The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-13
LAZY MANS CLUB.

TUESDAY, February 18th.
w are still at sea. and likely to stay
there the rest of this week. From IL
o'clock noon yesterday to the same hour
today we ran 367 miles, being the best
run made yet. There is a little instru-
ment used to measure the distance tray-
elled. 1t IS fastened to the stern of the
ship at the end of a line about one hum
dred feet long. and registers the number
of knots made by the ship on a small
dial. A knot is about one-sixth more
than a land mile. therefore to convert
knots to miles add one-sixth to the NUM-
ber.4 Measurement of distance is also
made by observation.
This, day. like all the rest so far. has
been shoWery. The wind. however, is
subsiding and the sea is getting
smoother.
Nothing of any consequence has oc-
CURED today. Lounging has been gener-
ally indulged in. Everybody is becoming
" evaporating. If this kind Of life con-
tinues a week longer. I shall become APP
prehensive that | may be a prominent
candidate for chairman of the Lazy
Last night a big fat man, who fills
one OF the upper births. proved alto
alton. and. during one of the rolls Of the
ship. came through and came suddenly
and heavily upon a little fellow. occu,
pylnR the lower apartment. IL is SAID
by neal n~eighbors tina his ~howllngs
could be distinctly heard above the howl
ings of the elements.
TT is a beautiful night. clear and
pleasant.
ASSUMING sEA-LEGs.
"WEDNESDAY, February 18th.
Perfectly clear and charming morning.
The air is cool, however. and you want
your overcoat to be comfortable The
roughness of the sea is gradually subsid-
ing. though the ugly roll still continues.
MA a - ,Yr - a. (, 800 1(ro1 leo -
steering directly towards It. We are now
sailing on a longitude about Z degrees
below New York. Gibraltar is only five
degrees below New York.
I've are now getting our sea-legs on.
and are able to move about with a good
deal more freedom h the first day out.
enjoy the sleep at night. In fact. morn
ing comes too soon. and o feel mad
when you are awakened by the Internal
gong that fairly ~startles you at $50. You
during the day, so you can catch up
with natures demands.
I'VE are now run fairly out of the
storm. Not a cloud is visible. The sun
shines brightly, the sea is comparatively
smooth, the ship is doing good service.
and You can give yourself up to positive
Astronomical time is given you daily
by the clocks on board. On the eastward
sailing to the westward they are set
backward four minutes for each degree
covered.
mine the exact position of the ship, usu-
ally at noon, which is marked On a chart,
together with the distance run during the
past tw~enty-four hours. This chart is
posted in a conspicuous part of the ship,
and is at once surrounded by an eager
crowd"
.THuRspAYs February 18th.
quite warm in the morning. but it be,
O'clock / sat for some time in the sun
out on the deck without an oyercoat,
and felt very comfortable. I tried it
again about four o'clock, and soon found
it necessary to- adjourn to more desirable
everything relating to this day.
In the evening we had a mock trial
F TO GLIB.
about thirteen knots an hour. There IS
scarcely more motion than there would
be to a row boat on the River Delaware.
talking and sleeping.
Talking about sleeping, let me say that
think rave put in ABOUT the largest
I am drowsy all the time, and turn out
reluctantly in the morning. The gentle
rolling Of the ship affects me just as tha
rocking. of a cradle operates upon the
babe; and then. why shouldn't it-I ami
only an old baby, after all.
We passed the Azore Islands this morn
ing about seven o'clock, but we didn't
stop on account of the lost time suf-
fered by the late storm, which we are
trying to make UP.
We are now heading direct for Gibral-
tar, which we hope to reach Sunday even
NICE HOG THIS.
There is only one living hog. SO far as
/ now on the ship, He made his APP
pearance yesterday for the first time.
He is a huge mountain of flesh, and came
to dinner after everybody else was seated,
and squeezed himself past the ladies, and
then spread himself about half way over
the table. His appetite is simply fright
full. His jaws are in motion from the
moment he seats himself till the time
for toothpicks to appear. Both arms are
elevated, and he occupies fully the space
requisite for three decent people. Not
an individual at the table likes him. II
he had the brains of a. flea he might
know 1t. but he bestows upon US his
sickly smile and pushes right ahead. His
head is enormous, face clean-shaven and
mouth so close that 1t simply looks like
a sharp slit in a piece of meat; large,
fabby cheeks, and keen, ~twinkling eyes.
| make up his photograph as. we'll as I
| can give it. To finish the fellow, I will
say In conclusion that he is a preacher
| from Connecticut.
This evening a lecture was given In the
forward dining room on the Yellowstone
Park, n in the aft saloon the band