The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-11
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NEW YORK CRY, Feb 7, '03.

last year are resting now, folded
on painless breast; the glad lips
that greeted my return, are sealed
in silence beneath the slated roof
of her quiet house. He that gave
her that precious raiment Of flesh,
has clothed her anew with the bet
ter robes Of Paradise. He that al
lotted to her the task of earth so well
finished, now gives her sweet sur
cease of toll, and the new delights
of labors that bring neither weari-
ness nor toll. He that gave you a
duteous child, and me an ideal wife,
has been pleased to grant us some
knowledge of His will and ways,
and a faith that waits with cheer
full acquiescence and walks with
joyful compliance. 1t does not
grieve us, therefore, that she has
outrun us in the race for the aeav-
emily goal and rests triumphant in
the celestial haven while we are
tossed a little longer on the heav-
ing pillows of life's vicissitudes i
think she knows, and is pleased
that by the grace of her own be-
loved child l am permitted again to
walk in the earthly footsteps of the
"Son of Man," while she explores
with Him the wonders of the New
Jerusalem.
Now for the great ship and the
sweet, wide sea: You Will be curl
GUS to know something ofour car
go-especially the fuel supply. l
have not obtained the statistics of
our present cruise, but will give
Won a few items abont the Celtic in
which l sailed year ago. Six
thousand one hundred and sixty
bushels of coal were required for
zach days run-about four hum
dred and sixty-two thousand bush
els for the round trip-or six hun
dred car loads. This gives a reg
Elar force equal TO fourteen thous-
and horses harnessed to wagons on
a good road. The screws that pro-
PEELED us were attached to two steel
shafts each twenty inches in diam
eter and two hundred and ten feet
long. We had but seventy-fve
engines.
One million gallons of fresh
water, 10000 pounds of beef, So
600 pounds of potatoes, thousands
of chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese,
birds, fresh fish and vegetables,
and every thing else you ever saw
on dining table except the opos-
sum. aWT FT hrff7
The ship has 8 decks or stories
A tour around all the decks is more
than 2 miles long. To manage the
ship and passengers require crew
of 425 men-counting the steward
esses as men. The passenger;
numbered $50. After locating
these passengers one could have
found places aboard this vast ship
for every legal voter in Mt. Ster-
ling together with the contents o
every grocery, wholesale and re-
tail, dry goods stores, coal yards
saloons, etc. After having dis
posed of Mt. Sterling on one of the
decks, there would be plenty OF
room for Winchester, including
Col. Tom McEldowney and S. P
Kerr with the great mill, and r
R. Perry with the postoflice anc
his newspaper = gentlemen whC
/, would multiply the pleasures of any
cruise. Then we could acommo-
date the ADVOCATE Office, men
wives, children, machinery, STOCK
and building.
once crossed the Atlantic OF
the Celtic with 5000 people, anc
often the lower decks looked lonely
We anchored near some of thu
largest battleships ahoat, and the,
were dwarfs by the side of the
Celtic.
Sit down here with me on th'
pier and watch the excited tourists
embark. They seem to be afraic
the ship will slip away from them
although the gong for visitors tC
.