St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-26

eares as little about the average news
paper writer's opinion on the acres and
acres of "old masters" as he does
about the relative heights of the differ
ent cathedralS one visits in the beaten
path trOd by European travellers. Suf-
fee it to say, that up to date nothing
has gotten away from us that we are
aware of, and we have seen a good
deal not prescribed by Baedeker. We
Eaw London winter life, EMO her ex-
rellent theaters and clubs. took in her
celebrated chop houses, from the Ship
and Turtle at one end of the city to the
Star and Garter at the other, and were
impressed with the number Of them
which claim the distinction of being
"the Oldest in London. We saw
Paris on Skates
and by gas light, and tried the wheel at
Monte Carlo, but it had been in the busi-
ness longer than we had. We walked
through miles and miles of ''old saints"
and nude Statuary; we caught cold in
damp churches and walked our legs off
short looking up 'originals," until we
needed restoring" as badly as some of
them did; we lolled around in the
Gondolas of Venice; slept in her old
palaces and kodaked her picturesque
bridges for future reference. We
wandered through Rome's ancient ruins
and fought the battles of flowers and
confetti, during her carnival, as vigor-
puSly as any old-timer on the Corso:
we clmed PiSa's leaning tower and St
Peters lofty dome; we enjoyed Capr's
wonderful Blue Grotto, and Sorrento's
charming drives; we strolled through
Pompeiis resurrected streets, and have
Waded through museums of antiq-
nity until nothing modern interests us:
we have bought curioS when least eX-
pecting TO do so, by yielding to the
temptation to ''make offers;" we have
struggled with ignorant guides Until
Dur Sunday school training has suffered
rude shocks; we have retired by dismal
randleS, and slept between cold linen
sheets until we have almost been frozen.
and yet are ready to declare with the
great majority. that there's nothing like
travelling abroad. Many of your readers
will remember that last summer the
contracted for three magnificent
new steamers to take the place in the
trade between Hong Kong ami Van
touver of the worn out old vessels which
have done duty there SO long. 1t was
Oh the maiden trip Of the first of these
floating palaces, the Empress of India
that we booked from Naples TO this
port. Labor strikes and one thing and
another delayed the completion of the
ship, and necessarily her departure
She was advertised to sail ''about' sc
many dates and did not that we begun
to grow skeptical about her ex
iStence. But on Feb. IS, after oul
letters of credit had Shrunken alarm
ingiy and our patience in similar
ratio through the veXatious delays, the
Empress steamed into the bay of Ma
pies. We made our escape from tho
most persistent cab drivers in the worIC
and the most rapaciOuS beggars, aud
leaving the
Squalor of Naples
behind us, boarded our floating home
and that night set sail for Port Said
with EgyptS capital as our objective
point. We found the steamer all tina
had been claimed for her, being beauti
full In outlines, thoroughly moderI
in her appointments and appliances, ,anC
built under the highest requirements o
the admiralty. Her officers seemed
rather youthful, but we found on in
Quiry that they were older in seaman
ship than their years indicated. Hel
commander, Capt. Marshall. though un
der thirty-five, has spent twenty-five
years on the sea. and by his suave man
ners and all around good fellowship
will always be favorite in any waters
We found the ship full of first-clas
passengers, 140 in number, there be
ing some twenty-five or more
Americans, whilst the remande
came from England, ScotlanS
Ireland. Spain and Canada. The Amer
lean contingent came from the Westeri
cities almost entirely. Detroit headel
the list in numbers cQptributed, Ipclud
ing Judge Samuel Douglas, Dr.. I. P
Field, ex-Commander Davenport, U. S
a., and wife, and some twenty others
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