The Press., 1893-10-19
A Missionary,s Journeyings.


 what have seen in my long journey to the field of my missionary labor in India.
 My wife and left New York on the morning of July 29th on the steamer Etruria of the Cunard line. It was with peculiar feelings that. we watched our friends on the pier as our noble steamer bore us away from them down the harbor. We realized that it would probably be many years before we should see them again. When we reached Sandy Hook the pilot who had steered us down thro' the ha1bor left in small boat, taking with him the last letters which the pas sengers could mail until they reached the Old World.
 Soon afterwards we came into the open sea, and our vessel began to roll consider ably. This made us both sea-sick, and on that day and the next we were experi- encing all the miserable feelings which sea-siekness produces. When this was over, however, the rest of the voyage was very pleasant. We had an agreeable company of passengers, including some other missionaries for our mission, Rev. and Mrs. Edward Fairbank and Rev. and Mrs. Harwarkar, the last two being natives of India. We found the sea-voyage quite restful after the busy days of preparation.
 As we passed the Newfoundland banks it was very foggy, and our vessel was obliged to move slowly, whistling once a minute to avoid danger of collision. Ore interesting thing on an ocean voyage is the change of time which is made every day according to the longitude. On our steamer the clocks were set forward about three-quarters of an hour each noon, so that when we reached England the time wac just four hours earlier than in New York. It was rather hard to get accustomed to the new hours.
 It was on Friday afternoon, the sixth day of the voyage, that we first sighted land, the southwest coast of Ireland. At eight o'clock that evening we arrived in Queenstown harbor, where tender took ashore passengers who were to stop there. On the next day, Aug. 5th, about two o'clock in the afternoon, we entered the harbor of Liverpool. Thus our voy- age occupied little over seven days. We were landed in a tender and kept for about an hour in the custom house while our baggage was being examined.
 There are great many things that seem strange and new to the American when he first arrives in England. One of the first things he has to do is to be- come accustomed to the new system of money. He usually has an idea of pounds, shillings and pence, and their value, but when he first hears of "hay penny (haf-penny), ''tuppence" (two- -pence), or "thruppence" (three-pence) the terms sound strange to his uninitiated ear. The large number of coins, too, is confusing. Resides the sovereigns, half-sovereigns and shillings, there are the crowns and half crowns, the double -forins and forins, the six-penny, three-penny and penny pieces, and the half-pennies and farthings
 The names of many things in England too, are different to those in America An elevator is called Gift" The stores are called "shops.'' One young mar could not understand me at all when
 I asked him if the stores were open tha evening, but when one of our party ex plained that it was shops that was meant he gave the desired information at once Street cars are called tram cars. Tn, railroad system in England seemed yer, peculiar to us. The nomenclature is en tirely different. The railroads are alway. called railways. The depot is called tht station. Inquire the way to the depo and people will not know where you wan to go. The freight depot is the goodI station. Baggage is called luggage, ane the baggage-room is the left luggage of fee. The ticket office is called the book ing office. When we go to get on the trail more surprises await us. The cars (call ed carriages) are smaller than ours il America, and are divided into compart ments by partitions running across. Thes, rooms are entered by doors on the sides of the carriage. There is one seat o1 each side. The compartments are di vided into first, second and third class, ac cording to the comfort and elegance O the seats. The conductor, who is calico the guard, walks along outside the trai1 when it is at station and takes the tick cts. There is no system of giving cheeks on baggage in England. Each perso1 must look after his own. The engines are made on much different plan to those in America. They have no cow-catcher and look more simple and old-fashioned Their whistle is on a very high pitch, ant sounds like squeal. The car-wheels are not solid, but have spokes. The trains run more smoothly and with less noise than in America, but in most re spects I think England is far behind America in railroad matters.
 We stayed only few hours in Liver pool, and then took the train for the ole CltJ Ol OIicSJcI, bW0IV0slull0S dWby, where we. stayed over Sunday. This old city which takes it's name from the Roman castra, camp, has wall running around the oldest portion of it, which is now pre- served with the most scrupulous care. unique feature of Chester is the "rows, ; which are covered passage ways built through the front rooms of the houses one flight up from the street. There are shops all along these "rows" There is an ancient cathedral in Chester, where we attended service on Sunday. Portions o1 it were built ill the fifth century We al so attended worship in the Baptist and Congregational chapels, as the non-con. formist churches are called in England On Monday we drove six miles to Harvard en, the home of Gladstone, where every thing seemed grand. We went into the church where he worships, and saw the pew wherein he sits. We then went to Eaton Hall, the magnificent residence ot the duke of Westminster, where we ob.