The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-12-20
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TO EUROPE AND BACK.
HOTEL VICTORIA. J
LONDON, Eng, !
September 9th, 1895. J


September 9Th, 1895.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I left YOU at the entrance
| to the harbor of Southampton. As the
Paris sped on toward the dock every pas
senger took his stand where he could COM
| mand the best view We were all filled
| with conflicting emotions, for although
| our time as passengers had been pleasant
ly passed yet most of us were eager to land.
Man is not an amphibious animal and his
natural prediction is toward terra tirma
The nearer we approached the wharf the
slower our run, for apparently every foot
of surface of the water bore upon its bosom
some species of craft. Every nation of the
earth was represented and flags of all col
ors were floating from the many mast
heads. SO near did we pass these vessels
that conversations were overheard. A
Spanish gun-boat gave us Il salute, and a
moment later we were by the Queens
yacht. There is nothing particularly no.
ticeable about its exterior, but | was told
that its interior furnishings are of the most
sumptuous and luxurious kind. 1t was
quite II o'clock at night when we threw
out our rope to be made fast at the dock,
and dropped our anchor, but the arrival of
a trans Atlantic vessel is always eagerly
awaited, and for several minutes there was
a laundering cheer from those on land
which We gave back again with compound
interest Then the whistles of every boat
-, b. .l-,l l, Ia halJ
changed until the uproar was deafening
Suddenly the Paris pushed against the
wharf throwing half of us off our feet and
then all was still. But we were vet rock
ing as if on the waves, for after eight days
on the ocean one has to acquire his land
legs gradually. As soon us the gang plank
was laid there was Il rush to see who would
land first. The effort led the discontinue
of fully Il dozen who in their eagerness fell
| on English soil in one confused lump of
| flesh with bruised legs, scratched hands
| and torn clothes. 1t was too late for a
ight train to London, but number of
passengers were in time for the last boat
over the English Channel for Havre The
| proverbial busy bee would blush at his own
| laZiness were he to see the unloading Of an
ocean vessel. Those people worked with
| Il vim which suggested the stored-up ener-
| gv of a half century. Such Il noise | nev-
er heard as the cargo was passing through
Il half dozen apertures in the ships hold
The manner was to place everything up
| on an inclined board reaching from the
| wharf to the boats side and send it down
with laundering roar. Several millions
of dollars in silver bars were included in
the cargo. The bullion filled fully dozen
cars and was assigned to London While
these cars were loading | stepped upon
| English soil and the first thing that caught
my eye was the advertisement of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. This caused me to COM
pare the rolling stock of that company
| with what was before me. Those little
freight cars would be lost in one of our
box cars they are not half as long, with Il
proportionable build looking like large
! chicken-coops. The engines are also very