The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-08-13

Liberty enliRhlsnlng Tho world, then sandy
Hook with ts little iiaht houis. and then
old ocean, with no background 10 the
horizon. DnTlng the evening there waa
only = gentle avaylna up aud down 10 the
ship that seemed rather pleaaantor than
otherwise, but when w took our seats 10
tho grand saloon al uiK p. IN. for dlnner
mts. Stuart suddenly discovered that thsfe
was u0msthing wrong, and without waiting
10 be served retired 70 bsr stateroom, whore
che remained secluded from callers for uix
daya, not being abba 10 take dinnor AZ tho
table until the last day, Just before We
reached Southampton. Ats dinner calmly,
and fear with quite an air Of superiority,
bus when | went 10 retire for the night and
saw Mrs. Stuart In the agoniss Of SEQ sick
ness 1 suddenly discovered that ] did not
wHnt that dinner any longer, and / passed
tho neKt day Ia reflection (in my b0fth) but
wac all right nSIt day, and thsiahftor.
"On the second day gale arose that
lasted -four dayg. With misty Tain aud aomo
foi. The weather was piercing cold aud
no refrigerator could DO colder than the
ataterooma Everybody on board was
muiusd up Ia oVefcOatn, ebAWls rugs and
blhnkets, aud GhiVerod miseTably. aud then
! remembered my buffalo oyorooat nicely
packed away In INK at hons. ] dont
think ever did. or ever shall, need II so
badly again. Although tho gallo was cold
and diaagrsoAble. tho waves Wsra grand
enough 10 make me forget all the ineonysn-
ienoe caused by u. The foam aud spray
along their summits as they would bFoak
over, reminded me very much OF the rough
broken bad landa OF eastern Montana Ia
early spring when gnowdrifts arc scattered
along their cTestA. Often wave would bs
seen approaching, 40 hinge, that 80 seemed
that IL must go over us, bu, tho gallant
ship would rise 70 its top and then plunge
down into deep valley. between 10 and the
next one. 10 Tise and fall again In endless
succession, causing ones stomach TO feel
az though IL was being suddenly lifted up
about forty foet and as suddenly dropped
again, and occasionally II would feol as
though the the bottom OF ID had dropped
out altogether. sometimes We would
partly collide with n wave that would make
things tremble, but oaly one came on
board, aud 10 did no damage sKoSpt
wetting a few dudes who were playing a
game OF quoils with circular discs OF ,ope
on the after deck, but then the deck was
over twenty fost aboys the wate..
Here 10 the description Of this floating
nalaso, the American line steamship New
York: Length 5G5 feet. breadth G3l4 feet.
depth ~ feet capacity $500 tons. horse-
power 2J,OO0. The daily Tuns wers as fol-
lowe: Wednesday. April Is. LETT Sandy
Hook lightship at 1902 y. M, 20 Thursday
noon ran 336 miles; TO Friday noon ttwenty-
four hours). 456 miles; TO Saturday noon
(tventy-four houfs). i62 miles, TO Sunday
noon (twenty-four hon o., 453 miles; 10
Monday noon ltwenty-four hours). 44S
miles; to Tuesday noon (twsnty-four
hoursl. 439 miles; TO Wednesday, ut six q.
m. tthirly houis). EGO miles; total 3. l49
miles. First cabin passengers 1873. second
cabin passengers 60. steerseo passengers
lS6; total 3sS. Crew 355. Total on board
7b3, and not at all crowded; but as the par
titions we're thin an occasional suofs could
be heard during the night which caused q
sufferer thereby TO write rs follows;
Those evening snores- those stlteroom snorss
That break the piienoe. shake the doors!
Forth from my bunk at last climb
Prepared for any reckless orimc,
Across the deck In light array.
Resolved TO batter. bruss and slAy.
l softly creep a. prudence tolls,
And merge their shores In dying yella
"And 80 may't be when am gone
Some other brutcs will still snore on,
And other victims cross the deck,
With sticks 90 stop that snoring trick."
saw only three vessels on the passage un
Oil the morning OF the 25tb, when we
sighted the scilly islands, nnd soon after
saw the lighthouse on Bishops rocks. aud
then the green shores OF old England came
into view. with fShinl boats. briga, barks
and small steame IA slight the resl of the
day. We rsscbed Southampton at dark on
the 25th, and as the mort steamer for Mon
tevidso. (the Clyde. of the RoTal Mail
steam Packet company wouid not sail un-
Ill May 4. We resolved to spend the time in
Sightseeing In London and Paris and i'm
mediately on landing got our baggage
passed through tho customs house, an
TUNED IL 0ver to the Royal Mail company
20 be on the Clyde during our absence, all
Of which was done in n surprisingly short
tins. The purser OF the New York having
furnished us 4 ee tickets wa took the train
for London, arriving at Waterloo station in
two hou 3. Tue compartment coaches with
doors on the sids md no communication
between them. seemed odd 10 ua. but
noticed one thing that our roads should
copy, which ID TINT tho station platforms Il
up close 10 the cars 40 that no one can fall
between tnom. AT the station n movable
railway wAs plAesi around tbs bagghg,
cars to keep peogle out OF the way while
th0y were quickly uuloaded. and then came
long procession OF cabs and hansoms,
two and three abreast, but not ono baggage
wagon. and TO my astonishment every one
claimed their baggage then and there. and
put IL on top OF the enbs and hsuaoms all
OF which had ratings around this top for
this purpose, and huge loads we're piled on
them. Ons horss took them al fast gait
TO the hotels. But then the utreets weT,
nearly level and we'll paved with asphalt oil
wooden blocks"