Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-31
FROM The STATUE TO AsplswALl
A Lively Voyage Graphically Described
by n Lady Tourist.

A Lively Voyage Graphically Described
by n Lady Tourist.
Precisely 995 miles from the God
dess of Liberty and her uplifted torch
lies San Salvador, the little island
where Columbus made his first land.
ing in the New World. Some sacri-
legious Yankee OF later days has dub
bed IL Waiting Island, but for our.
selves, readers mine, let US stand by
the ancient name conferred by the
great discoverer as he knelt under
the shadow OF the cross.
Passing this historic bit Of land,
whose flash light may be seen far over
the ocean, a run OF eighty miles brings
us close to the revolving beacon on
Bird Rock. Like others Of the Bahia
ma group Except lIayti), this small
island il owned by England and gov
erned from Nassau, the revenue from
il being barely sufficient TO support its
lighthouse. And thus il is, BIZ bits OF
territory scattered all around the
globe, that the fayorite boast OF Bri.
tain is true, Upon her domains the
sun never sets.
A few hours later we reach For
tune Island, at which point, if the
weather be favorable, letters may DO
put off, 10 be afterward picked up by
some northward bound steamer Of the
Atlas or Pacific Mail lines. But no.
body is advised to pin his faith on tho
reliability OF this postal service in com
munications Of importance, such, for
example. rs a tardy proposal 10 your
sweetheart or words Of reconciliation
10 a one time friend. The chance.
however. brings blessed relief to those
who are suffering the first pangs OF
homesickness. even though the hasty
love messages never reach their desii.
nation. Letters sent in this way 20
without stamps, ship mail being al
lowed TO pass free in the United States,
To the other end of the line, where
double postage is collected. Two boat
loads OF Jamaica negroes came rowing
alongside by the dim light OF crcs.
cent moon, and the engine suddenly
stopped, as If the throbbing heart Of
the ship stood still with anxiety lest
the precious budget of letters be lost in
its perilous transit TO the tossing bark
below.
About thirty miles beyond Fortune
Island the nodding of palms that
fringe the shore OF Jamaica may be
seen, through glass darkly," if you
happen TO reach the place on clear
day in the passage between that island
and the western end OF Cuba. None
need TO be told when the Caribbean
sea is entered, for the fact is at once
emphatically attested by the bolster
Gus waves. The faces OF our neigh.
bors grow pale and paler, then blue,
then CHASTITY gray; the nautical crank !;
the tiirtatious Spaniard; the patriotic
Englishman and American who had
been warding of this same emergency
by imbibing no end of champagne,
even those who had oftenest asserted
they were never, never sick at sea, !"
stood not upon the order of going, and
in less time than il takes to tell it the
deck was comparatively deserted.
Then that sound that is so familiar TO
sea goers, that word that is tho same
in all languages, and is always given
| with rising infection of more or less
intensity pronounced u-r-r-a.oo-op)
is heard on every hand. When dim
ner is on, racks having been put on the
tables 10 prevent the dishes from fly-
ing across the cabin, the AFRO 90 ps
are loudest, as if the organs of smell
were somehow in collision with Nep-
tunes stomach pump-causing all tho
comnopent parts of the ships gener@
Gus menu for week past to rise in re-
view before the stricken sufferer, as
the sins OF dying man are said 10 do
But nobody ever dies of seasickness,
though its victims may wish them
l. n
surprising how the first glimpse of
land acts as curative. Tie moment
Manzanillo Island heaves into view,
the most helpless and hopeless of an
hour before begin to bestir themselves
aud presently appear upon deck. And
here we are al last, humping against
tho dock al Aspinwall. Fannie b.
Ward in ST. Louis Republic.