The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

yard, furnished us with a passport
and we began the day there. We
found ourselves in forty-five acre
space enclosed by high brick wall.
Over 1000 men were at work. An
immense dry dock built of granite
36 feet deep and 286 feet by 30 feet
at the bottom, and 307 by SO feet at
the top attracted our attention at
first. The Cincinnati with her twin
screws was exposed to full view in
this. Our time was too limited to
board all the memo war and so we
selected the Brooklyn as the one to
do thoroughly. In passing to it we
saw the great black wooden hulk Of
the antiquated Alabama, no longer
seaworthy, but kept, / believe, as .
hospital in emergency What a
thrill experienced as | passed up
and over the side of Commodore
Schley's famous boat. An officer
was detailed to show us through.
He was able to explain everything
fullyto us, being master mechanic
We went into the turrets and
handled and sighted the six and one
poundeC rapid fire guns. The
mechanism for hosting the loaded
shells from the hold to each turret
and to the breech of the guns is
very ingenious. We saw the eight
and five inch rapid fire gunsthat
were used in the engagement off
Santiago. The electrical keyboard
was larger than any | have yet seen
in any village or small city. We
were in apartments whore during
action men were bolted in with no
means of communication outside
save the .tclephone. The spots
where the armor had been pierced
were pointed out to us. The tor
pedoes that travel under water and
explode as directed from the ship
are wonderful. They are a sort Of
propeller in themselves, costing
-, 800 each. Everywhere through
the boat we found men, off duty.
asleep, on the hard floor amid noise
of hammers upon plate and trampl.
ing feet. In the armory we saw the
small arms and also trophies Of the
war, side arms, etc, that were cap
tured. We walked the very boards
that Schley paced during the Illus
trious battle As we left the yard
we said we could whip the whole
earth If necessary.
Our next object was Wall street.
Here we found marble and granite
buildings as u common thing. Re
tween u. m. aud 4 p. m. it is the
busiest spot in New York. The
mon0y transactions exceed all other
exchanges in the United States.
We entered the Stock Exchange, 4
five-story building OF white marble,
with columns and upper stories OF
colored granite. Obtaining Sight.
" place in the gallery we studied
the bcdlam and apparent confusion
reigning on the exchange floor, un-
til the II O clock gong sounded, thea
everybody rushed for the street.
Nearby, with its lofty spire over
lowered by modern business blocks
stands Trinity church. How strange
to pass from the sordid uprOar into
the vast solemn retreat OF this old
church, and adjoining it the church
yard with Inscriptions on its tomb
stones over 100 years old.
We now began to look for dinner.
Child ) restaurants are a feature of
the city; they abound everywhere.
AS we passed into one a large server
was given each of us Then we
march with the crowd past stalls oI
cooked meat, vegetables, breads,
pastry, tea 'and coffee, and all the
rest Of it, loading up with anything
we choose. At last we reach a
counter from which lady looks
over our burden and places upon it
punctured ticket; then we pass in
to an apartment of tables, select
one, and begin our lunch at once
without having to wait for waiter
or anything. A quick way of get
ting a good meal. One more move.
and our ticket is taken up, we pay
and pass out.
Then we took in the piers and
docks. with their immense ware
houses and sheds, from the Battery
to Cortlandt street. The shipping
of the earth can be seen here. We
boarded a transatlantic steamer.
Trying to comprehend this scene is
like attempting to count the stars
We returned to Battery park and
spent an hour in the public aquarium,
once used as Castle Garden, the i'm
migrant landing-placc. 1t has two
floors of over 100 tanks of fresh and
salt water fish. Turtles, seals,
sharks, and many curious and beau
tiful creatures from Maine to Ber-
muda and Great Lakes present an
exceedingly interesting study. At
forwards we were attracted by u
large crowd gathering nearby watch
ing an incoming boat carrying inn
migrants from Ellis Island. These
unkempt people seemed to find peo-
pie very much interested in them,
and the rude signs of gratiiied atfcc-
tion were unmistakable and atfec :
ing; and | saw some human sharks
looking after human prey among
them, far more to be dreaded than
the specimens in the Battery.
Then we took the boat for Coney
Island and Brighton Beach. Ar