Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-09-19
AT HOME AGAIN.
]. 3. Nisslsy Writes Of His Home.
ward Trip.

W. wiz AtNhCttui,
New YORK, BAY, Sept. love ar
rived this morning at 3 O'Clock, again
setting foot on United States soil,
safe and well after trip around the
world. Our last bit Of old world
sightseeing was in Ireland.
Queenstown is the harbor for Cork,
located on bay that extends inland
from the Atlantic, a port at which
nearly all Liverpool and New York
liners stop for mail and passengers.
After seeing the Glasgow exposi.
tion We wended our way across the
Irish sea and saw little Of Irish life
and scenery, principally Giants
Causway, the Lakes Of Killarney,
Blarney Castle and its famous stone
(but we did not kiss it finishing at
Queenstown Wednesday evening, the
4th inst, to make few preliminary
arrangements before sailing early the
following morning. After telling
cham bermaid about 2S times to be
sure and call US at $50 in the morn.
ling, the porter a half dozen times
and the proprietor twice, we went
to bed, but, alas, not to sleep. con.
fess the only night out Of 1853 nights
that | heard the clock strike two
excepting one night in Colombo,
Ceylon, when mosquito, possibly a
regiment Of them, were claiming my
attention as well as a part OF my sub
stance with persistency that | could
not ignore.
But is it any wonder that sleep was
such task-to miss that boat would
mean delay Of from five or six weeks
as all passages across the Atlantic at
this season of the year must be Sc
cured that long in advance. OF
course an absence OF six months for
the first time from America is quite
enough with out any extension and
! feel perfectly justified for this
slight attack of insomnia.
That am now in Long. W. 81 and
Lat. N. 4S is proof that we did not
miss the boat and II the sea does not
get any rOugher and no delays occur
we will be in New York in ab,ut 10
more hours, that is Wednesday morn.
ing, the 18th inst.
am thoroughly in love with sea
travel; it's a grand holiday, a splen-
did vacation, with nothing to do but
do nothing and keep comfortable.
AT odd spells we walk, play games,
read, write, eat (wben we can) and at
night enjoy leaning on the rail and
watch the phosphorus in the water,
like millions of fire flies on land dur
ing summers evening. Once in a
great while we see a whale, some por-
poises, gulls and other things equally
Misunderstanding but they serve the pur.
pose Of breaking the monotony.
This Uhe Oceanic) is great boat,
the second largest ahoat. 7O4 feet
long, $4,000 horse power and a ton.
mage Of l7,400 tons.
On board are PAP people, Of which
number about 450 belong to the
ships crew. The balance are pas
sengers. Among the number is the
no,edand ex,entric Helty Greene. 1t
seems almost ncreditable that such
an aggregation Of iron, coal, (about
200 carloads) water, stores with
which to feed all these people, freight
ETC., could float at all.
Well our circleis now nearing com.
pletion. Since starting we have
Travelled 10000 miles, two thirds by
water, requiring about one third Of
our time or 6S days. We have nearly
made up the day that we dropped
out OF our calander April 1l'h while
crossing the 1870 degrees Of longitude
in the Pacific Ocean.
Sailing from San Francisco and land
ing at New York comprises field Of
wide discovery. Into it is crowded
many scenes and incidents that
makes most interesting links in the
chain. They are all cherished. but
happily they increase in beauty ms
one after another is woven to it,
predecessor. There are several more
yet before it is fully completed and
! doubt not but what the one which
will connect US with Topeka will be
the charm.
This tour has been great pleasure
to me, and II these letters Gbough :
hurriedly and sometimes spa.modical.
J writteb) through which hoped TO
share that pleasure with my friends,