The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-11

uents with iis money ou ibis latest oi
fine ocean flyers. 1ne lon- line OF
POLICEMEN coHn on the frs managed
T. keen the crowd in order there as The
CHS and Carriages arrived aud u'p0--
lied their burCens, but upstairs. where
were the gaugways. efforts we're power
lass. and the crowd was almost iiupene-
trsble. As We worked our way
through. file OF men was before us.
esch holding high above hIs head "A
magnificent basket OF roses for persons
on bOaid. one OF these was round
basket. a. least Eve feet iu diameter,
filled with magnificent ilcqulmenots.
Subsequently iu the saloon The long
tables were covered with the mott
wonderful display Of roses 1 ever saw.
and the iacquimonOts proved TO belong
90 Mr. Aver. of sarsaparilia fame ami
chelry-pectOfal wealth.
THE DEPARTURE.
half-pa-t . the boat pulled off and
slowly moved down the pier. As she
passed beyond the buildings brilliant
scene presented itself. for the Opon
piers around were packed with people,
whose Kay psrasois AMI tine hurcf1ng
handkercmefs mzdc tbsm appear Ike
vast nO-egays stretched aiCrg the
bank. Il wss known that $50 were
matched against time. and every boat
we PASSED. as we moved down ihe hai-
Dor. waved us 81. aud $50 had nn
board SIR. Lllcllu. our minister % Eng
land. and We were attended down to
tls Narrows hy special guard OF
honor who chCercd themsClFe, hatrse
Five Or six years ago vessel OF o.N0u
tons burden was deemed q leFnihan,
and 500 miles a day was Thought Won
dorful. Then came the Jmbria. the
Eratia. and the Clv % Rome.
nj surpassed all the former ships DO
s.zs and speed. Thea came t1e Two
twin SHIPS. the CITY ot Bee"
/ York and the City of Paris.
Some idea u ihe surprising greatness
T of the City of Paris may be- Tad from
/ lhe fact lhat sire is 2.ly3 .o1s larger
/ thau the Cmbris and Erdria. and $3.50
/ larser tnau the Cay OF Rome. She is
next iu siza 10 tine Great Eastern. Size
/ is $50 feet long, or nearly two squares.
and 10 said 60 be unsuitable. as size bias
/ "a double bottom and wlier-ught CONF
T martin nl, without any doors or open
/ iues except above watcr-iine. and il
one SCREW should break she could still
ran al lous-Gfths u her speed. as the
engines OF her two ploge.iess aie lu
/ soparats compartments. ltiakcs thirty
men. constantly employ cd. io keep hff
machinery oiled. aud she uses over ol1
tons " coal DAY. aud can make over
500 miles ,n twcuiy-i0ur hours. olch
+ is the vessel with which we SEQ 0ut 90
beat and did seat tuo record. for. all
/ though ma order l0 avoid iogs and lee
+ borr-. wo to0l more Southern CouIso
than ual usually adopted, auI tina
/ lcl-lhered tie Iun by about eighty
miles. We crossed in SIX days and
+ niuffren minutes. II lu over tslle
hours Jess lhau ihc Atlantic had ever
been crossed before by au oastuoun B
vessel. - we ue.rtd tine end ali Ol
beard were deeply interested ln the rec
-ult. and my steward having 20 break
FAST Given me the record / Ienlll s.. q
lhat supposed ihey AL take pride in IT,.
go yes. sir, be said. we all takes
gieat pride DO % llstoh0ur interest.
/ You sec tut better record sbe makes
the more passengers sine carries all lIp
more money we gets. a hiut which
/ promptly took. and so paid him
down bis fee of 90 'ari poun, which b.
tho regular tariff.
Tho tIrs to the ahlc-s.ewaIl, lhe
r00m-stoWaId. tne dech-sieWlrd. the
chair-steWari. the bathroom steward
aud "b00i- are AN regular. and con-
-idcred as fixed charges, and are about
ten per cent. of the cabin fare.
DISTINGUISHED pAssrNarns
We had q passenger list quite disiin-
/ guishOd iu TO- way, Tor we aot only bad
/ Mr. Lincoln. hIs family and snlfc. saN-
eldl members off CougIe.s and Captain
/ Zaiuski. Of pneumatic gun fame. and
s.hO Is one u the finest fellows ln the
world. but We had perhap, the wealth.
/ lest lot of passengers who have eros .cd
/ flT many day. Among them Mrs.
/ Frank Leslie, Mrs. Aver and her fam
IIly. iLa Pu,lmlns. Nr. AMI Mrs. Plant,
/ An iiew Carnegie eic.. etc ETC.. who
/ had adVentared their al on the
/ latest flyer. There Was SOME
consolation in knowing that whilst. d.
/ .he City of Paris had gone to the bot
tom. money enough would have been
/ turned loose o. Convuise the North.
/ the South would not have been per-
ceptibly shaken.
The first days Of AN ocean voyage are
always stupid. but b. the time "a ship
Is half over people have generally SAT-
shed themselves whether their table
companions are fusitiyes from Justice
or proper acquaintance, AMI between
| that ubiquitous subject "the run,
and the passing of the potatoes. ii is NOT
hard 10 become acquainted. Our party
consisted of Mr.. james ~. Allison. Mr..
Francis III. Ciergue. Roswell Page and
myself, ana We. fortunately. had at
our table q family of exceedingly nice
Philadelphia people: Dir. and Mrs.
Thomas SHELTON Harrison. their sister.
Mrs Elliot. and her daughter, who are
all of Fredericksburg descent. We
therefore soon became friends.
Looking at Mrs. Frank Leslie, one
wonders what manner Of men they
could have been. who, a year or two ago.
had the fight over her carriage. 10 Is
true that her complexion Is the purost
pink that Paris can furnish, but her age
can only be guessed at swhilst her
reputation as o shrewd, business woman
is one which might have made the
b)ldest earl in Eaglanl's peerags pause
before he entered into competition with
her.
As for Mrs. Aver. she must have been
experimenting for sixty Years with her
husbands famous medicines. and looks
as though che had taken barrels OF IL.
\ mass Of the richest blonde hair covered
her head. l have often wondered why
some old PEG lie make such guys of
themselves Age has a beauty OF it,
own There is nothing In the world
which more moves and takes the heart
than a gentle. straightforward old man
or woman. who accepts the burden OF
age v it'll the grace and dignity which
age should bring. There are some
know whose faces. though fading or
faded, are beneath their sllyered hair
fairer than the pinkest cheeks that youth
can boast. Then why people should
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