Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-10
ABOARD AN OCEAN GREYHOUND.
The Contrast Between Those on Deck and
Those In The StokehoIe.

Those In the StokehoIe.
Tho supreme development OF the mod
ern craft Of shipbuilding, an ocean p,rov
hound, Is coming ut full speed townrf
Sandy Hook The sea Is calm, and th,
trip has been a smooth and short one
and now ~ she draws near the shore IN,
belief that has found lodgment I'm over,
mind during the past two or three dav,
that the record is TO be broken Qrow,
stronger and stronger, and the passen.
gers crowd the deck, consulting thoi,
watches from time 10 time and discus.
ing with ono another the possibility Of
lowering the western record. Within
two hours they will know whether or
not their hopes have been justified. but
Just now there is not human being ON
board, whether passenger or sailor, who
Is not thinking Of the great chance that
lies before them.
The steamer IL crowded almost 10 its
fullest capacity. Some Of the passengers
are returning home after a holiday. and
there arc others, Of foreign aspect. who
are making their first trip 10 America
The quiet man in the pepper and salt
suit who stands by himself is a famous
politician, who knows that he will bo
met on his arrival by two or three of the
magnates OF his party and possibly by
n score Of reporters.
Not far from him is foreign actress.
who has been carefully drilled by her
manager ard will know exactly what
10 say TO the reporters when they come
70 interview her She is prepared to love
America-prOyidcd, Of course, that the
American public Is prepared to love her,
but she is Il little anxious Just now
az she thinks Of the ordeal Of interview.
Ing that IL before her There is an Eng
lish tourist, coming oyor to shoot Qriz.
zlics on Long Island AID bringing with
him an elaborate collie ton Of bafhlubs.
walking sticks Latbc2cs and gun cases.
he Is talking toascEioa8 looking Amer.
lean whose acquaintance hc has formed |
on board, and Who las just explained TO |
him that the ratlcsHaLcs which infest |
The New York piers arc not really az |
venomCus aa they are said TO be.
"God bless me soulW exclaims the |
English tourist in Il tone Of relief.
The cooks and stewards are busy with
their preparations for the last meal that
viii be served on this voyage, and AZ
they go about their labors they tall
about the wonderful run that the shiI
has made and hope, just us the passen
gers are hoping on the deck above, that
the record will be broken.
Down IN the engine room the well
oiled aud brilliantly polished whoelt
and pistOns seem 10 be working ~ II
they, too, were filled with the same
hope, and the chief engineer wears an
anxious look as he glances with prac.
ticed eye at the indicator, which show
the high pressure under which lac H.
rnnning.
But far down in the hold is corner
Of the vessel, the glory hole, 10 which
the well fed, easy going passenger giyes
but little thought and into which he
eeldom seeks 10 penetrate. Yet IL II her,
thai we find the true source Of the won.
defful mechanical power that sends the
swift racer like thing Of life across
flse sea frln continent 20 continent For
II is here that the furnaces glow with
fieir awful heat, while IN tho full glare
~ the flames tho half clad stokers stand
throwing into the fiery depths shoyelful
after shOgolful ~ coal, There is no
more interesting or impressive sight on
Fiipboard than this, and the landsman
who chances 10 look down into this pic
~ fiame and SCOT wonders how u h thai
men are able a. work ihero and live. --
Nov York Herald.