The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-08

"hNt Nv ASs wv fllllNU
from Now York, February 0, on tho
good steamship "Fricsland,P II, L.
NickcllS, captain. for $4,000 milo cruise
to tho Bcrmuda', tho Azores, and tho
noted citios of ,hrco continents border.
ing tho Mediterranean soa. Ono Of nv
boYhood dreams wa' to ,ako aumo auch
a Trip and SOC for myself tbroo things
tho pyramids, tho sccnOs OF tho biblc
%stories, particularly tho place whore the
boy David had his fight with Goliath,
and lastly to sec niShtcngulCs, hear the
sony tho poets rave over aud test for
mysclt whether 1t Is any Hwoo,er than
that OF our common Wsit Virginia cat.
bird, whom no Ia doing hi, beat. Ac.
cotdinGly an early resolve was that tho
frs, money | earned and could sce ny
way clear TO spend In travel ahonld 10
into such o trip, and now tho dream IL
being fulfilled.
Lilo OH an ocean steamer Is not what
Il Is sometimes painted. No had n
prosperous start from New York, the
waters smooth and tho air clear aud
bright, but intensely cold, registering s
degrees below zorro. Things became
squally tho next day aud a moro CON-.
pleto change from dignity to abandon |
have never seen. Ot'the four hundred
and thirty passengers less than thirty
escaped seasickness. Tho wind during
tho night Ia said to have amounted to a
cyclone. Waves washed over tho prom
made deck and on n tremendous lurch
crushed two Of tho lifoboat, suspended
there. When the ship 10 nj rost these
boats lilo thirty feet above the level Of
the water. 1t is 4 distressing thing 10
500 many people seaRick and all tho
more so when you have to join Thorn. On
man who had made five or six visits to
the railin. and each limo made n fear
ful noise in upheaving, was greeted
with laughter aud encouraged with
mock advice from the crowd. Il
was unkind, but tho poor follow
was too sick 10 care, and the crowd want.
cd something TO gottheir minds of their
own miser!es. Shortly a!tor B o'clock
those remaining on deck were driven
in. = grca! wav up.cttinS the steamer
chairs and their occupants in Il heap.
Mr.. Taber. OF New York, was driven
with such forco rs TO have his leg broken
in two places, and another man had his
eve badly Injured. A kodak view OF tho
wo.begonc and disguised ladie. ut this
time would shock their friends on shore.
The waves werc u magnificent sight, tho
bot,le.green crosts dashinG into foam
and SPRAY over tho fore deck or chang.
ing the hills or hollows OF amethyst to
blue.
THE pERMUDAl
On the 9th VIC arrived At tho Der.
mudas. The islands in living green DO.
fore US were remarkable in Frightening
up the detected passengers. The drive
to Hamilton, twelve miles over coral
roads, past fields OF potatoes, onions and
Easter lilies, banked by olcauder bushes,
palms. ~citrou, oranges and bananas,
with roses, geraniums, hvacinths and
other flowers in full bloom, was n VERT.
able paradise TO those who three DAYS
before were shiverlng in Now Works
blizzard. Tho houses are all made from
sawed coral, whitcwashed each year by
order OF the government, and q eleanor
place canHo well be Imagined. Tho
potable water is collected from the rools
into cisterns. Great Britain owns tho
nineteen and one-quartRr square miles
comprised in tho 3j5 Islands. aud will
continue to hold her strategic point
against all cOmers. No American can
own land without swearing allegiance
TO her majesty the queen. Tho ~popula.
tiou alI told is about 10000. Ono may
doubt the roputcd fertility OF the soil
until he gees it, and then ho is incliued
to adopt tho queen OF Shcba'S words,
"tho half was never told"
Pittsburgh has twenty-five rcp.cson-
tatiycs in our party, tho largest dolcga-
CATION from any ono city. Scwickloy,
Washington, Allegheny, Mononga-
hela City md East Liverpool arc
also represented, mud would swell
tho Greater Pittsburgh" c%ontin-
gent to ovo forty. l havo me. all
tho Pittsburgh Times preachers, Rov.
David Jones, Rev. J.. 7. StiiIey, ltoy.
DR.. J. II. Prugh and Fathers Tobin.
Trantovcin and Bigham. Rav. G. s.
Lucas. OF Pittsburgh, has been laid up
most OF tho time with grip. From tho
"Rolly-Poly," printed On board, and OF
which | have tho honor to DO one OF
tho editors, | learn that thlrty.thrao
states are represented, Pennsylvania
leading with seyenty.iyc and Wost Vir-
ginla and California bringing up tho
rear with ono each. Several iormor
residents OF West Virginia, however,
arc credited to other states, Rev. J. II.
Logic, OF Baltimore, and Miss Edith
%Syming,on, OF Richmond. Va, being
natives OF Charleston and Rev. DR..
Hammer, of Lamington, N. j., was Il for
NOR pastor ut Parkoraburg. Jamcs s.
Stocking, OF Washington, Pa. George
Hamilton, oil East Liverpool. George Z.
Scabring. OF Eas. Palatinc, and Isaac
Yolc, jr., Of Monongahcla City, aro
among my noighbora. EOv. Dr.. w. I.
Jacobs, Of Clinton, S. e.. Row. Rood
Stuart, OF Detroit, aud Mr.. Stocking nro
my roommatcs. Mr.. Stuart Ia n native
OF Moundsvllle.
GIBRALTAR.
We spcnt tho 18th at Gibraltar, tho
koy to tho Mediterranean and Great
Britain's possessions in India and Airi-
en-. 1t Ia n compact limestone or mar.
bio rock l,43D foot high at Its Highest
point, il thrcn miles long, abou. six
miles in circumference, and in siiapc
not unlike n gigantic lion. 1t has n gar
rison at present Of 5000 aoldiers. blu.
there arc stores and water cistorns that
would supply 100000 men iortwo yours.
Tho rock Is literally honuycombal with
tunnels. has 1000 cannon and Il miue
between it and tho neutral territory.
which on being exploded, would con-
vert 1t into mn island.