Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-13


 ex-slave saw in Palestine" on his return.
 Foggy weather was experienced for seve- ral days, which rendered the hoarse and re- peated blasts of the fog whistle sn absolute necessity. Out of the murky gloom one morning we came within "a biscuits toss" of a small fishing schooner, showing the imper- ative need of such precautions. The startled skipper evidently rejoiced over his narrow escape, for our modern leviathan would have Knocked him out in the first round" Oth- CT vessels were occasionally sighted, some so remote from us as to seem mere specks on the distant horizon. In mid ocean a lone stormy petrel, Mother Cary's chickens, was met, fully twelve hundred miles from land. The delight of sailors, who regard them with possibly some degree of supsrstitioHs awe, they will hover around ocean steamers night and day, for thousand miles or more, in pursuit of the garbage thrown overheard from the galleys, following us up the chan nel to Queenstown and Liverpool.
 The few steerage passengers on board, glad to escape from the mephitic odors in their dank and dismal quarters, are seated on the dirty deck or lying prostrate fast asleep, with small children and infants by their side. A little tin trunk, or we'll worn basket, con- stitute in some instances all their luggage. Love of kindred has again drawn them back to beautiful and oppressed Ireland, where home rnle and misrule are engaged In the death grapple for supremacy. May the day of deliverance speedily dawn.
 The City of Rome is remarkably steady in storm, which fact serves to attract passsn- gers peculiarly susceptible to sea sickness.
 Complaint has hitherto been made by some
 writers regarding the filthy condition of some portions of the vessel. Efforts toward clean Illness are largely confined to the saloon. Ob viously much improvement could be made in the steerage if not in the intermediate de- partment. The odors of dozen water clos cts penetrate the latter section of the steam CT, especially while indications of general neglect are very apparent. If the popular commander, Captain Hugh Young, could oc- casionally visit each portion of the steamer during voyage he would doabtless discover
 some remedy for these abuses.
 The vocabulary of the sailor includes slang
 and technical expressions, which are alike suggestive and amusing. Corned beef is de- scribed as ''salt junk" ''salt horse" and
 Gold horse," according to tho mood of
 Jack. Puddings composed of dried peas and boiled in cloth are styled "dog's
 bodiss," while nasty pudding is known as
 'eloblolly" "Ship biscuit" Is called, as in
 the army, "hsrd tack,ss' and fresh wheat
 bread t'soft tommy"
 ''Slx water grog" implies much diluted
 alcoholic drinks, and to slice the main
 brace is to drink larger quantity of the fiery fluid. "Half seas over" and "three
 sheets in the wind" denote the equivocal
 walk of the inebriate. "Bulling the bar.
 rel" is to add quantity of water to thu
 cask of liquor>wheat it is low. "Suckine the monkey" is to suck liquor secretl. through a gimlet hole made in full bar
 Tel of rum A ''lubber" is green hant who has just begun a sea faring life "Lubber's hole" is applied interchangeabll ! to the hole in the main top and to sail or neglecting his duty. "Telling things tc 1 marines" suggests discredit when an i'm
 probable story is told. "Son of a sos
 cock" is applied in contempt to persons
 disliked, as is also the epithet "swsb."
 The man dealing out the grog is called g
 "bung starter" The cook of 0 ship ii known as "slashy" from his boiling sal
 york called ''slash" "A dirty dog and ns
 sailor" is hurled at g lazy and villainoul
 man. We have by no means exhausted l; the nautical vocabulary, but these mus suffice.
 Among the entertainments of the tri.
 were concerts, lectures and other exercises of an interesting character. Professor E R. Dungon, of Iowa, presented vel thought out paper on "The Principles c
 Biblical Interpretation" and the Rev. F lP. Kriel, of Beaconsgeld, South Africa l gave vivid description of the diamon l fields in that portion of the Dark Cont nent. The shafts sunk are from twelve t ! Ou6 LHOuSauO lc6b HI Ocptu, tuo budilO C
 ones being near the bed of the river, wher , the gems have been washed down from dis 8 tant elevations and buried in the sand. Nc r tives employed in diamond digging work fo . two dollars and fifty cents per week, board
 l ing themselves Extraordinary vigilance ! exercised to prevent the precious gems froI : being stolen. Every day, when labor !. l ended, the workmen are compelled to remov @ all their clothing and are critically examine ]. to see that none are concealed therein-i f their hair, mouths, nnder their arms or b.
 tween their toes. Sometimes, however, di 3 monds are concealed in old tin cans whic y are thrown over the fence to confederst r sold and the proceeds divided. hig o fence, just built, renders the operation we g nigh impossible Years ago diamonds we d the property of any one finding them. Eve d children would hawk them about the street l. selling them for an insignificant sum. Nc a all the diamond producing lands are ownt Il by large companies, who guard their prope
 ty in the strictest manner. Immense fo B. tunes have been accumulated by the indivi, n ual members of these corporations from t ,e sale of diamonds. which find their way 70 Paris, London, New York and other COT n meroial centers of the world.
 Id But tho welcome cry of Gland Ho!" es heard. Fastnet lighthouse at the entrance at St. Georges channel is in view, while t ,d rugged and barren mountains of Kerry 6 y- visible, though in dim outline. At Queer es town, Ireland, many passengers will lea Is Thence, this letter, written on rocki W ship amid the blasts of 8 furious gale a u- the swell of an angry sea, will, it Is hope ip find its way to the intelligent readers V the COURIER in due process of time. o Id Oriental party will proceed to Liverpool, t ad hundred and twenty miles distant up ee channel. Here we propose taking an cal
 | Gov Koui1xuNrth 0aafIo 1hara Ua he to visit that venerable ruin. Then we pu V. on to London, where we spend the Sabba 10. God willing.
 sd Now we are under the protection of V ,e, toria, that estimable Queen. Her extend ri- reign has been of pure and exalted oh
 acter. The Prince of Wales, who If liv so will succeed her in wearing the Brit ,in "wild oats'' of his early career have b. ur largely overcome and by the masses forQ ily ten. No one doubts his moral or intellect be fitness for this position of prominence 1 ,g- responsibility when the eventful period
 rives.
 per The genealogy of Queen Victoria is tra nd as follows by modern writer:
 to "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain , tly Empress of India, is the niece of Will les Iv., who was the brother of George l on, who was the son of George III, who ,on the grandson of George H., who was the rec of George T., who was the cousin of Qu ms Anne, who was tho sister-in-law of Will lm- TIL, who was the son-in-law of James ork who was the brother of Charles H., who
 of the son of Charles l., who was the sor oss- James l., who was the cousin of Elizab ges who was the sister of Mary, who was his sister of Edward w., who was the son ,me Henry VIII, who was the son of He rne VII, who was the cousin of Richard day who was the uncle of Edward V., who six the son of Edward w., who was the CO past of Henry VI., who was the son of H' and v., who was the cousin of Richard H., the was the grandson of Edward IT,, who ens- the son of Edward IT,, who was the soI be- Edward l., who was the son of Henry he'd. who was the son of John, who was ,fter brother of Richard l., who was the sol Ieas- Henry IT., who was the cousin of Step tom who was the cousin of Henry l., who man the brother of William Rufus, who was har- son of William the Conqueror. Thus
 be- Victoria can trace her ancestors bac lent, about eight hundred years ago. It is How oldest reigning dynasty in the world"