The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-11

siVihs great stability and absolutHl
 insurins its safety in cage of nrl
 While thc primary detailS of safety an
 speed have been kept sedulously 1
 view. tho comforts and conveniences es
 pected by the travelling public have nc
 been overlooked. The saloons, smokIn
 room and staterooms are wainscota
 with solid mahogany. Tue shi
 throughout 10 lighted by electricity an
 heated by steam, and there arc eleetri
 lights and electric bells In all state
 rooms. Indeed. the Yorktown repre-
 sents in speed. comfort and safety tn
 highest and most modern type. and Is
 credit 10 the American merchant navy
 Captain Dole told me that ;he James
 town is sister ship. Both are Of thre,
 thousand tons.
 After my delightful experience witt
 Captain Dole was introduced to Pur
 Ser Llewelling and Chief Engineer Ter
 rell. The latter officer took me dowr
 intosthe engine room ard showed m,
 thS workings of a wonderful piece ol
 machinery. We then went to tine In
 fernal regions below. wbere were loca ted the huge boilers. The pondcrous and complicated engine fairly stagger. the average mind. and only a genius would attempt to talk about 1t fn prlnt
 Then came conversation with genial Purser Llewelling. l told him that l had called upon his uncle. Governor Llewelling of Kansas, at Topeka last week. with message from somc New Haven Populists. but he denied all of any relationship. Bat the prominent fact of Purser Llswelling' & manner and treatment of passengers indicate sufficiently that he is not rela- ted to the cranky governor
 failed to make the acquaintance of the steward, but all of the passengers are treated so we'll and bountifully at table that all one misses is his delight full presence.
 Just as the boat is about to sail from the dock at New York the scene is a busy one, and Is always of intense in terest to one making a first trip. Af- ter three long pulls at the whistle the boat slowly moves from her slip. The sailing hour is p. m. In thirty min- utes the vessel Is opposite the Statue of Liberty. The passage down the bay is fraught with the greatest interest. All manner of quaint and curious and in- teresting floating craft are on all sides. You pass ferryboats. freighters, emi- grant boats, ocean-liners, gunboats. oarges, fishing smacks and everything that sails on the sea. As the city fades from view the vessel calls for your attention, and you are impressed with It's strength, speed and handsome appearance. About the time the High ands are reached you are called to supper. The promenade on the deck by moonlight is one of rapturous beauty. The hours slip away unheeded as you pass in review the brilliantly ihumina- ed towns and shore resorts on the New Jersey coast. You wish. the night and 'ide might continue indeflnitely-for- 'ver By the time Long Branch has aded from view most passengers are 'eady to retire for the night. And 'uch sleep! It is amazing how quickly he body is refreshed by the soft salt ea air and your comfertable bed. The lext morning many passengers re- marked that they had retired an hour ater, and had gotten up an hour earlier. t is curteas to, note fine chanze pro- luced in 50 short time by the release rom the grind of everyday life and the hitting of the scenes.
 No one who has not experienced a unrise on the ocean can adequately ap- reciate. the beauty of the picture In II nature thers are few scenes to con- are with this. On the morning in uestion was up before the sun-some- hing unusual for me. We were off the 1outh of the Delaware bay. Every 'here, as far as the eye could reach. ou could see nothing but the bound 'ss ocean. The heavenly dome was of | zure blue. with Venus slowly fading 'om view. On the east hung some eecy clouds in pure white bunting. l resently the edge of the sun rose bove the dark, green water;-and | reat white-winged sea gull flew along le eastern horizon. AS the sun rose in Il his fiery majesty the rays fell sainst the feecy clouds and a light reeze waved them in opal streamers cross the eastern sky. The sight was
 picture! I turned to a man of four ore years and caught him dancing
 e Virginia reel. felt the thrill of his appy voice and light of his pleasant e. This man was MT. Ward, a di- ctor in g. ship-bpilding firm at Phila- 'lphia. This morning panorama last
 fully quarter of an hour. when the m had full sweep of the ocean and as beaming on the Yorktown in re- lendent rays. It was a feast for the es, but my stomach was hungry. 1e time until breakfast seemed like age, having had to wait until eight clock. That was time when I should we known the steward. After weli-served breakfast the pas- ngers all came out and we soon dis vered far to the southwest the dim times of the low shores about Capes enry and Charles The fleet vessel , ars you speedily within their lines, d into the peaceful and beautiful wa rs of lower Chesapeake bay, where B landing is made at famous Old lint Comfort. All Is life and gaiety out the pier. On our arrival there re groups of pretty girls, handsome my officers in dazzling uniforms and 7 rdes of darkies and wharf rousta- | uts. It was at this point that 'oke from my reyerie and found that was not dreaming. I had actually de the trip.
 There is too much gaiety here at pres- to write further. Later I will de- 1 my visit to the navy yard, Fortress 'nroe, the Indian school and the biz 7 docks Yours truly, TED.