Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-30
FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1909.

fN2DEAAt JS~ o~' ~
since we left Charleston. I had al
ways been under the impression that
the ocean was never still, that even
during what Is commonly referred to
as absolute calm, there was present
that ceaseless rolling Of the waters
that comes to an end In breakers on
the shores. But find that was mis-
taken. A calm means calm. During
a good part Of the time the ocean has
been as smooth and tranquil as a mill
pond, the surface just like glass The
made by the bow Of the boat as II
pIows through the water. The Arapa-
hoe Is not fast boat. She only makes
about fifteen miles an hour; but she
has had q bone in her teeth" nearly
all the way. By bone in her teeth"
Is meant the white capped surf that
piles up on her bow as she plows
broad roadway that can be distinctly
outlined for a distance Of q mile or
two. And we are bowling along with
hardly as much motion as Is noticeable
along the c. & NV. railway between
Yorkville and Chester. / can hear a
faint throbbing Of the big engines down
below as write and can feel slight
vibration through the ship: but It Is
not at all uncomfortable. There Is
bareiy noticeable roll Of the ship from
side to side, and also gentle, lateral
rise and fall but that is all. There Ia
| nothing to suggest seasickness.
went to bed last night at about
o'clock, and slept much better than
did on the Pullman between Columbia
and Charleston Friday night. I got
up at UP at 6 o'clock this morning
faal 1nv~ l1xr uha1
course, had expected to be sick long
before this, and am most agreeably
surprised that have not been.
If you have good weather, you will
be all right until you reach Cape Hat
teras; but when you get off the cape,
you are likely to get 1t good and prop
er, for 1t Is always rough around the
cape" This was the pleasant encour-
agement got from a friend in Char
lesion. We passed the cape this morn
ing, and IL there was any difference at
all, the sea was glassier around the
cape than elsewhere. One Of the Of
f1cers tells ME that the popular i'm
preston about the cape i3 all wrong.
It was dangerous in the old sailing
vessel days, and before the locality.
was properly marked with light
house, lightship and buoys; but steam
ers do not any more mind the vicinity
,o ,,,.,o wapo a..,, 49, " Matta,cs
rn,,oad se.,e,sI 90 ,Is,,, ',es.aIs annLor-
"a hat,vesr ,,s ond ths .t,o,e ond ,,Tsn,
inquiry as to what II meant, was told
that they were standing-by for q ia
vorable wind. There was a pretty
good wind blowing at the time, but It
was not In a direction favorable for
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During most OF tne way up, we nave
Deen Just out OF slgnt OF land, mucn
OF tne time we nave peen witnin seven
or elgnt miles. we could easily see
the Hatteras lighthouse, and we pass
ed between Hatteras and the Diamond
Shoals lightship. ,1e have passed
quite number OF vessels So!Sz south,
some schooners under sail AID others,
steamers Of various sizes, some Of the
latter being great big fellows, bound
for New Orleans, Galveston, Panama
and other southern ports Some OF
these steamers nave passed between
US and the shore and others to the
seaward side. We have not been In
speaking distance Of any OF them
up to this time The closest one to
us was a four masted schooner, about
a mile away.
Getting back to seasickness, the
case Of young man from Charleston
is the talk OF the boat this afternoon.
When he came aboard yesterday, he
was dressed In Gerk blue coat, white
pants, white shoes aa.d q Jaunty yacht
ing cap. I really thought he was one
OF the officers; but did not think much
more Of him until awhile ago. when
I was told that NAL de mer struck him
yesterday afternoon and he has not
been able to show up at the table since.
The understanding Is that there are
quite a number Of passengers taking
their meals in their staterooms; but
trying to- One Of the officers informs
me that IL there is any good remedy
for seasickness, and he is more or less
doubtful as to whether there is or
not, the best remedy is pitcher full
of sea. water He saws TO lust gulp IL
down the same as II It were the real
pure sweet stuff from a popular min
eral spring and drink until you can
hold no more. After while the wa
ter will begin to come back and when
you have gotten rid Of 1t you will be
well for keeps.
Ten passengers got up a pool on
yesterdays run Of the ship. A Mr..
Caldwell, a resident of New Orleans,
who travels out Of New York, got It
up. The proposition was for each en-
try to come down with q dollar and
draw a ticket from one up to ten,
with the understanding that the man
who held the humber Corresponding
with the last figure i'm the number ex-
pressing the aggregate OF the days
run from 12 o'clock yesterday to IL
O'clock today should take the money
The run was posted at 333 miles for
the preceding "a hours and the hold
er Of No. 8 took the money.
There is not a great deal Of varie-
ty of scenery on the way up. The
ocean looks as IL Il would make q good
baseball field. except maybe Il would
be a little too soft. with the excep-
tion of the passing vessels already
mentioned and an occasional indistinct
glimpse Of some landmark on the
shore, there is nothing more interest
ifig than schools Of porpoise and flying
fish. The porpoise is quite q large
Ash six or eight feet In length. He
swirns along near the surface and ev-
erv few moments iumps entirely out
of the wafer Sometimes he chooses
m rnn along with the boat and keeps
even with n until he decides to leave,
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