The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-14
INVADING THE ROCK
Friesland Pilgrims Admire
the Wonderful Sights
of Gibraltar.
STRONGEST FORTRESS IN THE WORLD
interesting Sketches of an Old
Spanish Town = Fleeing
the Travelle RS.
SATURDAY.. FEB. lsth.

In air. Everybody is out on deck.
We passed our third ship this afternoon
since we left Bermuda. We crossed her
bow about a mile distant. On the high
seas this was a close shave.
Clouds still hover around us, but once
In a while they break away and we fairly
revel in a deluge of sunshine.
The nights lately have been simply gor-
geous. Jupiter rides, the king of the hea-
vens, and the brilliant constellation of
Orion is right overhead. Sirius follows,
the brilliant eharioteer of the stars, and
all around the broad canopy of the celes-
tial sphere the host of lesser lights are
twinkling like .patines of bright gold"
The ocean beneath US, upon whose pla-
cid bosom we are reposing, is churned up
by the progress of our ship into milky
whiteness, which wave gracefully from
our sides, and behind us is a long ribbon
of foam as far as the eye can reach.
AS I write, we have covered a little over
three thousand miles since we left New
York.
PLENTY OF SMOKERS.
In our smoking room there is quite a
variety of activity. Nearly all are smok-
ing; some are reading, others writing;
some playing whist and some that EN-
phatie American gam anne poke MA Al c, elass-
man comes in with his book, lights his
cigar, and soon he is dimfy ~recognize
through the cloud he blows out. The doc
tor follows suit, and the lawyer, Journal
list and business man helps to swell the
number. They are all social gentlemen,
of course. They couldn't be otherwise,
for all smokers are genial, sympathetic
and big hearted. You. never saw a mean
man, or a small man, or a hypocrite with
a cigar in his mouth: They wouldn't be
lantf vanan IA a
that the rule holds good conversely.
We had a ball on the p deck this
evening. The ship is decorated with
flags and bunting, and really looks quite
SUNDAY, February 18th.
This morning the sea is smoother than
surface, and the warm sun is bathing
everything in a blaze of glory. This day
promises to be warmer, and the passen-
gers are already gathering together on
MAsONS TOO.
This Is quite a Masonic party. There
aayn, about o1 Sesed Ws aEeset 81 e Visit yhs the the
local lodge in Jerusalem at a meeting to
be held in the Grottos of Solomon.
We have now been running due east
for over a week, and a very pleasant
week it has been.
The great storm that struck. US on the
fth inst, still affords a fruitful subject
crossed the Atlantic 5S4 times, and
though he had seen more severe storms
he never experienced a more uncom-
Portable night, and the sailors assure me
thai on one occasion the yard-arms
dipped in the water from the rolling OF
the ship.
Divine services were held this morning
In the dining-room.
We feel quite proud of the character OF
they are ladies and gentlemen. Of eduea,
ton, refined culture. ana nign social
pretty well acquainted with each other.
Restraint is toned down n reserve is
removed. Conversation flows freely
big family, perfectly harmonious. and
trying his very best to be
WONDERFUL GLIB.
MONDAY. Feb. Is. 1895;
Last night we steamed in tnrough the
Straits of Gibraltar. We cast anchor in
fathoms of water, and das Wne ain aoou Il
suddenly snapped q link the W1ole
concern went to he bottom- / under.
this accident entailsd a loss t6 OF
ship. Another anchor was quickly
swung and the craft made fast
When I went on deck quite early ms
in trent of us. It looked magnified
through the mist and actually seemed
Of ghost like. Fretty soon We went
ASEO1e Il llSItLGtSt a SldA4 Va 1bQ0N y
mile, and spent the day IN driving around
the CITY. inspecting the Qualifications.
We were even permitted 70 enter the cit
fust one solid rock. Long tunnels are
in a lire following the contour OF the
shore, and perforated with portfolios into
gun of one hundred thousand weight, in.
tended to throw a shell Of one thousand
ENGLISH RED COATS A PLENTY.
N T-~l;e III a ra c6a1 IVORY
where. IN English nlan-of-war was "
ing in the Bay, n scores of English
coal ships. You know this spot Is one
population of over ff3y thousand, made
up of Spanish and English. with a NIX
ture of Mcors. quantity dressed in their
all the time up and down hill. and the
roads are macao a m.zed, and all kept in
excellent condition. The principal BUSH
ture. not that they prey too much to
dsety. but they literally pray npo the
visitor. By this means : sfHbsist
curious wares. which the tourist likes TO
preserve as a memento Of the trip, and
If You conclude g hasty bargain, You
are sure to be cheated. Take Mrs. Park
er's experience as an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ankle. she was fascinated with a beauti-
full piece of embroi6ery. and wanted to
price and was told fifteen shill.ngs. l
really believe her mind was at once en-
gaged IN q calculation to figure out that
value IN American money, when a gentle
man whose acquaintance we have made
on DIR steamer. ard who has been a
very extensive traveller, whispered In her
ear. "Offer him i've s~hlllilgs.s She
promptly responded. and In less tispe
thaneit takes me to write 1T down. she
CAPTURED the article. and I footed the
bill. ~ i
Gibraltar, you know, is the key of the
ain about five million dollars a year to
the Notifications, which are the
strongest in the world, and certainly en-
tirely iInpregnable.
through The citadel. The long tunnels
drip with water, and the. footpath is a
slippery mud, and all. the time you
are either going up one incline or coming
another
I went into a bookstore this morning
and inquired for a descriptive guide of
the city. when the courteous clerk handed
me an ordinary city directory.
Gibraltar being all rock, has no means
of getting fresh water except from g few
ter from the sea All steamers resort to
the. last exDedient to get a supply for
sPIENDID CLIMATE.
The climate is beyond the temperate and
the tropical. You the
orange, banana, and palms and all kinds
of flowers luxuriantly growing all around.
The geranium reaches the proportions OF
at least ten feet high. with trunks
about three inches in diameter. The cac-
tus crows ankly and attajns a large size.
Roses were in bloom n many OF. the
trees of different kinds were out in bios
SOM
There is an old Moorish castle on the
of the hill, said by tradition to be at
least seven hundred years old 4 was also