The Florida star., 1900-11-09

EExZEkzZ 49,
THREE TOURISTS on A CATTLEsHIP.
before our eyes. But we saw interest
ing phases OF old country life under
unique conditions. and the memories
add spice and Zest To the retrospectiOn.
1t was early in September when three
prospective itinerants met i'm East Or
,ange. y. J.. and decided that venture
of some novel nature To a distant cOun-
try would be n fitting termination TO
the twentieth century. The trio was
made up of Elmer Richard Soverel. a
New York railroad official: james Mar
tin. an inventor who has attained some
what Of note or nOtOriety by making a
new fashlight powder for phOtOgra-
pliers. and myself. After much pulling
In different directions we concluded
that To Europe and the exposition we
would 20. Cut rates and no extras"
was TO be the watchword. Our OBJ
ject was To establish a new record for
economy I'm a transatlantic trip. The
first man To abrOgate this solemn pact
was To he meted out punishment nc
cOrding 10 the dictates OF his cOmpa-
triOts.
The course OF procedure was as fol
lows: SOverel. being acquainted with
Willard Smith. superintendent OF one
OF the big cattle carrying steamship
lines of New York. was TO arrange for
our passage To Liverpool as helpers"
This would necessitate our caring for
the cattle and horses during the vOy-
age. but we would thereby obtain free
passage. Sept. II we went To Jersey
City. where we were To meet Mr.. Smith
and he transferred across the Hudson
10 the steamer Cymric. Each had two
suits Of clothes. two pairs Of shoes and
other garments equally distributed.
The agreement was that neither should
have any advantage In regard To appar
el. Martin took along a large package
OF his flashing powder. lie said. Il
might get IA few big orders in London.
YOU know"
Arriving at the Jersey City cattle
yards. we found that the superintend-
ent was out Of town. He was not 10
return until the next day. To wait for
Smith was the only alternative. For
dinner and supper we repaired 10 the
popular resort OF Red" Reagen. once a
green goods and gold brick expert.
There for the princely sum of i3 cents
for both meals all three managed 10
line our stomachs with pabulum famed
not for quality. Night came on. and by
virtue of the agreement Reagen's beds
at - cents were too luXuriant. there
Il. II. % q h.a
Salvation Army barracks near by,
where Ia cents was the limit Of indul-
gence.
What a night we did spend! Noise
we could stand. but the worst feature
was the presence of healthy cOntin-
gent Of small but active visitors. They
amused themselves by running or
crawling races over the sheets and the
unfortunates underneath. They were
not mosquitoes either. Martin men
toned that we might spread quantity
of his flash powder OH the bedclothes
in hope that II would alleviate our
woes. but Sovprcl and were not very
enthusiastic over the proposition and
Informed the inventor that jokes under
such conditions were in decidedly bad
form In the morning we met super
intendent Smith and were placed on
board the Cymric. We were allotted
berths down fOr'ard In large cabin
which in a sailing vessel would have
heen the fOrecaStle Work began the
first day after clearing Sandy Hook.
At { O'Clock In the morning. before the
faintest glow OF sunlight, we were
routed out OF the hunks by Foreman
Rellley with the cry. Come along
here: them COWS need hay and drink"
Many were the enlivening incidents
OF the ten day cruise. The third day
out Martin was very seasick. He