Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-28

yond-beyond, beyond. 1 stepped out of
my room in the morning apprehensive,
nervous and detected, and at the threshold
of the companion-way exchanged glaDces
with a very pretty mother, clipper little
son and a stalwart, comely feminine j. L.
Sullivan that was fully entitled to barry
tone, yea, even bass voice-no whiskers;
and the little boy whispered to his mama
he spoke it short and spry now-"That's the
kind gentleman that sent us the medicine
that cured usl'' "How do you know?"
''The steward, Charley, told me so." What
| boy Charley would be to lean on if the
case had gone the other way.
Thirty hours out from New York and all
| is lovely. Cape Hatteras behaved himself
pretty well, and from all can learn of his
| actual behavior 1 conclude ne is much
| maligned. The captain of the Santiago is
a splendid fellow, with voice with tones
SO sweet and clear and ringing that it
charms all the best sentiment of my
laryngolog1st heart All, what a sweet
thing is the human voice as possessed by
this healthful, ruddy, brighteyed, rosy
| checked man, whose life has been amid the
gentle trade winds under summer skies, and
again In the fierce hurricane In the two
extremes of climate. His voice has all the
crystal purity, force, ringing cadence and
sweetness that is needed either to "shiver
my timbers," or "all hands aloft," or
'belay there" don't just know what
these terms mean, but his voice is equal to
them all, and in the language of Jack
Bunsby, when it is q question OF voice,
whether for any of the above purposes, or
for cooling you "as gentle as the sucking
dove" judging from the way the pretty
young ladies on the ship smile and perk up
when Captain Pierce comes up and "heaves
to- 'Ef any man kin, he kim" That is
Captain Pierce, as jolly fellow and able a
sailor, and with a voice-well-I mentioned
about that beforehand it's all in fancy
painted it, and more. In fact I examined
his voice and there are positively no freckles
on it.
A Pleasant Passenger List.
The passengers number about 20, all nice
people, bent on reaching Nassau for rest
and holiday. The aged merchant with his
aged wife, and the young business man,
who has made the trip twice before and
likes it so we'll he is now taking his wife
and sister along, and lot of nice. young
and jolly business men from Massachusetts,
who are off from business cares to Nassau,
Cuba, Jamaica and the Worlds Far
at the latter place; an NJ. C. from Chicago;
a Mr.. Adams and his wife; son Of
Lord Denbigh; Mr.. Fielding, who
goes to visit the Governor of Nassau;
some pretty girls and handsome young
men; some of the Van Rensselaer,
family from New York and your corre-
spondent, his wife and two young ladies.
Altogether the passengers are nice lot
and compare more than favorably with what
one meets on the best steamers crossing the
ocean. The accommodations are excellent
and the steamer rooms large, table good, Of
fcers polite and attentive to their several
inf H nfa Tor
that worn business man can take where ne
can SO soon reach utter rest and comfort and
restoration in a short time as he can on
this trip. The pleasant surroundings, which
are best illustrated by the fact that 60 hours
out OF Ne W York there were men in straw
hats on deck with thin coats and a soft
breeze blowing; fying-fsh rising out ofthe
sea like quail from the undulat-
ing cover and porpoises disporting them
selves in the bluest of ocean water.
These flying fish are a curiosity. As the
steamer cuts through the waves these little
fellows, from to Is inches long, making
ones trigger-fnger tingle, rise out of the
crest of the waves and fly in singles, doubles
and bevies to the right and left for 10 to 80
or more yards at flight, and from 2 to IL
feet above the water, for all the world like
quail breaking cover before the pointing
dog, and if these little fellows could only be
used for trap-shooting the rapidity of their
veritable flight would positively preclude
even the most expert amateur shots of the
Sportsmen's Association of Western Penn
sylvania making straight scores.
The big white gulls are in hundreds soar.
ing over and about the ship, watching for a
barrel of some ships refuse to be thrown
overheard. Some children near me are
tempting them with bread, but nothing less
than barrelful causes them to settle down
for lunch, after which they fold their nap
kins, spread their sails and come on after |
the ship to be in time for the next meal. In
my next will tell you of Nassau, her
unique characteristics and some odds and
ends that I gathered up during nv stay
there. w. II. DAILY.