The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-08

Carolinians think Mount Mitchell some
mountain But though on a pedestal
$500 feet 0 the sea II only reaches
a height OF 500 feet. all told. Yet IL
is the pride and glory OF our state
that ii has the highest mountain east
Of the Rockies. How humiliating. then.
to our pride to find OF the first little
island we meet in the ocean, a noun
tain hat rises 1900 feet directly out
Of the sea, showing every variety Of
climate, from The sea that daShes Itself
into spray at its base TO the snow that
crowns its summit
On Thursday We passed slowly first
between Pico and Fayal. next between
Pico and San forge. We went very
slowly. passing Terecira in the night,
and had the morning Of Saturday for
San Miguel. Then with $500 miles be-
hind Us We started out on the GOO miles
! Of ocean DeIween the Azores Il Gil
Draltar.
We have a very charming ccmpan
On board. Our Own party enjoys IL
self greatly with ore another. but we
have found many other congenial
friends, some with tender ties Of asso-
citation with our fathers and mothers.
Of course there are cranks aboard. too.
The scientist" who knows il ali, was
intimate with Darwin and Pasteur.
travelled with Nansen, and is slightly
embarrassed when If asked If he knows
from his three monuhscmfwypmfwwy
the Kaiser; the spiritualist. who re-
ceives letters from his three months
infant who died, and recognized the
handwriting; the advanced" woman,
who thinks preachers should leave the
"wOrn-Out' theme Of sin and saliva
ton, and preach on economical ques-
tons; the kim friend. who knows
more the trip you ought to a X than
you do yourselves, and is ready always
with unsought advice. But the most
of the people are kindly, cultured Chris
tan peOple-many Of them ministers
and Sunday school workers, seeking in
the lands of the Bible new light on
Gods Word. Then all hearts have
been made tenderer by a sad incident
of the outset of the voyage A gen.
. TleGnan who was recovering from a
spell of Illness ought the voyage as
a means of convalescence and was at
tackled with brain-fever the first night
and died or Monday. His wife, who
was with him, has to sail these thous-
and of miles away from home, before
she { n return (from Gibraltar) with
his body.
We have had services both Sundays.
The first Sunday Rev. r. Z. Caldwell
preached from the text: For Ccrist's
sake" connecting the life of Christ
With that OF PAUL., as we were 10 WISH
the lands made memorable by the la
bors of both Yesterday DR.. Chas. s.
Robinson, editor Of the celebrated Sc
ries of hymnbOoks, and cousin Of a very
valued elder, gave US a sweet old
mans" sermon, while at night We had
a good strong sermon from a MethO-
j dist minister.
! l have been interested in knowing
how different people came. Many have
wealth and are here in families. With
Others, it is the event and effort Of their
I lives. The minister just mentioned
said he owed his trip to the goodness
of a SON. I owe mime to many, but
most of all, I would dedicate it, as
Nansen dedicated his book, ITO the
One WHO had courage to remain be
hind"
But no account of this voyage would
be complete without a mention OF the
r~osy-cheeked, c~urly-haired deck boy
who does more work in a day than a
: half dozen negroes in a week, and who
signs for the man-of-war on which he
was before, because there was more
to do. He is the pet of the ship, ready
and obliging always. After calling
him Heinrich and Fritz and what not.
I summoned a little German from the
back part of my memory and said:
WAS list hires Namen?" "Wilhelm."
Flu der Kaiser?" YAH"
with Cape st. Vincent in full view. No
hostile demonstration has come from
ITS portures, but in all events we are
ready, for Wilhelm has just polished
up our brass nncn P. III. H.