The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-10-25

engers and detracts very much
from the real value and pleasure
Of a voyage. For days we saw
no sign of any other tioatirg OBJ.
ject save alone our steamer.
The following will show the
direction of our vessel The
first set Of figures are Longitude.
the second Latitude and the third
distance at sea since previous
day noon, in each case Thurs
day noon IS As, S7-49. ll3 =;
(bear in mind we did not reach
the Atlantic proper till 3 a. m. of
this day. Friday ca 50. 80 81,
293; Saturday 50 10. 41-1s, 2SI !;
Sunday 80 IS, 43-l2. 299; Mon.
day 40 46, IS 10. 292 Tuesday
10 10. 46 as. $50; Wednesday So
80, As SO. 200; Thursday 29-O6,
40 Is, 294; crossed the northern
limit of the United States today
Friday 2l-4l. 4o-iG, 29l Satur-
day omitted to copy but distance
was 3o1. Sunday 5-5s, 49-44,
Sos; Monday l-3O east, crossed.
the Greenwich meridian to-day,
51-0s, 305; the bulletin stated
that we were 297 miles from the
mouth of the Weser. and Tuesday
noon we had no bulletin as we
had left the North Sea proper
and were slowly steaming up the
Weser against the outfiowing
tide. Distance from Baltimore
to Bremen Haven 1850 sea miles
4,46I statute miles. A special
train meets our steamer to bear
US TO Bremen, 40 miles distant to
which point our tickets on steam.
er are good. Landed at Bremen
Haven about 3:3Op. m. Thurs
day after a quiet voyage of IL
days and % hours. Capt. Kuhl-
maun (he was a 'cool man" in.
deed and a sturdy but genial and
most atfable and courteous gen
tleman and endeared himself TO
every passenger aboard, told
me that he had beenon the ocean
since 1856. and that with one ex.
ception, opceSin December and.
January we had the stillest va
ers, all the voyage considered
he had ever experienced. Al
Bremer-Haven before we can
take the train we must be sub.
jected to the indelicacies and in.
conveniences incident, in travel
from one country to another, to
tnat seemingly indispensable
provision on the part of nations
for raising revenues, taritf-cus-
toms duties. But there is no
escaping. Every trunk, grip,
&C., of the first cabin passengers
is opened and searched. Either
my own poor German. my natur.
ally dark color intensified by ex.
posure on long sunny sea voy-
age added to my ordinary appear.
ance. or perhaps my assumed
expression of utter Indifference
as to what the Customs Officers
do with my Gepacke. one or all
these causes relieve me from un.
doing my carefully packed trunk
and dress suit case, the officers
simply running his hand adown
the insiae and "slamming" them
to. Now. perhaps the best ex-
PLANTATION lies in the fact that all
he saw within was so extremely
ordinary looking that he at once
decided "Nichts da." How the
poor Storage passengers suffer-
ed at their hands, very ordinary
looking persons are too often
taken for dishonest ones.) Their
trunks were opened and every
piece, it seemed to me, was dis.
played to public view. This or
deal over. we board u German
train of which [ shall have some.
thing to say in a later letter. and
are landed in Bremen about { p.
m. My first duty and delight as
well, is to send dispatch TO my
wife. This is the form to which
u reduced it: "Corbly. Nor.
gantown, wv va.,) Safe Law,
renee" For this / paid the neat
sum { Marks, so, about even ST..
90. ! am now ''in the Deutsch.
land" and must 30 forth alone to
try the realities of travel. study
and living in the land of the Kai-
ser. But my letter has length
ened to near LOGO words. Inmy
next i shall have a few observa.
tions to make on the events of
the voyage, and then pass at once
10 my travels after landing at
Bremen.