Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-13
AO! FOR PALESTINE.
Farewell Greetings-Parsons ana Pu.
 gilfsts-Llfe at Sea.

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 AO! FOR PALESTINE.
 Farewell Greetings-Parsons ana Pu-
 gilists-L1fe at Sea.
 ATLANTIC OCEAN, August 2S, 1889. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Away from New York, it's super-heated streets, "seven times hotter" than comfort or physical endurance demand, VIC sailed Aus gust 21st. Two powerful steam tugs by her. culean efforts and incessant pufGng finally succeed in towing the leviathan steamer City of Rome from her moorings to the channel.
 On the pier the usual crowd, vast and de- monstrative, is visible. Farewell words are whispered and handkerchiefs futter like white winged doves in the faint midsummer breeze. Amid the confusion of departure and the rush from the steamer when the hoarse shout of "All ashore that are going" is given some exciting incidents occur. A portion of the luggage of passenger falls into the dirty and rushing river. While it is being fshed out with boat hook great cry goes up-"A man overboard." It proves to be an unfortunate stevedore. A hundred willing hands are extended to save him. Doubtless they are successful, though we cannot tarry to learn. The mighty ship is in motion. The powerful pulsations of her screw are felt, which will be our lullaby and morning salutation during the entire voyage of seven days or more. Down the harbor and bay we swiftly glide: The deafening din of the great metropolis-its pampered plutooraoy of Wall street, Murray Hill and Fifth avenue, who live in luxury. and the paupered plebians of the "East sids." who starve or steal in dismal garrets or cellars, are left behind. Fainter and far away come voices from the receding city. Castle Gar den, Bowling Green. Governors Island, the lofty "Bartholdi Statue of Liberty Enlight- ening the World" are past. The beautiful are seen, with frowning forts sn either side. Now we reach Quarantine and sandy Hook. Here our pilot is discharged, and In the judgment of very many, @ great ocean race | is begun, since the latest maritime wonders the City of New York and Teutonic-sail ! at about the same hour.
 And now a new daily life has begun. h. ! stead of being "a night and day on the ! deep," like Paul, week or more must pas, before land is sighted. Walters are now styled stewards" while baggage is trans fermed into luggage" and "tips" are ex changed for courtesies. Sailing vessels steam tugs, fishing boats and finally pilo boats, with huge numbers on their whit' sails-number nineteen being the last on visible-disappear. Before us, like Milton serpent, "extended huge and vast and long stretch three thousand miles of water The sea is notioeably quiet, save a gentle un \ dulation as calm as the proverbial mill pond Later, during storm, old Neptune exacte
 the customary tribute from many, though
 was personally exempt.
 Only twenty of our Oriental party are o
 board, others having sailed before us, propc
 sing to join the company at various points Ii Il {nn 1rIS r Da.s, oIr
 Among the latter are the Rev. G. M. Stone D. D., of the Baptist church, Hartford, an | Hon. N. Curtis, of Kentucky
 Much to the regret of myself and them
 selves, MT. A. H. filling, the we'll know
 manufacturer of Birmingham, Conn.,, an
 wife were compelled to withdraw from tn
 party few days before the steamer saile
 owing to the death of Mrs. 0. B. filling, c
 that place, his brothers wife.
 The passenger list revealed the fact ths
 the party booked by tho City of Rome wa | strictly cosmopolitan; Americans from Gal
 fornis, Georgia, Montana, Illinois, Iowa-i
 fact from nearly every State in the Unior
 There were English, Irish, Scotch, dermsnl
 French, Norwegians; besides Africans an
 some from the West Indies and Australia. From the latter point came Mir. Pete ) Jackson, the famous colored pugilist, wit |, his manager, "Parson Davies" Nr. Jackso thus far has never been defeated. He broad shouldered, 1.-the, nimble as 8 kite and fully six feet two inches in height. A large number of clergymen were o board, which possibly served to restore u
 social equilibrium. The utmost good ord, and courtesy prevailed throughout tho vo, age.
 ,I Four olergymen besides myself ocoupie | one stateroom; the Rev. M. H. Plumb, of ! linois, a native of New Haven; the Rev. B. Edward, Atlantic Highlands, N. J.. u
 Rev. W. Porteus, D. D., and the Rev. J. 5 Armstrong (the latter two Presbyterian), , \ Missouri.
 . Meals were served sharply at 7:3O a. m., m. and p. m., which were of satisfaeto
 character. How passengers dispose of the . time for @ week on the ocean is problem the uninitiated. Conversation, promenadil l on the upper deck, games of quoits al Q cards by some, reading from well furnish
 library, with occasionally spice of firt
 tion. Three meals are served daily, with y ! lunch, in the second cabin and four meals n the saloon.
 The gigantic steamer carried eomparati1 ]" ! in all, of which ono hundred and five we l" booked saloon, one hundred and ffty-t'
 second cabin and fifty steerage. Ev
 though the freight bills be added, 1t wou l. seem quite impossible to meet tho expsni 10 of so large . vessel when we consider u three hundred tons of coal are consum daily, making total for the trip of twen' Id four hundred tons. Add to this the was " of the officers and men, three hundred " daily, and it will be apparent that but f ID men or corporations can indulge in the lux
 " of running an ocean steamer. The sl
 was built in 1881, is five hundred and six f. five feet in length, eighty-four hundred g on fifteen tons register, with twelve thousa a. five hundred horse power and sixty-th
 furnaces.
 's- An excellent sermon was delivered in e. main saloon on Sunday by the Rev. G. nt | Huddleston (Methodist), of Cleveland, Oh 1o who goes with us through Palestine [
 Egypt. A collection, according to usa
 was then taken for the Home of Aged M
 ners at Liverpool.
 I'd, A religious service for seamen was : cd held in the afternoon in the open air on as main deck, and another in the second ca ,o dining saloon in the evening. A half h 'o' prayer meeting was likewise conducted d. w. on the spar deck. Consequently, as will o. seen, our religious privileges were exceedi l., ly ample.
 Tho speed of the vessel and the mum ly, of knots made per diem, our latitude ,ht longitude, are subjects of deep interest |eh the average passenger. Not unfrequel .~ bets are made regarding the number of 10
 | nHu0s WuAcn are OIuClally ueclOoO Rt uS
 when the daily log is posted at the sal
 stairway. Our average was about u in l hundred and eighty miles. While this SC min slow in comparison with the later and
 proved steamers Etruria, City of New ! ln and Teutonic, yet 1t exceeds the progress ) be a score of passenger steamers regularly ol fter ing the Atlantic. What marvellous cha in since Columbus crossed the ocean with miniature and crazy crafts, consuming 6 ogn three months of time. It should be b In in mind, however, that at least one more mn. should be added to the crack trips ei r to days and varying hours, of which we so much, before we gain our liberty g of emerge from the custom house, since ury, time is reekoned from Sandy Hook to Qu
 town, two hundred and sixty-eight mile
 ing uncovered by the usual figures furnii ', If In sailing over the deep blue sea, day
 day in pursuit of health, education or I car ure one is aaddened to think of the be ba- of the mighty ocean. Thousands of h, , the beings are buried there. What a vast n.r. nel housel How many ships slumbel meath the restless wave. The Presi eroh Arctic, Oregon and long list besides. ges- many homes have been blastedl How e all \ hearts have been broken! ,4 What linn