The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
Summer Touring in Europe.

The summer seasons OF late years
have been noted for the large numb-r
OF Americans of both sexes, who aav-
ing been making the best of their time
and means ia foreign lands This
gear the number of such is not likely
to be much, If any, diminishe1 If any
are readers of the Cape DEMoCRAT,
they may learn something t. their
advantage by the observation and e.
perience of another. The present
writer, on arriving at New / ork CITY, :,
made selection of the Hayei one of
the .best steamers belonging to the
German Lloyd Company, and took a
first class passage for Bremen with
choice of any orther port east of
Southampton. The select won was a
good one as to ship. officers. and
boatmen, and the voyage opened as
promising as could be desired. To
live ON that German shin for a week
is about like having been aa Ame-i-
can guest of Queen Victoria. alwa IS
excepting the little formalities of tha'
household. Then dieties that rsie
in the Atlantic Ocean were exceeding
ly considerate, as to storms. and thrir
accompaniment, when once out in mil
ocean. But why should these -Hlrrs
of the deep waters of the sea not have
been so, seeing all were honest Ger
mans with fair mixture of Ameri-
cans, all bound for the Father
Land"
For the first few hundred miles. and
until We were fairly out ofsightof land.
everything was charming. The face
of the skies was blue, the face OF
waters any color you wished provided
you had a touch of color-blindness,
and the wave which rolled over that
vast sheet of waters was mild as the
face of the brightest angel on board
our majestic ship, which was sweep
ing us along as though borne on the
soft wings of the winds to some COW
eted heaven of rest The seabirds of
many descriptions glided, like swal-
lows over and around our heads, and
the fishes vieing in form, beauty and
vocation. performed their MANY parts
with great adroitness and perfection
all, indeed. seemed studious to do
full honor to the fine German ship
and her gay and delighted passengers.
Was this dream. or was it only feel
ings Of exhaustless pleasure which
made each ore express to the other
the wonder why they should
have deferred so long such exquisite
delight.
But people should never enter on
long voyages expecting all to be SUM-
shine. starlight and serene. The
oceans and seas of the world, and in
every cline alike, are noted for their
stormy natures. All who may have
mad 'their path upon the waters and |
heir home upon the deep" are aware
Of the angry hours when the seas
seemed to be in deadly conflict for the
mastery during long tempestous
hours. II storm on land is often |
attended with fearful ravages and de-
how must it DO out on the |
wilde wide ocean, when neither land
Dr. sky can be seen for hours and |
hours multiplied. Then you can gaze
With astonishment if not with fear,
lpon myriad mountains of angry |
waters lashed into fury, and success
ully piled upon each other, with
nothing else to reach the weary eye
except the immense trough or valleys |
nto the immense iron shops every |
low and anon plung themselves as
hough they desired to hide in shelter |
or moment the human freight that !
vas beating like great heart in the
,reast of lion, in their own steeled-
'ihbed bosoms such are the scenes
hat are often witnessed by 'those
Who go down into the sea in ships !
md do busines in great waters.n