Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-02

furages in the past; with varying pecun- |
larry fortune; with climate intensely |
hot and humid. the home of tropical
fcvers; yet withal a wonderfully in
tcresting town, whose history could |
not be related in volume; and
where "wars and rumors of wars"
have always had their home. After
visiting the objects of interest
in the city we are taken on the
transport, the company being glad to
get us off, fearing repetition Of the
recent terrible riot, and arc soon put
aboard the steamer John l.. Stephens,
Captain W. +. Lapidge. Here We wait
for some hours for the arrival of the
passengers Of the steamer Grenada,
which left New York three days before
the ship and stopped at Havana. These
we receive on board without accident
OF incident, making 500 people on the
Stephens, which crowded her fully as
much as the Moses Taylor was crowded,
although very mich larger ship. A
handsome ship in her day; two smoke
stacks, one oscillating engine, with
speed of from 10 to IL miles per hour.
Think Of the people of to-day and their
criticism of such going All wood, alb
solutely a finder box, from long expo
sure in the tropics; built with guards
almost like those on North river
steamboat with which she could never
have lived ON the Atlantic ocean These
gave much room, and we went along
with comparative comfort.
ICE WATER TEN CENTS A GLASS.
We crossed Tehuautepec, where the
sea thumped the old ship guards terri
bly,, then into Acapulco, where We
stopped for passengers and treasure
from the City Of Mexico and other
| points, and our own supplies in the
| shape Of Mexican bullrcks tied together
| and made to swim out to the ship a
mile, and then each one hoisted aboard
| by the horns, only to succumb to the
| butchers knife as occasion required to
| feed the people on the ship. This was
the only practical method to bring the
animal food on board alive; ice was too
high. At Panama ice water was 10
cents q glass, and you yearned for un-
told glasses. On the Pacific steamers
you bought ice tickets at 20 cents each,
and until We reached the Gulf of Cali
fornia every meal called for one ticket,
besides many more at odd ttmes-quite
an item of expense and clear object
lesson on how the artificial ice machine
now helps us. In these early days all
the California ice came from Sitka and
cost fabulous prices.
A stop at Manzanilla, Mexico, for an
hour completed our delays. The next
day smallpox broke out on the ship.
ING Patlehls were tented on the upper
deck aft and that part of the ship quar-.
antined. There was no panic, for the
hrBohauts were hpt Oh thc SUN 70 Eige
way " leellhS' II ltttlc less liidh
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heishnothoou OF oV,ooo PeoPIe Aprop'
ABLY ~ per cent, thGh US now, emma
men, Whllc oahlalu anu tie lew sur
rounding Towns contaiueS scuTcely ~
many hullaleus. loWata inc oceaL
the:e was Lttle oeyohu Nal!eJo street
ana IN inc opposite uliectioh Soutt
Park was the pulil-up llihit' 70 INT
west Ihere was niue oe5ohu laylol
street, ana inc DOCKS were cohnhed pc
tween vallejo ana harrison streets
Inc churches ana SCHOOLS, compared
WIN those o. to'uay' we're cfGoe' ou
served thelf purpose wen ana were
, happy heaven IN the seeming caularoi
OF WlcheaheSs al tLat Gay rampant. I'M
climate then was tAe climate OF To-Day
5 LOT the strong ana vigorous, Peflectloh
where TO merely breathe ana exist wa
perfect oliss; where IL Is never MOI
where II IS never coldi Where tn'
woman never puts away her sea!sklI
nor the man his oNefcoati Where, II II !
too hot IN the sun II Is too cool IN tn
; shade; where II Is pleasantef IN wlnte
. than II IS IN summer, and where Tor 81:
= months in the year wind mil is
!. sure source OF power as steam en-
gine; where 1t IS apt TO rain any day a
any minute Tor six months IN the veal
) and during the other six months II
= cloud mars the horizons; where til
north wind holds sway and the sea 70
;, molstcns the Verdufc almost nightly
! Indeed, in the rainy season the rain NOR
y usually comes at night and four or tiv
i days Of the week are usually clca
While not an ideal climate Tor thos
Y who are not strong, il Is 10 the stron
e taan accustomed 10 its changes, to ii
T. mechanic, 70 the man laboring wit
brain or Drawn, ar ideal home, and b
need never leave it except he so ava
to get warm.
pt The water supply NJ this carly da
" was crude and insufficient. There ";
If one water company, bringing the watt
r. in by a wooden tlume on trestle woi
ID above the ground, as there was no fro
er to Interfere. Much Of the supply WI
"a brought from Sausalito by water boa
" and sold to peddlers, who made u bus
II, ness Of carting it around in hogshea,
N on wheels and selling il at So much P
We bucketiul. The fire department W
IA. composed of the old time hand engine