Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-18

hul NlHlNtu we must liOhlhtiit ii'ts'f
Including the Brooklyn bridge, tue
Central Park and various other places
OF note.
On Sept. 5tb embarked on the
steamer Arizona OF the Guion line,
for Liverpool, England. We sailed
| along quite comfortably In the "cfadle
Of the decp,v and on the evening Of
the 9Th 1 retired early and slept
soundly until . a. M. Then all OF n
sudden was aroused By tremendous
crash which shook the large iron vessel
10 such an extent that II seemed 10 he
| going 10 pieces. I Jumped out Of my
bed aud asked One Of the stewards
what had happened. He replied that
We hal had n collision with wooden
vessel. AZ nearly everybody was rum
ming on deck, mud having myself heard
a great deal Of passenger vessels that
have come 10 grief by colliding with
others, II was not long before also
forced myself through the companion
way. There was quite an exciting
scene on deck. a large sailing vessel
was making Its way along on the log,
having struck tho "Arlkons" Bomc'
what diagonally on the second cabin
side, not far from where my berth was.
On account OF the "ArlzDua" being an
enormously strong draw weasel she did
not break In, but was badly dcnted.
Several PORTFOLIOS were smashed In,
and various braces and Partition walls
inside cracked and bent. She had had
about thirty feet Of her strong iron
post railing, with the heavy draw posts,
carried away, a llfo boat nearly de.
stfoyod, aud she received other dam.
age. After she was struck the en-.
giueer Immediately stopped, and the
excitement exhibited among the
officers themselves showed that u was
a very dangerous affair. But VIZ were
soon ordered down, with the comfort.
Ing Information that nothing was
wrong and that the "Arizonan would
continue her voyage. The deck Of the
"a risonaD was covered with broken
timhcta, large and small, torn from the
sailing vessel, which according a. tho
View Of some officers must have coon
afterwards foundrred. The crew soon
repaired the broken and demolished
parts, aud we continued our voyage 10
Liyerpool-the remainder being very
pleasant, arriving there on September
II, having been ON the sen nine days.
While at Liverpool visited the most
prominent places, such rs the Walker
Art Gallery, museums nnJ other well
knowrbulldings.
On tho 18th I embarked In the
steamer "Sososlrirs,n Of the Moss
steamship company, for Consiauii-
nople. We had most enjoyable voy.
age on tho Atlantic aud also IN the
Mediterranean. one Of the grand
sights IN the Mediterranean was the
little island OF Pantellaria, located be-
tween Africa aud Sicily, and belong
Ing to the latter. Il Is n beautiful sight
from the sea. The green orchards aud
orange groves Ia terraces up to the
mountain peahs, with snow white
houses dotted all over ~ far as the eye
can reach, afford charming
picture. This attractive little island
belongs 10 tho government OF
Sicily, and IL used for the ban.
ishment Of criminals, ON the same
principle a. Russia bsnishcd her crim.
inal- 10 Siberia, only ia a much more
humane way. They have TO work Ia
the orchards aud vineyards, under the
direction Of oyerseors who are placed
over them; and the government reaps
the benefit Of u.
In about tVenty-fonr hours time
from Psni-llaIla We arrived, at . am.
on the morning OF the 10th Of Septom.
Der, at the beautiful city Of Valet u, ON
the island OF Malta. On entering the
harbor Of Nalle,ta my attention was
first attracted TO an unaccountable
number Of boatmon with little boats,
flocking all around tho steamer In
fact, they were w numerous that the
whole harbor was full Of them, mo-
tioning 10 the passengers on board IA
I a IA
exciting 20 hear the way they yelled
and every OnB was endeavoring u
come NJ near 10 the ladder as possible
One pushed the other asldc,eyory boat
man trying TO get n passenger. w,
, numbered then on board only five pas
sengers, and there were about n hun
dred boatmen anxiously waiting 4
take US ashore. IL II absolutely neces
, sary 90 make a strict bargain with then
: before entering the boat, or they ars
sure to charge whatever they please
fsfobably three or four times more THAI
tn. real figure, for they believe In tn,
principle Of getting all they can from
, travellers. because they do not expec
30 see them again. These little row
boats, called "dysa" by the Maltese, AR
elegantly built and nrtistically painted
and ornamented, but extremely Ions
I and narrow, being about Blx3b feet
They arc very easy 20 capsize, ant
have comfortable upholstered seats onl,
wide enough for one person to sit easily
IL In astonishing TO see the speed NJ
: which the expert boatmen make then
, 20, as they dodge out OF the way OF on
, another.
After getting TO shore We had 4
meet about dozen conchmen OF tn
same stamp ~ the boatmen. They had
+. quite respectable COACHES, and whotove
4 we went at times they entirely biooke'
the way before us In the narrow streets
begging W TO take coach, for which
: OF course, II II necessary TO bargain
Z. as with the boatmeu, or els
r Mr.. COaGhman will afterwards charg
q according 10 the amount Of money b
thinks the passenger has, OF course
l. did not dare to indulge In these luxuI
Q les, on account Of the scarcity OF fund
+. In my pocket book, but | took gTea
=, pleasure In walking with some othc
gentlemen passengers from our steamer
Having received orders from our cap
6 tain TO he back on board ut Pun, tn
- time appointed to leave the hsrboi, W
q had "a whole day 10 look around. O
which time made good use In tx plor
Ing the city. Having been confines
TO ship board for eleven days, fol
like running all over creation.
The Island Of Malta belongs TO tn
English and has population OF 200,
y 900, chiefly Roman Catholics, beside