Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-07-18

does not take kindly to such shows
The British fight we'll in Crystal Pal.
ace, much better than they do when
they come across DeW'et. There is y
very large collection of models of all
the gun boats, torpedo destroyers, etc,
which all look very we'll and no doubt
Great Britain would make very bad
enemy, that is if she has men enough
that know how to handle her guns,
but this like the military before the
start of the present war in South Afri-
ca, remains to be proved and if the
navy Is AS deficient as the other sec.
tion of the British fighting machinery
no nation need fear her. The British
have been resting on their lanrles that
the Duke of Wellington won for them
aud feasting on the satisfaction gained
at Waterloo, but they found when
they met the Beers that either the
news of the battle of Waterloo had not
reached the Beers or that they we're
not so deeply impressed with it as the
British were and had no fear from
past records. OF course we can only
draw conclusions, but | am of the
opinion that had his nibs, the Duke.
lived to have gone to Africa and told
Olm Paul who ne was and where he
came from and referred with pride to
his victory at Waterloo, don't think
Dom Paul would have llinched; but
now am drifting with my sympathles
Had forgotten that / am in London,
which we are all told is the largest
city in the world and am quite sure
that no one Can realizs what lost in
London means until they have wit
messed the sights of this great me.
tropolis, and for one to see all there is
to be seen in London would take a
very long time, SO we had only time to
see few of the most important ones,
as time and money would not permit
us to tarry longer. Living is very ex.
pensive in London. One cannot get
good common meal for less than half
crown, about 60 cents, and then it is
very common. We left London on the
9th of June for Liverpool where we
were to sail from to Philadelphia on
the Rhynlund, a boat belonging to the
American line. We passed through
some lovely country. especially so a..
this time of the year, as everything is
so lovely and green. We also passed
through some of England's principal
inland towns. The one of most note
was Birmingham. This is one of the
greatest manufacturing cities in the
world, and if the number of sm oke
stacks is any sign this must be true,
for there are thousands of them. 1t
took our train six hours to run from
London to Liverpool. The distance is
POI miles but there are trains that
make the run in four hours. We
liked Liverpool better than Lon
don because it is more quiet. The
streets are much broader, and straight
compared with London, but this does
not mean that the streets are straight
by any means, not like our streets in
in America, but they are much better
than London. We only had few
hours in Liverpool so our likes
and dislikes are not very deeply
founded. The people in Liverpool
seem to take-the world easier than any
place we have ever been No stores
or barbershops open before 8 q. m.
This is no doubt nice for the business
people but not very nice for the travel
ing public.
We left Liverpool on the 5th about
l p. m, without any deep-rooted re-
grets and saw the last OF British soil
at Queenstown, where we stopped the
next morning about 8. Here we took
on few sons of the Shamrock, and
from the way they cheered
the stars and stripes took it for
granted that they like ourselves were
leaving without regrets. In fact one
old man who seemed to have gone into
Mysteries, told me when questioned
about the cause of his hiarity and the
quality of his whisky that the boat
could only call at one port worse than
and that was at the bot.
tom OF the sea- where he would rather
go than back to Ireland. afterwards
found that he had worked on the I'm
ion Pacific as watchman at the Devils
Gate east of Ogden and was returning
to take up his old position.
After leaving Queenstown our
journey was uneventful until the
fourth day out when the weather be.
gan to get rough and tossed our boat
around considerably. 1t was almost
impossible to walk on deck, and we ex
perienced great trouble in having our
meals. We had racks on the table to
hold the dishes but for all that the
soups and liquids of any description
would occasionally get into our laps.
OF course there were some of the pas
sengers that were not troubled by this.
They were not able to get up to the
table at all; IN other words they were
sea sick, but we being old sailors did
not miss one meal. This storm lasted
and Monday. Tuesday the