Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-12-26

ions, a conversational story related 70
the Herald readers For purpose Of
identification let the two travellers be
descrlbed-nOt as the passport pictures
them-but as the Kodaker and the
Scribe. The tale is their joint pro
ductlon, he Scribe merely writing 1t
down. Having thus divided the re-
sponsibility for the infection, and in
truduced the dramatis persona, let
the curtain rise
THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN
SHIPS.
1t Is the good ship HoheuzOllern-
all ships are good until they blow up,
are wrecked or founderedRRd 90 down.
She-and to all ships thefeminine pro
noun is applied because they are
good-she is Of the North German
Lloyd line the greatest steamship
company on the water. In size some
what larger than a Columbia business
block, in speed the boat Is about half
so fast in good weather as the Wabash
brance train The HohenzoIlern, with
equipment, is made in Germany"-a
phrase which in its larger bearing TO
the commerce and manufactures Of
the world has caused England's trade
prestige to grow dim. Toreceive sub
sidy from the German government
| the North German Lloyd company
agreed to have everything which went
TO make up their boats built in the
country Of the Kaiser. The company
has lived up to its agreement in letter
If not in all the spirit. The only
article OF equipment-and a most nee
eSSary article Of equipment on a Ger
man ship it is-that is not made in
Germany, is the beer. The travellers
recognize an old acquaintance in the
Anheuser-Busc Brewing Association
label. There was no outward evidence
that it had paid the beer inspection
tax OF Missouri but, Of course il had,
Governor Dockery saw to that The
crew was German, some raw German,
some half baked, all with compilations
the color OF ~underdone b~eefsteak, and
all with German t~horoughneSs and
skin. The passengers number III, Of
whom $50 are in the steerage, Italians
going home, to the regret Of Italy, and
the remaining 81 firstcabin passen-
gers. There Is no second cabin, all are
either tirst-class or steerage, ladies
and gentlemen or hogS. Down in the
steerage Is a piebald aggregation, un-
kept, unclean, nny-dispositioned and
gambling all the while. On the
promenade deck are the cabin paSsen-
gers, a small company, small enough
10 become somewhat acquainted, not
large enough TO be crowded. But they
deserve a paragraph separate.
on TIRE PROMENADE DICK, AND AT
TABLE.
The company could scarcely be more
cosmopolitan. AT our table are two
daughters Of famous American gener.
al; a widow from Philadelphia with
literary aspirations and large eyes; an
Italian physician who ear speak nc
English; two Spanish youth return
ing from Buffalo to their homes in
Malaga;a millionaire shoe manufactur-
er from Barcelona who has just es
tablished at an initial expenditure o.
one million pesetas $500, 0O0l a brancl
factory In Havana, and the twl
Travellers. We speak French, Italian
Spanish, German and an occasiona
sentence in the Missouri dialect az the
table. So mixed Is the con versation
so little used the only language which
the Travellers speak, that this morn
ing the Scribe caught himself respond
ing 70 the doctors inquiry, "Spik In
gles?'' with the German "Nein.n
Besides the table companions Their
is an equally motley assemblage 0
passengers: A naval oficer, who look
like Santa Claus and acts like Samp
son; the woman who has crossed th,
Atlantic "a times and is still cross;
Pittsburg merchant going to sell Goa
to the Italian government; the maj
who has seen it all before-wOult
be had been left behind; a Montrea
banker with his family on their wa.
70 spend the winter In Algiers; a Cali
fornia Sunday School superintendent
looking for the Holy Land-terrestial
a heterodox clergyman going abroal
for the Congregations health, peopl
seeking rest, study, pleasure, profit
oblivion abroad, people speaking al
. languages except their own. And tn
: !. inevitable bride and groom-two 0
. them In fact-love-siek, seasick an
delightfully."- miserable. II is a happ
; family altogether. With GONZALES
, cence from -seasickness comes a geneI
al goodfellowship which continues IN
I'll the boat drops anchor IN the CT
. braltar harbOr and the g00dbyes ar
! said. Only one thing does the Serb
hold against the company. He wa
called prOfesSor-doubtless because b
be appeared the poorest financially o.
: the deck.
n on THE WATER FOR NINE DAYS.
, From New York, which we left a
IL o'clock on the morning Of Saturday
the sixteenth Of November, 10 tn
Rock OF Gibraltar, is a nine days yoy
age, 31l2 miles as the ship steamS. /
Is supremely selfish experience, al
ocean voyage Of any length. One can
, not do much more than eat and drinl
and sleep and loaf upon the deck
There is no business to bother, no let
tiers 10 disturb, no newspapers-bless
ed experienced 1t brings a new leas
Of llfe-this absolute separation from
all other life. Even worry, the fata
malady Of Americans, is driven ava.
and no one hurries-what's the use
There is only one cure-all In tn
apOtbecary shop Of nature and that ]
the r~est-cure Of an ocean voyage
Some unlucky day a Marconi win de
liver wireless kilograms on board tbl
steamer and then eye this last re
sort Of man will be destroyed. Unit
this time comes, for all ailments tina
flesh and mind is heir 70, take a yoy
age upon the ocean away, away. Herr
only does selhshness. the besetting sin
Of mortals, have good result
Eating Is a great event on ship
board. Breakfast at eight luncheon