The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-10
OK BoARD "FuRsr BrsNARck,

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, Feb. 10, 1900. !
DEAR READERS 81 closed my last letter by
SAYING 1--WE we're served in pomp with an eight
round dinner on board our ship in New
York Harbor, February 10. This the Steam
ship Company could well afford to do, so lar
as the writer is concerned. HIS meals after
that we're .'litfle toast and mills and then
for change "a liitle milk and toast we're of
a one course style for four days. On Suinr-
day night the ocean got very rough and the
waves ran high four days aud four nights
The boat rocked and jumped, first in one d.
rection, then in another. until nearly all the
passengers were sea sick. The plague was
no respecter of persons. The ID. DS., the
'Rey's, " the IN. D's.. . the milhonaires and
the poor all fell in line.
Rev. Ford c. Ottoman said 81 crossed the
ocean eight times before. but this IS the rough
est voyage | ever had. !" Many interesting
anecdotes might be given to show the distress
Of sea sick" crew. but few will suffice.
4 gentleman in the dining room excused
himself and hurried TO the nearest place 81
deliverance where he could do homage 10
the fish and gull as be crossed the promenade
deck u.up. The steward on the deck Al onee
took him by the arm, ''oyer the rail sir.
please. who Is doing this ''pake. fon
OF u-up, II was the reply. Another gentle.
man excused himself from The dining room
aud hurried down the aisle Nith kAndker
chief ia his month TO conceal the crime. Two
hundred anu seventy hve passengers we're
''sea sick At one time. But after a storm
there Is always a calm. Que Thursday mora
ing oar passengers awoke from their slambeF
10 find the ocean a calns mill dafs be
tween Two hills. Our boat moved along suth
out any pereeptible motion, the sun appeared
behind the horizon in clear sky dropping
his rays Of red. gold and yellow upon millions
Of small waves. Before Us lay the beautiful
picturesque mountainous Island of Azors.
towns and villages, painted Shiie, are dotted
all along the coast. The fields, hedges and
groves are as beautiful and green IS the he3ds
IN Carroll in June. In the midst Ut all
snow capped peak rises COCO feet high. Ga
board our ship every thing changed before 10
o. clock. That old terror sea sick conld %
more hold bis subjects 10 their state rooms.
On deck 400 passengers were gfeetiag Que
another and renewing friendship made la Mes
York harbor before the storm. kverg body
bad a Joke al the expense Of poor old MF.
sea SICK and she old gentleman had no
power To revenge.
Nothing can be more pleasant than voy-
age across the ocean.
On Sunday, February Is. al I clock, Ne
anchored at GlbTaiier. The management oi
our party took as through the city and iuio
the gro,so.
Gibraltar is a selid rock of limestone and
gray marble, ls00 feet high and six miles IA
circumference. The town IS between the
rock and the wall along the coast. The
streets are narrow aud the town Is not over
500 feet wide, population 5000 Frost is
stranger here. The public parks are very
beautiful. The large rock Is indeed fort
ress as it holds hundreds OF powerful guns.
Our party was allowed 10 enter some parts OF
the fortified rock. We entered grotto and
travelled under the rock about l mile. We
were then 500 feet above sea level. About
100 feet apart caverns are dug in the side of
the main grotto TO the surface Of the rock
where large and powerful guns keep watch
through small holes, by 4 feet Other
grOttos lead to the top of the rock. The town
and the rock belong 10 England; 5000 soldiers
are always on guard here. Here everything
was order, all stores we're closed and the sab
bath was observed.
Three hundred yards east Of the rock We
stepped on Spanish soil.
Linea is a town Of considerable size 10
Spain. Here, too, soldiers searched the
writer before he could pass into the city Ia
this town the writer saw more beggars in 10
minutes than be has seen in Maryland in ~
years. The stores were open and the black
smith shoeing horses. 1t was Sunday, their
best day for business In the center Of the
town stood large arena in which the bull
fights take place on Sunday afternoon.
Throughout the whole town soldiers we're on
duty Our party returned 10 our boat aud
sailed through the strait into the MedtsF
ranean Sea at p. m. Very truly,
Gro. W. IEIsER