The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-29

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nation on his stage and he thought
that she was lucky young lady to
possess figure that brought rs
week.
The Dunottar Castle, a fine steamer
trading between England and the
Cape, narrowly escaped being wrecked
not long ago. She was making for
Plymouth in dense fog when the cry
went up Of "breakers ahead" The
engines were put full speed astern and
in another moment her bow grazed
the rocks with dull scraping sound.
The fog lifted and the Eddystone light
was just ahead of them. 1t was some
time before the ship drew off and
glided serenely into deep water again.
The damage done was very slight,
but johannesburg man who was ON
board, informed me that several ladies
tainted, and that had the boat been
going full speedon,a miracle could only
have averted a terrible wreck. While
on the sabject Of boats l would men,
ton the new Peninsular and Oriental
company's new steamer, the Caledonia.
On her trial trip in the Clyde she easily
did nineteen knots, her engines indi.
eating 1000 horse power. She is fully
expected to take the London mails via
the Suez canal to Bombay in twelve
and a half days, and to Adelaide,
South Australia, in twenty-five days.
Things are exceedingly fiat in the
sporting world. Cricket is now over,
and Surry, southern county, has
again won the championship. York
shire had very hard luck in not being
bracketed with their southern rivals,
their last match, in which they held a
strong lead, not being finished owing
to bad weather and consequently be-
ing drawn, whereas had they won the
match they would likewise have come
out ION top" The team from South
Africa that has been trying its luck
over here this summer is now return
ing. The captain says that they have
only taken $500 in gate money, conse-
quently the gentlemen bold enough to
guarantee their expenses will have to
ante up IL shillings in the 81. Other
wise the tour has been success. One
of the team, q sterling bat, in the per-
son of Sewell, will stay over and quail
ify for Gloucestershire. They have
several times got intO monetary diff.
culties, from which they have been
rescued in q liberal manner by South
African merchants and Sir Donald
Currie, the steamship owner.
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The brilliant yachting duels between
the Vigilant and the Britannia are,
alas, at an.end, if all that is said be
true. Certain enough it is that the
Prince of Wales has telegraphed to his
captain scratching his yacht for all en-
gagements this season, owing to the
sad drowning of the mate and one of the
crew of the Britannia. Captain Carter
is very sad at the loss of his trusty
companion and was not at all sorry to
finish racing this year. The Vigilant,
too, has been sin the wars" but is now
racing again. During the repairs to
her center board the latter twice sank
and had to be recovered by means of
divers. The German emperor is select
ing new designs for a yacht for next
season. 1t is to be built in Germany.
This is new departure, and the
yachts appearance next season will be
a matter of interest. The champion
swimmer of America, James McCus-
ker, and James Finner, one-time
champion of England, are matched to
swim a mile at Blackpool, but very
little interest attaches to the race, as
unless the American has gone Oft con =
siderably it is foregone conclusion for
him.
Miss Francis Grey, doctor of laws, is a
strange young woman. In appear
ance she Is tall and slender, pretty, and
has pleasant voice and is anything
but a "bluestocking," being fond Of
tennis and other games. She studied
law more for an outlet for her excep-
tional abilities than anything else, but
has no intention of practicing. She is
excellent at languages and drawing,
and is very fond of music. She was
engaged to be married to young doc
tor, but the poor fellow died on the
very day fixed for the wedding, and
Miss Grey is seeking congenial work
to drown her grief. She entertains the
highest opinions of the American
methods of education-how she would
get on" on the other side There is
so much more chance for clever wO-
man in the new world.
Why do people make themselves SC
obnoxious when travelling? Six Eng
lish excursionists, and certainly hor
rible "cads," were arrested at Boulogne
on the French coast. The good people
of that sunny little town were cele-
brating the festival of the assumption
of the Virgin Mary. The blackguards
in question ridiculed the procession and
amongst other things affected to &C
round with the hat. The outraged
gendarmes promptly ran them in and
they remained in prison for two days
the captain of the boat refusing to in
tercede for them-and rightly SO.
WILLIS.