The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-10


young man, wearing an expression CT 70
bust innocence. Is. I must say % lis credit,
. man % 1tESErs ~ he card tabie. PLAYING
a most cuG3-b1co3e1 and cc1s12maEe
game Of POKER With Al sir OF juvenile
sl2pliclry- Another young gentleman,
elegantly appointed a11 Al artSss n pos
Ing 1efo-s the gaaEces q aGEa1rfrg heSCtE
slipped and u4sse5 20 wind n ard and star
board, IS the young ladies going . Isaly
70 perfect EAsir musical eGzc1tsol szl1,
spinning on his Classical ear. ana ais -
Gently polished Roots seemed 70 spEE1s- 3.
they were dragged through TIE WASH Gf g2s
deck As the day Of moderation tn c0I-
pa-isonl declined. some of The young Eea
concluded thai black cl1E.4 Tas : cT-
clone. and succeeded II spreading Ekelr
alarm until officially assured that rns
eloZd had = hole II Il The supposed
pursuing cyclone had . fracture n -
through wa2ca tee SKY appeared u a. Is
beauty.
good deal OF interest Eas manifested
in the approach 20 the Azores. and Thurs
day night we passed between two OF the
group nine miles apart. the one On the right
FIVE miles distant and :. 100 fees high; that
On the lefs fo1r miles distant and . COO feet
high. They were vague black lamps n
the DARK night When Fri.ay morning
On Our righs, and behind tae rocks the sun
poured rs golden ire. The island i eighs
and q half miles long, and ce.e-
brated for is production OF barley.
The coast resembles that OF Southern
Esglaad and ireland, but IS much more
rugged, and two OF the mountains show n
their conaguration that they are alleged
extinct vo.c41oes. Ile houses 9-e white
and pleasant 70 look upon 50 distance q
two mics The land > cultivated 70 the
mountain tops, and the strips OF fields
resemble those Of sunny France n
the smiling valley Of t1e Seine. The
fields are IS ribbons Il was cheer
f1i ID looS upon 5he rugged yet lovely
island. I was not fully aware Of the i'm
portance Of the Azores and their historical
interest There are nine OF them, the
peaks OF an enormous ridge OF once
volcanic mountains. the bases OF which
are deep IN the ocean The distance De-
tween the extrenities OF the group IS
aoorf $50 miles. Their situation 3 abou:
Two-& birds Of the way between New YORK
and Gibraltar. The discovery CT the
islands Was made forty-three years before
Columbus stumbled over one OF E1e
West Indies. TIE inhabitants mum
Der nearly 10000. and have in
creased 50 rapidly within the last
generation or Two that they have
Our captain has taken out seTe-a. carg0es.
The climate is delicious. On the principal
island, s.. Michel, there is high mount
an, the old crater OF which Is lake 81 .
great elevation, and the lake 5 full OF
goldfish Il was IN the neighbo-aooi Of
one Of these islands thar IN ISL an awful
explosion occurred under the sea. snd
smoke and flames broke forth IN tresnen-
do0s volumes Countless fish were thrown
up II ali stages Of boiling and broiIing,
and huge stones followed, with incredible
quantities Of black sand. Soon there Was
an island formed. which. before the erup-
ton ceased was $50 feet high. After some
months il disappeared, but there remained
= dangerous reef This eruption has been
one OF the wonders OF the world Beyond
this region, toward Gibraltar, II the dark
olue waters. is the enchanted ocean.
wherein the tabled island Atlsntis should
be found II science ever dives so pro-
fOundly IS TO prove the truth OF one Of the
faneies SIS interesting as the facts that are
perverted in what We cal history The
golden torch thar burned over the ptctur-
esque cIlhs and bright fields Of romantic
GracIoSa was the promise OF s beautiful
day. and our good ship sped through the
shining southern waters, with rolling bll-
lows Of lace under her bows,
her taper nasts pointing 10 the ex-
alisiEe dome of the skv. deiicatelv blue as
with the glow Of the supreme beauty that
Is associated with Italy; and we were 5oa--
ing IS II On mystical bark on the boun-
daries Of two worlds. one rich with the
treasures OF memory, the other radiant
with the hues Of hope. Beneath the
waves - the most gorgeous OF the fables Of
the ocean, the mystery of the ages.
Through these giitsering waters Columbus
sailed 10 immortality. and was sent home
IN chains, and here the navieS OF the great
powers have spun the threads Of history
We cross between the Azores an6 the
rock OF Gibraltar. the pathway Of Columbus
10 the Indies he discovered. and the track
of the British ship that sailed with Ma
poleon 30 Sc. Helena. and that Of Childe
Harold IN his pilgrimage that ended in
Greece. and Of Nelson going 10 the shores
OF Egypt and Spain to make the most
brilliant chapter Of her history for his
country 81 Aooukir and Trafalgar.