The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-24
FROM MINISTER HART.

Ocean Wave ia the TrOPleS-A Letter
written ORths Florida COaSt.
An interesting letter was received
yesterday at the IntellIgencer office
from Minister Charles Burdett Hart,
from which the subJolned extracts are
taken. The letter was written on board
the Atlas line steamship, Allegheny, OF
Fernandlna, Florida, $50 miles west,
Tuesday morning. June Is. and, as Mr..
Hart expresses II, lust after breakfast
and smoke and n walk around the
block, from which you win kindly take
note that l am able to sit up and take
my cruel" After some observations OF
a personal nature, Mr.. Hart continues;
II am having q most delightful loaf.
| Monday night we ran through squat
| from the northwest, but with that eX-
ceptiOn we have been sailing summer
sea much more placid than / have seen
the Ohio OF times.
First OF all. the ship Is surprise &c
me. She was built on the Clyde two
years ago, built for the tropics and ioT
the comfort OF her passengers, The
ventilation Is perfect. From which II
follows that the state rooms are al
ways comfortable. There Is absolutely
/ no SNIP HIltAlt which AAfAN :" " q
great boon 90 the passenger. Every
where is scrupulous cleanliness, and
the cleaning seems 10 be unceasing,
About everything Is the air Of trim
ness. The first couple OF days out the
| officers were in blue uniforms, enough
| gold to make them imposing. This
| morning they appeared in white, BY
| that same token giving notice that we
| are well into the tropics. Neyerthe-
less. the sen breeze and thin clothing
| prevent discomfort.
we have had fair skies and moon
light ali the way. The atmosphere this
morning IL as clear as II can be-and
there is not a sail In sight anywhere.
| But aboard everything goes so wei
that we do not feel lonesome. Most OF
the ladies' and some OF the men went
down Sunday evening Some Of them
returned to the deck last evening, and
ali have shown w this morning. but
| not all entirely happy. One Of two little
nuns bound for Costa Rica-a sweet.
faced little woman-shows marks OF
much distress
1--WE have had no moro pitching than
Is necessary 10 ride the waves, and alb
solutely no rolling. In addition to her
centre keel the Allegheny has two side
keels, or wings. TO prevent rolling, and
| the device works admirably. Then the
| fore topsail Is set to give additional
steadiness. and there you are; In a
certain kind OF sen II Is impossible to
prevent altogether the rolling motion
| but even then the wing keelS reduce
this to a minimum.
'Our table Is the best-everything
good to begin with. well cooked and
well served. Electric light, salt water
baths In large porcclnin-llned tubs,
electric bells evervwhere-why should
not life be tolerable?
"1,he Allegheny Is not great trans.
| Atlantic liner. but she is the best OF the
/ tropical liners and no small beer 81
that. on this voyage she carries the
heaviest cargo she ever carried, and
was obliged to leave on the pier IN New
York about 1900 packages. The captain
Is a Scotchman. who has sailed all the
seas, and these for twenty-three years.
He Is the senior captain OF the Atlas
| fleet, and a most agreeable man. we
nTe honorcd with seats ut his table,
which makes a comfortable Httle dln-
Ing party Of i've.
IT cannot think OF more delightful.
more restfuI outing than trip on the
Atlas inner. Allegheny, under Captain
Lowe from New York to Jamaica and
return. The rest at Jamaica tkings-
toni, while the ship is making her Col
| ombian and Costa Rica ports Is dcscrib-
| cd as altogether pleasing. II one does
not like the coast, he may take TO the
mountains Of Jamaica, which rise TO a
| height OF 1000 feet, and he may mako
| the Journey on an American railroad.
| The round trip from New York made
in this way would use up three weeks,
Kingston being reached on the sixth
| dny out from New York.
1--WE are due in Kingston on Thurs
| dny, departing on Saturday for Sara
nllla, which we should reach on Mon
| day, From Saranilll. short rail- run
to Barrnnuulla, to take the boat ny
| tho Magdalenn An American gentle
man having business interests In Col
| ombia has placed at our disposal his
| fine home Cnow closcd) In Barranqull-
| Ia, This we shall use while waiting fo'
| the steamboat and be mighty thank
| ful for II. We have arranged TO turn
aside from the straight and narrow way
| to Bognta, leave the Magdalcnn at Cal
| amor about ten hours from Barrln'
/ nuIlIa. 20 by special train down TO the
seaport OF CortagenH, take look at
that ancient walled city on which the
| SpanIards spent about S59.0O0,OOO gold
\ and the next or the second day return
TO Calamor and take thcNboat that vii
bring along our plumber
"Unhappily the American minister u
fatty forbidden to write letters about
the country 10 which he is accredited
which denies to the said accomplished
diplomat the qualification OF telling the
folks Mt home some things TINT might
interest them The point OF the prohl'
billion II that one word might dcstroy
the usefulness OF the country's repre-
| sentative.
Tomorrow morning We call at For
tune Island to take on a crew OF ne
groes go handle cargo on the round trlI
I'm the tropics. dropping them on al
their island ns the ship returns on hei
way to New York, II Is said OF thcst
men that they are honest, Industrious
| peaceful temperate. These are gooD
Things to say OF any men These lines
win 20 back to New York from For
tune Island.
"The kilograms and tho flowers from
home that came 10 us on the steamer
lust before sailing, touched Us deeply
and the flowers have given pleasure e
our fellow passengers. is there a more
expressive tongue than the language o.
the nowcrs2
ITO the friends who may ask, please
| say TINT we do not EXPECT to find heart
70 good and true as those we have lcf
behind
I'VE may nct on line from Jamnica
| aud thcn-'thc land " the prOhbi
ton
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