The evening world., 1888-08-10

When Grant saw this onicer he was jusl starting
father gave me my choice between the .rmy and
the navy. ] ~foolishly selected the army. IL ] had
selected the navy ] am sure J woulI have Mad a
much better cnance for rem iining Oh land."
GooD SEA BOAT.
During the day the sea ran high, with q strong
hea ! wind. u wa. enough to make ny ordinary
vessel roll and pitch, b%utthere was no real move
mrnt Of a disc"m ,Urtiug Kind y erc' ptlble. rev
were 8 OK. Mr.. Cassatr. OF rhilode pnid, who is
not a rood sailor, was about wit tot veteran
tables. Capt. william II. Thompson, the rrier q
commander OF tn whi,e star hue. shid to me: ~
have been all over this ship and have stuuied her
carefully. She 8 n Oeautiiul vessel. never in
ali INV life was on such a steady sea-golnv boat"
Dur NJ the aftein on MIR. hIaine I lked politics
perfectly confident ina, harrison aud Morton
would be elected. Cleveland threw away a err
iaid chance wnen he made the frer-trade Issue.
That would beat hun, he was conn lent.
LITTLE POLITICS AT SEA.
Mr.. Blaine thought there was 100 much fuss
mdde about the surplus. The Unit d STAT S was
now a itch aud pros arous nation. II had Ias,ed
the need Tor any petty economy. 1t d d re ched
the time when II proper expenditure" Of tie surplus
upon 1re saul lT1Iio ', mp 4 ;@sn, wo %opl ,a Wse' u Slaa
this money TO cut the FlOrLra ship canal, which
would result In q saving OF 500 miles to our coast
trade. lie would join the int Iior wat RS OF North
Cslolina and Vitg Ma with a canal and save The
dang rs and losses OF the outs de service. lie
jo!uiug tue waiers OF the Mis,iss ppi with toe CIR AT
LAKES. These were trent public works whose de-,
velopment would result in addition of nalio. al
wealth to the country. Such a use of surplus
would ne SIMPLY n WI c lnvestinen, of money.
AS o the taking Oh the tax on whiskey, Mr..
Blaine thou kht the Republican policy would simply
GO Zine Itself to taking the tax OF pure spirits used
In tue arts and manu-, cures.
sunday the captain posted a run Of 3s2 miles for
the tweLty-iour nours, showing that the machinery
was oekinning to run all right. The onio, OF :ne
Red star line, wnicn lie I Queenstown II O'Clock on
al ernoon. MIR. Blaine remained on decN during
me afternoon and took mis- meals theTs. ne was
not Ill, but he was more comfortable In his chair
and din not move about as he had In the morning.
THE SHIPS HUMoRIsT.
Marshall p. Wider, VINO was the most entertain
Ing man on The shii, Is such a veteran sallor That
Mr.. Blaine's acquaintance Satu day, and amused
him greatly with hrs quaint stories and character
sketches. In tact, MS jose and happy ways CON
Win his fun he did quite AZ much 10 6ght away
&c asickness tiom tue t!mid as did The doctor.
Monday was an ideal day. The blow Of Sunday
left a good sea, but the vessel swayed only Just
enough to show she was afoat, The day was
warm. The air that came in at the ports was posi-
tively sweet The vessel had also begun to snow
some hlng OF the qualities claimed or her In the
way Of fast running. noon 40 knots were
twenty miles, IN round numners. There vas a
promise Of even a better running Tor the morrow.
twenty five miles Is reached an1 maintained.
ln the evening there was a mock trial 10 the
SI'I prom,s aa'' Fsinei o oReef e y.S Of i' YORK ,0f Pa o,e pre.
sliced. Counsel were J. r. Dos passos, OF New
YORK. and Col am Kow lskSi of Cal nd d,rni a.. W.T.
senpers The amu-ing burle-que endured for two
hours, and, of course, Mr.. Wider was found guilty.
laughed very heartily az It's amusing I%.atures.
Tu. stay morning the CITY OF New YORK was Of
tn Banks; Numerous usring vessels were seen
all day, s me Of them we're very close 10 the lint
OF the steamers route. One lay dead IN the iint
with her course. II 1t ha o en- foggy the ve,se
some discussion in the captains room. MIR.
Grlscom sad that there ou.ht u be some inter.
great Atlant c lin RS crossing these fishing srpund..
Said he: ''We only save 100 miles Ia crossing
here. would be GLAD to 20 lower down ii m
MIR. Griscom only mae The suggestion out Of
humanity. The fishermen have to C me here. Tue
Atlantic steam rs are not Obliged to come. Every
now and the q fishing bark Ia run down anu al
hands re lost, There are 30 many ariships con.
Hanger OF being run down In any fOggy or dark
night should tie removed.
At noon OF Tuesday the run posted AL fnots,
showing a at ady gaiI. The highest run o; the
Etrurid was said to be 52 knots. The Ciy OF Ntw
York has set so knots as I e run she Will make
within the next two Dr TN ee trips.
CROSSING THE BANKS.
Along the banks 1t was misty, foggy and rainy.
There was a long swell on In this quarter, VIII Oh
brought out tie racks on The rabies for the nrs
time. Mr.. Blaine rem ined on the deck all day l
ms chair, anu look his meals in the open air, pre-
ferring 10 not , o dot n to tpe druing-roOm.
Cap. thompson this morning IN rked on The raj
forwa d The predict on Thai we would e of The bal
at 4 % Thursday afternoon, although none of tue
sulpB officers ntld out any hopes o. arriving earliel
Towards The c,ose Of the nay it became hazy,
foggy and rain Jus. bet1re 6 O'Clock ,"e Ioa
thiCkened 70 that he I Ighorn is started. Sud
DENY there was a call from out the 70, and dark
ne 8, and then there appeared me dark null anC
body OF the City Of CHIC tgo on her wy to Liver
pol. The two vessels were not over II quarter o
n mile apart wnen they passed. 1t Was clos'
anon h to crea'e . feeling OF uneastne 8 in connec
ton with the fog and thick night
The foghorn WIS kept .oing the greater part o
Tuesdry night, Wedles iay Inornlnt me sea wa
Vessel no longer rolled. All OF The SICK peopl
W. re able 10 De out. During tue morning It raIned
but towards noon 1t 81 AIRED, 30 that goss ping ant
visiting could G resumed.
No more dshius yes els were seen. A shouting
whale was seen early in the morning. Tn s Wa
res arde" as very important, as such a sighi is re
garHed as a piece OF good luck Tor a vessel on he
nrst voyage.
AT IAN The run OF 425 knots was posted. Tn
CAUSE for the { Hing of was a delay in the uight 10
the IN rpose OF avoiding overheating the engines.
ENTERTAINMENT ON SHIP BOARD.
The afternoon continued to e pleasant. Durln,
the even ng an entertainment was given in the sa
loon. TINS was more than ordlnar ly successful
owing TO the as isfance OF a number OF tie profe
sional people on board. The impr 'sdrlo VINO ar
u co sen OF OH London anien.A'% Inc pr, Ta IS ON mfii is Vsrs"' ON
lributed most OF the llea,ure Of the ev Mug wer'
Francis wilson, NJ. /. Mild-r and Evans and Hory.
MIR. VII on and me Two last named. with th- assist
ance oil an alDaIeur Of the name o. johnson, con
%!rloutsd an original quartet entitled Brio
B Bsss' eu,ausias w ie,l very snepr emmy Mr.. any WILSON, MT
Chinese speech made also a great hit Mr.. Wilder
wno W 8 q universal favoIIte on board ship
made very one ! ,ugn with his odd sketches mt
studies OF charac,et. Tue Earl of Donoughmor
reritcd Hoo 8 1.-THE Last Man" in a very effect
i've way. He has a good voice and an easy man
ner. Mir. ilIine presided ut the enter alnmen
and ann punce : each number Of the programme
lie new r looked IN hr;ier heal h or 81 rlt' t7aI
when ne pres ded over this very pleasant g"therin
Lord DOnDug IN ne, In a iTlei anu & &C fu
IN, ech. thanked Mr.. Blame in the name Of n
passengers Tor Ms share in the evenings enter
tainment, Mr. Ii alne, In reply, congratulate,
mentary I rms upon the aggregate IN Of ta'en
found in this chance gathering Of English-speak
ing people.
T~hur.day the sea was smoother even than tn
provrrblal milipond. 1t was a hazy, warm day
Tine vessel OuCI slOnally ran through thick bdnK