Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-09

wet ana Sllppery uech 10 tile TdliihS' maui
deep bow-not one of reverence for the
mighty ocean. however, and after liberal
contribution to Neptune of all that I had
eaten for dinner Iindulged in meditations
somewhat as follows why are people such
id fools as to go upon the water when
there is so much good, solid mother earth to
get about upon? For pleasure For their
health? To seek foreign lands Bahl The
pleasure is q myth. Physicians who advance
the theory of a sea voyage being beneficial to
health, ought all to be incarcerated in luna
tic asylums Why are not Americans content
with seeing their own great and glorious
country a? These and other thoughts quite as
nonsensical passed through my mind in rap
id succession. Ugh! The sight of so much
water filled me with extreme disgust all, ex-
cepting my poor stomach, which was as
empty as it was during my prolonged fast in
the city of New Orleans.
The stern of the vessel, to my distorted
vision, seemed to rise and fall a distance of
at least fifty feet. 1 had considerable diff
Guilty in keeping on my feet, and concluding
that, underthe circumstances the promenade
deck was not just the right place for me, l
also went below to our cabin where found
poor father curled up in his berth dead
sea drunk" and, no doubt, wishing over and
over that he had remained at home. We didnot
leave our cabin until late the next day and
during that time ate nothing but one orange
and little bouillon. We had lots of company
in our misery as nearly every person aboard
was sick, although some suffered much
more than others. am strongly inclined to
think that father and l were among the
some" The ocean was rough nearly the
whole of the voyage, and the air so cold that
we had to wear our overcoats continually.
1t is but due the Hamburg American Line
to mention the courteous treatment we re-
ceived from both officers and attendants.
The meals were excellent and everything
was done for us that could in any way con-
tribute to our comfort and make the journey
less tedious.
The band played about one hour every
morning and two hours every evening.
Had the weather been favorable, we un-
doubtedly would have greatly enjoyed the
trip over the great water.
About o'clock on the morning of the 14th
we passed one of the Scylla Islands and
skirting along the Southern coast of Eng
land for three hours, we entered the harbor
of Plymouth, where the ship was met by a
small steamer which conveyed our passen-
gers for London to the railway station.
This harbor is very pretty one and
strongly fortified immense forts standing
upon the hills on all sides. From one of
them salute of several guns was fired
probably to let us know what the smell of
English gunpowder was like. At six in the
evening we reached Cherbourg, France,
where our passengers for Paris were trans
ferred. Here we saw very pretty sight-a
landscape scene in the clouds, caused by the
top of a very high hill with large house up
on it, showing above the dense fog in the
harbor. All through that night the fog horn
was blown at regular intervals and the ship
made but little progress. In the morning
we had passed through the English channel
into the North Sea and at 10 o'clock that
night we arrived at our destination, the har-
Dor of Cuxhaven, having been nine days up
on the water. The next morning we were
landed and by special train conveyed to
Hamburg, a distance of 65 miles.
Hamburg is a very pretty town, and by no
means small one as it has population of
74O,O 900. 1t is called the Venice of the North"
by reason of the lengthy waterways and
lakes within the city limits. Through the
heart of the city extends a long narrow park,
at one end of which is a lake called the Ais
ter. 1t is rectangular in shape and covers
twelve or fifteen acres. The banks are
evenly walled and on all sides of it are solid
rows of handsome buildings. 1t is crossed
by two fine bridges.
On our first day in the city made an er-
ror which afforded father considerable
amusement. Looking out upon the street
from our room in the hotel, I noticed upon
the top of lamp post tin sign with the
words "Halters-Stelle" upon it. Supposing it
to be the name of the street, made mental
note of it. That afternoon after wandering
about through the city, we could not find our
way back to the hotel. Stopping a passerby
we asked him if he could direct us to the
Germania Hotel. He asked what street it
was on and promptly replied. Halters-Stelle
street. He did not laugh in my face. The
Unborn courtesy of the German would not
permit him to do that, but I soon after dis
covered that had given him ample cause
for so doing. The same words stared me in
the face on other streets They mean Halt
ing Place." and are placed upon the posts
along the street car lines to let the public
know where the cars stop to take on pas
sengerS.
We stayed in Hamburg three days visiting
the museum of Natural History, Hall of Fine
Arts and the Geological Gardens with col
lection of animals much larger than that of
Central Park, New York.
From May 9th to June 2nd, we were in Ber-
lin. the third largest city in Germany. 1t has