage, the largest
passenger steamer sttoat, with length
Of 800 feet and beam OF IS feet,
being II reality vast floating hotel
OF Palatial appointments.
Politics are raging here and the
city is seething cauldron of politi-
cal fire. The Hon. ]. G.. Blaine is
again with Us, with his vituperative
tongue hurting harmless invectives
against the Democratic wall. say
harmless invectlyes, for the readers Of
the BEACON are already aware OF the
magnificent fasco that attended his
reception here after his iunketing
tour of the world, whether he had re-
tired to soothe MS aching heart.
Many good Republicans are disguised
with the turn of affairs and are bitter
in their deuunciations Of chairman
Quay and his allies in thrusting Blaine
forward Al this inopportune moment.
II IL easy, therefore, to see why John
Sherman abruptly turned his back on
the American BoulAnGer a day or 80
ago at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
unanimously took his departure from
TIA" city. The campaign Is, indeed,
Wei. under way, and at the Democrat
IL National Headquarters on Goth
street the air - perfectly serene.
There is no donbt about the nomlna-
ton Of David Bennett Hill for Gov
ernor that brilliant scholar and est.
mate gentleman, the poor man friend.
will sweep this grand old Empire
State with an overwhelming Demo
cratic majority.
With the ARRIVAL OF the heavy rait
from Jogglus, Nova Scotia, marks a
new era IN the transportation OF lum.
Der. This remarkably novel ship, COM
posed entirely Of rough logs, deserves
mention. II contains y 500 sticks
and Is neatly quarter Of mile long.
In the tow Of two powerful tugs. It
came sou miles down the coast aud
saves the owner. Mr.. Learv, $4,000.
OF the trelShtaSe OF 10 Schoouers $50.
600, the cost o.: towing being s. GOO.
The ARRIVAL Of the steamship We'll.
and with the survivors Of the Geiser
and passengers of the Thiugvalla,