The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

then l remember the very wise reso-
| luton of Islam's prophet with regard
| to the mountains, and | respectfully
await developments and reserve judg-
ment. You may conclude from my
remarks that the good ship Stella is
! slow. Do not be so hasty. Slow is
misleading, and in no sort of way de-
| scrihes our glacier-like movement. You
| may remember that we proposed to
sail for Naples, and we have not yet
seen the Mediterranean. A school of
porpoises came alongside yesterday,
but they soon We're miles ahead.
We have seen the sun once, and then
only for a few moments. We have had
rain nearly every day.
Cut Of From s'the World"
But the misery is that we do not
know what is going on in the world.
There is no Marconi system on board.
Have the Japs taken Port Arthur?
Has a new hotel been started in Sa-
Vannah, or another skyscraper? Has
Mr.. Hearst carried anything except
half a dozen newspapers? Have the
Republicans got a candidate for the
tail of the ticket? Have any crumbs
fallen from the treasury into the open
mouth of the collector over home
Have the Republicans become virtu-
Gus or the Democrats wise? Is the
| capital of the republic on the clam
garnished shores of Oyster Bay or on
| the torrid banks of the Potomac?
! Do the North Georgia folk yet come
| to Mrs. Bannon's to eat fish dinners?
| These be burning questions and vet
| what know we thereof?
Justice makes me admit that there
is another side to this question. We
] haVN attentive, capable and courteous
, officers, the largest and most con-
venient state rooms have ever seen;
! a very good table and congenial and
! pleasant company of voyag gers.
GeOrgians with the Bishop.
| Georgia has five representatives on
| board. Atlanta, as usual. taking the
! lions share. There are three Virginians
on board, so l hope for better things.
We have half a dozen young ladies
who are more or less under the care of
a lady teacher from Washington, d.
! C., and as many young men who are
: evidently taking care of themselves
and in their spare moments taking
care of the aforesaid young ladies.
The young men are from a school of
technology in Boston. AS the latter
city is the hub of the American uni
verse. | suspect that is the reason the
young men so soon spoke to the gem
tier students.
June u.-Yesterday morning we
came abreast of Cape st. Vincent.
which with the aid of glasses we could
readily investigate, though without
them we could easily make out signal
station and some dwellings.
Last night in clouds and mist and
rain we sailed by Gibraltar and saw
nothing save the town lights. To-day
the sun came out and we have the
first fine day.
An Amateur Navigator.
There is gentleman on
board who is very much interested
in the scientific part of our journey.
He carries thermometer in one pock-
ct. barometer in another and in his
vest pocket a mariners compass. The
barometer fell last night about II, but
we had no storm as | feared 1t had
been hung i'm the state room and the
string broke.
| think l have made quite a remark
able discovery with the compass. TAX
ing it to the bow of the steamer and
placing ii on the level l find that the
I Stella is going i'm a southeasterly di-
4 rection. But when / was in the stern
of the boat l found that we We're sail
/ ing nearly due west Doubtless that
! accounts for the slowness of our pas
sage. Like in politics, the side with
the strongest pull will get there first.
All day the coast of Spain has been
in sight.
Sunday ON ship BOARD.
June T., Sunday-A beautiful day.
but about as monotonus and dun as
the editorial page of the New York
/ Herald
l had very interesting talk with
the captain to-day. He is certainly
doing his best to make our trip pleas
/ ant He seems very anxious to acquire
/ talking acquaintance with our lam
guage. but of course he makes some
peculiar mistakes as when he told me
that when in New York he was very
fond of taking drive up Fifth avenue
in a cabbage. He has great persever-
ance and really an astonishingly ex-
tensive vocabulary.
The doctor speaks English fairly well.
which is great advantage to the sick.
though even he sometimes perpetrates
an unexpected Joke. I heard him ask
lady who ate no dinner. If she lived