Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-22

Weste n State. AS the sailing day OF
any particular steamer apprC aches the
cheaper lod ing houses in the vicinity OF
the wharves and docks a,e filled up with
men and women whose baggage pro-
claims the character of its owners. Men
Of all descriptions appear on the streets,
carrying trunks, chests, and boxes con-
taining the wor dly property of the bear
erS They are TO lowed by their wives
alden with bedding, othing and various
neces saries. and on the morning OF the
scamer's departure a singularly hefero-
gcncous crowd is gathered on the wharf
waiting admission to tho steerage. Ger
mans with wooden shoes and long, loppy
phi es are there, their baggage redolent
OF various odoriferous articles OF food,
Frenchmen are there, displaying even in
Poverty some eviden es of taste and
refinement There are TIA ians, black
bearded, fierce, ca Ia probably having a
stifooto concedIcu SOufewnero uDoub MS
person There are Hungarians from
the Valley OF the Danube, oles from
North Austria, Russian Jews. Spaniards,
] ortuguesc, Swedes and Norwegians-
going to the ! and OF Promise.
should the steamer touch at an Engl sh
port, the little assemblage is increased
by the addition Of few hundred Irish
men, sorrowful at leaving their beauti-
full island, but soon forgetting their
trouble in looking to the future Side
by side with them arc Scotchmen. a.
ways ready to turn an honest penny.
and Engishmen, always in the peculiar
smock frock so much worn in the coun-
try districts OF South England The
cockney, with his tweed suit and tourist
helmet encircled by veil, has no place
in the ,teerage: he may be seen looking
from the cabin quarters, but must be
much reduced, both in pride and for
tune, II he will condescend to take pas
sage in the steeraTe.
The vessel sailing from an English
port must, before finally clearing, submit
to thorough inspection by Board of
Trade officials. This is not an inspec-
tlon of passengers, but of crew, and ev-
cry outward-l ound steamer is obliged TO
comp with the regulations laid down
b. the GARD of Trade. Usually, as the
vessel passes down the harbor, the crew
Is parallel on deck. a Board OF Trade
Conmis sisner calls the roll. while his
associates scrutini;e the members of the
crew to a certain If they arc all present
and If all are able DO lied men. This
ceremony. which is by no means Tor.
mality, being over, the boats are exam
ined 10 see IL food and water are stored
In them, and the Commissioners desg-
nate one VIII CHI shall be launched. 1t is
let down fro n the side, two or moro sra
men take their pla es in IL, and row
around the ship TO prove the seaw, rihl-
ness. of the little craft. All these opera.
tions, so directly in their own interest,
are watched with eager eyes by the
passengers, both abin and steerage, To
most of whom the ceremony is entirely
new.
Among the 1900 or l.500 passen-
gers of great packet there are usually
representatives of every nation in
Europe. Twenty or thirty languages
are spoken, and as the quarters are
crowded there is apparently no end TO
the disagreement among the occupants
of the lower regions in the bow of the
ship. Every little while, as prelimina-
ries for sailing progress, and generally
every day during the voyage, the cabiI.
passengers are entertained by various
disputes in languages to them unknown.
about matters Of which they are equally
ignorant. There is perpetual pickering
about the quarters, about the food,
about tho bedding; innumerable small
helts occur, which give riso TO noisy
wrangles, participated In by both men
and women. "Only a row In the steer
age. is OH board ship sufficient expla
uation for any LnAsual racket that may